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Monday Musing [ Amar Sangno ] A boundary dispute turned into a violent clash between the natives of Hime village in Kangku circle of Lower Siang district and Bodoti village of Assam, resulting in bullet injuries to…
SEIJOSA, 12 Aug: World Elephant Day 2026 was celebrated at the conference hall of Pakke Wildlife Sanctuary and Tiger Reserve (PWS&TR) here on Wednesday. The programme was jointly organised by the Assam Wildlife Research…
[ Bengia Ajum ] SEIJOSA, 11 Aug : On 6 June this year, a distressed elephant calf was sighted near the Kameng river in the Tippi area of West Kameng district. The female calf had, in all probability, become separated…
[ Biren Dutta ] I. Genesis Before language, before footsteps, before the first fire cupped in the first pair of hands, there was silence - and into that silence, I was born. Not born as you are born, with a cry and a…
[ Fantry Mein Jaswal and Nepha Wangsa ] Questions about the ancestry of Arunachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein have periodically surfaced in public discourse. A closer look at the archival records, from…
ITANAGAR, 4 Aug: Over 60 organisations, trade unions and democratic rights groups have condemned the invocation of the National Security Act (NSA) on indigenous rights activist Pranab Doley, and demanded his immediate…
[ Anupam Chakravartty & Angana Chakrabarti ] Edited by : Nitin Sethi Guwahati, 31 Jul: A day after indigenous land-rights activist Pranab Doley was granted bail in a case where police was pulled up by a sessions court…
Prafulla Kaman RUKSIN, 15 Jul: Water supply from Lesing mega water supply project near Ledum village in East Siang district has been restored on Wednesday, enabling supply of drinking water to Ledum and Bilat villages.…
‘Managing Human-Elephant Conflict in Arunachal Pradesh: A Strategy and Action Plan’ – a statewide assessment conducted jointly by WWF-India and the Forest Department between December 2024 and March 2026 –…
ITANAGAR, 29 May: Elephants in Arunachal Pradesh have been recorded at elevations above 3,000 metres above sea level, marking the highest known elephant presence documented anywhere in the world, according to a new…
Lotus Blooms In Bengal By Poonam I Kaushish At the end, it was all about feel good. A six-week long grueling election which culminated in the lotus blooming in West Bengal, Sarma continuing to brew tea in Assam, Vijay…
ITANAGAR, 22 May: Advisor to the Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister, Wanglin Lowangdong, urged researchers to undertake meaningful studies to mitigate human-animal conflicts and contribute to sustainable…
The Environment, Forest and Climate Change Department of Arunachal Pradesh collaborated with Karnataka to capture rogue elephants responsible for multiple human deaths. The operation began on 30 March, and the first…
[ Bengia Ajum ] SUNPURA, 5 Apr: The state’s environment, forest and climate change department, in collaboration with its Karnataka counterpart, has captured rogue elephants reportedly responsible for the deaths of…
KHONSA/DEOMALI, 31 Mar: A 12-member expert team from Karnataka arrived in Deomali on 30 March to track and relocate a rogue elephant responsible for multiple human casualties in Tirap district over the past two years.…
[ Badak Yomgam ] The creation of the central Siang circuit represents a strategic transformation in the tourism landscape of Arunachal Pradesh, shifting from traditional transit-based travel towards a deeply immersive…
Staff Reporter DOLLUNGMUKH, 27 Mar: In yet another animal-human conflict, one person, identified as Dongro Chige, was killed by a wild elephant here in Kamle district on Friday morning. Chige was a staff of the…
ITANAGAR, 11 Mar: The Arunachal Pradesh Assembly on Wednesday constituted a committee to study increasing human-animal conflicts in the state and recommend measures for wildlife protection. Announcing the formation of…
[ Pisi Zauing ] NINGRANG, 9 Mar: The Miao Singpho Ramma Hpung (MSRH) has demanded immediate financial compensation and a government job for a family member of Gam Ong Singpho, a resident of Ningrang village in Miao…
ITANAGAR, 8 Mar: The Himalayan University’s (HU) botany department recently organised an educational field visit to the Pakke Wildlife Sanctuary and Tiger Reserve in Seijosa for botany MSc fourth-semester students, with…
[ Bengia Ajum ] ITANAGAR, 6 Mar: The lone Congress MLA, Kumar Waii, on the first day of the budget session moved a private member’s resolution stating, “This Assembly is of the opinion that the Government of Arunachal…
[ Yomli Mayi ] It was at the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES (CoP16) held in Bangkok, Thailand, that it was formally proposed designating 3 March as a day to celebrate and raise awareness about…
Correspondent PASIGHAT, 27 Feb: The forest department has alerted the locals living in the fringe areas of the Maro forest range in Upper Subansiri district after tigers and bears were spotted in the jungles. Daporijo…
A few days after the tragic death of a police official in Lohit district following an attack by a wild elephant, two villagers in Changlang district were attacked by an elephant on the outskirts of their village. One of…
[ Pisi Zauing ] NINGRANG, 26 Feb: A wild male elephant attacked two villagers of Ningrang village – Gam Ong Singpho and Gumgi La Singpho – when they were performing rituals [dangariya puja] on the outskirts…
ITANAGAR, 22 Feb: An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of the Arunachal Pradesh Police was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Lohit district, a senior officer said on Sunday. ASI Martin Lego (40) of Sunpura police…
The season of forest fires is here. These fires can be all-engulfing, devastating forests for days, killing wildlife, and threatening nearby townships. Cold regions like much of western Arunachal Pradesh are under…
TIPPI/BHALUKPONG, 9 Feb: A massive forest fire that broke out in the Doimara reserved forest recently was brought under control due to the timely intervention of the forest department under the leadership of Khellong…
Monday Musing [M Doley] In March 2025, a report was published in this daily about a tiger captured on a camera trap in the Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary by a survey team. The report had drawn much attention from wildlife…
Dad/Acchi was a strong-headed man who enjoyed life to the fullest in his prime. He did things differently from the people around him. He would tell us about the ancestry of our Buddhist tribes with accurate historical…
The issue of human-elephant conflict in Deomali subdivision of Tirap district was discussed in a meeting attended by the Regional Action Plan Committee for Mitigating Human-Elephant Conflict in the Northeast Region, the…
ITANAGAR, 3 Feb: Several organisations of Nari-Koyu in Lower Siang district have appealed to the state government to reconsider its decision to establish the district headquarters of Lower Siang in Siji. The Ramle…
DEOMALI, 2 Feb: A meeting was conducted by the forest department here in Tirap district on Sunday to deliberate on possible solutions to the alarming issue of human-elephant conflict in Deomali subdivision. The meeting…
[ Prafulla Kaman ] JONAI, 1 Feb: The third edition of the Poba Forest Festival at Lali-Beraghat (Bahir-Jonai) in Assam’s Dhemaji district began on Sunday with participation of nature lovers, NGO workers, and…
ITANAGAR, 30 Jan: Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) P Subramaniam emphasised the need to maintain a balance between conservation and developmental activities. Chairing a meeting on human-wildlife conflict at…
[ Prem Chetry ] BOMDILA, 27 Jan: Rantan Subba, who received a commendation certificate from the general administration of Rupa subdivision, was felicitated by the All West Kameng Gorkha Youth Welfare Association…
[ Bengia Ajum ] LIKABALI 25 Jan: A resident of Lower Siang district, Mirjum Karba, has served a contempt notice to senior officials, including the principal secretary of the ministry of environment, forest and climate…
ITANAGAR, 23 Jan: Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein has stated that Pangsau Pass on the India-Myanmar border, once a vital wartime lifeline during World War-II, today stands as a powerful symbol of peace, friendship and…
ITANAGAR, 16 Jan: A group of 15 BSc 5th semester students from Dera Natung Government College (DNGC) here, led by Assistant Professor Botem Moyong, visited educational institutes, science centres, and tourist spots in…
[ Tongam Rina ] On a whim, I decided to attend the Pakke Paga (great Indian hornbill) Festival, which was held at Seijosa in Pakke-Kessang district from 18 to 21 January. However, on the day the event was to be…
May 31, 2017 Vigilantism and personal choices [ Tongam Rina ] What we eat, wear and who we love and regard should have been a personal choice. But in the society we live in today, eating food of our choice, more…
