State News

11 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

AACWA-PKDU demands restoration of PSI NEC road

ITANAGAR, 10 Jun: The Pakke Kessang District Unit of the All Arunachal Contractor Welfare Association (AACWA-PKDU) on Wednesday strongly urged the Pakke Kessang district administration to restore the dilapidated PSI NEC…

11 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

GST awareness prog conducted in Bomdila

BOMDILA, 10 Jun: A two-day intensive GST awareness program, organized by the CGST Bhalukpong range, in close coordination with the SGST Bomdila division, concluded here in West Kameng district on Wednesday. The…

GST awareness prog conducted in Bomdila
11 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

KVK conducts awareness prog

PATIWA, 10 Jun: East Kameng Krishi Vigyan Kendra organized an awareness-cum-training programme on ‘Khet Bachao Abhiyan’ at Patiwa village, targeting the farming communities of Patiwa and Koto villages on Wednesday. The…

KVK conducts awareness prog
10 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

SUN withdraws hunger strike after assurance on director’s reinstatement

[ Bengia Ajum ] ITANAGAR, 9 Jun: The Students’ Union of NERIST (SUN), which launched an indefinite hunger strike on Monday over the alleged forced resignation of NERIST Director Prof Narendranath S, has withdrawn its…

10 Jun 2026 · 2 min read

Tai Tagak set for Rajya Sabha

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 9 Jun: The nomination papers of BJP candidate Tai Tagak for election to the lone Rajya Sabha seat in Arunachal Pradesh were found to be valid during scrutiny on Tuesday. With Tagak as the lone…

Tai Tagak set for Rajya Sabha
10 Jun 2026 · 3 min read

Centre announces Rs 95,692 cr interim allocation under VB-G RAM G

NEW DELHI, 9 Jun: The Centre on Tuesday announced an interim allocation of Rs 95,692 crore under the newly introduced VB-G RAM G scheme for a seamless transition, with Union Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh…

10 Jun 2026 · 2 min read

Union min highlights Arunachal’s cultural heritage

ITANAGAR, 9 Jun : Describing Arunachal Pradesh as an integral part of India’s cultural heritage, union minister Pabitra Margherita on Tuesday praised the state’s progress in infrastructure development and preservation…

Union min highlights Arunachal’s cultural heritage
10 Jun 2026 · 2 min read

BPA reviews draft master plan for urban development

BASAR, 9 Jun: The Basar Planning Authority (BPA) convened a meeting under the chairpersonship of Leparada Deputy Commissioner-cum-BPA Chairperson Himani Meena at the DC’s office here on Monday to review the draft master…

BPA reviews draft master plan for urban development
10 Jun 2026 · 2 min read

UCF backs ACF’s 18 June vehicle rally against APFRA draft rules

NEW DELHI, 9 Jun: The United Christian Forum (UCF) has extended support to the proposed mass vehicle rally to be taken out by the Arunachal Christian Forum (ACF) in Itanagar on 18 June against the implementation of the…

10 Jun 2026 · 2 min read

Village set for implementation of modern irrigation project

[ Prafulla Kaman ] LEDUM, 9 Jun: An irrigation scheme under the ‘Modernisation of Command Area Development and Water Management’, sponsored by the union Ministry of Jal Shakti, has been approved to be implemented in…

Village set for implementation of modern irrigation project
10 Jun 2026 · 2 min read

Robin Hibu appointed as professor of practice at SCCZ

ZIRO, 9 Jun: The Ministry of Home Affairs has approved the appointment of IPS officer Robin Hibu as professor of practice in the social work department of Saint Claret College, Ziro (SCCZ) in Lower Subansiri district,…

Robin Hibu appointed as professor of practice at SCCZ
10 Jun 2026 · 2 min read

Human rights activist Yirjum Riram passes away

ITANAGAR, 9 Jun: The human rights organisations of the state, including the Arunachal Citizens Rights (ACR), Nefa Indigenous Human Rights Organisation (NIHRO), and Global Human Rights Organisation (GHRO), have deeply…

10 Jun 2026 · 2 min read

FSSAI and UDYAM registration drive held

TAWANG, 9 Jun: In a significant step towards strengthening rural entrepreneurship and promoting women-led enterprises, a camp on FSSAI and UDYAM registration was conducted here on Tuesday. Forty attendees, including…

10 Jun 2026 · 2 min read

NSS special camp concludes at CoA

PASIGHAT, 9 Jun: A weeklong NSS special camp, organised at Bodak village by the NSS unit of the College of Agriculture (CoA) here in East Siang district, concluded at the seminar hall of the college on Monday. The…

NSS special camp concludes at CoA
10 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

Foxtail millet seeds distributed to Namsai farmers under IIMR project

RONO HILLS, 9 Jun: Foxtail millet seeds were distributed to farmers of Namsai district on Tuesday by FoAS, Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) here, under the Millet Promotion Project for NER, funded by the Indian Institute…

Foxtail millet seeds distributed to Namsai farmers under IIMR project
10 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

Meeting of PRI leaders, officers held

DAPORIJO, 9 Jun: An interactive meeting of PRI leaders and administrative officers was held here in Upper Subansiri district on Tuesday to strengthen coordination, improve institutional functioning, and expedite rural…

Meeting of PRI leaders, officers held
10 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

Ziro valley cycles for health and sustainability

ZIRO, 9 Jun: Celebrating the World Bicycle Day, the breathtaking landscape of Ziro valley in Lower Subansiri district came alive on Tuesday during the ‘Apatani heritage village ride’ cycling event organised by the Lower…

10 Jun 2026 · 5 min read

Nature-based solutions and the Siang catchment

[ Ananya Bhatia ] Much of the public conversation around the Siang has narrowed to a single structure: the proposed Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP), and to how best to take it forward. But it has tended to crowd…

9 Jun 2026 · 3 min read

APTEA to go on indefinite pen-down strike from 15 Jun

[ Bengia Ajum ] ITANAGAR, 8 Jun: The Arunachal Pradesh Teacher Educators’ Association (APTEA) has announced that it will go ahead with an indefinite pen-down strike from 15 June onwards if the state government does not…

9 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

Anti-dam supporters vandalise houses of PFR supporters

[ Bengia Ajum ] GEKU, 8 Jun: Two days after 110 households in Geku in Upper Siang district signed an MoU in support of the pre-feasibility report (PFR) preparation for the Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP), angry…