India and China Talked. Eight Points Later, Arunachal Is Still Watching Closely.

After years of frozen silence and lingering suspicion since the bloody Galwan Valley clash of 2020, India and China sat down again — this time in Beijing — and walked out with something they called progress. The 25th round of talks between the special representatives of the two countries on the boundary question produced what … Read more

Shots Fired, Village Head Taken: The Assam-Arunachal Border Flashpoint That No One Can Ignore

A village head gets detained. Shots are fired. One person lies injured. And once again, the old wound between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh bleeds open. A Fence That Sparked a Fire It started, as these things so often do, with something that seemed almost routine — a group of Mishing people from Assam arriving at … Read more

Shots Fired at the Border: 18 Hurt, Four Fighting for Their Lives as Assam-Arunachal Tension Explodes

A routine land dispute along one of Northeast India’s most volatile borders turned violent on Sunday, leaving 18 people injured — four of them in critical condition — and reigniting fears of a deeper communal flashpoint between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. When the Guns Spoke at Mingmang Basti The firing broke out at Mingmang Basti, … Read more

No Chinese Boots in Taksing, Says Pema Khandu — But He’s Sending a Team to Find Out

The Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister pushed back hard against incursion claims, but wisely stopped short of closing the door completely. When whispers of Chinese soldiers crossing into Indian territory near Taksing started doing the rounds, it didn’t take long for alarm bells to go off. The Nah Welfare Society (NWS) had alleged that personnel of … Read more

Soldiers Face to Face on the Border — Fresh India-China Standoff Claims Shake Arunachal Again

Photos and videos are circulating. Timestamps point to late July. And yet, as of now, not a single official has confirmed what happened on that remote stretch of the Arunachal border. Fresh claims of a face-off between the Indian Army and China’s People’s Liberation Army have emerged from the Taksing Circle in Upper Subansiri district … Read more