A Journalist Was Just Doing His Job. What Happened Next Has Arunachal’s Media Up in Arms.

Video journalist Joram Domin showed up to cover a bandh. He left, hours later, without his phone, without his motorcycle, and under pressure to apologise on camera for doing nothing wrong. The incident unfolded on September 24 in Nirjuli, during a 12-hour Capital bandh called by the All Nyishi Students Union (ANSU). Domin had been … Read more

Admin Draws the Line: Itanagar DM Calls ANSU’s September 24 Bandh Illegal, Demands Immediate Withdrawal

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

When Students Start Asking About a Dam, Something Is Working

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

Arunachal Cabinet Creates Special Panel for Siang Dam Survey — But Villagers Aren’t Buying It

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

BJP Means Business: Arunachal’s Ruling Party Calls Its Troops for a Serious Rethink

The BJP in Arunachal Pradesh didn’t just hold a meeting on Tuesday — it held a mirror up to itself. The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Arunachal Pradesh unit convened an extended State Executive Meeting at the D.K. Convention Hall in Itanagar on September 22, pulling together a who’s who of state politics under one roof. Chief … Read more

A Road That Could Change Everything: Roing-Hunli Highway Races Toward December Deadline

Anini has long been one of the most isolated district headquarters in the entire country. Getting there means hours of bumpy, nerve-wracking drives through terrain that seems to resist every effort humans make to tame it. That may finally be about to change. Senior officials from the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) … Read more

Northeast’s Artists Are Becoming Targets — Sikkim Rapper UNB Attacked in Arunachal While Returning From Concert

He had just finished performing. That should have been the end of it — music, a crowd, a good night, a drive home. Instead, Sikkim-based rapper Ugen Namgyal Bhutia, known widely as UNB, was allegedly hunted down on an empty stretch of road in Arunachal Pradesh’s Lower Dibang Valley district on Monday evening, beaten with … Read more

Minister Steps In: Arunachal Government Urges ANSU to Drop September 24 Bandh, Promises Action on Schools

A shuttered classroom is never a victory — and that seems to be exactly the message Arunachal Pradesh’s Education Minister wanted to drive home before September 24 arrives. Education Minister Pasang Dorjee Sona on Monday sat down with representatives of the All Nyishi Students’ Union (ANSU) in a bid to defuse the tension ahead of … Read more

🏠 Don’t Send That Advance! Itanagar Police Sounds Alarm on Rental and PG Scams Sweeping the City

House-hunting in Itanagar just got a whole lot riskier — and the police want you to know before it’s too late. Itanagar Police have issued a sharp public alert warning residents about a troubling surge in rental house and paying guest (PG) scams. The fraudsters are not operating from dark back alleys. They are right … Read more

Flames and Fear at Daporijo’s Little Blossom: Children Escape as Daycare School Catches Fire

It was supposed to be a regular Monday morning. Kids in class, teachers at their posts, another unremarkable day in the quiet Upper Subansiri district town of Daporijo. Then, at around 11:30 am, smoke began rising from the terrace of Little Blossom Day Care School in Medical Colony — and everything changed in an instant. … Read more