Two cadres of proscribed armed group United Kuki National Army (UKNA) were killed and two others injured in an operation jointly conducted by Indian Army and Assam Rifles team in Churachandpur district of Manipur.A joint team of Indian Army and Assam Rifles team launched a counter insurgency operation in a jungle near Phaibong Village of…
Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on September 4 appealed to people from different communities to “forgive and forget” the violence of the past and work together to rebuild trust and restore peace in the state. Addressing a public interaction programme at Christian Center Church in Leimakhong, Kangpokpi district, Khemchand said the prolonged crisis had…
The Manipur Legislative Assembly on Wednesday unanimously reaffirmed its earlier resolutions calling for the updating of the National Register of Citizens in the state before the Census is conducted. During the evening sitting of the eighth session of the 12th Manipur Legislative Assembly, Chief Minister and Leader of the House Yumnam Khemchand Singh moved a…
The demand for updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Manipur has intensified, with sections of the Meitei and Naga communities seeking identification of alleged illegal immigrants, while the Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum (ITLF), representing the Kuki community, has opposed the demand. The ITLF argued that there is no constitutional provision for conducting an…
The Kuki Inpi Manipur (KIM) has directed all Kuki-Zo MLAs not to attend the upcoming session of the Manipur Legislative Assembly, scheduled to begin in Imphal on September 2. In a statement issued on Monday, the KIM said the directive would remain in force pending a political settlement to the Kuki-Zo community’s demand for a…
Manipur Chief Minister Shri Yumnam Khemchand Singh has appealed to all sections of society in Manipur not to call bandhs or blockades to air their grievances as it sometimes led to unwanted violent incidents and has urged them to instead adopt other forms of democratic agitation. The Chief Minister told the DIPR before leaving for…
Two cadres were killed and six others injured in suspected factional clashes between the Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF) and its splinter groups — ZUF-Jenchui and ZUF-Kamson — in Manipur’s Noney district over the past 24 hours, officials said. Fresh gunfire erupted around 6 a.m. on Saturday between Nungtek Part II and Haochong, about 5 km…
The Manipur Cabinet has approved a series of legislative and administrative measures, including three Bills to be introduced in the upcoming Assembly session, new rules for time-bound delivery of public services and a special recruitment scheme for meritorious sportspersons in the state police. The decisions were taken at a Cabinet meeting held at the Chief…
Security forces recovered a substantial cache of arms, ammunition and protective equipment during two separate search and cordon operations conducted in Imphal East and Kangpokpi districts of Manipur on Monday. In the first operation, based on reliable intelligence corroborated by 4 Mahar (Borders), a joint team of the CDO/Imphal East and 28 Assam Rifles conducted…
In a major breakthrough, Assam Rifles and Manipur Police apprehended a wanted People’s Liberation Army (PLA) cadre, who was carrying a bounty of Rs 4 lakh on his head.The arrested militant has been identified as self-styled Captain Balin alias Thiyam Boycha Singh, from Ushoipokpi in Thoubal district of Manipur.The successful joint operation was launched following…
