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Itanagar: Multiple FIRs have been lodged across Arunachal Pradesh against officials of Prag Network and NE News TV over the circulation of an allegedly false report claiming that Chief Minister Pema Khandu was stepping down from his post, triggering a statewide backlash from BJP leaders, suppo

On 24 May 2026, 1.5 lakh tribal men and women from over 500 communities descended on the Red Fort grounds in Delhi. The occasion was the commemorative year of Birsa Munda; the event, Janjati Sanskritik Samagam, was organised by the RSS-linked Janjati Suraksha Manch. There were traditional dances, s

Somewhere in Assam, buffaloes can legally lock horns again. In Kerala, cattle can race down muddy tracks with official permission. In Mizoram, begging has been outlawed. And in Haryana, politicians can no longer use dead bodies as instruments of protest. While Parliament often dominates the nationa

Gangtok: Upper Burtuk MLA Kala Rai and BJP member Sonam Pintso Bhutia have offered sharply contrasting accounts of the events that led to the registration of an FIR against the legislator and others over the alleged demolition of a temporary structure near the New STNM Hospital at Socheythang. Resp

A few years before I met Tribeny Rai, I watched Agnes Varda’s autobiography The Beaches of Agnes. One line from the film stayed with me long after the credits rolled. “If we opened people up, we’d find landscapes.” When I watched Shape of Momo for the first time at the MAMI Film Fest

Even as India braces for a weaker-than-normal southwest monsoon in 2026 amid the looming return of El Niño conditions, the Northeast may emerge as one of the few regions relatively insulated from the sharp rainfall deficits expected across large parts of the country — underlining the increasingly u

Yazali: A two-day biodiversity and seed festival in Arunachal Pradesh concluded on Thursday with a strong call for seed sovereignty, ecological conservation and youth participation in agriculture, as farmers, scientists, policymakers and development agencies pledged greater support for indigenous f

Gangtok: Sikkim is witnessing a sharp rise in tourist arrivals this summer, with thousands of visitors flocking to the state to escape the intense heatwave affecting several parts of the country. Official records from the 3rd Mile check post show that 16,749 tourists travelling in 5,375 vehicles pa

Yazali: Arunachal Pradesh’s rich biodiversity and indigenous knowledge systems took centre stage on Thursday as scientists, farmers, tribal elders, seed conservers, policymakers and youth gathered in Yazali for the opening day of the Arunachal Pradesh Jaiv Vividhata and Mvm Liid Soonam/Beej Utsav 2

Agartala: The long wait is finally over. Putting months of speculation to rest, the BJP high command on Thursday appointed 44-year-old Abhishek Debroy as the new president of the party’s Tripura unit — a decision that had been pending since August 2025. A first-time MLA from the Matabari Assembly c

Guwahati: A landmark scientific study has mapped the “geodiversity” of Northeast India for the first time, revealing an extraordinary geological mosaic stretching from the Himalayas of Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim to the plateaus of Meghalaya and the fossil-rich landscapes of the Indo-Myanmar regio

Guwahati: Deep in the misty temperate forests of Arunachal Pradesh’s Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, elephants are now being recorded at a staggering 3,266 metres above sea level — the highest altitude ever documented for elephants in India. Scientists say the dramatic climb may signal a deeper ecolo

Dibrugarh: The Arunachal Pradesh government will set up a separate department dedicated to the Inner Line Permit (ILP) system to strengthen enforcement and safeguard indigenous tribal rights. Chief Minister Pema Khandu announced the decision on Wednesday following a seven-hour-long high-level consu

Agartala: Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Jyotiraditya Scindia on Wednesday asserted that the pineapples grown in Tripura have been carrying the goodwill of the country to the nations where they are being exported. Scindia was speaking at the launch of ‘Mission Queen

Dibrugarh: The administration of the Itanagar Capital Region (ICR) has imposed a complete ban on the commercial slaughter of mithuns and warned of strict penalties for violators. The order was issued by Itanagar Deputy Commissioner Toko Babu on Wednesday. Mithun, a sacred bovine species endemic to

The arrest of anti-drug activist Gumin Mize has triggered protests, political reactions, and allegations of custodial torture across Arunachal Pradesh, turning what began as a police case in Assam into a wider debate over drugs, policing, and vigilante activism in the Northeast. Mize, president of