Imphal: Khel Ratna Award will hereby be called the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said respecting the requests from citizens across India to name the Khel Ratna Award after Major Dhyan Chand. Modi said Major Dhyan Chand was among India’s foremost sportspersons who brought honour and pride for India. It…
Imphal: Kakching battalion of Assam Rifles under the aegis of IGAR (S) foiled smuggling of Win cigarettes and beetle nuts in Kakching, Manipur on Wednesday. Based on intelligence inputs, troops of Assam Rifles intercepted two vehicles with four persons moving on Khudam – Wangukhera road. Nearly 102 boxes of Win cigarettes and 5 bags of…
Imphal: Olympic silver medallist weightlifter Padmashree Awardee Saikhom Mirabai Chanu was felicitated with a cash award of Rs 5 lakh for her feat in Tokyo Olympics by the Directorate of Handloom and Textiles on the occasion of 7th National Handloom Day observation in Imphal. The day was observed at the conference hall of in presence…
Imphal: Manipur on Thursday recorded 1039 fresh Covid-19 positive cases and 14 Covid related death cases while 677 patients were recovered. The fresh Covid cases were confirmed among the test result of 7056 samples released on Thursday. The positivity rate was 14.7 percent. The positive cases were from Imphal East (270), Imphal West (289), Thoubal…
Imphal: In continuation of drive conducted as a part of Manipur government’s ‘War on Drugs’ a team of Imphal West police nabbed three drug smugglers and seized contraband drugs, Opium weighing 25.279 kg on Saturday morning. The three drug smugglers were idntified as one Jangminlen Vaiphei, 35, son of late Thangtilal Vaiphei of Motbung Bazaar;…
Imphal: Tengnoupal battalion under the aegis of IGAR (South) foiled cross-border smuggling of gold at Khudengthabi, Tengnoupal District on Wednesday. During routine checking at Permanent Vehicle Check Post, Khudengthabi, an EECO van was intercepted. On thorough checking of vehicle and the passengers, gold biscuits and ornaments worth Rs 47.65 lakh and Rs 2.80 lakh in…
Imphal: The Animal Welfare Board of India, a statutory body constituted under Prevention of Cruelty to Animal Act, 1960 is ever vigilant on the reported cruelty cases on animals and takes immediate actions as per the provisions of the Prevention of cruelty to Animals Act, 1960. The Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) takes cognizance…
Imphal: Senapati Police recovered 15 packets suspected to be methamphetamine, locally known as Ice drug, weighing 1 kg each and 9975 WY tablets from a truck at Henbung. The drugs were recovered when a team of police conducted frisking and checking on Wednesday morning at Hengbung taxation area along NH-2. They were found in a…
Imphal: A combined team of Thoubal district police and Narcotic Cell, Imphal East seized suspected WY tablets and apprehended three drug peddlers at Lilong Arapti bridge, Thoubal, Manipur. Based on an acting information of transportation of illegal drugs in Lilong area the combined team with the support of members of Youth Athletic Development Association conducted…
Imphal: With the initiatives to avoid losses incurred by involvement of middleman while selling farm produce, Manipur Organic Mission Agency (MOMA) airlifted 500 kilograms of organic “Queen Pineapple” to Pune on Wednesday. The initiative was taken under the guidance of chief minister N. Biren Singh to promote farmers. The ‘Queen Pineapple’ one of the varieties…
