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
He was just out for an evening walk. That’s all. And yet, by the time the sun had fully set along the Jollang-Rakap road on the outskirts of Itanagar, National Award-winning filmmaker Dominic Sangma was on the receiving end of bamboo sticks wielded by two men in a drunken rage. Police confirmed on September 18 … Read more
A video. Just a video shared on social media — and suddenly, the bananas sitting in your fruit basket don’t look quite as innocent anymore. Arunachal Pradesh Police have launched a formal investigation into the alleged use of chemicals to artificially ripen bananas in Naharlagun, after a disturbing clip went viral online and forced authorities … Read more
A video clip. That’s all it took to set off a full-blown police investigation in Naharlagun. Arunachal Pradesh Police have launched a formal probe into shocking allegations that chemicals are being used to artificially ripen bananas being sold in the Naharlagun market. The controversy erupted after a video, apparently showing the alleged practice, went viral … Read more
He ran. He crossed state lines. But he couldn’t run far enough. A man with a known criminal history, wanted for the alleged kidnapping and sexual assault of a minor girl from Arunachal Pradesh’s remote Shi-Yomi district, has been arrested — caught in neighbouring Assam in what police are calling a successful inter-state joint operation. … Read more
A loaded pistol, five live rounds, cash, and documents that police are calling “incriminating.” That’s what security forces found when they moved in on a suspected NSCN (IM) operative in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tirap district — and it’s a reminder that the conflict simmering in this corner of the Northeast is far from over. The Tip-Off … Read more
A man missing from Guwahati since early August was found safe and very much working at a construction site in Arunachal Pradesh — the only problem was that he had been calling his own brother in Dubai, pretending to be a kidnapper. The Disappearing Act That Fooled a Family Pradeep Bhattarai vanished from Guwahati on … Read more
Independence Day is always about flags and speeches. But this year in Arunachal Pradesh, it was also about names — 23 of them — that the state decided the world should know. Gold for the Ones Who Truly Earned It On August 15, as the rest of the country marked India’s 80th Independence Day, Arunachal … Read more
A 23-year-old man thought he could slip through the night undetected. He didn’t count on Banderdewa Police waiting for him. In the late hours of August 2, just before midnight, Arunachal Pradesh Police intercepted Rohit Borah — a resident of Lakhimpur district in Assam — at 11:49 PM near Banderdewa. What they found during a … Read more
Fifty rounds. No injuries. But a wound that’s been festering for decades. That’s the reality on the Assam-Arunachal border, and Home Minister Mama Natung finally stepped up to address it on July 28. What Sparked the Latest Flashpoint It started on July 15. In Sango village under the Tarasso area of Papum Pare district, things … Read more
