Two Words. A Million Feelings: CM Himanta’s ‘Miss You Zubeen’ Echoes Across Assam on First Death Anniversary

A year has passed. But for Assam, it might as well have been yesterday. On Saturday, September 19, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma took to his personal X account and posted two photographs alongside a message that needed no elaboration — “Miss you Zubeen.” Just three words. And yet, for a state still quietly … Read more

A Year of Grief and Unanswered Questions: Assam Remembers Zubeen Garg at Sonapur

One year has passed. The questions haven’t. On Saturday, September 19, hundreds of fans, family members, and fellow artistes converged on Zubeen Khetra in Sonapur — a temporary memorial site on the outskirts of Guwahati — to mark exactly one year since the passing of Assamese music legend Zubeen Garg. The air was heavy with … Read more

National Award-Winning Filmmaker Beaten With a Stick. FTII Itanagar Shuts Down.

When students at the Film and Television Institute of India in Itanagar stepped out for a routine academic assignment last Tuesday evening, none of them expected the night to end in blood and bruises. But that is exactly what happened — and now, the institute has ground to a complete halt. On the evening of … Read more

Where Roots Run Deep: MP Tai Tagak Visits Ziro’s Indigenous Gurukul, Stands Behind a School That Teaches Children Who They Are

In the quiet green valleys of Ziro, there is a school that doesn’t just teach children what to learn — it teaches them who they are. Rajya Sabha MP Tai Tagak visited the Miji Migumn Yarko on September 18, a one-of-a-kind indigenous residential school nestled in Arunachal Pradesh’s Lower Subansiri district. And the visit was … Read more

National Award-Winning Filmmaker Dominic Sangma Beaten With Bamboo Sticks in Arunachal — Two Nabbed

He was just out for an evening walk. That’s all. And yet, by the time the sun had fully set along the Jollang-Rakap road on the outskirts of Itanagar, National Award-winning filmmaker Dominic Sangma was on the receiving end of bamboo sticks wielded by two men in a drunken rage. Police confirmed on September 18 … Read more

Before the Music Starts, Arunachal Gets Its Highway in Order

With thousands of festivalgoers about to descend on Ziro Valley, the administration isn’t leaving anything to chance — not even the roadside dhabas. The Keyi Panyor district administration swung into action on September 18, launching a joint awareness-cum-inspection drive along NH-13, covering the stretch from Potin to Yachuli. The move is part of a wider … Read more

Congress Turns Modi’s Own Words Against Him Over Arunachal CM’s CBI Controversy

Prime Minister Narendra Modi once built his political brand on a single, punchy promise — “Na khaunga, na khane dunga.” I won’t steal, and I won’t let others steal. On Thursday, Congress took that very slogan and threw it right back at him. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh took to X on September 18, firing … Read more

The Siang Is Swallowing Mebo — And Farmers Are Running Out of Time

The river doesn’t wait. And for the farming families of Mebo subdivision, that brutal truth has never felt more real. Severe erosion by the Siang river at the Borguli portion in East Siang district has taken an alarming turn, devouring several acres of wetland cultivation and leaving local farmers staring at the ruins of a … Read more

Mebo’s Youth Finally Have a Unified Voice — And They Mean Business

The Mebo area of East Siang finally has something it has long needed — a formal, unified platform where its young people can speak in one voice. On September 18, the Mebo Area Yameng Kebang, or MAYK, was officially constituted, bringing together youth representatives from villages spanning the stretch from Bodak to Mer and Sigar … Read more

Rights Group Stands With Siang Communities: “Protect Our Ancestral Land”

A human rights organisation has done something that rarely happens in Arunachal Pradesh’s development debates — it has openly sided with the people over the project. The Human Rights of Arunachal (HRA) on Thursday threw its weight behind the ongoing protests against the proposed Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP), calling on the state government to … Read more