Imphal: Security forces on Thursday recovered 220 kg of contraband Ganja from a truck in Jiribam district and arrested the driver of the truck. Police, on Friday, said security forces intercepted a TATA truck bearing registration number MN01 8567 with 220 kg of contraband Ganja at FCP check post under Jiribam police station, Jiribam district….
Imphal: A joint team of Manipur Police and the Central Reserve Police Force seized 3.5 kilograms of Brown Sugar and unaccounted cash amounting to Rs 99,09,850 during a search operation in Kangpokpi district on Thursday. The operation led to the arrest of four individuals, including three women. They were identified as S. Poubinah Teinamei, 31,…
Imphal: Manipur governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla, on Thursday, chaired a review meeting on the status of Sericulture in the state, at Raj Bhavan, here. Sericulture director Robertson Asem, presented a detailed briefing on key topics, including the distribution and production of silk across the state, plantation activities, raw silk and seed organization, market linkages, and the…
Imphal: The Border Security Force (BSF) in collaboration with the Marriott Group has launched Project Pranita in Manipur, flagging off at BSF Sector Headquarters, Koirengei, Imphal on Wednesday, and at the Gospel Centenary Hall in Churachandpur on Thursday. The launch ceremony was attended by inspector general of BSF, Ravi Kant, and Sanjay Gupta, head of…
Imphal: Shop owners and residents of Paona and Thangal markets, in Imphal, have launched an indefinite shutdown of their shops in protest against government’s eviction drive targeting illegal encroachments. The sudden shutdown of markets caused confusion and inconvenience to the public. The shutdown was announced on Wednesday by Yogesh Jain, convenor of the newly-formed Association…
Imphal: Assam Rifles has foiled a large-scale liquor smuggling attempt on National Highway-37 near Awangkhul in Manipur, seizing 1,430 cases containing over 32,000 bottles and cans of assorted liquor worth nearly Rs 1 crore. The swift operation led to the confiscation of the consignment, and the individuals (drivers) involved were handed over to the state…
Dr. N. Munal Meitei Environmentalist, presently working as DFO/Chandel, email- nmunall@yahoo.in Earth Overshoot Day 2025 celebrates on July 24, to remind the date when humanity will have used up nature’s entire annual budget of ecological resources and services that Earth can regenerate in a year. This means that from that point onward, humanity live in…
Imphal: Amid escalating concerns over a potential influx of illegal migrants ‘due to unrest in neighbouring countries’, Manipur government issued a stringent instruction directing top district officials to tighten border surveillance and take immediate preventive actions, on Wednesday. The government instructed all deputy commissioners and superintendents of Police to “keep a robust mechanism to prevent…
Imphal: Manipur governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla has ordered to observe a one day State Mourning and fly the National Flag at Half Mast throughout the state and said there will be no official entertainment on the day of State Mourning as a mark of respect to Ratan Thiyam, on Thursday. Ratan Thiyam, a renowned playwright…
Imphal: Higher secondary school students in Manipur, on Wednesday, staged demonstrations pressing the government to resolve the ongoing impasse with the Lecturer’s Association Manipur. The higher secondary school contract lecturers have been taking up a six-day pen-down strike since Monday. On the 603 lecturers under association continued to press the government to complete the pending…
