Northeast India news — Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Meghalaya, Sikkim and more.
When a murder case lands on a police station’s desk, the clock starts ticking — and in most places, that clock ticks for days, sometimes weeks. In Bomdila, it ticked for exactly one hour. On 27 September, at 12:10 pm, the Dirang police station in West Kameng district registered a murder case under Sections 103(1) … Read more
For too long, young people from Arunachal Pradesh’s villages have had to leave the state — or leave everything to chance — just to find a decent livelihood. That may be about to change. The Arunachal State Rural Livelihoods Mission (ArSRLM) took a significant step forward on Monday, September 28, inking memoranda of understanding with … Read more
He left for a routine patrol at the crack of dawn. He never came back. A shocking attack on an Assam Rifles patrol team early Tuesday morning has left one soldier dead and the entire northeastern border region on edge. The martyred jawan has been identified as Havildar Jankhokai Kuki, 42 years old — a … Read more
Pema Khandu says the government will not push the SUMP against the people’s will. Yet roads are blocked, four villagers were detained, and security is pouring in. Something doesn’t add up. The Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh says he won’t use force. But try telling that to the villagers of Geku, who spent Monday blocking … Read more
For years, patients from Arunachal Pradesh had to board flights to Delhi just to get a kidney transplant. That journey may now be a thing of the past. On September 28, Chief Minister Pema Khandu announced that the Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (TRIHMS) in Itanagar had successfully performed the state’s very … Read more
Arunachal Pradesh’s Chief Minister fires back with cold, hard facts as the political storm over electoral roll revision refuses to die down. There’s something almost refreshing about a political response that skips the theatrics and goes straight for the documents. That’s exactly what Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu did on Monday, September 28, when … Read more
Tucked away in one of India’s most remote corners, residents of Anini are fighting a quiet crisis — one where the sick have nowhere to turn and children sit in classrooms without enough teachers to teach them. The All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union (AAPSU) has raised a sharp alarm after a ground-level inspection of health … Read more
The classrooms are smarter, the labs are modern, and for the students of Boleng, things just got a whole lot better. Arunachal Pradesh Education Minister Pasang Dorjee Sona travelled to Boleng in the Siang district on Saturday to inaugurate the newly developed infrastructure of the Government Higher Secondary School — and by the looks of … Read more
The Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee has sent a fact-finding team straight into the heart of SUMP country. With paramilitary boots already on the ground there, someone needs to ask the questions that aren’t being answered. There is something happening in the Siang region of Arunachal Pradesh that the government hasn’t fully explained. Communities are rattled. … Read more
On a day meant to celebrate travel, Arunachal Pradesh made it clear — the future of its tourism is digital, responsible, and very much alive. Itanagar, September 27 — When Governor Lt Gen Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik (Retd.) walked into the World Tourism Day event on Saturday, it wasn’t just a ceremonial appearance. It was a … Read more
