Imphal: An Assam Rifles personnel sustained bullet injury during a cross-fire with armed militants between Indo-Myanmar border pillars 85 and 86 on Friday. The incident occurred around 9 am at a place near Kongkhanthana, Yaingoupokpi, in Kamjong district of Manipur. The injured security personnel was identified as 45-year-old Bhoj Ram, son of Dinesh Bir Singh…
Imphal: Following escalating violence in five districts of Manipur over the past week, the Ministry of Home Affairs has reimposed the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 (AFSPA) in areas under the jurisdiction of six police stations, declaring them as “Disturbed Areas”. A notification issued by additional secretary Piyush Goyal, on Thursday, stated that AFSPA…
Imphal: Children’s Day in Manipur saw school students holding placards embedded “Today is Children’s Day, Release the Innocent children” during rallies at schools in Manipur valley. Three children along with three women went missing since Monday amid continued violence in Jiribam district of Manipur. Instead of celebrating the day for children, students staged rallies at…
Imphal: Thirteen civil society organisations in Manipur has submitted a memorandum to the office of the governor on the Urgent Need for Security Measures and Resolution of Ongoing Conflict in the state. The governor was out of Manipur. The organisations were IPAK, IPSA, ACOAM LUP, PANDM, ERDO, LOYALUP, KSA, KANGLAMEI, KIL, CLK, MIKL, AKSHIL and…
Imphal: In order to maintain the law and order situations in the ministry of Home Affairs had decided to provide additional 20 Coys of CAPFs {CRPF-15 (Ex-Assam) & BSF-05 (Ex-Tripura)} to the Government of Manipur with immediate effect and upto till November 30. The state government has been asked to work out the detailed deployment…
Imphal: Former Manipur chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh has called for the immediate release of six Meitei internally displaced persons (IDPs), including three women and three minors, one of whom was a 9-month-old infant. The six individuals went missing following an alleged attack by Kuki terrorists in Jiribam on Monday. Ibobi, who is also the…
Imphal: Two trucks loaded with essential items en route to Longmai, Noney, and Tamenglong districts were set ablaze, allegedly by Kuki militants on Wednesday morning along the National Highway-37 between Lhangnom village and Old Keiphundai village in Tamenglong district, Manipur, under the jurisdiction of Tousem police station. The Rongmei Naga student body condemned the attack,…
Imphal: Thirteen civil organisations in Manipur have imposed total shutdown demanding for urgent government intervention to secure the abducted persons in the Jiribam district. The strike aimed to denounce the recent militant attack and the perceived inaction of the Manipur government and state law enforcement agencies in addressing the situation. The 13 organisations were the…
Imphal: Kuki terrorists’ attack in Jiribam on Monday had killed two internally displaced Meitei people while six individuals including three minors belonging to Meitei community went missing after security forces rescued five others. The two victims were identified as Maibam Kesho, 75, and Laishram Barel, 61, both from Modhupur. They were found burnt in the…
Imph: Eleven Kuki terrorists were killed while one CRPF personnel succumbed to injury in an encounter in Jiribam district of Manipur on Monday. The CRPF jawan succumbed to gunshot injuries during the attack by Kuki terrorists. In retaliation, 11 terrorists were killed. The bodies of the terrorists were airlifted by security forces. The incident took…
