No More Delays: Arunachal Minister Tells Officials to Get Rural Roads Done — Now

No More Delays: Arunachal Minister Tells Officials to Get Rural Roads Done — Now

Roads that don’t exist on the ground can’t exist only on paper. That seems to be the clear message Arunachal Pradesh Rural Works Minister Passang Dorjee Sona sent out on July 8, when he sat down with officials and made one thing absolutely clear — the waiting is over. A Review That Meant Business Minister … Read more

Arunachal Government Bows to Student Pressure, Forms Panel to Rethink 80:20 Reservation Policy

Arunachal Government Bows to Student Pressure, Forms Panel to Rethink 80:20 Reservation Policy

Students pushed. The government moved. The Arunachal Pradesh government has finally constituted a high-level committee to review its long-debated 80:20 reservation ratio in state government recruitment — a direct response to relentless pressure from the All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union (AAPSU). It took a 13-point memorandum, weeks of waiting, and a seven-day ultimatum, but the … Read more

A Forest Kept a Secret — And Science Just Named It After Arunachal’s Deputy CM

A Forest Kept a Secret — And Science Just Named It After Arunachal's Deputy CM

Deep inside the mist-covered forests of Lower Dibang Valley, researchers quietly made history. They found something brand new — a flowering plant no scientist had ever formally documented before. And they gave it a name that will now live forever in botanical records: Ophiorrhiza chownai. A Name Born in the Forests of Arunachal The newly … Read more

Once Battling Addiction, Now Fighting for Flood Victims — Recovering Warriors Raise Nearly Rs 90K for Arunachal

Once Battling Addiction, Now Fighting for Flood Victims — Recovering Warriors Raise Nearly Rs 90K for Arunachal

They fought their own darkest battles. Now they’re fighting for someone else’s survival. Recovering Warriors, a group made up of addiction survivors from Arunachal Pradesh, has pulled off something remarkable — collecting Rs 89,094 in just three days to help families devastated by the floods in Keyi Panyor district. It’s the kind of story that … Read more

91 Years of Wisdom — Arunachal Joins the World in Celebrating the Dalai Lama’s Birthday

91 Years of Wisdom — Arunachal Joins the World in Celebrating the Dalai Lama's Birthday

Ninety-one years old, and the world still listens. On Monday, July 6, Arunachal Pradesh’s top leaders paused their political schedules to do something quietly meaningful — wish the 14th Dalai Lama a happy birthday. Chief Minister Pema Khandu and Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein both took to social media to send their greetings to the … Read more

Drums, Dances and Divine Prayers — Arunachal’s Dree Festival Puts Apatani Culture in the Spotlight

Drums, Dances and Divine Prayers — Arunachal's Dree Festival Puts Apatani Culture in the Spotlight

When an entire valley stops to pray for rain and rice, you know it’s not just a festival — it’s a way of life. The Apatani community came alive across Arunachal Pradesh on Sunday, July 5, as the annual Dree Festival was celebrated with stunning cultural energy and deep-rooted devotion. The biggest gatherings lit up … Read more

CM Pema Khandu Joins Dree Celebrations, Prays for Rain, Crops and Prosperity Across Arunachal

CM Pema Khandu Joins Dree Celebrations, Prays for Rain, Crops and Prosperity Across Arunachal

The Ziro Valley is alive with prayer and festivity — and this time, the Chief Minister’s voice rang out the loudest. Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Sunday extended his heartfelt greetings to the Apatani community on the occasion of the Dree Festival, one of the most deeply rooted agricultural celebrations in the Northeast. … Read more

Pema Khandu Remembers Swami Vivekananda — “The Man Who Gave India Back Its Confidence”

Pema Khandu Remembers Swami Vivekananda — "The Man Who Gave India Back Its Confidence"

On Vivekananda’s death anniversary, Arunachal Pradesh’s top leadership paused to remember a monk who changed how the world saw India — and why that still matters today. There’s something quietly powerful about a sitting Chief Minister taking a moment, in the middle of governing a complex frontier state, to bow before a 19th-century monk. That’s … Read more

One Rule for All Won’t Work Here — Arunachal’s Ojing Tasing Tells Centre

When a state has villages tucked between mountain ridges with no roads and barely any connectivity, governance can’t be copy-pasted from a policy handbook. Arunachal Pradesh’s Panchayati Raj Minister Ojing Tasing made that exact point — and he didn’t mince words. A Voice from the Hills at a National Table On July 3, Tasing stood … Read more

BRO Built a 180-Foot Bridge Where Even Reaching Was a Challenge

Most of us have never heard of Kurung Kumey. And honestly, that’s exactly the problem. Tucked deep inside Arunachal Pradesh, close to the Line of Actual Control, this district has always lived on the edges — not just geographically, but in terms of attention too. No proper roads, no reliable connectivity, and for the people … Read more