In a heartbreaking incident, a 13-year-old a tribal girl, student of Bijoykumar Higher Secondary School in Agartala, allegedly committed suicide in her hostel room at Suparibagan. The young girl was staying at the Anangamohini Scheduled Tribes (ST) girl’s hostel, which is run by the state government. Officials responded quickly to the tragedy, with Tripura Tribal Welfare Minister Bikash Debbarma […]
Itanagar: The vibrant and culturally rich landscape of Arunachal Pradesh is set to host the sixth edition of the Northeast India Fashion Week – The Artisans Movement. Commencing on Sunday, the 19th of November, this three-day extravaganza promises a celebration of traditional crafts, weaving, and fashion at the picturesque Koro Happa River Island in Jollang. […]
A 16-year-old boxer and class 9 student from Arunachal Pradesh was buried alive by a landslide, triggered by heavy downpour near Itanagar earlier this week. Schoolmates and family are devastated. His isn’t the only life lost to landslides happening in the hilly regions of the Northeast . The incident took place at Sood village when […]
Every evening, a group of 15 college graduates gather at the Newman school in a remote hilly village to learn a language with 48 vowels and 31 consonants, with four different tones. They are inspired by the vision of a middle-aged farmer, who wants to save his native dialect from extinction. Fifty-five year old Wanglung […]
Private schools, pre-nurseries, and so forth which are operating without required government consent are to face a crackdown in the State of Arunachal Pradesh. Arunachal Pradesh Education department on Thursday has cautioned parents and wards in the State against taking admission in unrecognized institutions. Through a statement issued to the media recently, the Education department […]
A low water table, and high arsenic and fluoride content in groundwater makes people go thirsty.
Ming-Mang (Assam-Arunachal Border): The entire area looks picturesque with blue hills on the northern horizon sloping towards the plains full with different streams and brooks flowing through paddy fields of villages. But this seemingly beautiful landscape dotted with huts and chang ghars of villages on the inter-State border areas of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh in […]
GUWAHATI: Artistes from Assam had to suffer a huge loss in Arunachal Pradesh where they were to perform at the first Itanagar International Film Festival (IIFF). A reporter from Assam interviewed artists who had a harrowing experience at Itanagar last week. ‘One dead in firing, popular Naga rock band loses car, musical instruments,’ ran anotherheadline. […]
GUWAHATI: It’s official. Arunachal has an NDA government. BJP on Friday added Arunachal Pradesh as the 14th state in its kitty by joining the People’s Party of Arunachal (PPA) government after having extended outside support for a month. This is the second time in 13 years that BJP has been in power in the frontier […]
Congress rebel and former Arunachal Pradesh CM Kalikho Pul, was found dead at his Itanagar residence on Tuesday. He allegedly committed suicide.It is believed he hanged himself from a ceiling fan. Congress President Sonia Gandhi expressed shock “at the untimely and tragic demise” of Kalikho Pul, the man who broke away from the Congress and […]
Itanagar: Congress legislator Pema Khandu was on Sunday sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, becoming the youngest Chief Minister the country. The 37-year-old Khandu, son of former Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu, was administered the oaths of office and secrecy by acting Governor Tathagata Roy at a ceremony in the Durbar Hall […]
Sir, What the Supreme Court could do for the state of Uttarakhand in a few weeks, a five-judge Constitution bench has not been able to achieve in four months for Arunachal Pradesh. The matter is similar, so why the delay? Let me explain. In both states, the Centre, with the help of rebels of ruling […]
Why go for huge hydel projects that are destroying the Himalayas? Why not develop smaller’off-grid’ units? Why have bijli projects destabilize Arunachal Pradesh? India would do well to integrate off-grid with grid options in their quest to achieve universal electrification, says a new study. “The governments prefer to extend the grid even to those regions […]
