The blue skies above Arunachal Pradesh carry more than aircraft — they carry lifelines. And the state’s Governor made sure that didn’t go unacknowledged. Arunachal Pradesh Governor Lt Gen KT Parnaik (Retd.) on Tuesday sat down with Air Marshal Inderpal Singh Walia, the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Indian Air Force’s Eastern Air Command, and … Read more
There are visits politicians make for photographs — and then there are visits that mean something. Rajya Sabha MP Tai Tagak’s stop at the Research Institute of World’s Ancient Traditions, Cultures and Heritage (RIWATCH) in Roing, Lower Dibang Valley, appears to fall firmly in the second category. Tagak visited the RIWATCH campus at Khinjili and … Read more
There’s something quietly powerful about watching young people from a remote northeastern state step onto one of the most watched stages in the country — Kartavya Path on Republic Day. For Arunachal Pradesh, that pride came full circle on Tuesday when Governor Lt Gen KT Parnaik (Retd.) personally honoured the NCC cadets who carried the … Read more
The drumbeats were already in the air long before the official motorcade rolled through Itanagar. On September 8, Vice President of India C. P. Radhakrishnan touched down at Donyi Polo Airport in Hollongi for a two-day visit to Arunachal Pradesh — a state that rarely misses a chance to remind visitors just how extraordinary it … Read more
Itanagar got more than just flag-hoisting this Independence Day. On the morning of August 15 — as the country marked its 80th year of freedom — Arunachal Pradesh Governor Lt Gen KT Parnaik (Retd.) cut the ribbon on a brand-new Chief Minister’s Office and Chief Minister’s Residence at Niti Vihar in Itanagar. It was the … Read more
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
Itanagar, August 6 — Governing a state like Arunachal Pradesh without serious geospatial intelligence is, frankly, like trying to navigate its deep valleys and high passes in the dark. Governor KT Parnaik said as much — though more diplomatically — when he took the stage at the ‘Geo Vision Itanagar’ seminar on Thursday. A Bold … Read more
At the crack of dawn on July 27, while most of us were still asleep, two women from Arunachal Pradesh stood on top of one of the most brutal mountains in the Indian Himalayas — and the moment deserves a lot more noise than it’s getting. Rising Above — Literally January Tali from Yingkiong in … Read more
Drugs don’t just destroy a person — they destroy an entire family. That stark message rang loud and clear from Arunachal Pradesh’s Governor KT Parnaik on Wednesday as he issued an urgent call to arms against the growing menace of substance abuse among the state’s youth. A Virtual Gathering with Real Stakes Speaking at a … Read more
In a state where some villages are days away from the nearest town, getting a bank account shouldn’t feel like climbing a mountain — but for many in Arunachal Pradesh, it still does. Arunachal Pradesh Governor KT Parnaik made that reality the centre of his conversation on July 11 when he sat down with Arunachal … Read more
