singpho community

Assam's chai culture extends far beyond its famed tea gardens, revealing a deeply personal tradition of rituals and unique flavors. Home chef Sneha Saikia highlights that tea is a cherished ritual, often enjoyed with pitha and traditionally served as pure red tea (Lal Sa) without milk, emphasizing community and mindful connection.

Minority communities in Upper Assam, including Tai Khamyang, Tai Phake, and Singpho, are deeply concerned about preserving their ancestral languages and identities amidst election promises. These groups, with dwindling speaker numbers, are advocating for autonomous councils and inclusion of their mother tongues in school curricula to prevent cultural extinction and safeguard their rich heritage.

Tension prevailed in Miao town under Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh for the third consecutive day on Tuesday following a group clash between Chakma refugees and indigenous Singpho residents over a plot of land on Sunday.

In the serene embrace of Arunachal Pradesh, the 8th Butterfly Festival at Namdapha National Park recently celebrated the myriad of winged wonders that grace its gardens. Enticing both butterfly aficionados and dedicated conservationists from all corners of India, the festival showcased an impressive count of 126 butterfly species, well beyond the peak season.

The full bloom of poppy (opium) cultivation at several villages in Lohit district has raised serious concern in society.

The situation is tense in Tawang after hundreds of people, mostly monks and villagers led by the Save Mon Region Federation (SMRF), took out a rally from Tawang Monastery in protest against the construction of dams in the district.

With a diverse cultural mosaic and natural beauty, Arunachal Pradesh has the potential to develop as a festival tourism state, chief minister Nabam Tuki said.

Four personnel died on the spot while eight others were injured, Lower Siang SP Singjatla Singpho informed.

The Idu Mishmi Cultural and Literary Society has appealed to the state government to ensure safety of all in the state capital.

A leader of the BJP's state unit on Tuesday said the probability of according Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to six communities of the state before the assembly election looks quite bleak.

Lower Siang SP Singjatla Singpho said the jawan who died on Saturday was among the two critically injured personnel who were taken to Dibrugarh last night.

A series of three student-youth parliaments organized by Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) concluded on Saturday with the "Northeast Parliament of Students and Youth" held at New Delhi's NDMC Convention Centre.

This year will mark the first Bihu celebration without Bhupen Hazarika, who passed away about six months ago.

Tshering Ongchuk, a young man from Sikkim and currently based in Guwahati, braved pangs of homesickness as he observed Buddha Purnima on Wednesday.

Some organisations representing indigenous communities from Assam have petitioned the Chief Justice of India requesting his intervention for a temporary halt to the ongoing process of updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC). At least 10 organisations have come up with this plea for a halt until the petition filed by the Asom Sanmilita Mahasangha (ASM)-a confederation of indigenous people-challenging the constitutional validity of clause 6(A) of the Citizenship Act is resolved.

The much awaited Jeypore Rainforest Festival 2011 began on the banks of the Burhidehing at Jeypore in Dibrugarh district on Friday.