Every Arunachal Farmer Will Have an Identity. That’s Bigger Than It Sounds.

A digital ID card for farmers might seem like a small administrative step. But for Arunachal Pradesh, where thousands of farming families have long remained invisible to government systems, this could be a genuine turning point. Arunachal Pradesh Agriculture Minister Gabriel D Wangsu launched a Farmer ID Generating Camp at Roing in Lower Dibang Valley … Read more

A Rapper Attacked After a Festival Performance — Arunachal CM Pema Khandu Says Enough Is Enough

A Sikkimese rapper performs at a winter festival deep in the hills of Arunachal Pradesh. On the way back, he and his manager are allegedly attacked. Now, a Chief Minister is making a personal promise that justice will be delivered. Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu came out swinging on Thursday, condemning the alleged attack … Read more

Rapper Attacked on a Dark Mountain Road — Police Make First Arrest, 13 Suspects Identified

He came to perform. He left with injuries to his head and face, and a story that has shaken the Northeast music world to its core. Sikkimese rapper UNB — real name Ugen Namgyal Bhutia — was ambushed on a remote stretch of road in Arunachal Pradesh’s Lower Dibang Valley on the evening of September … Read more

Northeast’s Artists Are Becoming Targets — Sikkim Rapper UNB Attacked in Arunachal While Returning From Concert

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

Rajya Sabha MP Tai Tagak Backs UWATCH Dream After Visiting the Heart of Arunachal’s Cultural Heritage in Roing

There are visits politicians make for photographs — and then there are visits that mean something. Rajya Sabha MP Tai Tagak’s stop at the Research Institute of World’s Ancient Traditions, Cultures and Heritage (RIWATCH) in Roing, Lower Dibang Valley, appears to fall firmly in the second category. Tagak visited the RIWATCH campus at Khinjili and … Read more

Skies Are About to Get Angry: IMD Warns of Rain and Thunderstorms Across Several Arunachal Districts

The clouds are gathering, and this time, the meteorologists are not guessing. Starting September 22, several districts across Arunachal Pradesh are bracing for rain and thunderstorms — and if you live in any of the affected areas, you’d be wise to pay attention. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a weather bulletin from its Meteorological … Read more

Young Minds from Roing Conquer Arunachal’s Toughest Quiz Stage

Two students from a small town in Lower Dibang Valley just beat out the entire state — and they did it convincingly. Shayon Ghosh and Regainlu Kri of Global Valley School, Roing walked away as the undisputed champions of Battle of Minds 3.0, Arunachal Pradesh’s statewide inter-district quiz championship, after dominating the grand finale held … Read more

Arunachal Researchers Turn to AI as RIWATCH Workshop Focuses on Preserving Languages and Culture

KHINJILI, LOWER DIBANG VALLEY, Sept 19: Technology is rapidly changing the way knowledge is recorded, and in Arunachal Pradesh, researchers are now looking at how artificial intelligence can help protect something far older — the state’s diverse languages and cultural traditions. A two-day workshop-cum-training programme on “Digital Archiving, Linguistic Tools and AI Applications in Linguistic … Read more

“Age Is No Shield for Predators”: Women’s Body Speaks Out After 70-Year-Old Allegedly Assaulted in Dambuk

A 70-year-old woman was allegedly sexually assaulted in a quiet village in Arunachal Pradesh. And the silence that followed, the kind that often swallows such stories in remote corners of the Northeast, was broken this time — loudly. The Arunachal Pradesh Women’s Welfare Society (APWWS) has come out strongly condemning the reported assault of the … Read more

A 70-Year-Old Woman Was Just Walking Home From Her Fields. What Happened Next Is Unthinkable.

She had done it a thousand times before — walking back from her agricultural field in a remote village in Arunachal Pradesh’s Lower Dibang Valley district, the kind of quiet, routine journey that marks the end of a long day’s work. But on September 9, that familiar walk home turned into a nightmare that no … Read more