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
It took nearly two years of hard work, determination, and a shared belief in the power of local journalism — but the Raga Press Club is finally, officially part of the bigger family. On Saturday, the Raga Press Club (RPC) formally affiliated itself with the Arunachal Press Club (APC), becoming its fifth district-level press club … Read more
There are festivals, and then there are festivals that feel like the land itself is celebrating. Anini Winter Fest 5.0 was the latter. Held on Saturday in the heart of Dibang Valley district, the fifth edition of one of Arunachal Pradesh’s most beloved community festivals unfolded against a backdrop that almost feels unfair — mist-clad … Read more
A routine financial audit at a government post office just cracked open what could be one of the most brazen cases of fund embezzlement Tawang has seen in recent years — and the person at the centre of it is a woman who was supposed to be handling public money with care. A multi-tasking staffer … Read more
After months of sitting vacant, the top academic chair at Arunachal Pradesh University finally has someone in it — and his story is worth telling. Professor Ashan Riddi has been officially appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of Arunachal Pradesh University (APU), situated in Pasighat, the scenic headquarters of East Siang district. The announcement came on September … Read more
The drumbeats were already in the air long before the official motorcade rolled through Itanagar. On September 8, Vice President of India C. P. Radhakrishnan touched down at Donyi Polo Airport in Hollongi for a two-day visit to Arunachal Pradesh — a state that rarely misses a chance to remind visitors just how extraordinary it … Read more
It’s not every day that a state pauses to look back at its own history — and this time, Arunachal Pradesh did it from inside its own assembly hall. On September 8, the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly convened its seventh special session of the eighth Assembly in Itanagar, and the occasion could not have been … Read more
If you’re planning to drive through parts of Itanagar on September 9, you might want to leave a little earlier — or rethink your route entirely. The Itanagar Capital Region Traffic Police has rolled out a traffic advisory ahead of Vice President of India C. P. Radhakrishnan’s visit to the state capital. He’s arriving for … Read more
A routine hearing in Arunachal Pradesh’s Bordumsa descended into chaos — and now one of the state’s most prominent student organisations is demanding accountability. The Arunachal Pradesh Chakma Students’ Union (APCSU) came out strongly on September 4, condemning what it described as shocking scenes of violence, stone-pelting, and the alleged display or even firing of … Read more
Sunday morning started like any other in Daporijo — and then the sky turned black. A massive fire broke out at Gandhi Market in Daporijo, the headquarters of Upper Subansiri district, at around 9 AM on August 30, tearing through several shops and residential structures before fire and emergency personnel could bring it under control. … Read more
