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Arunachal Pradesh
Latest news from Arunachal Pradesh — politics, development, culture and sports, reported by Abotani TV.
Boulders Don’t Wait — An Assam Worker Lost His Life at Arunachal’s Parsi Parlo Hydropower Site
A man left home for work. He never came back. That is the devastating reality facing the family of Nobin Doley, a labourer from Dhemaji district in Assam, who was killed Tuesday afternoon when a sudden landslide tore through a hydroelectric project site deep inside Arunachal Pradesh’s Kurung Kumey district. A Routine Afternoon Turned Fatal … Read more
Soldiers Face to Face on the Border — Fresh India-China Standoff Claims Shake Arunachal Again
Photos and videos are circulating. Timestamps point to late July. And yet, as of now, not a single official has confirmed what happened on that remote stretch of the Arunachal border. Fresh claims of a face-off between the Indian Army and China’s People’s Liberation Army have emerged from the Taksing Circle in Upper Subansiri district … Read more
Arunachal Pradesh Is About to Put India’s Wildest Rivers on Asia’s Sporting Map
Boleng is getting ready for something it has never seen before — and the whole continent will be watching. Arunachal Pradesh is set to host the 2026 Asian Rafting Championships in Boleng, Siang district, from October 5 to 9. Chief Minister Pema Khandu made the announcement on August 6 after chairing a high-level preparatory meeting … Read more
Hotel Owner Arrested for Allegedly Assaulting 17-Year-Old Employee in Arunachal Pradesh
She was just a teenager trying to earn a living. What allegedly happened on July 31 in a moving car in Lower Subansiri has left an entire district shaken. The Incident That Shook Hapoli A hotel operator running his business near the Mini Secretariat in Hapoli has been arrested after a 17-year-old girl working as … Read more
Students Hit the Street Over a Road That Shouldn’t Even Be News — And They Won
It takes a lot for students to walk out of university gates and sit on a broken road in protest. But that’s exactly what happened at Assam University on Wednesday — and by afternoon, they had a written promise in their hands. Fed Up and Done Waiting Students of Assam University staged a sit-in protest … Read more
Arunachal Finally Has Its Own: Dr. Tayek Talom Makes History as First Local VC of Apex Professional University
It took 13 years. But Arunachal Pradesh finally has one of its own at the helm of Apex Professional University — and the moment has sent ripples of pride across the state’s academic community. A Historic First at APU’s Doors Dr. Tayek Talom has been appointed the new Vice Chancellor of Apex Professional University (APU) … Read more
Heroin, Cash, and a Repeat Offender: Namsai Police Crack Down Hard on Drug Racket
A quiet Sunday evening near the Circuit House in Namsai turned anything but ordinary on August 3, when police moved in and took down what they believe is an active drug trafficking network — netting four accused, suspected heroin, and tens of thousands of rupees in alleged dirty money. The Tip That Set It All … Read more
A Road to Nowhere: Arunachal Students Give Government 15 Days to Fix Strategic Border Highway or Face Protests
The potholes are getting deeper, the patience is running out — and now, student bodies in Arunachal Pradesh have had enough. “Not a Single Promise Kept Since Independence” Two prominent student organisations — the Basar Area Students Union (BASU) and Jigo Yegi Student Union — came together under a Joint Action Committee (JAC) on August … Read more
Earth Gave Way — A Vehicle Swallowed, A Road Gone, And Arunachal Once Again On Edge
A hillside didn’t just collapse on Tuesday morning — it swallowed a vehicle whole and cut off an entire stretch of one of Arunachal Pradesh’s most critical road links. A massive landslide struck the Seppa–Itanagar highway on August 4, burying a vehicle under a thick cascade of mud, rocks, and debris at Zero Block Point, … Read more
