Manipur chief secretary Prashant Kumar Singh on Monday visited Churachandpur district and took stock of the law and order situation, officials said. During the visit, Singh held discussions with representatives of civil society organisations of Churachandpur and Pherzawl districts to understand local concerns, it added. Singh also held talks with security officials to get a…
Security forces have dismantled “illegal check posts” put in place by “village volunteers” in Manipur along the Imphal-Churachandpur road, police said on Sunday. The check posts came into existence since the beginning of the ethnic conflict, they said. “Joint security forces dismantled volunteer check posts at Kaprang and S Kwatlian in Churachandpur District on NH-2……
Two major organisations belonging to the Meiteis and Kukis, the communities which have been fighting with each other in Manipur since May 2023, on Friday responded to the imposition of President’s Rule in the state in opposite ways. The Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), an umbrella body of several Imphal-based civil society organisations of…
Security has been heightened in the capital city of Imphal on Friday in the wake of the president’s rule imposed in Manipur amid prolonged ethnic violence and political instability in the region. President Droupadi Murmu imposed President’s Rule in Manipur on Thursday after receiving a report from the state governor. The move comes days after…
The Congress on Thursday said Article 174 that stipulates there cannot be more than a six month gap between two assembly sessions has been “violated” in Manipur and alleged that this is a “deliberate contempt of the Constitution”. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said the breakdown of constitutional machinery in Manipur and the…
Six people belonging to three proscribed outfits were arrested from Manipur’s Imphal West and Kakching districts, police said on Thursday. Four cadres of the banned Kangleipak Communist Party (PWG) were apprehended from their camp at Kameng Sabal in Imphal West district on Wednesday, a senior officer said. The arrested PWG members – Takhelmayum Victor (23),…
Amid a political crisis in strife-torn Manipur, senior BJP leader Sambit Patra on Wednesday morning called on Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla at the Raj Bhavan here, sources said. They held discussions for some time but the outcome of the meeting is not yet known. Patra, the BJP’s Northeast in-charge, later headed for a hotel, where…
Security forces have destroyed six acres of illegal poppy plantation in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district, police said on Wednesday.The drive was conducted on a hill range between Khoripok and Sehjang villages in New Keithelmanbi police station area on Tuesday, a police officer said. Poppy is used for producing opium and other highly addictive illegal drugs.”On 11.02.2025,…
A cadre of proscribed People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of Manipur, who was wanted in several cases, was arrested in Assam’s Hojai district, a top police official said on Tuesday. The arrest was made during a search operation in Nilbagan area of the district on Sunday night, Hojai Superintendent of Police Saurabh Gupta said.
The Manipur government on Tuesday urged citizens to stay clam and not to fall prey to unverified news, rumours or misinformation that may cause unnecessary panic or disrupt peace and harmony in the state. A press release issued by Chief Secretary P K Singh said, “It has also come to the notice of the government…
