State News

20 Mar 2026 · 1 min read

PIO penalised by APIC

ITANAGAR, 19 Mar: The Arunachal Pradesh Information Commission (APIC) imposed a penalty of Rs 25,000 on Namsai PIO-cum-DLRSO Kago Doni on Wednesday for gross violation of the provisions of the RTI Act, 2005. The APIC…

20 Mar 2026 · 1 min read

First meeting of HPC on APFRA held

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 19 Mar: The first meeting of the newly constituted high-powered committee (HPC) to examine the draft rules framed for the Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act (APFRA), 1978, was held here…

20 Mar 2026 · 2 min read

DC felicitates meritorious students

TAWANG, 19 Mar: Thirty meritorious students were felicitated with certificates and trophies by Tawang Deputy Commissioner Namgyal Angmo here on Thursday, during the Golden Jubilee Meritorious Students Award 2025…

20 Mar 2026 · 1 min read

Guv mourns former MLA’s demise

ITANAGAR, 19 Mar: Governor KT Parnaik has mourned the demise of former MLA Talong Taggu, and said that, with the passing of Taggu, who was elected to the second Legislative Assembly, the state has lost one of its…

20 Mar 2026 · 1 min read

CM urged to take steps to upgrade branch MSME DFO to directorate office

ITANAGAR, 19 Mar: The Arunachal Pradesh Micro & Small Industries Development Association has appealed to the chief minister to take steps to upgrade the Itanagar-based branch MSME development & facilitation office (DFO)…

20 Mar 2026 · 1 min read

NEIAFMR organises awareness prog for traditional healers

PASIGHAT, 19 Mar: The North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda & Folk Medicine Research (NEIAFMR) here in East Siang district recently organised an awareness and capacity building programme for traditional healers of…

20 Mar 2026 · 1 min read

APPEIRC team apprises guv of activities, initiatives

ITANAGAR, 19 Mar: Arunachal Pradesh Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Commission (APPEIRC) chairman Tsering Naksang, along with the commission’s members Dr Limo Ete and Dr Joram Aniya and secretary Dr AK…

APPEIRC team apprises guv of activities, initiatives
20 Mar 2026 · 3 min read

Awareness prog on child labour, drug abuse

HONG, 19 Mar: The Lower Subansiri district administration, in collaboration with the Mahatma Gandhi Centre (MGC) here, organised an awareness programme on child labour, drug abuse, and skill development as part of the…

20 Mar 2026 · 2 min read

Training prog on compost preparation concludes at RG

RONO HILLS, 19 Mar: A three-day training programme on ‘Preparation of compost from agricultural waste inoculated with isolated bacteria’,along with a training-cum-skill development programme on management of…

19 Mar 2026 · 2 min read

ICR authorities impose blanket ban on earth cutting

[Bengia Ajum] ITANAGAR, 18 Mar: Following the recent death of four people in a mudslide at Niti Vihar here, the Itanagar Capital Region (ICR) administration has imposed a blanket ban on earth cutting by all private as…

19 Mar 2026 · 1 min read

POCSO court sentences man to 20 years’ RI

BASAR, 18 Mar: A Special POCSO court here in Leparada district has convicted and sentenced a man to rigorous imprisonment (RI) for 20 years along with a fine of Rs. 20,000 in connection with a case registered under the…

19 Mar 2026 · 1 min read

Centre clears small hydro scheme; Khandu hails move

NEW DELHI/ITANAGAR, 18 Mar: The Centre on Wednesday approved a Rs. 2,585 crore Small Hydro Power (SHP) Development Scheme for 2026-31 to set up about 1,500 MW of clean energy capacity across the country. The scheme,…

19 Mar 2026 · 1 min read

White water rafting course for NCC cadets

BHALUKPONG, 18 Mar: The white water rafting course conducted by the Tawang-based 2 APBn NCC in coordination with National Institute of Mountaineering and Adventure Sports (NIMAS) culminated at Kameng river here in West…

White water rafting course for NCC cadets
19 Mar 2026 · 2 min read

Wangsu inaugurates Kanubari ITI

KANUBARI, 18 Mar: Agriculture minister Gabriel D. Wangsu on Wednesday inaugurated the Industrial Training Institute (ITI) at Kanubari and the newly developed infrastructure of the Government Higher Secondary School here…

Wangsu inaugurates Kanubari ITI
19 Mar 2026 · 1 min read

JNV student shines at NSEB

TAWANG, 18 Mar: Vineet Longliju, a student of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV), Tawang, has emerged as the state topper in the National Standard Examination in Biology (NSEB) 2025. Among the 302 candidates from…

JNV student shines at NSEB
19 Mar 2026 · 1 min read

GAC reviews govt assurances

ITANAGAR, 18 Mar: The Government Assurance Committee (GAC) of the 8th Legislative Assembly of Arunachal Pradesh, in its fourth sitting held here on Wednesday, reviewed government’s assurances made in the house and…

GAC reviews govt assurances
19 Mar 2026 · 1 min read

RGU celebrates Global Recycling Day with awareness camp

DOIMUKH, 18 Mar: The Rajiv Gandhi University’s (RGU) education department organized an awareness campaign in the university as part the Global Recycling Day celebration, to make people aware about the benefits of waste…

RGU celebrates Global Recycling Day with awareness camp
19 Mar 2026 · 1 min read

12 more families extend support for SUMP’s PFR

YINGKIONG, 18 Mar: Twelve more families from Janbo village in Upper Siang district submitted their consent in support of the MoU signed on 15 March, wherein 18 households had signed the MoU with the state government,…

19 Mar 2026 · 1 min read

PLP, district handbook for Kurung Kumey launched

KOLORIANG, 18 Mar: Kurung Kumey deputy commissioner Cheechung Chukhu launched the Potential Linked Credit Plan (PLP) for 2026-27, prepared by NABARD, for Kurung Kumey district on Wednesday. The total potential for…

PLP, district handbook for Kurung Kumey launched
19 Mar 2026 · 1 min read

APP team for BN Mullik All India Police Football C’ship flagged off

CHIMPU, 18 Mar: IGP Tusar Taba flagged off the Arunachal Pradesh Police (APP) football team for the 74th BN Mullik Memorial All India Police Football Championship 2025-26, in the presence of 1st APPBn commandant Aashish…

APP team for BN Mullik All India Police Football C’ship flagged off