Security forces have busted a hideout of outlawed outfit National Revolutionary Front of Manipur (NRFM) in Manipur’s Imphal East district and arrested seven militants, police said on Monday. Acting on a tip-off, police conducted a raid in Tellou Makha Leikai on Sunday and nabbed the militants, a police officer said. Arms and ammunition, including an…
Security forces have recovered eight of the nine firearms looted from an India Reserve Battalion (IRB) outpost in Manipur’s Thoubal district, a police statement said on Monday. The firearms, including three AKs and five SLRs, were recovered during a search operation in Ngamukhong foothills in the district and a hideout of banned outfit Kangleipak Communist…
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday said that Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh’s resignation was “long overdue”, Violence has been “carrying on” in the northeastern state for two years, she told reporters here when her reaction was sought on the matter. “It was long overdue…(For) two years, this has been carrying on…
Security forces seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition from Manipur’s Bishnupur district, police said on Saturday.The arms and ammunition were seized during a search operation in the Aigejang area of the district on Friday, they said. The seized arms and ammunition include one .303 rifle, one bolt action rifle, one .22 pistol with…
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh took a holy dip at the Triveni Sangam during the ongoing MahaKumbh in Prayagraj on Thursday, praying for the peace and prosperity of both the nation and his state. “With folded hands and a heart full of devotion, I pray for the peace, prosperity, and well- being of our…
Manipur Speaker’s Tribunal has served notices to four National Peoples’ Party (NPP) MLAs asking them to reply to the allegations made in a petition in an anti-defection case, an assembly official said on Friday. Manipur Congress vice-president Hareshwar Goswami sought disqualification of the four MLAs after they attended a meeting of BJP legislators convened by…
The Manipur Speaker’s Tribunal on Tuesday said it would hear on February 7 the anti-defection case of five JD(U) MLAs who had joined the BJP shortly after winning the state assembly elections in 2022, according to a lawyer involved in the matter.A petition seeking disqualification of the five from the assembly was filed by Manipur…
In a series of successful joint operations, the Indian Army including Assam Rifles in coordination with Manipur Police and other security forces, recovered 10weapons, ammunition, and warlike stores from both hill and valley regions in the districts of Kakching, Kangpokpi, Churachandpur and Thoubal in Manipur. According to a release, on January 26, acting on specific…
A militant belonging to proscribed outfit Kangleipak Communist Party (People’s War Group) was arrested in Manipur’s Imphal West district, police said on Monday. The insurgent, identified as 29-year-old Leihaothabam Nanao Sharma, was involved in extorting government employees, shopkeepers and the common public in the Greater Imphal area, a police officer said. He was nabbed from…
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Saturday said the enhancement of investment and turnover limits for the classification of MSMEs proposed in the Union Budget will be highly beneficial for the state. He also hailed the zero tax on income up to Rs 12 lakh per annum as a significant step towards alleviating the…
