The All Arunachal Pradesh Students Union (AAPSU) today welcomed a decision by a student organisation from Assam to lift the economic blockade imposed on the State.

Twelve people, including government officers, were arrested with huge quantity of banned raw Sambar meat at Seijosa in East Kameng district in Arunachal Pradesh on Monday, officials said.

Five Arunachali people were injured and a vehicle was damaged during a clash in the border area of Assam-Arunachal Pradesh on Sunday, police said.

Assam and Arunachal Pradesh Friday decided to dismantle bunkers set up by their police forces on either side of the border between them as a confidence building measure to resolve a violent boundary row.

Former chief minister and Congress leader Gegong Apang, who was arrested in the multiple PDS scam, today appealed to Gauhati High Court and other authorities concerned requesting handing over of the case to the CBI for a neutral and impartial inquiry.

Simmering tension prevailed in areas along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border after Naga miscreants set ablaze some houses in Namsang area while vehicles were stranded due to a blockade on a road linking the two States.

The Election Commission of India (EC) today de-recognised Arunachal Congress (AC) as a State party, following its failure to meet the provisions of symbol order of the Commission.

Situation in Assam-Arunachal border areas near Bimplapur, Charaideo subdivision of Sivasagar district is tense following exchange of fire last night between APBN jawans posted in Charaipung, Bimalapur areas and Arunachal police reportedly backed by NSCN cadres belonging to both I-M and Khaplung faction.

Reiterating his stand over improvement of twin capital city roads of the state, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu has appealed to the people, particularly to the denizens of twin capital cities

The Arunachal Citizens’ Right (ARC), a civil liberties organization of Arunachal Pradesh has expressed serious concern over the decision of the Government of India to construct large storage dam projects on the Subansiri, Siang and Lohit rivers – the three major tributaries of the Brahmaputra.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has constituted a committee to look into the demand for grant of Indian citizenship to Chakmas and Hajongs and also to look into the problems of their resettlement in Arunachal Pradesh.

Heavy to very heavy rains are likely to occur at many places in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Jharkhand, Bihar, east Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Konkan, Goa, coastal Karnataka, Kerala and Lakshadweep.

Taking strong exception to the unprovoked firing on the innocent villagers by the Assam Police resulting in serious injuries to one villager, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu yesterday talked to Assam Minister Bhumidhar Barman requesting him to intervene in the matter so that such incidents do not recur along the inter-State boundary.

The All Nyishi Students Union (ANSU), in a memorandum submitted to Arunachal Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu, has demanded immediate removal of Hage Khoda from his post of Commissioner cum Secretary Education.

The Adi Students Union (AdiSU), spearheading the Quit Siang Movement against mega dams" construction in the Siang belt, has alleged the state government of trying to suppress the union movement through political leaders" interference.