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The court of the sessions judge in East Siang district granted interim protection from arrest to 13 applicants in two cases registered at the Boleng police station over protests against the proposed Siang Upper…
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1d ago · 2 min read
E/Siang police organise workshop on crime scene mgmt, use of mobile forensic van
PASIGHAT, 17 Oct: As part of its ongoing youth engagement programme, the East Siang police organised a workshop on 'Crime Scene Management and Usage of Mobile Forensic Van' at the Rashtriya Raksha University campus here…
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3rd Greater Siang Badminton Tournament underway
PASIGHAT, 17 Oct: The 3rd Greater Siang Badminton Tournament commenced on Saturday at the indoor badminton hall here in East Siang district, bringing together 339 players from seven districts of undivided Siang, with…
2d ago · 5 min read
SUMP protests: 13 get relief, four languish under APUAPA
[ Marina Dai ] PASIGHAT, 16 Oct: The Court of Sessions Judge in East Siang district has granted interim protection from arrest to 13 applicants named in two cases registered at Boleng Police Station in connection with…
2d ago · 1 min read
Training prog on livestock, poultry and fisheries held
BASAR, 16 Oct: The West Siang Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) organised a five-day training programme on 'Entrepreneurship Development through Livestock, Poultry and Fisheries Enterprises' from 12 to 16 October at the KVK…
3d ago · 2 min read
Tiger pugmarks sighted in Poba RF; public entry restricted
[ 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…
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Debate competition held
PASIGHAT, 15 Oct: Jiden Gao, a third-semester student of the department of commerce, won the Institutional-Level Youth Debate Competition 2026 held at the Arunachal Pradesh University (APU) here in East Siang district…
6d ago · 2 min read
PMC organises marathon to promote, clean, green Pasighat
PASIGHAT, 12 Oct: The Pasighat Municipal Council (PMC) organised a marathon from the JN College (JNC) playground here in East Siang district on Monday with the theme 'Run for Clean, Green and Plastic-Free Pasighat'…
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Blood donation camp organised
[ Litem Eshi Ori ] PASIGHAT, 12 Oct: Sixteen units of blood were collected during a voluntary blood donation camp organised by the Pangin mandal of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) at Bakin Pertin General…
12 Oct 2026 · 1 min read
World Mental Health Day observed at JNC
PASIGHAT, 11 Oct: Jawaharlal Nehru College (JNC) here in East Siang district observed the World Mental Health Day 2026 on Saturday with an awareness programme and a musical event titled 'Liviance'. The initiative was…
10 Oct 2026 · 1 min read
Month-long Vande Mataram celebration concludes at APU
PASIGHAT, 9 Oct: The month-long celebration of Vande Mataram@150 at the Arunachal Pradesh University (APU) here in East Siang district concluded with a national seminar featuring 95 paper presentations in both online…
10 Oct 2026 · 1 min read
SPIC MACAY taking Indian heritage to remote areas Arunachal
PASIGHAT, 9 Oct: As part of its golden jubilee celebrations, SPIC MACAY is reaching small towns, remote villages and border areas across different districts of Arunachal Pradesh, bringing Indian classical music and…
9 Oct 2026 · 1 min read
Lecture on contemporary Hindi poetry held at JNC
PASIGHAT, 8 Oct: The Central Hindi Directorate under the Union Ministry of Education, in collaboration with the postgraduate department of Hindi and Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) of Jawaharlal Nehru College…
8 Oct 2026 · 1 min read
8 orgs enforce 12-hour East Siang bandh
Correspondent PASIGHAT, 7 Oct: The East Siang unit of Adi Students' Union (AdiSU) and seven other students' bodies and youth organizations on Wednesday enforced a 12-hour East Siang district bandh in protest against…
7 Oct 2026 · 2 min read
SUMP PFR row: CM seeks PRI leaders' support, urges them to persuade affected villagers
Correspondent PASIGHAT, 6 Oct: Chief Minister Pema Khandu sought the support of PRI leaders from East Siang district to conduct the pre-feasibility report (PFR) for the proposed Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP).…
7 Oct 2026 · 1 min read
Lingka villagers demand electric fencing to deter wild elephants, boars
Correspondent RUKSIN, 6 Oct: Villagers in Lingka in East Siang district have urged the Forest Department to ensure early installation of solar-operated electric fencing around the village to prevent wild elephants and…
7 Oct 2026 · 1 min read
Campaign on silkworm rearing technologies held
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…
7 Oct 2026 · 3 min read
Hydropower big opportunity for large-scale investment: CM
PASIGHAT, 6 Oct: Chief Minister Pema Khandu described hydropower as one of the state's biggest opportunities for large-scale investment, stating that around 19,000 MW of projects are currently under various stages of…
6 Oct 2026 · 2 min read
Unauthorised entry, use of loudspeakers prohibited in Poba RF
[ 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…
6 Oct 2026 · 1 min read
NEC releases Rs 3.40 cr to Arunachal
ITANAGAR, 5 Oct: The North Eastern Council (NEC) released a total of Rs 42.63 crore during September to support development projects across the Northeastern region, of which Arunachal Pradesh received Rs 3.40 crore for…
5 Oct 2026 · 1 min read
SIFF declines CM's meeting invitation, suggests meeting after 11 Oct
Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 4 Oct: The Siang Indigenous Farmers' Forum (SIFF) has decided not to accept the invitation extended by Chief Minister Pema Khandu for a meeting in Pasighat on 5 October. The decision was taken…
5 Oct 2026 · 1 min read
Indian Army hosts Sainik School students
PASIGHAT, 4 Oct: Troops of Spear Corps hosted 86 cadets and staff of Sainik School East Siang at Sigar Military Station on 3 October for a motivational visit, aimed at providing young minds a closer insight into the…
5 Oct 2026 · 1 min read
Mathematical Thinking Camp concludes at JNC
PASIGHAT, 4 Oct: The 5-day residential Mathematical Thinking Camp (MTC) 2026, featuring intensive sessions on mathematical thinking, logic, problem-solving, Olympiad mathematics and artificial intelligence, concluded at…
4 Oct 2026 · 2 min read
Govt invites SIFF for talks amid SUMP opposition; Ebo Mili's FB account suspended
Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 3 Oct: After a massive show of opposition to the pre-feasibility report study of the Siang Upper Multipurpose Project during Chief Minister Pema Khandu's recent visit to the Upper Siang and…
4 Oct 2026 · 1 min read
Tourism dept organizes homestay management training
Correspondent MEBO, 3 Oct: The tourism department of East Siang, in collaboration with the district administration, organised a one-day training programme on "Homestay Development, Management and Best Practices" at the…
3 Oct 2026 · 1 min read
Darang inaugurates boxing training centre at Pasighat
Correspondent PASIGHAT, 2 Oct: Local MLA Tapi Darang on Thursday inaugurated a boxing training centre/club set up by the East Siang Amateur Boxing Association (ESABA) on the premises of the Pasighat Botanical Garden…
3 Oct 2026 · 12 min read
Gandhi Jayanti celebrated across Arunachal
CM urges people to follow ideals of Mahatma Gandhi ITANAGAR, 2 Oct: Chief Minister Pema Khandu called upon people to follow the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi, particularly truth, non-violence, simplicity and service.…
2 Oct 2026 · 2 min read
APCC chief raises border, hydropower and voter issues
PASIGHAT, 1 Oct: Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Bosiram Siram raised issues concerning Arunachal Pradesh, including border infrastructure, the proposed Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP) and…
2 Oct 2026 · 1 min read
Spear Corps felicitates young achievers in East Siang
PASIGHAT, 1 Oct: Troops of Spear Corps felicitated local youths at Veteran Seva Kendra here in East Siang district on 30 September in recognition of their achievements in competitive examinations and skill development.…
1 Oct 2026 · 9 min read
Seva Sankalp Abhiyan camps organised
ITANAGAR, 30 Sep: The Lohit district administration organised a Seva Sankalp Abhiyan camp at the Government High School in Loiliang on Tuesday, bringing elected representatives, government officials and local citizens…
30 Sept 2026 · 2 min read
'Mathematical thinking camp' underway at JNC
PASIGHAT, 29 Sep: The department of mathematics and IQAC, Jawaharlal Nehru College (JNC), Pasighat, in collaboration with Arunachal Pradesh University (APU), Pasighat, and Dera Natung Government College (DNGC),…
30 Sept 2026 · 1 min read
Pay heed to the demands of people
Women protesters from Ngorlung, Ralung and Niglok villages have resumed their movement against the silicon factory operated by M/s Aether Alloys LLP at the Niglok Industrial Growth Centre in East Siang district. The…
29 Sept 2026 · 3 min read
Joint front declares 12-hour E/Siang bandh over teachers’ transfer issue
[ Mingkeng Osik ] PASIGHAT, 28 Sep: A joint front of student, youth and community organisations has announced a 12-hour East Siang district bandh on 30 September to protest the ongoing mass transfer/rationalisation of…
28 Sept 2026 · 1 min read
Cleanliness drive conducted
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…
27 Sept 2026 · 2 min read
Stakeholders resolve to obtain LPCs for GUPS & GHSS, Borguli
BORGULI, 26 Sep: Stakeholders unanimously resolved to initiate the process for obtaining land possession certificates (LPCs) for GUPS Borguli and GHSS Borguli from the competent authority during a joint meeting held…
27 Sept 2026 · 1 min read
RAA secondary school-level prog conducted in Mebo
MEBO, 26 Sep: T he block resource centre coordinator (BRCC) here in East Siang district conducted the Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan (RAA) secondary school-level programme, featuring a series of academic and…
26 Sept 2026 · 1 min read
E/Siang WCD dept hosts inaugural session of 'Aangan Ka Utsav'
PASIGHAT, 25 Sep : The East Siang Women & Child Development (WCD) Department organised the inaugural session of 'Aangan Ka Utsav' as part of Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2026, alongside a stakeholder coordination meeting under…
25 Sept 2026 · 1 min read
Mithun breeders from various dists attend meet in Pasighat
PASIGHAT, 24 Sep: A meeting of the Siangmi Mithun Breeders Association (SMBA) was held here in East Siang district on Thursday, bringing together mithun breeders and representatives from various districts of the state…
25 Sept 2026 · 2 min read
Meeting held to safeguard school land
BORGULI, 24 Sep: A joint meeting was convened on Thursday at the Government Higher Secondary School (GHSS) here in East Siang district to deliberate on the long-pending land-related issue concerning the premises of GHSS…
24 Sept 2026 · 2 min read
Village women resume material blockade against silicon industry
RUKSIN, 23 Sep: Several women, including elderly women from Ngorlung, Ralung and Niglok villages under Ruksin Circle in East Siang district, on Tuesday resumed their movement against the silicon industry at Niglok by…
24 Sept 2026 · 3 min read
APU, PMC clear 5.6 tonnes of waste from Sibo Korong
PASIGHAT, 23 Sep: An estimated 5.6 tonnes of garbage was cleared from the Sibo Korong riverbank at Gidi Notko here in East Siang district during a mass river cleanliness drive. The drive, themed "Swachh Nadi, Swachh…
23 Sept 2026 · 1 min read
Consider ABK-U's resolution demanding cancellation of SUMP: HRA to GoAP
ITANAGAR, 22 Sep: The Human Rights of Arunachal (HRA) has appealed to the Government of Arunachal Pradesh to give due consideration to the resolution adopted by the Adi Bane Kebang - United (ABK-U) and the concerns of…
23 Sept 2026 · 4 min read
BBYK demands reconsideration of E/Siang teacher transfers, warns of democratic action
[ Mingkeng Osik ] PASIGHAT, 22 Sep: The Bogong Banggo Yameng Kebang (BBYK) has strongly opposed the ongoing mass transfer and rationalisation of teachers in East Siang district, urging the Education Department to…
23 Sept 2026 · 1 min read
DC directs depts to complete assigned works on time
PASIGHAT, 22 Sep: East Siang Deputy Commissioner Sonalika Jiwani has directed the executing departments in the district to complete their assigned works within the stipulated timeframe without compromising quality. She…
22 Sept 2026 · 1 min read
World Suicide Prevention Day observed at JNC
PASIGHAT, 21 Sep: World Suicide Prevention Day 2026 was observed at Jawaharlal Nehru College (JNC) here in East Siang district on Monday with the theme 'Changing the Narrative'. The programme was organised by the…
22 Sept 2026 · 6 min read
Consider genuine grievances before transferring teachers
Editor, I wish to once again draw the attention of the authorities and the public to an issue that has repeatedly been raised by teachers affected by the ongoing transfer and rationalisation exercise of the Education…
21 Sept 2026 · 7 min read
Siang Upper Multipurpose Project: State vs indigenous community
Monday Musing [ Tongam Rina ] Once again, the Siang valley, particularly Upper Siang and Siang, has flared up as the administration and the indigenous Adi community have come face to face over sharply differing…
21 Sept 2026 · 1 min read
Global Valley School wins Battle of Minds 3.0
ITANAGAR, 20 Sep: T he team comprising Shayon Ghosh and Regainlu Kri of Global Valley School, Roing in Lower Dibang Valley district emerged the winner of Battle of Minds 3.0, a statewide inter-district quiz…
20 Sept 2026 · 2 min read
Arunachal faces 41% deficit rainfall, indicates severe water crisis
[ Prafulla Kaman ] PASIGHAT, 19 Sep: Arunachal Pradesh is facing deficit rainfall this year, and the water deficiency is increasing the risk of soil moisture stress, particularly in rainfed agricultural areas like East…
20 Sept 2026 · 1 min read
BMS hosts awareness prog on labour welfare schemes
Correspondent PASIGHAT, 19 Sep: The East Siang district unit of the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), in collaboration with the Arunachal Pradesh Building & Other Construction Workers Welfare Board, organised a 'National…