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21 May 2026 · 1 min read

Rupa Bayor qualifies for Asian Games

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 20 May: Arunachal’s Rupa Bayor has qualified to represent India at the Asian Games after winning a bronze medal at the Asian Taekwondo Poomsae Championships held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. With…

Rupa Bayor qualifies for Asian Games
21 May 2026 · 2 min read

Taxi driver saves woman’s life at Bumla Pass

[Prem Chetry] TAWANG, 20 May: A tourist taxi driver saved the life of a woman tourist after she suffered severe breathing difficulties at the high-altitude Bumla Pass on Tuesday in Tawang district. Urgen Norbu, a…

Taxi driver saves woman’s life at Bumla Pass
21 May 2026 · 1 min read

Arunachal wins 6 medals at Kudo National C’ship

ITANAGAR, 20 May: Arunachal Pradesh won two gold and four bronze medals at the 4th Kudo National Championship held in Pune, Maharashtra. The gold medal winners were Hui Tajum and Yapi Paksok. Tajum secured his medal in…

Arunachal wins 6 medals at Kudo National C’ship
21 May 2026 · 1 min read

Raja urges Centre to review funding pattern under SBM for Arunachal

ITANAGAR: 20 May: Urban Affairs minister Balo Raja urged the Centre to review the per-capita funding pattern under the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) 2.0 (Urban) for Arunachal and other Northeastern states during the…

21 May 2026 · 1 min read

Two hydel stations synchronized: Mein

ITANAGAR, 20 May: Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein on Wednesday announced that the Subbung and Yembung small hydroelectric projects in East Siang district have been successfully synchronised and are now operating in…

21 May 2026 · 1 min read

Labour dept directs newspapers to implement Majithia Wage Board recommendations

ITANAGAR, 20 May: The Labour Commissioner, GoAP, has directed newspaper establishments in Arunachal Pradesh to submit their quarterly progress report on the implementation of the Majithia Wage Board recommendations for…

21 May 2026 · 1 min read

Luminous Lummer Dai Literary Award conferred on Tony Koyu

ITANAGAR, 20 May: The Arunachal Pradesh Literary Society (APLS) has conferred the Luminous Lummer Dai Literary Award 2026 on Tony Koyu in recognition of his outstanding contribution to literature and language…

Luminous Lummer Dai Literary Award conferred on Tony Koyu
21 May 2026 · 1 min read

Lohit Youth Libraries celebrate 19th Foundation Day

TEZU, 20 May: The 19th Foundation Day of the Lohit Youth Libraries was celebrated at Bamboosa Library in Lohit district on Tuesday. Addressing the participants at the celebration, SE Radhe Raja said that reading books…

Lohit Youth Libraries celebrate 19th Foundation Day
21 May 2026 · 1 min read

Make NFTI a centre of excellence: Union Minister

ITANAGAR, 20 May: Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas and Tourism, Suresh Gopi, stressed the need for all stakeholders in the state to make NFTI a centre of excellence and a national asset in this part…

Make NFTI a centre of excellence: Union Minister
21 May 2026 · 1 min read

Officials inspect ITI Pangin for affiliation with NCVET

PANGIN, 20 May: A team of officials on Tuesday inspected the Industrial Training Institute (ITI) Pangin, in Siang district for affiliation with the National Council for Vocational Education and Training (NCVET). The…

21 May 2026 · 1 min read

More villagers extend support to SUMP PFR

BOLENG, 20 May: 12 more households from Sitang village signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the Pre-Feasibility Report (PFR) of the proposed Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP) at the deputy…

More villagers extend support to SUMP PFR
21 May 2026 · 2 min read

Org rues poor mobile connectivity

ITANAGAR, 20 May: Although government claims over 90 percent of villages in Northeastern region have mobile network coverage, some villages in Arunachal Pradesh still lack reliable connectivity. According to the All Adi…

21 May 2026 · 1 min read

KVK conducts participatory rural appraisal

NAMSAI, 20 May: The ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Namsai, conducted its first participatory rural appraisal (PRA) at the 6th mile camp village in Namsai district on Tuesday to assess the agricultural activities of…

21 May 2026 · 1 min read

Workshop on oil palm dev underway at CHF

Correspondent PASIGHAT, 20 May: A three-day national workshop on oil palm development under NMEO-OP in the Northeast is underway at College of Horticulture and Forestry (CHF), Pasighat, in East Siang district. The…

Workshop on oil palm dev underway at CHF
21 May 2026 · 2 min read

Indian Army conducts 2nd Siang Futsal Tournament at Tuting

TUTING, 20 May: Nyigong Boying Banggo Kebang (NBBK) won the second Siang Futsal Tournament, defeating Gelling Norbulling Youth in the final at the Tuting Sports Complex in Upper Siang district on Wednesday. The…

Indian Army conducts 2nd Siang Futsal Tournament at Tuting
21 May 2026 · 1 min read

East Siang DLMC reviews saturation status of welfare schemes

PASIGHAT, 20 May: The performance and saturation status of various welfare schemes, including the Dulari Kanya Scheme, were reviewed during a DDR-cum-DLMC meeting held at the DC’s conference hall here in East Siang…

East Siang DLMC reviews saturation status of welfare schemes
21 May 2026 · 1 min read

CSIR-NEIST conducts IPR awareness prog

NAHARLAGUN, 20 May: The CSIR-North East Institute of Science & Technology branch organized a one-day awareness programme on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) for entrepreneurs, self-help groups, and students on…

21 May 2026 · 4 min read

Self-reliance is the strongest form to protect identity

Editor, I commend the article by Bojum Lusi Sorum published on 19 May 2026, for raising a timely and much-needed discussion on the future of our society. Issues like ILP, ST protection, and the scrapping of the 80:20…

21 May 2026 · 2 min read

The rights and interests of ST women deserve due attention

Editor, In 2022, Arunachal Pradesh issued the “Arunachal Pradesh Scheduled Tribe Certificate Issuance Guidelines, 2022,” stipulating that such certificates may be revoked in cases involving fraud, misrepresentation, the…

21 May 2026 · 1 min read

Declining springs

Arunachal Pradesh is witnessing declining spring discharge, threatening drinking water access, rural livelihoods, agriculture, and ecological stability. Experts have linked the crisis to climate variability,…