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23 Proud Names, One Big Day: Arunachal Honours Its Best on the 80th Independence Day

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Independence Day is always about flags and speeches. But this year in Arunachal Pradesh, it was also about names — 23 of them — that the state decided the world should know. Gold for the Ones Who Truly Earned It On August 15, as the rest of the country marked India’s 80th Independence Day, Arunachal … Read more

Want a Government Job in Arunachal? You Better Have Your PRC, APST Certificate — and Speak a Tribal Language

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If you thought a degree and a good score on the exam was enough to land a government job in Arunachal Pradesh, think again. The state Cabinet just raised the bar — and this time, it hits different. A Historic Decision, Effective Immediately The Arunachal Pradesh Cabinet on August 13 cleared a sweeping set of … Read more

Arunachal Ends the 80:20 Era: Cabinet Scraps Old Recruitment Formula, Sets New Rules for Govt Jobs

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A decades-old recruitment arrangement just got buried — and the implications for job seekers across Arunachal Pradesh are massive. The Arunachal Pradesh Cabinet has officially scrapped the 80:20 reservation arrangement in state government recruitment, replacing it with a tighter, identity-rooted eligibility framework. The decision, taken on August 13, comes on the back of recommendations submitted … Read more

Itanagar Says Enough: Plastic Carry Bags Below 120 Microns Are Now Banned

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The thin plastic bag you grab at your neighbourhood shop in Itanagar? It just became illegal. The Itanagar Municipal Corporation (IMC) dropped a firm order on Wednesday, August 12, putting an immediate ban on single-use plastic items and plastic carry bags below 120 microns across its entire jurisdiction. It is one of the most comprehensive … Read more

When Welfare Schemes Fail the Most Vulnerable, It’s Time to Fix the Leaks — Arunachal Governor Sends a Clear Message

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Rice reaches a warehouse in Itanagar. Whether it reaches a family in a remote border village is a completely different story — and that gap is exactly what Governor K.T. Parnaik wants to close. On Tuesday, August 11, Arunachal Pradesh Governor K.T. Parnaik issued a pointed call for greater transparency and accountability across the state’s … Read more

Why File an RTI When the Government Could Just Tell You? Arunachal’s Governor Has the Answer

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If citizens already had the information they needed, they wouldn’t have to beg for it. That’s essentially what Arunachal Pradesh Governor KT Parnaik said on Tuesday — and it’s the kind of common-sense thinking that rarely gets said out loud by those in power. Transparency Shouldn’t Be a Favour On August 11, Governor Parnaik met … Read more

Arunachal’s Job Quota Fight Just Got Serious — Cabinet Could Scrap 80:20 Rule by August 13

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The battle over who gets government jobs in Arunachal Pradesh has been building for years. Now, it’s finally coming to a head. A Draft That Could Change Everything The Arunachal Pradesh government has readied a draft proposal to completely scrap the long-contested 80:20 recruitment ratio — and it could land before the state Cabinet for … Read more

Stolen Scooties, State Borders, and a Juvenile Gang — Chimpu Police Crack Open Itanagar’s Two-Wheeler Theft Ring

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Stolen Scooties, State Borders, and a Juvenile Gang — Chimpu Police Crack Open Itanagar's Two-Wheeler Theft Ring

Ten TVS NTORQ scooters. Two states. A gang of juveniles hiding in plain sight as labourers. Chimpu Police just pulled the curtain off one of the more brazen vehicle theft operations the Itanagar Capital Region has seen in recent memory. How It All Started It began with what looked like a routine theft. A TVS … Read more

Over 5,200 Kg of Trash Pulled Out of Yagamso River — Itanagar’s Wake-Up Call to Itself

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Over 5,200 Kg of Trash Pulled Out of Yagamso River — Itanagar's Wake-Up Call to Itself

A river choked with thousands of disposable plates, plastic bags, and delivery packaging. That’s what volunteers found — and cleaned up — in Itanagar this Saturday. On August 8, 2026, a massive clean-up drive along the Yagamso River turned into something far more powerful than just a waste-collection exercise. It became a mirror held up … Read more

Illegal Digging, Blocked Roads, and a Highway on the Edge — Hollongi’s Crisis at the Airport’s Doorstep

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--- # Illegal Digging, Blocked Roads, and a Highway on the Edge — Hollongi's Crisis at the Airport's Doorstep **A mudslide didn't just block a highway near Arunachal's prized international airport — it exposed something far more dangerous: years of unchecked earth-cutting that nobody stopped in time.** On the night of Sunday, August 3, a massive wall of mud and debris came crashing down onto NH 415, just a few kilometres short of the Donyi Polo International Airport in Hollongi. Vehicles were stranded for hours. And when daylight came, the full picture of what caused it was impossible to ignore — private individuals had been cutting into the hillside right next to one of the most critical stretches of highway in Arunachal Pradesh. --- **"Clean It Up — Or Face the Law"** The Papum Pare district administration has since identified three major locations where road damage occurred due to earth-cutting, involving two private individuals and an agency that was laying a gas pipeline along the corridor. All three have been issued firm directions to remove the debris they caused. Officials made it clear that legal consequences will follow if they fail to act. That's strong language from the administration — and it should be. The damage didn't happen overnight. It happened because someone looked the other way for far too long. --- **Four Days, and the Hill Keeps Winning** Workers deployed by the landowners have been at the site since the slide. But cleaning up after a monsoon mudslide is no simple task. "For the last four days, we are continuously working to clear debris. But when it rains, the debris keeps coming from the hill. However, we are trying to clear as soon as possible," said a worker at the site. It's an honest admission — and a reminder of just how relentless the hills of Arunachal can be once they start moving. You can't negotiate with gravity. --- **The Public is Angry — and Not Without Reason** Both the Papum Pare and the Itanagar Capital Region administrations have drawn sharp public criticism for their failure to control illegal earth-cutting along the highway. Between Hollongi and Itanagar, multiple stretches of road have been hit. People have seen this coming. The frustration in the community is real — this is the road that leads to an international airport, and it is being treated like somebody's personal construction yard. Techi Taka, GPC of Hollongi, appealed to people who purchase land in the area to refrain from earth-cutting and to inform local panchayat leaders and the administration if there is an urgent need to do so. That appeal carries weight — but it also underlines just how widespread and brazen the problem has become. --- **A Road on the Verge of Disappearing** Beyond the debris-clearing effort, there's another alarming detail. Authorities have taken steps to protect the road near the Donyi Polo International Airport entry point, which is on the verge of being washed away. Let that sink in. The access road to Arunachal's international airport is teetering. District administration officials, PWD Highway engineers, and local panchayat leaders are on the ground monitoring the work. That's reassuring — but the fact that it reached this point at all is the real story here. This isn't just about one mudslide or one blocked highway. It's about what happens when oversight fails and private interests are allowed to eat into land that affects everyone. The administration's crackdown is necessary — but it needs to last well beyond the monsoon season. --- --- **② ARTICLE TAGS** Hollongi, NH 415, earth cutting, mudslide, Papum Pare, Donyi Polo Airport, Arunachal Pradesh, district administration, debris clearing, landowners, highway blocked, illegal earth cutting, ICR administration, monsoon damage, road damage, PWD Highway, gas pipeline, Techi Taka, Itanagar, blanket ban, panchayat, road safety, hill cutting, Arunachal news, 2026 monsoon, airport road, public criticism, legal action, highway restoration --- **④ SOCIAL MEDIA HASHTAGS** #ArunachalPradesh #Hollongi #NH415 #DonyiPoloAirport #EarthCutting #Mudslide #PapumPare #ArunachalNews #HighwayBlocked #MonsoonDamage #ICRAdministration #AbotaniTV #RoadSafety #IllegalConstruction #DebrisClearing #PanchayatLeaders #PWDHighway #ArunachalMonsoon #HillCutting #NortheastIndia

A mudslide didn’t just block a highway near Arunachal’s prized international airport — it exposed something far more dangerous: years of unchecked earth-cutting that nobody stopped in time. On the night of Sunday, August 3, a massive wall of mud and debris came crashing down onto NH 415, just a few kilometres short of the … Read more

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