Imphal: Security forces in Manipur have seized large quantities of sophisticated arms, ammunition, and five improvised rockets from Churachandpur, Imphal East and Kangpokpi districts, on Monday. Two underground cadres were arrested in separate operations. A combined team of Manipur Police and central security forces conducted a search operation across the general hill areas from Thangjing…
Imphal: Manipur Police on Monday nabbed two women with Heroin powder packed in 25 soap cases at Sagolband Salam Leikai in Imphal West, along National Highway-37. The drug weighed 308.15 grams approximately. The arrested persons were identified as Babycha, 30, and Dolaipabam Sahani, 25, both residents of Mayang Imphal Bengoon Yangbi, Imphal West. They were…
Imphal: Following the arson attack on the residence of the Manipur BJP Minority Morcha president on Sunday night by protestors, the district magistrate, Thoubal has imposed curfew across the entire Lilong Assembly Constituency, effective immediately from Monday. According to a government order, at around 6:30 pm on Sunday, a mob of approximately 7,000 to 8,000…
Imphal: Tobacco and its products were seized on Monday in Imphal East and West districts for violating Regulation 2.3.4 of the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restriction on Sales) Regulations, 2011. The seizure was made during a drive conducted by the Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Imphal East, the District Food Safety department, and the…
Imphal : All Manipur United Clubs Organisation (AMUCO) and the Federation of Civil Society Organisations (FOCS) has expressed their stance to uphold the wishes of the people of Manipur in any resolution process, following the tripartite talks on Manipur crisis, held on April 5 in New Delhi. Pheiroijam Nando Luwang, president of AMUCO said the…
Imphal: A gunfight broke out between Manipur Police personnel and cadres of the Kangleipak Communist Party (People’s War Group), KCP-PWG, on Sunday. Security forces seized arms and ammunition and dismantled a suspected militant camp. The firing incident began around 4 am when 12 teams of Thoubal district police launched a search operation in the forested…
Imphal: Protesting against the recently passed Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, people in thousands took to the streets in Muslim inhabited areas of Manipur on Sunday. The demonstrations were led by members of the Meitei Pangal community. They assembled at multiple Idgahs, holding placards and chanting slogans denouncing BJP policies. Protesters expressed dissatisfaction with political figures…
Imphal: Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (Cocomi) says it consciously declined to participate in the recent ‘orchestrated meeting between the so-called representatives of the Chin-Kuki-Mizo-Zomi-Hmar groups and the Meetei’, facilitated by officials of the ministry of Home Affairs in New Delhi. Cocomi said it considers this ‘stage-managed spectacle is nothing but a strategic ploy to…
Imphal: In an incident linked to a land dispute, two Naga village leaders were allegedly abducted and allegedly assaulted by Kuki militants in Konsakhul village, Kangpokpi district, under the jurisdiction of Leimakhong Police station on Saturday. The incident occurred around 12:15 pm when a group of approximately 300 suspected Kuki individuals, reportedly armed, stormed Konsakhul,…
Imphal: Manipur Police on Friday arrested two UNLF(P) cadres allegedly for abducting an Imphal West resident. The arrested persons were Khundrakpam Rakesh Singh, alias Thomba, 30 and Khundrakpam Charles, 25, both residents of Nambol Phoijing Awang Leikai. Police said they were involved in the abduction of one Laitonjam Dilip Singh, 47, of Patsoi Part-4, Imphal West…
