Four Geku villagers, including an anti-dam youth leader, have been detained under the Arunachal Pradesh Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 2014, as tensions over the Siang Upper Multipurpose Project survey intensify.
In a place most people couldn’t find on a map, a parliamentarian showed up — not for a photo op, but to listen. Wakka village sits at the edge of India. Quite literally. Tucked away in Longding district of Arunachal Pradesh, it is one of the first villages you’d encounter along the Indo-Myanmar border — … Read more
YINGKIONG, September 30, 2026: Protests against the proposed Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP) intensified across Upper Siang district on Wednesday as Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu visited Yingkiong amid continuing opposition to the government’s proposed Pre-Feasibility Report (PFR) process. The Chief Minister’s two-day visit to Siang and Upper Siang districts coincided with strikes, road … Read more
There’s something quietly urgent about a government minister standing before a gathering of traditional priests and telling them — you matter. That’s exactly what happened in Daporijo on Wednesday, when Indigenous Affairs Minister Mama Natung took the stage at the 21st Foundation Day of the All Arunachal Pradesh Priest Welfare Association (AAPPWA) and made a … Read more
Amid road blockades and simmering anger, Arunachal’s Chief Minister personally travels to one of the state’s most tense flashpoints — and makes a promise that has people both listening and wondering. Pema Khandu did not send a minister. He went himself. On Wednesday, Arunachal Pradesh’s Chief Minister arrived in Siang and Upper Siang districts — … Read more
Eighty-five school students walked into a university lab. What they left with could change their futures. RONO HILLS, September 28 — On a Saturday morning, the zoology department of Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) was buzzing with something it doesn’t always see — the unfiltered energy of teenagers discovering science for the first time. Eighty-five students … 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
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
A Sikkimese rapper performs at a winter festival deep in the hills of Arunachal Pradesh. On the way back, he and his manager are allegedly attacked. Now, a Chief Minister is making a personal promise that justice will be delivered. Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu came out swinging on Thursday, condemning the alleged attack … Read more
