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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…
Correspondent RUKSIN, 19 Aug: Tense situation is prevailing in Assam-Arunachal boundary areas following continued protests by students' unions and social organizations of Assam demanding the early arrest of those…
Editor, The Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border dispute is a long-standing inter-state issue rooted in colonial-era administrative lines and a 1951 land transfer. It has involved periodic violence, multiple failed…
[ Bengia Ajum ] HIME, 14 Aug: As the rest of India prepares to celebrate Independence Day, the people of trouble-torn Hime village in Kangku circle of Lower Siang district are facing an uncertain time. On 10 August, a…
NEW DELHI, 13 Aug: Welcoming the government's initiative of appointing a 31-member joint parliamentary committee (JPC) on the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, the United Christian Forum (UCF)…
Editor, Assam's border disputes with Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland remain a quiet national failure. These are not international frontiers. They are lines between Indian states, governed by the same…
Bengia Ajum ITANAGAR, 12 Aug: The economic blockade imposed against Arunachal Pradesh by Takam Mising Porin Kébang (TMPK) caused major disruption across the state on Wednesday. TMPK supporters stopped vehicular movement…
GOGAMUKH, 11 Aug: Assam-based students' organisation Takam Mising Porin Kebang (TMPK) has announced a road and economic blockade against Arunachal Pradesh over Monday's violent incident that left at least 12 persons…
[ Bengia Ajum ] HIME, 10 Aug: The Assam-Arunachal Pradesh boundary row turned violent here in Lower Siang district on Monday. The latest clash, which has left at least a dozen injured, came days after a similar boundary…
Efficacy of Protest Movements By Dhurjati Mukherjee The ongoing movement by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), culminating in Monday’s ‘Chalo Sansad’ (march to Parliament), is in some repeats a sequel to the Anna Hazare…
[ 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…
[ 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…
[ Biren Dutta ] The Eastern Himalaya has always lived with excess water, but what was once a season of heavy rain has, within a generation, become a cycle of sudden, violent flash floods. This is not a danger confined…
[ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ] The purpose of yoga is to put a smile on your face despite all the stress, tension and different situations we face in our day-to-day life. You can find happiness only when you look into the…
NEW DELHI, 7 Jun: Founder of the online movement Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), Abhijeet Dipke, on Sunday thanked the “thousands” of people who participated in the group’s protest at Jantar Mantar and warned that the…
IMPHAL, 7 Jun: Security forces have asked village authorities and civil society in Manipur’s Ukhrul to sensitise youths to not get carried away by violent incidents in other districts, as they carried out a combing…
[ Dr Atop Lego ] The Himalayan ecosystem is undeniably one of the most dynamic and complex geological frontiers on the planet. For decades, the narrative surrounding development in this region – particularly in…
ITANAGAR/PASIGHAT, 26 May: Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Tuesday expressed concern over the alleged custodial torture of anti-drug activist Gumin Mize, as widespread protests erupted across the Siang belt and Dibang…
[ Marina Dai ] ANINI, 21 May: An inspection of a forest fire here in Dibang Valley district allegedly turned violent after police and administrative officials confronted local farmers carrying out controlled burning…
[ Gedak Taipodia ] Introduction: The imperative for institutional metamorphosis The architecture of law enforcement in the Republic of India is fundamentally a state subject, as enshrined within the 7th Schedule of the…
Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 15 May: The 36-hour capital bandh enforced by the ST Bachao Andolan Committee (STBAC) turned violent on Friday after hundreds of protesters gheraoed the Itanagar police station, demanding…
[ Prem Chetry ] TAWANG, 6 May: A 33-year-old taxi driver was stabbed to death by another taxi driver in Tawang district on Monday. Police said information was received in the late hours of 4 May about a violent dispute…
[ Prafulla Kaman ] RUKSIN, 28 Apr: Protesters temporarily lifted the blockade on the ferrosilicon factory in Niglok in East Siang district on certain conditions after a consultative meeting with the local administration…
[ Dibya Shankar Bhattacharya ] The story of the Siang river does not begin in the verdant, sun-kissed valleys of Arunachal Pradesh, nor does it start in the bustling plains of Assam. It begins in the freezing, desolate…
Goodbye Maoists By Poonam I Kaushish Goodbye Maoists. After over six decades of relentless Maoist insurrection which cast a long shadow across North, South, East and West, the dreaded ‘Red Corridor’ is clear of all…
IMPHAL/GUWAHATI, 17 Apr: Thousands of people defied prohibitory orders in Manipur’s Imphal West district and took out a torch rally to protest the recent bomb attack in which two children were killed, triggering clashes…
Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 2 Apr: The streets of Itanagar turned into a sea of black robes on Thursday as hundreds of lawyers staged a massive protest, demanding justice for a colleague who was brutally assaulted at his…
Editor, The All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union (AAPSU) elections for the 2026-2029 term have been marred by serious allegations of corruption, institutional failure, and a pervasive ‘money culture’ that threatens the…
The repeated suspension of routine activities at Dera Natung Government College (DNGC) highlights a worrying trend in which academic priorities are being sidelined due to violent All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union…
[Bengia Ajum] ITANAGAR, 25 Mar: The ongoing election process of the All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union (AAPSU), being held at Jubilee Hall, Dera Natung Government College (DNGC), is affecting the academic activities…
NEW DELHI, 17 Mar: In his first public remarks after being released from jail, activist Sonam Wangchuk on Tuesday said he wants to see the development in a “positive light” and expressed hope that it would lead to a…
NEW DELHI/JODHPUR/LADAKH, 14 Mar: Incarcerated for nearly six months, activist Sonam Wangchuk was released from the Jodhpur central jail on Saturday afternoon, hours after the union government announced its decision to…
Monday Musing [ Bengia Ajum ] In the past month, three major incidents have caused immense pain to the people of Arunachal Pradesh. These issues deserve deeper debate and discussion if we are serious about building a…
BTMS condemns unruly behaviour of tourists [ Bengia Ajum ] ANINI, 24 Feb: After registering a case in relation to the recent incident involving a group of tourists who indulged in violent and indecent behaviour during…
LONDON, 23 Feb: I ndia found much to celebrate at the BAFTA awards with Manipuri coming-of-age film Boong winning the award for Best Children’s & Family Film in a glittering ceremony that saw its director Lakshmipriya…
[ Bengia Ajum ] ANINI, 22 Feb: A group of tourists from Gujarat indulged in violent and indecent behaviour during their stay at the Mishmi Hills Resort & Hotel here in Dibang Valley district. On 20 February, their last…
The boundary conflict in the region has been severe, with several states embroiled in it. Assam, which shares its boundary with many northeastern states, has been at loggerheads with them, and there have been violent…
Correspondent RUKSIN, 15 Feb: Tension was prevailing in Ruksin area in East Siang district after protests by locals against the silicon factory at the Niglok Industrial Growth Centre (IGC) turned violent on Sunday. Two…
Social media is abuzz with an extortion letter purportedly written by the NSCN-K (YA) to the Public Works Department (PWD), Longding district. The organisation, which claims to be seeking Naga liberation, is active in…
NEW DELHI, 1 Feb: The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Monday a plea filed by Gitanjali J Angmo, the wife of jailed climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, against his detention under the National Security Act. A bench of…
Editor, The incident of the violent clash which unfolded at the NEFA Club building, the AAPSU office, on Friday is not only regrettable but also marks a new low in the student union’s election. Alleged aspiring…
Monday Musing [Bengia Ajum] As soon as reports of the appointment of 1995-batch IPS officer Darshan Singh Jamwal as the new director general of police (DGP) of Arunachal Pradesh became public, a section of civil rights…
NEW DELHI, 8 Jan: Jailed climate activist Sonam Wangchuk’s wife, Gitanjali J Angmo, told the Supreme Court on Thursday that the tenor of her husband’s speech was not to propagate violence, but to quell it, and facts are…
India’s Foreign Policy in 2025 By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions) The year just gone by, 2025, has been a challenging year for India’s foreign policy. It was marked by regional hostilities,…
[ Tongam Rina ] A circular issued by the Siang district administration regarding the arrangement of accommodation for the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) at Riew village, in the context of the pre-feasibility report…
[ Tongam Rina ] In his address to the people of the state on the 75th Independence Day, Chief Minister Pema Khandu said that “all illegal immigrant Chakmas will be moved and settled in some other places with honour, as…
[ Tongam Rina ] We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it. – Mahatma Gandhi As I try to make…
[ Tongam Rina ] Sudan, world’s last surviving male northern white rhino has died. The 45-year-old rhino was euthanized, following months of ill health on Monday at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya. With the passing of…
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…
2015 December 30, 2015 A season of hope and conviction [ Tongam Rina ] There is something very mystical about the year end with festivity in the air. Even though the dusts cloud our eyes, there is a certain amount of…
