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