Imphal: Assam rifles foiled ‘massive quantity’ of contraband smuggling in Tengnoupal district of Manipur bordering Myanmar on Sunday. Twelve persons were apprehended in connection with the smuggling. Assam Rifles checkposts at Bongmol and SL Zougam intercepted five vehicles carrying 109,000 cigarette packets and 4096 liquor bottles hidden beneath grocery items. After a detailed search of…
Imphal: Vendors of Khwairamband Ima Keithel on Monday demonstrated at Imphal pressing the Parliament to take serious in Manipur crisis and put effort to restore peace in the turmoiling state. Khwairamband Ima Keithel Coordinating Committee for Peace cautioned that the people of Manipur and the state itself will secede from the Indian Union if the…
Imphal: Customs (Preventive) Division, Imphal destroyed Amphetamine/Methamphetamine 18.69 kg, Heroin Powder 3.19151 kg and Ganja (compressed and uncompressed) 3016.93 kg on Monday. As per the direction of the Commissioner of Customs (Preventive), Shillong, Meghalaya and as a part of Awareness of International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit trafficking for achieving the vision of Nasha…
Imphal: One illegal bunker was destroyed at Old Bijang in Kangpokpi district by security forces on Monday and recovered arms and ammunitions from different parts of the state as the security forces continued conducting search operations and area domination in the fringe and vulnerable areas of Manipur in wake of Manipur crisis. “During the last…
Imphal: Senior Manipur leaders of Congress have been rushing to national capital Delhi to ensured that the ongoing crisis in the state is tabled and discussed in the Parliament. The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha was set to commence on Monday. Congress MLAs K. Ranjit and Th. Lokeshwar began their journey to Delhi on…
Imphal: Drawing attention of the over a year long Meitei-Kuki crisis in Manipur that allegedly came out on the backdrop of Narco-terrorism, Golden Traingle expansion and external aggression, people in Imphal valley took on road on the eve of first session of the 18th Lok Sabha, demonstrating against taking time to end the crisis. The…
Imphal: An abandoned house was bursted by ‘suspected Kuki’ militants in Jiribam district by exploding an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on Sunday morning. The incident occurred despite Union Home minister Amit Shah’s instruction to take strict action against the perpetrators of violence during the recent high-level security meeting conducted in Delhi. The damaged house belonged…
Imphal: Assam Rifles and Manipur, in a joint operation, recovered arms and ammunition in Thoubal district of Manipur on Sunday. The operation was conducted acting on specific intelligence of presence of arms and ammunition in general area Waithou Ridge area of Thoubal district in Manipur, Assam Rifles said in a press statement. One 12 bore…
Imphal: Following prolonged disturbances on the national highways by Kuki-Zo in Manipur, cooking gas supply has been tremendously decreased to almost nil in Imphal. The price to exchange for refill a gas cylinder has mounted to Rs 2400 as against the original price of Rs 954.50 per cylinder. It is hard to find one when…
Imphal: The Khwairamband Ima Keithel (women market at Imphal) Coordinating Committee for Peace has called for urgent discussions on over a year long Manipur crisis in the upcoming Parliament session, to begin on June 24. The committee presses for a solution to the escalating violence and unrest in the state. Co-convenor of the committee Huirom…
