Tucked away in one of India’s most remote corners, residents of Anini are fighting a quiet crisis — one where the sick have nowhere to turn and children sit in classrooms without enough teachers to teach them. The All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union (AAPSU) has raised a sharp alarm after a ground-level inspection of health … Read more
Anini doesn’t make headlines every day. Nestled deep in one of India’s most isolated districts, this quiet headquarters of Dibang Valley rarely sees the kind of high-level attention that more accessible towns take for granted. But on Sunday, that changed — at least for a few hours. Land Management Minister Balo Raja made the trip … Read more
For the people living deep inside Dibang Valley, crossing the Dri River has never been a casual thing. It has been a gamble — a daily uncertainty shaped by weather, swollen waters, and a question that should never have to be asked: will I make it across today? That question may finally have an answer. … Read more
A verification exercise meant to clean up voter rolls turned ugly in Changlang district — and now Arunachal’s most prominent student body is speaking out. The All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union (AAPSU) stepped forward on Friday to set the record straight about what its members were doing at the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearing in … Read more
A Sunday morning swim in Tawang turned into a family’s worst nightmare when the Nyamjangchu River swallowed a young man whole — and hasn’t given him back. The Incident That Stopped a Village A 29-year-old man was swept away while swimming in the Nyamjangchu River at Namtsering village under Lumla circle in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang … Read more
They came out with guns in hand — and handed them over. In a significant counter-insurgency breakthrough, four cadres of the banned militant outfit ULFA (Independent) surrendered before the 44 Assam Rifles and Longding Police at Wakka in Arunachal Pradesh’s Longding district on Thursday. The men walked in, laid down their weapons, and gave security … Read more
A remote mountain district. A minister with a checklist. And a message that the government is watching. Arunachal Pradesh Tourism Minister Pasang Dorjee Sona made his presence felt in one of the state’s most geographically challenging districts on Saturday, August 1, when he sat down with senior officials of Shi-Yomi at Tato for a no-nonsense … Read more
For a man who once carried a pistol and a rank — even if self-styled — the walk into the SP’s office in Khonsa must have felt like the longest one of his life. On July 17, Penngam Konyak, 42, a self-styled Lieutenant Colonel of the banned NSCN-R outfit, surrendered before a joint team of … Read more
The monsoon has hit where it hurts most — right at the edge of India’s frontier. An Army porter camp near Darmu Pass in Arunachal Pradesh’s Kurung Kumey district has been completely washed away by flash floods, sending alarm signals from one of the most sensitive stretches of the India-China border. The camp, located at … Read more
