Pema Khandu: News

27 Sep 2024

Arunachal Pradesh

'Illegal': China furious as Arunachal mountain named after Dalai Lama 

China has expressed its disapproval over an Indian mountaineering team's decision to name a previously unnamed peak in Arunachal Pradesh after the 6th Dalai Lama.

Pema Khandu takes oath as Arunachal CM for 3rd term

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pema Khandu took oath as the chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh for the third term in a row on Thursday.

Pema Khandu to be Arunachal Pradesh CM once again

Pema Khandu was on Wednesday re-elected as the chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh following a landslide victory for his party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in the state assembly polls.

Arunachal BJP to meet today to pick new CM

Newly-elected Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmakers in Arunachal Pradesh are scheduled to meet on Wednesday in Itanagar to elect their legislative party leader.

03 Jun 2024

Ajit Pawar

After Arunachal wins, NCP could reclaim national party status

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), under the leadership of Ajit Pawar, has won three out of 14 contested seats in the recent Arunachal Pradesh assembly elections.

02 Jun 2024

Arunachal Pradesh

Assembly election results: SKM, BJP retain power in Sikkim, Arunachal 

Both the ruling parties in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh, the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), have won in their respective state assembly elections.

25 Apr 2024

Arunachal Pradesh

Highway along China border washed away after landslide in Arunachal 

A significant landslide, triggered by heavy rainfall, has severely damaged a crucial highway in Arunachal Pradesh.

29 Sep 2023

Arunachal Pradesh

Arunachal integral part of India, China claim baseless: CM Khandu

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Friday firmly declared that the state has always been and will remain an integral part of India and dismissed any claim over the state made by China.

19 Feb 2023

Arunachal Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh: APPSC paper leak protests turn violent in Itanagar

Daily life in Arunachal Pradesh's Itanagar was affected for the second day on Saturday after a protest launched by the Pan Arunachal Joint Steering Committee (PAJSC) turned violent.

16 Jul 2022

Assam

Assam, Arunachal Pradesh sign agreement to resolve decades-old border dispute

Himanta Biswa Sarma, the chief minister of Assam, and Pema Khandu, the chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh, reached a deal on Friday to settle their long-running border dispute.

22 Sep 2021

Narendra Modi

'Swarnim Vijay Mashaal' reaches Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh

The Swarnim Vijay Mashaal (Victory Flame), which was lit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi last year marking the beginning of the 50th anniversary celebrations of India's victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war, has reached Tawang.

23 Feb 2019

Arunachal Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh: One killed, dozens injured in Itanagar police firing

One person was allegedly killed during police firing in Itanagar after protests against the state government turned violent on Friday.

12 Feb 2019

Rajnath Singh

Amid protests, Citizenship Bill to be tabled in Rajya Sabha

The controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, will be tabled in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, despite widespread protests in the Northeast.

28 Dec 2018

Arunachal Pradesh

Arunachal reaches new high, generates revenue of Rs. 1,598.49 crore

The Arunachal Pradesh government has created a record of a total revenue generation of Rs. 1,598.49 crore in 2017-18, reaching a new high in the last 30 years, a senior official said today.

21 Oct 2018

Indian Army

Arunachal: Villagers who gave land to Army become crorepatis overnight

Several residents of two villages in the West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh became crorepatis overnight after they received compensation for land they had donated to the Indian Army around five decades ago, right after the Sino-Indian war.

01 Oct 2018

Jayant Sinha

Arunachal's Hollongi airport to have better facilities than Pakyong: Minister

The proposed greenfield airport at Hollongi in Arunachal Pradesh, when completed, would have better facilities than the recently inaugurated Pakyong Airport in Sikkim.

06 Sep 2018

Rajnath Singh

Arunachal govt sanctions Rs. 15 lakh each for flood victims

The Arunachal Pradesh Disaster Management Department has sanctioned Rs. 15L each for victims, who lost their houses in Siang river floods at Mebo sub-division under East Siang district.

31 Aug 2018

Rescue Operation

IAF rescues 19 people from Arunachal island: Official

The Indian Air Force (IAF) today rescued 19 people stranded in an island amid the swelling Siang River in East Siang district of partially flood-hit Arunachal Pradesh, an official said.

01 Jul 2018

Arunachal Pradesh

BJP government in Christian-dominated Arunachal mulls repealing anti-conversion law

The BJP government in Arunachal Pradesh is reportedly planning to repeal a 40-year-old law that bans forced religious conversions.

11 Mar 2018

Arunachal Pradesh

Arunachal CM Pema Khandu takes stock of power project

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu has directed the authorities of North Eastern Electrical Power Corporation (NEEPCO) to avoid delay in completion of the 110 MW Pare Hydro Project, said an official statement put out on Saturday.

08 Feb 2018

Arunachal Pradesh

All families in this Arunachal village become crorepatis: Here's how

Five years ago, the 31 families living in Bomja village of Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh) had transferred their land to the army.

12 Jun 2017

India

Now, Arunachal Pradesh wants a separate time zone

Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu is the latest to join the 'separate time zone for the northeast' bandwagon.