No Doctors, No Teachers: AAPSU Exposes Glaring Gaps in Anini’s Hospital and School Right on the China Border

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

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

“Fix Manipur First”: AAPSU Fires Back at Kuki Rights Body Over Arunachal Voter Roll Row

There’s something raw and unapologetic about the way Arunachal’s students’ union responded to the Kuki Human Rights Council — and honestly, they didn’t mince a single word. The All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union (AAPSU) on September 8 launched a sharp counter-attack against the Manipur-based Kuki Human Rights Council (KHRC), after the latter wrote to both … Read more

AAPSU Breaks Silence After Violence Erupts at Bordumsa Electoral Hearing

A verification exercise meant to clean up voter rolls turned ugly in Changlang district — and now Arunachal’s most prominent student body is speaking out. The All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union (AAPSU) stepped forward on Friday to set the record straight about what its members were doing at the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearing in … Read more

“We Will Finish It”: AAPSU Issues Stern Warning to Chakma Community After Bordumsa Violence, Sets September 12 Deadline

The tension was already simmering. Then it boiled over. Following a violent flare-up at Bordumsa in Arunachal Pradesh’s Changlang district, the All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union (AAPSU) has issued a sharp warning to the Chakma community — and the clock is already ticking. The powerful student body announced on Friday, September 4, that it will … Read more

Stones Fly, Machete Drawn — Bordumsa Erupts Over Chakma Voter List Row

What started as a peaceful demonstration outside a government office in Arunachal Pradesh turned into something far uglier on Friday. By the time police fired shots into the air and tear gas filled the streets of Bordumsa, at least one student leader was bleeding from a machete wound — and a quiet town in Changlang … Read more

Shut Out and Stone-Pelted: Chakma Voters Blocked from Electoral Hearings, Community Knocks on NHRC’s Door

They came to exercise a basic democratic right. Instead, they were turned away — and the office meant to hear them out was left damaged. The Chakma Development Foundation of India (CDFI) has filed a complaint before the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), alleging that Chakma voters were deliberately blocked from attending Special Intensive Revision … Read more

Shots Fired, Leader Attacked: Bordumsa Explodes Over Electoral Roll Controversy

What was supposed to be a routine administrative hearing turned into something far more alarming on Thursday, as the small town of Bordumsa in Arunachal Pradesh became the flashpoint of a violent confrontation that has left the region rattled and on edge. A deeply tense situation erupted in Bordumsa over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision … Read more

AAPSU Chief Draws a Hard Line: “Touch Our Members on SIR Duty and Face the Consequences”

Nobody was mincing words this time. All Arunachal Pradesh Students Union (AAPSU) president Meje Taku stepped forward Thursday with a blunt, unambiguous warning — any attempt to threaten, intimidate or obstruct AAPSU members carrying out their duties during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Changlang district’s Bordumsa-Diyun area will not be tolerated. Not even … Read more

APPSC Finally Listens: Arunachal’s Students Say ‘This Is What We Fought For’ — But the Real Battle Has Just Begun

For years, young people from Arunachal Pradesh watched government jobs slip through their fingers — posts that, many felt, should have gone to the sons and daughters of their own soil. This week, something shifted. The All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union (AAPSU) came out in strong support of the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission’s newly … Read more