Real change doesn’t happen in Itanagar. It happens in the villages — and that’s exactly the point Arunachal Pradesh Minister Ojing Tasing drove home this week in Pasighat. A Room Full of People Who Actually Matter On Tuesday, July 28, Minister for Panchayati Raj and Rural Development Ojing Tasing addressed a one-day orientation programme held … Read more
Fifty rounds. No injuries. But a wound that’s been festering for decades. That’s the reality on the Assam-Arunachal border, and Home Minister Mama Natung finally stepped up to address it on July 28. What Sparked the Latest Flashpoint It started on July 15. In Sango village under the Tarasso area of Papum Pare district, things … Read more
The sky was clear. No rain, no thunder — and yet within minutes, the river turned deadly. On July 28, a worker from Jammu & Kashmir narrowly escaped death in Arunachal Pradesh’s remote Kurung Kumey district, after a sudden flash surge on the Kush River left him stranded mid-stream with no way out. The clock … Read more
Papum Pare has a new Deputy Commissioner — and she is not just any officer. Hage Mamu brings with her a record that most IAS officers would envy, and a story that Arunachal Pradesh can be genuinely proud of. A New Chapter for Papum Pare IAS officer Hage Mamu formally assumed charge as the Deputy … Read more
A cop. A martial artist. And now, a gold medalist. Gangphung Gangsa of Longding district just gave Arunachal Pradesh a reason to stand a little taller. A Champion in Uniform Not everyone can balance the gruelling demands of law enforcement and elite sports. Gangphung Gangsa does both — and apparently does them exceptionally well. The … Read more
On Kargil Vijay Diwas, Mama Natung drew a line — and dared anyone to question which side of it India stands on. While the nation was honouring its Kargil heroes on July 26, Arunachal Pradesh Home Minister Mama Natung stepped up to address a different kind of battle — the one being fought on social … Read more
Twenty-seven years on, the valley still remembers. And it refuses to forget. On Sunday, July 26, the Subansiri Valley in Arunachal Pradesh fell into a quiet kind of reverence — the kind that only comes when a community pauses, together, to honour those who never came home. Kargil Vijay Diwas was observed across the valley … Read more
Three winters. Bone-chilling altitudes. And a commitment that never wavered. That’s the story of the 2/9 Gorkha Rifles, and Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu made sure the world heard it. A Salute Well Earned CM Pema Khandu publicly honoured the 2/9 Gorkha Rifles as the battalion concluded its deployment of over 33 months in … Read more
There’s something quietly powerful about a minister choosing the language of family over the language of dispute. Amid renewed tensions along the Arunachal Pradesh–Assam border, state Home and Border Affairs Minister Mama Natung stood up on July 26 and said something most politicians wouldn’t dare — that Assam is the “elder brother,” and Arunachal, like … Read more
Two hundred people laced up their shoes and hit the wet streets of Itanagar on Saturday — not because the weather was kind, but because the occasion demanded it. A Run That Means More Than Miles Indira Gandhi Park became the gathering point for over 200 participants — school students, college youth, and Indo-Tibetan Border … Read more
