Security forces intercept two armed insurgents allegedly planning an ambush and IED blast on the strategically vital Miao-Vijaynagar route — and they say up to 18 more could still be out there. A lethal plan may have just been stopped in its tracks deep inside the forests of Arunachal Pradesh. Assam Rifles, working in close … Read more
The sun had barely risen over the hills of Changlang when the gunfire broke the silence. At around 6:30 in the morning on September 29, a patrol team from the 21 Assam Rifles was moving through a stretch of land near Nampong — an area where border fencing work is actively underway along the India-Myanmar … Read more
He left for a routine patrol at the crack of dawn. He never came back. A shocking attack on an Assam Rifles patrol team early Tuesday morning has left one soldier dead and the entire northeastern border region on edge. The martyred jawan has been identified as Havildar Jankhokai Kuki, 42 years old — a … Read more
A year ago, two soldiers came back from helping flood survivors. They never made it home. On Friday, the town of Nambol made sure the world didn’t forget. Around 1,800 residents — ordinary people, community elders, and young men and women — gathered at Nambol in Manipur’s Bishnupur district on September 19 to mark the … Read more
He was a soldier before he was a politician, and a people’s man long after he stopped being either. On Tuesday, the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly paused its regular proceedings to honour the memory of former MLA Talong Taggu — a man whose life reads like a quiet chapter from the state’s founding story. Taggu … Read more
Two Myanmar nationals caught red-handed with heroin in Arunachal Pradesh — and that was just the beginning of a very busy 48 hours for the Assam Rifles. Caught at the Border Acting on specific intelligence inputs, troops of the Assam Rifles moved into the Nampong area of Changlang district on August 28 and intercepted two … 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
Security was the last thing anyone expected to be tested at 3 in the morning — but that’s exactly what happened in Changlang district on Independence Day eve. In the early hours of Friday, August 14, suspected cadres of ULFA (Independent) and NSCN (K-YA) launched a brazen attack on an Assam Rifles camp located at … Read more
A gate that sat silent for six years finally swung open Thursday, and for the communities on both sides of the India-Myanmar border, it felt like breathing again. The India-Myanmar border haat at Pangsau Pass in Arunachal Pradesh’s Changlang district officially resumed operations on July 30, 2026 — ending a prolonged shutdown that had quietly … Read more
A woman is lying in a hospital bed in Dibrugarh. A car is in a forensic lab. And now, the man who was allegedly behind the wheel when shots were fired has been arrested. The Lal Pahar firing case in Namsai, Arunachal Pradesh, is no longer just a disturbing rumour circulating in district circles — … Read more
