The Siang Upper Multipurpose Project has long been a powder keg in Arunachal Pradesh. On Monday, Chief Minister Pema Khandu lit a match. Amid mounting resistance from indigenous communities against pre-feasibility report (PFR) activities for the proposed Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP), Khandu convened a high-stakes consultative meeting in Itanagar — pulling in hundreds of … Read more
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
The orders were clear. The deadline was firm. And yet, as dawn broke over Leparada on Sunday, the Galo Youth Organisation’s 12-hour bandh was already underway — burning tyres, boulders, and hundreds of volunteers holding their ground across the district. The shutdown, called by the Galo Youth Organisation (GYO), kicked off at 5 am and … Read more
When was the last time a politician actually walked into the frontier — not for a photo-op, but to listen? That question feels very relevant right now. A Visit That Sparked a Warning Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Bosiram Siram just wrapped up a four-day ground visit to the Taksing sector in Upper Subansiri … Read more
Security was the last thing anyone expected to be tested at 3 in the morning — but that’s exactly what happened in Changlang district on Independence Day eve. In the early hours of Friday, August 14, suspected cadres of ULFA (Independent) and NSCN (K-YA) launched a brazen attack on an Assam Rifles camp located at … Read more
Rocks were flying at security forces on August 13 — and the situation along one of Northeast India’s most contested borders was far from calming down. What Started with Bullets, Grew into a Blockade It began three days earlier. On August 10, a firing incident at Mingmang Basti — a small settlement along the Assam-Arunachal … 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 quiet Friday night along the edge of Tengapani Reserve Forest turned violent — and a 30-year-old woman from a small village in Namsai district is now nursing a bullet wound to her left knee. When the Forest Becomes a Battlefield At around 9:15 PM on July 17, an exchange of fire broke out between … 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
He carried a gun for over two decades. On Saturday, he laid it down. A Village Boy Who Chose the Wrong Path Pongngoi Wangnowham is 37 years old. He is a resident of Kamkah village in Longding district, Arunachal Pradesh. And according to officials, he first joined the banned NSCN-K (Angmai) outfit back in 2005 … Read more
