When a mountainside gave way before dawn on 24 June, engulfing the NEEPCO residential colony at Poosa village in Arunachal Pradesh's Keyi Panyor district, the immediate explanation was simple: an extreme monsoon cloudburst had triggered a devastating flash flood.
Bridges collapsed, farmlands vanished under water, and nearly a thousand cattle and goats were swept away in a single village alone. Entire communities are now waiting, isolated, for help to reach them.
The Nah Welfare Society, representing indigenous communities in Upper Subansiri district, has accused the People’s Liberation Army of gradually occupying traditional grazing lands and hunting grounds near Taksing, north of the Subansiri River.
NDRF said rescue efforts have been affected by difficult conditions at the site, including the mountainous landscape and changing weather.
"The true measure of leadership lies in the trust it earns and the service it renders," Vice-President C P Radhakrishnan said while speaking at a book release event here on Wednesday.
Mortal remains of IAF Corporal Tage Hailyang were brought back to his native Ziro in Arunachal Pradesh’s Lower Subansiri district on Thursday.
Chief Ministers from the Northeast have united in their condemnation of the brutal terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, that claimed several lives, including that of Corporal Tage Hailyang of the Indian Air Force, a native of Arunachal Pradesh.
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Friday said that if necessary, the state government would send athletes from the state to other countries offering best training facilities.
In a major boost to the maternal welfare, Union Minister for Women and Child Development Annpurna Devi handed over payment approvals under the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) during her ongoing visit to the Kra Daadi district of Arunachal Pradesh on Friday.
India’s decision to introduce a standardised curriculum in Himalayan Buddhist monasteries marks a significant shift in how the country views both education and national security.
