State News

9 Apr 2026 · 1 min read

Police destroy wild cannabis plants in Pakke Kessang

LEMMI, 8 Apr: A joint team of police, forest officials, and locals destroyed wild cannabis plants spread over 20,000 square metres here in Pakke Kessang district on Wednesday. A special police team was constituted based…

Police destroy wild cannabis plants in Pakke Kessang
9 Apr 2026 · 2 min read

Guv visits NIMAS, discusses its future roadmap

ITANAGAR, 8 Apr: Governor K.T Parnaik on Tuesday visited the Dirang (West Kameng)-based National Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports (NIMAS) and interacted with the institute’s administrative officers and…

Guv visits NIMAS, discusses its future roadmap
9 Apr 2026 · 2 min read

Opposition questions rejection of notice seeking removal of CEC

NEW DELHI, 8 Apr: Senior Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Wednesday criticised the rejection of the opposition’s notice for moving a motion in Parliament to remove Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar…

9 Apr 2026 · 1 min read

ASBA launches free badminton coaching camp

ITANAGAR, 8 Apr: The Arunachal State Badminton Association (ASBA) launched a two-week-long free summer badminton coaching camp under the “Catch them young” initiative at Khelo India Indoor Stadium here on Wednesday. The…

ASBA launches free badminton coaching camp
9 Apr 2026 · 2 min read

GHSS Telam gets new computer lab, library

TELAM, 8 Apr: The Govt Higher Secondary School (GHSS) Telam, Lower Siang district, got a new and upgraded library and digital computer laboratory, thanks to a collaborative effort led by alumnus Marge Sora, supported by…

GHSS Telam gets new computer lab, library
8 Apr 2026 · 2 min read

MoRTH hands over Frontier Highway Project to BRO and NHIDCL

[ Bengia Ajum ] ITANAGAR, 7 Apr: In a major setback to the PWD Highway in the state, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has appointed the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) and National Highways &…

8 Apr 2026 · 2 min read

Org seeks Pema Khandu’s resignation

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 7 Apr: Welcoming the Supreme Court judgment directing the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct a preliminary investigation against Chief Minister Pema Khandu over his alleged role in…

8 Apr 2026 · 2 min read

Adequate fuel stock in Arunachal: Govt

ITANAGAR, 7 Apr: The state government has said the current stock position of motor spirit (MS), high-speed diesel (HSD), and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) across districts remains adequate and the supply and…

8 Apr 2026 · 2 min read

Curtains down on Assam’s high-voltage campaign for April 9 assembly polls

GUWAHATI, 7 Apr: The campaign, fraught with accusations and promises galore, for the elections to the 126-member Assam Assembly ended at 5 pm on Tuesday. The polls will be held on April 9 to decide the electoral fate of…

8 Apr 2026 · 2 min read

BJP dismisses Cong’s demand for CM’s resignation

ITANAGAR, 7 Apr: The state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) dismissed the Arunachal Pradesh Committee’s (APCC) demand for resignation of Chief Minister Pema Khandu on moral ground, terming it politically…

8 Apr 2026 · 1 min read

Police dispose huge cache of seized cannabis

BOMDILA, 7 Apr: A huge cache of seized cannabis was disposed of at the Kalaktang dumping ground in West Kameng district on Monday by the District Drug Disposal Committee (DDDC). The disposal committee was led by senior…

Police dispose huge cache of seized cannabis
8 Apr 2026 · 1 min read

Cong documents on Himanta’s wife having 3 passports fake: External Affairs MoS

JORHAT, 7 Apr: Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita on Tuesday rejected the Congress’ claim that Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife has passports of three nations and said that the…

8 Apr 2026 · 2 min read

CM urges newly recruited AEs to uphold professionalism, integrity

ITANAGAR, 7 Apr: Chief Minister Pema Khandu urged the newly recruited assistant engineers (AEs) to uphold highest standards of integrity, professionalism, and public service. “You have joined government service by…

CM urges newly recruited AEs to uphold professionalism, integrity
8 Apr 2026 · 2 min read

Cong alliance to form govt in Assam with majority: Kharge

GUWAHATI, 7 Apr: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday asserted that the opposition alliance will form a government in Assam by winning around 73 seats of 126 assembly constituencies in the upcoming…

8 Apr 2026 · 2 min read

Congress seeks concrete steps on Manipur

NEW DELHI, 7 Apr: Reacting strongly to the killing of two children in a bomb blast in Manipur’s Bishnupur, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take concrete and immediate steps…

8 Apr 2026 · 2 min read

Manipur govt suspends internet

IMPHAL, 7 Apr: The Manipur government on Tuesday ordered suspension of internet and mobile data services, including Broadband, VSATs and VPN in five valley districts for three days, an official statement said. The…

8 Apr 2026 · 1 min read

NPP ZPMs join BJP

ITANAGAR, 7 Apr: Zilla Parishad Members (ZPMs) Bimpi Lomi Nyorak and Majay Mara from Upper Subansiri district switched from National People’s Party (NPP) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), state BJP media cell stated in a…

8 Apr 2026 · 2 min read

Nari GHSS’s digital learning lab, library upgraded

NARI, 7 Apr: The digital learning laboratory and library at Govt Higher Secondary School here in Lower Siang district have been upgraded by providing computers with Wi-Fi connection, reading facilities, and a collection…

8 Apr 2026 · 1 min read

RGU B.Ed trainees conduct HIV/AIDS awareness prog

DOIMUKH, 7 Apr: The B.Ed IV semester trainees of the department of education, Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU), in collaboration with the Red Ribbon Club (RRB) unit of the University, organized an HIV/AIDS awareness…

RGU B.Ed trainees conduct HIV/AIDS awareness prog
7 Apr 2026 · 4 min read

SC orders CBI enquiry into award of contracts to firms linked to Arunachal CM’s kin

NEW DELHI, 6 Apr: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the CBI to register within two weeks a preliminary enquiry into allegations of preferential allotment of contracts for public works in Arunachal Pradesh to firms…

SC orders CBI enquiry into award of contracts to firms linked to Arunachal CM’s kin