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4h 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…

E/Siang police organise workshop on crime scene mgmt, use of mobile forensic van
1d 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…

SUMP protests: 13 get relief, four languish under APUAPA
1d ago · 2 min read

Apang slams govt for using force to suppress peaceful movement, misleading public on SUMP

ITANAGAR, 16 Oct: The Chief Minister Pema Khandu-led state government has once again come under sharp criticism from former chief minister and social worker Gegong Apang, who accused it of using unnecessary force to…

1d ago · 1 min read

Unidentified body found

LEMMI, 16 Oct: An unidentified body of a man, aged around 40-50 years, was found at Goloso village, downstream of the Dibru River in Pakke-Kessang district, on Friday (16 October) morning. The body has been shifted to…

1d ago · 2 min read

Sensitisation prog on child rights held

YACHULI, 16 Oct: The Arunachal Pradesh State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (APSCPCR), in collaboration with the Department of Women and Child Development (WCD), conducted a sensitisation programme themed…

Sensitisation prog on child rights held
2d ago · 5 min read

Greater size brings greater responsibility: CM to Nyishi community

ITANAGAR, 15 Oct: Noting that the Nyishis are the state's largest tribal community, spread across seven districts, Chief Minister Pema Khandu said that "greater size brings greater responsibility," as other tribes look…

Greater size brings greater responsibility: CM to Nyishi community
2d ago · 2 min read

Child rights awareness prog held

PALIN, 15 Oct: A two-day awareness programme on child rights was organised here in Kra Daadi district by the Arunachal Pradesh State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (APSCPCR), in collaboration with the…

Child rights awareness prog held
2d ago · 1 min read

Child rights awareness and community sensitisation prog

TUTING, 15 Oct: A two-day child rights awareness and community sensitisation programme under the theme 'Know Your Rights - Protect Every Child', was jointly conducted by the Department of Women and Child Development and…

2d ago · 2 min read

Does tourism department have sufficient personnel in districts?

Editor, For many years, unemployed tourism youths have been requesting for the advertisement of DTO (tourism) and TIO posts, but the Tourism Department has taken no action in this matter. We thought that maybe the…

3d ago · 2 min read

Man gets life imprisonment for raping eight-year-old niece

ITANAGAR, 14 Oct: A special POCSO court in Arunachal Pradesh has sentenced a 34-year-old man to imprisonment for the remainder of his natural life for raping his eight-year-old niece, observing that the crime was a…

3d ago · 3 min read

CM is betraying the trust of people on SUMP

Editor, It is deeply disheartening and utterly frustrating to witness Chief Minister Pema Khandu callously playing with the emotions and lives of the Adi people, particularly those of Upper Siang and Siang districts,…

3d ago · 4 min read

The Tears of the Siang: An Adi plea against the shadow of the Mega-Dam

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…

4d ago · 3 min read

SUMP protest in Upper Siang continues as DA forced to relax prohibitory order

[ Marina Dai ] YINGKIONG, 13 Oct: Yingkiong, the headquarters of Upper Siang district, saw yet another protest rally against the proposed Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP) on Tuesday as people from several…

SUMP protest in Upper Siang continues as DA forced to relax prohibitory order
4d ago · 4 min read

HRA demands immediate withdrawal of armed forces, dialogue on SUMP

NAHARLAGUN, 13 Oct: Expressing serious concern over the escalating tensions in Siang and Upper Siang districts in connection of the proposed Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP), the Human Rights of Arunachal (HRA)…

4d ago · 2 min read

IJU expresses concern over detention of journalists covering youth protests in Delhi

ITANAGAR, 13 Oct: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) expresses serious concern over the detention of journalists and media personnel while they were covering the recent youth-led protests in New Delhi against alleged…

4d ago · 2 min read

APSCPCR holds two-day child rights outreach prog in Koloriang

KOLORIANG, 13 Oct: The Arunachal Pradesh State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (APSCPCR), in collaboration with the office of the WCD deputy director cum-district child protection officer, organised a two-day…

5d ago · 4 min read

APCC expresses concern over rising tensions in Siang region over SUMP

ITANAGAR, 12 Oct: The Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) has raised serious concern over the escalating tensions in Siang and Upper Siang districts over the proposed Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP). The…

APCC expresses concern over rising tensions in Siang region over SUMP
5d ago · 1 min read

Villagers to perform 10-day Potor-Uyi to ward off FMD

CHETAM, 12 Oct: Villagers of Dasi and Kare in Upper Subansiri district will be observing 'Potor-Uyi', a traditional Tagin ritual, at Harak between two villages from 13 to 23 October in view of the foot-and-mouth disease…

5d ago · 2 min read

Lohit DA intensifies awareness campaign against drug abuse, poppy cultivation

MEDO, 12 Oct: An awareness programme was organised at the Tamladu festival ground here in Lohit district on Monday to sensitise students and the public to the harmful effects of drug and opium abuse, and the need to…

5d ago · 1 min read

Release the anti-dam activists

Four residents of Geku in Upper Siang district - Adum Tayom, Omak Paron, Okut Paloh, and Oson Paron - have been detained under the Arunachal Pradesh Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (APUAPA), 2014, for opposing the…

6d ago · 5 min read

65-yr-old woman severely injured in police custody after SUMP protest

[ Marina Dai ] ITANAGAR, 11 Oct: Sixty-five-year-old Yalek Tair struggles to breathe and suffers from continuous coughing after a severe assault while in police custody left her with two fractured ribs on the right side…

65-yr-old woman severely injured in police custody after SUMP protest
6d ago · 1 min read

Geku residents to march to Yingkiong; DA imposes restriction

ITANAGAR, 11 Oct: Seeking the release of the four people from Geku in Upper Siang who were picked up recently for their opposition to the pre-feasibility report (PFR) exercises linked with the Siang Upper Multipurpose…

6d ago · 3 min read

Khandu hatching plan to expel Adis from their ancestral homeland: Apang

ITANAGAR, 11 Oct: Former chief minister Gegong Apang on Sunday reiterated his demand for scrapping the Siang Upper Multipurpose Project [SUMP] and accused Chief Minister Pema Khandu of preparing a plan to expel the Adis…

6d ago · 1 min read

Not even a semblance of democracy

Election Commission Chief Gyanesh Kumar has been in the centre of a storm after the deletion of 130 million names from the electoral rolls in the world's largest democracy. Elections, which are the soul of a democracy,…

11 Oct 2026 · 6 min read

Tension in Siang Valley as govt pushes ahead with SUMP PFR

[ Bengia Ajum ] YINGKIONG, 10 Oct : Tension is palpable across the Siang Valley as the state government pushes ahead with the pre-feasibility report (PFR) survey for the proposed Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP).…

11 Oct 2026 · 3 min read

Khandu's fresh dialogue initiative on SUMP faces defiance as SIFFYW calls for total boycott of talks

ITANAGAR, 10 Oct: Chief Minister Pema Khandu has convened a meeting with two prominent Adi organisations on 13 October to address concerns over the proposed Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP), even as the Siang…

11 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

ACB arrests Chongkham PS OC in bribery case

[ Indrajit Tingwa ] NAMSAI, 10 Oct: In a shocking incident which came to light through a press release issued by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), the officer-in-charge (OC) of Chongkham police station (PS), SI Vijay…

11 Oct 2026 · 2 min read

State BJP Mahila Morcha stages dharna over alleged sexual misconduct

ITANAGAR, 10 Oct : The state unit of the BJP's Mahila Morcha staged a sit-in dharna here on Saturday to protest against the alleged sexual misconduct involving 11 female students by Dr Angomcha Bimol Akoijam, a Congress…

10 Oct 2026 · 7 min read

Govt invokes APUAPA over SUMP protests, four detained

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 9 Oct: Four residents from Geku in Upper Siang district, who were previously reported missing, have been detained under the Arunachal Pradesh Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (APUAPA), 2014,…

Govt invokes APUAPA over SUMP protests, four detained
10 Oct 2026 · 2 min read

DC calls for sustained reduction in drug offences

YUPIA, 9 Oct: Papum Pare Deputy Commissioner Mamu Hage called for a sustained reduction in drug-related offences through effective prevention, awareness and coordinated action. Chairing an NCORD committee meeting here…

DC calls for sustained reduction in drug offences
10 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

Safer mining

The committee appointed by the Meghalaya High Court has sought a detailed inquiry into the shortage of 13.02 lakh tonnes of inventoried coal as it called for fixation of responsibility. The committee also flagged the…

9 Oct 2026 · 4 min read

Apang questions SUMP PFR, demands withdrawal of armed police

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…

9 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

Training prog on tailoring held

DAPORIJO, 8 Oct: The 138 Bn CRPF organised a weeklong basic tailoring skill development training for local boys and girls under its civic action programme (CAP) here in Upper Subansiri district. Under the guidance of…

9 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

Investigate Mipi'a death

Rakhini Mipi, the renowned RTI activist, had rattled many in the state by using the RTI Act to dig up information and uncover the truth. From state to central government agencies, he did not spare anyone. The activist,…

8 Oct 2026 · 2 min read

RTI activist Rifleman Rakhini Mipi found dead under mysterious circumstances

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.…

RTI activist Rifleman Rakhini Mipi found dead under mysterious circumstances
8 Oct 2026 · 2 min read

Stakeholders discuss plans for long-term maintenance of Kley River

ZIRO, 7 Oct: Detailed discussions were held on establishing long-term sustainable mechanisms for maintaining the Kley River, including riverbank beautification, development of suitable stretches into self-sustaining…

6 Oct 2026 · 2 min read

Govt crackdown on dissent intensifies amid growing SUMP opposition

[ Tongam Rina ] ITANAGAR, 5 Oct: At least five people were arrested in the Siang valley as the government uses force to crack down on dissenting voices during the pre-feasibility report (PFR) study for the Siang Upper…

Govt crackdown on dissent intensifies amid growing SUMP opposition
6 Oct 2026 · 4 min read

Form 6 modification not approved by us, say SC; seeks EC's response

NEW DELHI, 5 Oct: The Supreme Court on Monday said that it has not approved any modifications to Form 6 being used by the Election Commission (EC) during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in…

6 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

Two arrested in burglary case, stolen articles recovered

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…

Two arrested in burglary case, stolen articles recovered
6 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

Include SIFF

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 organisation has suggested holding the meeting at a…

5 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

IJU condemns attack on Odisha journalist, demands action

NEW DELHI, 4 Oct: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) strongly condemned the alleged attack on Kshirod Chandra Das, a member of the Odisha Journalists Union (OJU), and demanded an impartial, time-bound investigation and…

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…

Govt invites SIFF for talks amid SUMP opposition; Ebo Mili's FB account suspended
4 Oct 2026 · 2 min read

Land committee seeks review of airport area development bill

ITANAGAR, 3 Oct: The Hollongi Village-I & II Land Affected Welfare Committee (HVLAWC) on Saturday demanded that the government of Arunachal Pradesh review certain provisions of the Arunachal Pradesh Airport Area…

3 Oct 2026 · 4 min read

Policeman gets life imprisonment in abetment of rape case

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 2 Oct: A court in Arunachal Pradesh has sentenced a police personnel to life imprisonment for abetment of rape in a 2011 case in which a minor boy and girl were forcibly made to have sexual…

2 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

APSCPCR conducts child rights awareness programme

ZIRO, 1 Oct: The Arunachal Pradesh State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (APSCPCR), in collaboration with the Lower Subansiri district administration and the department of women and child development (WCD),…

1 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

DC unhappy over poor NCORD action taken reports

RAGA, 30 Sep: Kamle deputy commissioner J.T Obi expressed concern over poor NCORD action taken reports and urged to all concerned to be proactive in anti drugs activities. Chairing the monthly NCORD meeting here on…

1 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

Lower Subansiri DC calls for zero-tolerance approach against drug menace

ZIRO, 30 Sep: Lower Subansiri deputy commissioner Oli Perme has called for an absolute zero-tolerance approach to eradicate drug menace from the district. Chairing the 23rd District-Level Narco Coordination Centre…

30 Sept 2026 · 2 min read

AR jawan killed, 4 injured in suspected militant attack

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,…

30 Sept 2026 · 1 min read

Stakeholders discuss ways to create awareness on Rah-Veer scheme

YUPIA, 29 Sep: Key stakeholders, including representatives from the Papum Pare district administration, information and public relations, police, medical and PWD, discussed ways to create greater awareness among the…

Stakeholders discuss ways to create awareness on Rah-Veer scheme
29 Sept 2026 · 1 min read

Family of dead school student stages protest against granting of bail to 8 persons

YUPIA, 28 Sep: Family members and relatives of school student Tarh Kekelele staged a protest here on Monday against the granting of bail to the eight individuals arrested in connection with her death. Kekelele was found…