Rain Couldn’t Stop Them: 209 Runners Hit Pasighat Streets to Honour 150 Years of Vande Mataram

Early Sunday morning in Pasighat, the streets were still wet. The clouds hadn’t quite made up their minds. And yet, at exactly 5:45 am, 209 people showed up at Gandhi Chowk — ready to run. That kind of turnout, drizzle and all, says something. The Arunachal Pradesh University (APU) organised a 5.5-kilometre mini marathon on … Read more

Tricolour Flies High at Lok Bhavan: Governor Parnaik Reminds Arunachal That Freedom Was Never Free

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Itanagar didn’t just celebrate 80 years of independence on Friday — it felt every one of them. At Lok Bhavan in the state capital, Arunachal Pradesh Governor Lt Gen KT Parnaik (Retd.) unfurled the Tricolour to mark India’s 80th Independence Day, as the Echo Company of the 33rd Battalion of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police presented … Read more