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

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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

A Hospital Is Not a Battleground: Niba Hospital Seeks Probe After Morning Clash in Itanagar

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A Hospital Is Not a Battleground: Niba Hospital Seeks Probe After Morning Clash in Itanagar

Nobody walks into a hospital expecting a fight. Yet at around half past seven on Friday morning, the calm inside Niba Hospital in Itanagar’s Papunalah area came apart. Two groups, still unidentified, got into a physical fight on the premises, in a place where sick people and their anxious families were simply trying to get … Read more

Two Crashes, One Dead, Four Badly Hurt: A Grim Friday on Guwahati’s Roads

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Two Crashes, One Dead, Four Badly Hurt: A Grim Friday on Guwahati’s Roads

GUWAHATI: A scooter is about as ordinary as it gets on an Assam road. On Friday, September 18, at Madhyam Khand in North Guwahati, two of them collided head-on, and a young woman did not survive. It was one of two separate accidents in and around the city that day. Together they left one person … Read more

Two Bongaigaon Youths Killed in Telangana Accident — Families Left Shattered Hundreds of Miles Away

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Two Bongaigaon Youths Killed in Telangana Accident — Families Left Shattered Hundreds of Miles Away

They left home chasing a livelihood. They never came back. Two young men from Assam’s Bongaigaon district have died in an accident while working on a project in Telangana, sending shockwaves through their families and the local community back home. The deceased have been identified as Kasem Ali and Muktar Sheikh — both residents of … Read more

They Came Home to Die — Nambol Remembers the Soldiers Who Were Ambushed After Saving Lives

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They Came Home to Die — Nambol Remembers the Soldiers Who Were Ambushed After Saving Lives

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

Assam Police Stops 10 Alleged Infiltrators at Border — Himanta Says “We Remain Alert, ALWAYS!”

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Assam Police Stops 10 Alleged Infiltrators at Border — Himanta Says “We Remain Alert, ALWAYS!”

It was not your typical border security announcement. On Friday, September 18, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma took to X to declare that Assam Police had successfully intercepted 10 alleged infiltrators attempting to enter India through the state’s border — and he delivered the news with a Bollywood punchline that only Himanta could manage … Read more

A Year of Grief and Unanswered Questions: Assam Remembers Zubeen Garg at Sonapur

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A Year of Grief and Unanswered Questions: Assam Remembers Zubeen Garg at Sonapur

One year has passed. The questions haven’t. On Saturday, September 19, hundreds of fans, family members, and fellow artistes converged on Zubeen Khetra in Sonapur — a temporary memorial site on the outskirts of Guwahati — to mark exactly one year since the passing of Assamese music legend Zubeen Garg. The air was heavy with … Read more

National Award-Winning Filmmaker Beaten With a Stick. FTII Itanagar Shuts Down.

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National Award-Winning Filmmaker Beaten With a Stick. FTII Itanagar Shuts Down.

When students at the Film and Television Institute of India in Itanagar stepped out for a routine academic assignment last Tuesday evening, none of them expected the night to end in blood and bruises. But that is exactly what happened — and now, the institute has ground to a complete halt. On the evening of … Read more

Where Roots Run Deep: MP Tai Tagak Visits Ziro’s Indigenous Gurukul, Stands Behind a School That Teaches Children Who They Are

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Where Roots Run Deep: MP Tai Tagak Visits Ziro’s Indigenous Gurukul, Stands Behind a School That Teaches Children Who They Are

In the quiet green valleys of Ziro, there is a school that doesn’t just teach children what to learn — it teaches them who they are. Rajya Sabha MP Tai Tagak visited the Miji Migumn Yarko on September 18, a one-of-a-kind indigenous residential school nestled in Arunachal Pradesh’s Lower Subansiri district. And the visit was … Read more

National Award-Winning Filmmaker Dominic Sangma Beaten With Bamboo Sticks in Arunachal — Two Nabbed

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National Award-Winning Filmmaker Dominic Sangma Beaten With Bamboo Sticks in Arunachal — Two Nabbed

He was just out for an evening walk. That’s all. And yet, by the time the sun had fully set along the Jollang-Rakap road on the outskirts of Itanagar, National Award-winning filmmaker Dominic Sangma was on the receiving end of bamboo sticks wielded by two men in a drunken rage. Police confirmed on September 18 … Read more