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ITANAGAR, 17 Oct: Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) working president and former minister Tanga Byaling on Friday strongly rejected allegations made by Rajya Sabha MP Tai Tagak and IPR Minister Nyato Dukam…
KHONSA, 17 Oct: Around 300 patients from remote areas were treated during a medical camp conducted at Kothung in Tirap district by the Assam Rifles (AR), in collaboration with the zonal general hospital here on 16…
TEZU, 17 Oct: Punjab National Bank (PNB), Dibrugarh (Assam) circle, inaugurated a branch here in Lohit district on Saturday, marking another significant milestone in the bank's efforts to expand access to banking…
[ Atek Miyu ] Risk from China's upstream dam The Siang River enters India from Tibet, where it is known as the Yarlung Tsangpo. China has begun building a very large hydropower project on this river in the Nyingchi…
[ Prafulla Kaman ] RUKSIN, 15 Oct: Foresters of Jonai forest range in Assam claimed to have spotted pugmarks of a Royal Bengal tiger in the Poba reserve forest (RF) near here in East Siang district recently. Range…
NAHARLAGUN, 14 Oct: Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Wednesday inaugurated the Donyi Polo Multipurpose Hall at the Galo Heritage Centre in Tarajuli, near here, describing it as a landmark of community participation and…
NAHARLAGUN, 14 Oct: A one-day state-level conference for chairmen and BODs of LAMPS, dairy, & fisheries cooperatives was organized by Arunachal Pradesh State Cooperative Union (APSCU) at its conference hall here on…
Editor, The smooth, black ribbon of the Assam highway breaks, From Khonsa's steady hum, a sudden nightmare wakes. A violent thud, a rattle deep within the spine-Welcome to the capital, the end of the steady line. I am…
Editor, The Siang has always been our life, beating in time with the quiet rhythm of our mountains and the steady pulse of our community. For as long as our grandfathers can remember, our songs, our stories, and our…
ITANAGAR, 13 Oct: Governor K.T Parnaik stressed the need to expand NCC's reach by establishing more units in schools and colleges, especially in remote and border areas to provide the rural and tribal youth with greater…
NAMSAI, 13 Oct: Arunachal University of Studies (AUS) here and ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), Assam, have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote academic cooperation,…
Wahge flags off IFCSAP marathon ITANAGAR, 11 Oct: Health and Family Welfare Minister Biyuram Wahge on Sunday called upon the younger generation to remain deeply connected to their indigenous roots while embracing a…
Editor, The Siang is one of the largest and fastest rivers in the world, flowing in the one of the most mega earthquake prone regions of the world. So, building a conventional dam is too risky for overall environment…
DIRANG, 10 Oct: In a first for the NCC Northeastern Region, 30 NCC cadets - 15 boys and 15 girls - from Assam and Arunachal Pradesh have embarked on a high-altitude trekking expedition along the historic Bailey's Trail…
DAPORIJO, 10 Oct: The Alumni Association of GHSS Daporijo in Upper Subansiri district has congratulated Devashis Sharma, an alumnus of GHSS Daporijo, on his election to the Lok Sabha from Nagaon, Assam. The association…
[ Prafulla Kaman ] RUKSIN, 8 Oct: The people of the Siang valley and residents of Jonai in neighbouring Assam have expressed concern that the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) is not paying attention to the renovation of…
ITANAGAR, 8 Oct: Expressing deep concern over the recent violent situation that arose because of the alleged forcible steps being taken by the government to prepare the ground for undertaking the PFR survey in order to…
Staff Reporter ROING, 7 Oct: Renowned RTI activist of Dibang Valley district and Rifleman Rakhini Mipi was reportedly found dead under mysterious circumstances at Hunli in Lower Dibang Valley district on Sunday morning.…
RANGLUA, 6 Oct: Thousands of mourners thronged Ranglua on Monday to bid the final farewell to Panwang Wangham, the paramount chief of All Rusa, who passed away at the age of 50 after a prolonged illness at the Apollo…
Correspondent PASIGHAT, 6 Oct: An awareness campaign on eri and muga culture technologies was conducted at Rengging village in East Siang district on Monday. The campaign was part of the extension communication…
[ Prafulla Kaman ] RUKSIN, 5 Oct: The Assam Forest Department has prohibited unauthorised entry into its portion of the Poba reserve forest (RF) after a wildlife survey team reported the presence of rare and endangered…
TAWANG, 5 Oct: In a swift joint operation, the Tawang police, with active support from the Dirang police, cracked a burglary case reported from Khrimu village in Tawang district and arrested two persons. The case came…
RONO HILLS, 5 Oct: A three-day consultative site meeting-cum-workshop, organised by the ICMR-AITS project team of Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) here, in collaboration with AIIMS Guwahati, got underway on Monday. The…
[ Badak Yomgam ] The proposed Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP), a massive 11,000 megawatt hydropower undertaking planned across the Siang River in the Upper Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh, presents a severe…
Monday Musing [ Amar Sangno ] The jubilation of the All-Arunachal Pradesh Students' Union (AAPSU) and the Arunachal Frontier Tribal Front (AFTF) over the Pema Khandu-led government's decision to tighten the criteria for…
ITANAGAR, 4 Oct: The Arunachal Anti-Corruption Sena-Pakke-Kessang District Unit (AACS-PKDU) sought the intervention of the state Chief Secretary in the ongoing FM&BAP flood protection work near the general ground,…
(India's largest hydroelectric project - 2,880 MW and the country's tallest dam - promises clean power, flood relief for downstream and a lasting development dividend for Arunachal Pradesh.) [ A.N Mohammed ] The river…
One Assam Rifles jawan was killed and four others were reportedly injured in a suspected militant attack near Nampong Nallah in Nampong Circle, Changlang district, Arunachal Pradesh, recently. The targeted personnel…
Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 3 Oct: Manipuri social activist Bemlai Maibam on Saturday appealed to civil society organisations, student bodies, women's groups and political leaders across the Northeast to support efforts to…
From a Distant Dream to a Beating Heart In October 2018, two cardiologists Dr. Jagdish Chandra Barkataki, a professor from Guwahati Medical College Hospital and Dr. Rinchin Dorjee Megeji began seeing patients in a…
By Inder Jit (Released on 25 April 1978) Appraisals and reappraisals, many agonising, appear to have become the order of the day for various political parties and politicians in quest of power. Top Janata leaders have…
GUWAHATI, 30 Sep: Arunachal writer Wanggo Socia's acclaimed Hindi novel, "Meera: Ek Safar," translated into Assamese by renowned writer and translator Dr. Barnali Das, was officially launched at the Guwahati Press Club…
Editor, With special reference to the 200 MW Lower Subansiri Project, Dollungmukh, District Kamle, and the loss of ancestral land. Arunachal Pradesh is known as the powerhouse of India, but this power comes at the cost…
ITANAGAR, 29 Sep: An Assam Rifles (AR) jawan was killed and four others were reportedly injured after suspected militants attacked a patrol team along the India-Myanmar border in Changlang district early Tuesday,…
[ AN Mohammed ] The Brahmaputra is a 2,880-kilometre transboundary river flowing through China, India and Bangladesh into the Bay of Bengal. It rises from the Ansi glacier, about 5,300 metres above sea level, near Mount…
PASIGHAT, 27 Sep: A cleanliness drive themed 'Swachhata Shramdaan' was conducted at 'The Hump' World War II Museum and tourist lodge in Gumin Nagar here in East Siang district on Sunday, as part of the Swachhata Hi Seva…
Correspondent PASIGHAT, 25 Sep: Villagers of Geku and adjoining areas in Upper Siang district are continuing their protest against the deployment of security forces in their area to carry out pre-feasibility report…
[ Bengia Ajum ] ITANAGAR, 25 Sep: Twenty-two-year-old Pema Choekyi Thongdok, who hails from Jigaon in West Kameng district, has been selected for an MPhil in digital humanities - an interdisciplinary field that combines…
NEW DELHI, 25 Sep: Upping the ante over the SIR row, the Congress on Friday staged protests by attempting to march towards state election commission offices in various parts of the country, demanding Chief Election…
ITANAGAR, Sep 24: Former chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh, Gegong Apang, has expressed serious concern over the recent actions of the Government of Arunachal Pradesh and the Government of India in proceeding with…
SHILLONG/ITANAGAR, 24 Sep: Meghalaya is emerging as a powerful example for the Northeast in the fight against tobacco, with 531 (41%) Village Health Councils (VHCs) - community platforms that bring villagers together to…
KHONSA, 23 Sep: The Department of Tirap, Changlang and Longding (DoTCL), in collaboration with the Tirap district administration, conducted a one-day career counselling programme for indigenous APST Class X pass-outs…
Ring Side View [Tongam Rina] The unresolvable stalemate between the Chakma and Hajong communities and the indigenous local communities, combined with the government's reluctance to sincerely address the issue, has led…
GUWAHATI, 22 Sep: Renowned folk singer, lyricist and cultural activist Rerik Karlo Digbak was conferred the Jayanta Hazarika Byatikram Inspirational Award 2026 by the Byatikram Group at a programme held in…
Editor, Opposition to large-scale dam construction in Arunachal Pradesh has been a decades-long movement driven by indigenous communities and environmentalists, centring on concerns regarding displacement, cultural…
[ AN Mohammed ] What global warming means for us Global warming is the long-term rise in the Earth's average surface temperature, caused primarily by the accumulation of greenhouse gases - chiefly carbon dioxide (74…
Staff Reporter ANINI, 19 Sep: The foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak in Dibang Valley district is reportedly going from bad to worse. Sources in Anini informed that so far, mithuns' death toll in Dri valley is…
ZIRO, 19 Sep: The 13th edition of the Ziro Festivalof Music (ZFM), India's greatest outdoor music festival, will be held here in Lower Subansiri district from 24 to 27 September, showcasing 41 acts from around the…
ITANAGAR, 19 Sep: A team of the National People's Party's (NPP) Arunachal Pradesh unit on Saturday visited Taraso for ground verification of the interstate border issue, along with village elders and affected farmers of…
AAP Leader Jain Arrested By Insaf The arrest of prominent AAP leader and former Delhi minister Satyendra Jain on Tuesday last has raisedmany an eyebrow, particularly given the timing. Punjab, with AAP ruling goes to the…
