Imphal: The mortal remains of Air India Flight AI 171 victim Kongbrailatpam Nganthoi Sharma, a 22-year-old cabin crew member from Manipur, were brought home in an Indigo flight that landed at Imphal Airport on Sunday. Nganthoi was one of the 241 people who lost their lives when the aircraft crashed just seconds after takeoff in…
Imphal: Security forces recovered a massive cache of arms, ammunition, and 63 explosive items including grenades, IEDs, mortar bombs, Plastic Explosive Kirkee (PEK) packets, and tear smoke shells, during search operations carried out across Manipur’s Thoubal, Kangpokpi, Kakching, and Imphal East districts on Saturday. A total of 178 live rounds of ammunition were also recovered…
Imphal: Manipur joined the rest of the world to observe the International Day of Yoga, on Saturday. Governor of Manipur, Ajay Kumar Bhalla, graced the observation held at the Khuman Lampak Indoor Stadium in Imphal. The state-level event witnessed the participation of over 900 individuals, including students, public servants, yoga enthusiasts, security personnel, and members…
Imphal: Manipur on Saturday recorded 30 new Covid-19 positive cases and three recovered cases taking the active cases tally to 104. The new positive cases were confirmed out of 118 samples tested on this day. Twenty-four of them belonged to Imphal West district, five belonged to Imphal East and one belonged to Thoubal district. The…
Imphal: Bishnupur people have suspended the the total shutdown call following a swift and positive response from the Manipur government, which dispatched inspector general of Manipur Police (Intelligence) K. Kabib along with the district administration for a spot enquiry at Phubala. Bishnupur people groups served an ultimatum demanding a spot enquiry to the firing incident…
Imphal: Manipur on Friday recorded 29 new cases of Covid-19 active cases pushing the active cases tally to 77. The cumulative number of positive cases rose to 82 in the state. The new cases were confirmed positive out of 65 samples tested on this day. Twenty-two belonged to Imphal West, six to Imphal West and…
Imphal: The tree plantation campaign of “Women For Trees” continued with a tree plantation programme on Friday at Thana Maning Leikai Pukhri Achouba, Mayang Imphal in Imphal West district. The programme was jointly organized by the Mayang Imphal Municipal Council, Town Planning department and the Manipur Urban Development Agency (MUDA). It was conducted under the…
Imphal: Security forces have prevented explosion of three command-wire-based Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) at Mata village of Churachandpur district, Manipur. Acting on credible intelligence regarding the presence of three command-wire-based IEDs, each weighing approximately 750 grams, in the general area of Mata village, on NH 102B in Churachandpur district, Manipur, a joint team comprising personnel…
Imphal: The Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (Cocomi) has issued a strong statement urging the government to take immediate and decisive action to counter the growing threat posed by armed Kuki militants to valley farmers. Addressing reporters here on Friday, Cocomi convenor Khuraijam Athouba said, “We have been alerting the authorities for years. The pattern…
Imphal: A member of the NSCN (Niki Sumi) faction was arrested by security forces in Jiribam district on Wednesday for his alleged involvement in a series of kidnappings and extortion activities along National Highway-37. The accused, identified as Gaisinglung Meiringmei alias Ronald, 46, son of Digongthu Meiringmei from Mukti Samjang village under Nungba police station…
