Latest news from Arunachal Pradesh — politics, development, culture and sports, reported by Abotani TV.
The Siang River can be both a lifeline and a time bomb — and Arunachal Pradesh’s Chief Minister wants people to understand the difference before it’s too late. Pema Khandu sat down with Community-Based Organisation (CBO) members, government officers and local officials at Yingkiong on September 30, and the conversation wasn’t about politics or projects. … Read more
The Arunachal Institute of Tribal Studies (AITS) of Rajiv Gandhi University, Rono Hills Doimukh Arunachal Pradesh had organised an one day seminar in collaboration with the VKIC (Vivekananda Kendra Institute of Culture on 28th September 2026, at University Campus and the seminar was inaugurated by his honour the Vice Chancellor of R G Univerity Prof. … Read more
Upper Siang District, Arunachal Pradesh | September 28, 2026: Recently, a SUMP Awareness Programme reached six villages across the Upper Siang district — Palsi, Panggo, Ningging, Old Tuting, Rishing, and Gome — deepening public understanding of the Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP) through interactive sessions, distribution of informational materials, and direct engagement with local … Read more
The sun had barely risen over the hills of Changlang when the gunfire broke the silence. At around 6:30 in the morning on September 29, a patrol team from the 21 Assam Rifles was moving through a stretch of land near Nampong — an area where border fencing work is actively underway along the India-Myanmar … Read more
The fate of one of the most ambitious — and most debated — infrastructure projects in Northeast India now rests on a single document. Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu said loud and clear on September 29 that the proposed Siang Upper Multi-Purpose Project, known as SUMP, will not move an inch forward unless the … Read more
The Chief Minister didn’t just attend a meeting in Boleng — he delivered a message that cuts right to the heart of governance in Arunachal’s tribal heartland. Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu made a direct and pointed visit to Boleng on September 29, sitting down with officers and officials of the Siang district in … Read more
The blue skies above Arunachal Pradesh carry more than aircraft — they carry lifelines. And the state’s Governor made sure that didn’t go unacknowledged. Arunachal Pradesh Governor Lt Gen KT Parnaik (Retd.) on Tuesday sat down with Air Marshal Inderpal Singh Walia, the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Indian Air Force’s Eastern Air Command, and … Read more
For once, villagers in Arunachal’s East Siang didn’t have to travel miles to get a government certificate — the government came to them. On September 29, residents of Namsing Circle and surrounding areas under Mebo Sub-Division got something that rural communities across the Northeast rarely see — a full spread of government services, right at … Read more
The roads are blocked. The anger is real. And Geku’s message to the government couldn’t be any clearer. As Chief Minister Pema Khandu prepares to visit Boleng in Siang district on September 29 and Yingkiong in Upper Siang district on September 30, the mood in the Siang Valley is anything but welcoming. Villagers in Geku … Read more
Eighty-five school students walked into a university lab. What they left with could change their futures. RONO HILLS, September 28 — On a Saturday morning, the zoology department of Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) was buzzing with something it doesn’t always see — the unfiltered energy of teenagers discovering science for the first time. Eighty-five students … Read more
