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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…
[ 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…
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…
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,…
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…
Siang Upper Multipurpose Project Ringside View [ Tongam Rina ] Border communities, because of their geographical location, have to sacrifice much more than the rest of the country. Their land is becoming inaccessible to…
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…
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…
Himalayas Losing Balance Shivaji Sarkar Unfathomable! In a matter of seconds, an immense mass of ice, rock and frozen earth brokeloose high in the Himalayas, unleashing a violent cascade from the Tibetan heights into…
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…
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…
By Inder Jit (Released on 28 December 1976) Preoccupation with the affairs in West Bengal, Orissa and Gujarat and the mini shuffle at the Centre has prevented the Congress High Command from considering in depth the…
ITANAGAR, 8 Sep: The All Arunachal Pradesh Students' Union (AAPSU) on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on Manipur-based Kuki Human Rights Council (KHRC) for its recent letter to the NHRC and the UN against the AAPSU…
[ AN Mohammed ] Global warming does not recognise a border. It does not pause at the McMahon Line, halt at the Indo-Nepal frontier, or respect the sovereignty of any nation. The glacier that collapses on the Nepal-Tibet…
[Bengia Ajum] BORDUMSA, 4 Sep: Violence broke out at the office of the additional deputy commissioner (ADC) here in Changlang district on Friday during a hearing conducted as part of the special intensive revision (SIR)…
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…
