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The forest doesn’t give up its secrets easily. But in the dense woodlands of New Tupi village in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tirap district, a quiet revolution in wildlife conservation just got underway — and this time, the villagers themselves are leading it. A camera-trapping initiative has been launched inside the New Tupi community forest, setting up … Read more
Forty young people from Arunachal Pradesh walked into IIT Guwahati on September 23 with something none of their predecessors ever had — a seat at the state’s very first AI Boot Camp. And Chief Minister Pema Khandu wants the world to know about it. Khandu publicly praised the launch of the 10-day AI Boot Camp … Read more
Itanagar didn’t look like a capital city on Thursday morning. By the time most people were supposed to be heading to work or school, the streets were already unusually quiet — shutters down, traffic thin, and a visible tension hanging in the air. The All Nyishi Students’ Union (ANSU) had called a 12-hour bandh, and … Read more
He came to perform. He left with injuries to his head and face, and a story that has shaken the Northeast music world to its core. Sikkimese rapper UNB — real name Ugen Namgyal Bhutia — was ambushed on a remote stretch of road in Arunachal Pradesh’s Lower Dibang Valley on the evening of September … Read more
Forty young people from Arunachal Pradesh walked into IIT Guwahati on September 23 with one mission: to learn artificial intelligence and build something real with it. They weren’t just lucky to be there. Out of 97 people who applied, only 40 made the cut. That kind of selection rate tells you something — the appetite … Read more
Before the sun could rise over Itanagar on September 24, the administration had already made its position crystal clear — this bandh isn’t happening. Not legally, at least. The District Magistrate of Itanagar Capital Region, Toko Babu, issued a firm order on September 23 declaring the 12-hour bandh announced by the All Nyishi Students’ Union … Read more
The voter list is shorter by over 21 percent. Congress wants to know exactly why — and it wants that answer constituency by constituency. When Arunachal Pradesh’s Chief Electoral Officer published the Final Photo Electoral Roll under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) 2026 on September 22, the numbers told a striking story. The state’s registered … Read more
In the middle of a busy school week, hundreds of students across Siang district sat down not for a math test or a history lesson — but to ask hard questions about a river they’ve grown up beside their whole lives. A school exhibition drive centred on the proposed Siang Upper Multipurpose Project, widely known … Read more
The Arunachal Pradesh government just made a move to fast-track one of the most controversial infrastructure projects in the state’s history — and it’s already stirring up fresh friction. The state Cabinet, on September 24, gave its approval to form an empowered high-level committee that will guide and coordinate the pre-feasibility report (PFR) survey for … Read more
There’s a quiet urgency behind the letters that Arunachal Pradesh Civil Aviation Minister Balo Raja penned this week — and anyone who has ever tried to catch a flight out of Itanagar will know exactly why. Raja has written separate letters to the chief executives of Akasa Air and Alliance Air, urging both airlines to … Read more
