Ten Years, 77,000 Weavers: How Arunachal Pradesh Turned Handlooms Into a Cultural Revolution

When a loom becomes more than just a tool — it becomes a lifeline, an identity, and a statement to the world. On National Handloom Day, August 7, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu took stock of a decade’s worth of work — and the numbers are hard to ignore. Over 77,000 weavers across the … Read more

Pema Khandu Calls Supreme Court Summons “One-Sided” — But the Real Story Is Far Bigger

The Supreme Court has summoned Arunachal Pradesh’s top bureaucrats, and the Chief Minister has a very specific explanation for how it all went wrong. On August 7, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu stepped before the media not to deny the gravity of the Supreme Court’s action — but to explain it. The state’s Chief … Read more

No Chinese Boots in Taksing, Says Pema Khandu — But He’s Sending a Team to Find Out

The Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister pushed back hard against incursion claims, but wisely stopped short of closing the door completely. When whispers of Chinese soldiers crossing into Indian territory near Taksing started doing the rounds, it didn’t take long for alarm bells to go off. The Nah Welfare Society (NWS) had alleged that personnel of … Read more

Arunachal Pradesh Is About to Put India’s Wildest Rivers on Asia’s Sporting Map

Boleng is getting ready for something it has never seen before — and the whole continent will be watching. Arunachal Pradesh is set to host the 2026 Asian Rafting Championships in Boleng, Siang district, from October 5 to 9. Chief Minister Pema Khandu made the announcement on August 6 after chairing a high-level preparatory meeting … Read more

A Road to Nowhere: Arunachal Students Give Government 15 Days to Fix Strategic Border Highway or Face Protests

A Road to Nowhere: Arunachal Students Give Government 15 Days to Fix Strategic Border Highway or Face Protests

The potholes are getting deeper, the patience is running out — and now, student bodies in Arunachal Pradesh have had enough. “Not a Single Promise Kept Since Independence” Two prominent student organisations — the Basar Area Students Union (BASU) and Jigo Yegi Student Union — came together under a Joint Action Committee (JAC) on August … Read more

Supreme Court Loses Patience — Summons Arunachal’s Top Bureaucrats Over CBI Stonewalling

India’s highest court has had enough. The Supreme Court of India has summoned Arunachal Pradesh’s Chief Secretary and Principal Secretary (Home) after the CBI complained that the state government was simply not cooperating with an ongoing investigation — one that is directly linked to Chief Minister Pema Khandu. The Court Steps In A bench of … Read more

Arunachal Says No to Drugs — And This Time, the Whole State Showed Up

When the Prime Minister called on India’s youth to fight drugs, Arunachal Pradesh didn’t just listen — it answered back, loud and clear. On Sunday, August 2, Governor KT Parnaik and Chief Minister Pema Khandu joined Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s virtual launch of the ‘Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat Sankalp Abhiyan’ — a sweeping, … Read more

Centre Throws Arunachal a Lifeline: Rs 44.55 Crore Released as Floods Batter the State

Centre Throws Arunachal a Lifeline: Rs 44.55 Crore Released as Floods Batter the State

When rivers rise and roads wash away, money matters. And this time, it came fast. Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Sunday publicly thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah after the Central government approved the advance release of Rs 44.55 crore under the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) for … Read more

“Speeches Don’t Protect Children” — Pema Khandu’s No-Nonsense Stand at Northeast’s Landmark Child Rights Convention

"Speeches Don't Protect Children" — Pema Khandu's No-Nonsense Stand at Northeast's Landmark Child Rights Convention

Words are cheap. Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu made that very clear on July 31 when he walked into a room full of child rights officials and told them, plainly, that none of what they were doing would matter unless children actually got saved. A Historic First for the Northeast The first-ever North East … Read more

North East’s Children Are Under Threat — And Pema Khandu Just Called Out the Silence

North East's Children Are Under Threat — And Pema Khandu Just Called Out the Silence

The mountains of Tawang became the backdrop for something long overdue — a frank, urgent conversation about the children of North East India who are slipping through the cracks of a system that has, for too long, been working in isolation. A Historic First — And a Wake-Up Call Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu … Read more