State News

12 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

DC urges schools to strive for excellence

ANINI, 11 Jun: Dibang Valley Deputy Commissioner Bakir Nyorak encouraged all educational institutions in the district to continue striving for excellence. Chairing a coordination meeting of the Education Department here…

DC urges schools to strive for excellence
12 Jun 2026 · 2 min read

Farmers urged to avoid use of chemicals in crop fields

Correspondent PASIGHAT, 11 Jun: The Siang district Agriculture Department is conducting a month-long Khet Bachao Abhiyan, covering 30 villages of the district, which has been underway since 6 June. As a part of the…

Farmers urged to avoid use of chemicals in crop fields
12 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

Training prog on SIR exercise held

NAMSAI, 11 Jun: A virtual training programme on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls was conducted at the deputy commissioner’s conference hall here on Thursday. The training was attended by electoral…

12 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

TEJAS workshop organised in Namsai

NAMSAI, 11 Jun: The Namsai district administration, in collaboration with Startup India of the Union Ministry of Commerce & Industry, and the Arunachal Pradesh Innovation & Investment Park, organised a TEJAS workshop at…

12 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

Workshop for anganwadi workers held

YAZALI, 11 Jun: Frontline childcare in Keyi Panyor district took a deeply personal turn on Thursday as Yachuli MLA Toko Tatung opened a heart-centred leadership workshop for regional anganwadi workers at the Government…

12 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

Officials trained for APSSB special recruitment drive

TAWANG, 11 Jun: In preparation for the upcoming APSSB special recruitment drive for Uniformed Services Combined Examination 2026, a comprehensive training programme was conducted here on Thursday. The training brought…

12 Jun 2026 · 2 min read

Capacity bldg prog under NIPUN Bharat underway

TAWANG, 11 Jun: A five-day capacity building programme for teachers from pre-primary to Class 2 commenced at the Government Town Secondary School here on Thursday. The programme is being organised by the Samagra Shiksha…

12 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

Progress of UIP implementation discussed

NAMSAI, 11 Jun: The progress of the Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP) in Namsai district was reviewed during a District Task Force for Immunisation meeting chaired by Namsai Deputy Commissioner CR Khampa here on…

12 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

Org seeks inquiry into suspended NERIST official’s appointment, service records

ITANAGAR, 11 Jun: The All Arunachal Pradesh Youth Organisation (AAPYO) on Thursday submitted a representation to the governor, seeking a comprehensive and independent inquiry into the appointment, promotion, and service…

12 Jun 2026 · 5 min read

The strategic shift: Politics behind Arunachal’s changing adventure tourism hub?

[Badak Yomgam] When Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein officially declared the Siang River as a premier world adventure tourism and ecotourism hub on 2 January, 2026, following an expansive promotional rafting expedition…

11 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

3 die, 2 injured in landslide-triggered road accident

MIGGING, 10 Jun: Three people died and two others suffered grievous injuries when their vehicle plunged about 200 metre down a steep slope on the Migging-Tuting road in Upper Siang district on Tuesday morning. The…

3 die, 2 injured in landslide-triggered road accident
11 Jun 2026 · 2 min read

APIYO rejects HPC, demands demolition of ‘illegal’ structures

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 10 Jun: The Arunachal Pradesh Indigenous Youth Organisation (APIYO) on Wednesday rejected the state government’s proposal to address concerns over alleged illegal structures and immigration…

11 Jun 2026 · 3 min read

Court sentences man to 20 years’ jail for raping minor

ITANAGAR, 10 Jun: A Special Court under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act has sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor girl below the age of 12 years, bringing to…

11 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

MLA donates vehicle to school

ZIRO, 10 Jun: Ziro-Hapoli MLA Hage Appa donated a 19-seater vehicle to Arunachal Shiksha Vikas Samiti-run Abotani Vidya Niketan, Old Ziro, in Lower Subansiri district for transportation of students. Handing over the…

MLA donates vehicle to school
11 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

Slow Lorises straying into settlements raise concern

Prafulla Kaman RUKSIN, 10 Jun: Bengal Slow Lorises (Nycticebus bengalensis) in the reserve forests along the Assam-Arunachal boundary have been found frequently entering into human habitations in East Siang district and…

Slow Lorises straying into settlements raise concern
11 Jun 2026 · 4 min read

Khandu hails PM’s 12 years in office as an era of transformative governance

ITANAGAR, 10 Jun: Chief Minister Pema Khandu hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 12 years in office as an era of transformative governance, visionary leadership and unprecedented development that has fundamentally…

11 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

DC asks teachers to focus on result-oriented efforts

TEZU, 10 Jun: Lohit deputy commissioner K. N. Damo has urged school heads and teachers to make focused and result-oriented efforts to improve academic outcomes in the district. While reviewing the academic performance…

11 Jun 2026 · 2 min read

Meet held to revive traditional earthen pottery making

DARAK, 10 Jun: Darak Tourism and Social Welfare Foundation (DTSWF) held a village-level consultative meeting at Sala Potom village in West Siang district on 6 June to discuss the revival of traditional earthen pottery…

Meet held to revive traditional earthen pottery making
11 Jun 2026 · 2 min read

CJP to launch nationwide protest, demands education minister’s resignation

NEW DELHI, 10 Jun: Asserting that India’s youngsters are not scared of questioning the government, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), which led a protest here last week demanding Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s…

11 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

IMD forecasts heavy rain, thunderstorms across Arunachal

ITANAGAR, 10 Jun: The weather department on Wednesday forecast widespread rain and thunderstorms in Arunachal Pradesh over the next five days and issued an orange alert for parts of the state, warning people to be…