The Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) on Thursday, January 22, strongly condemned the killing of Mayanglambam Rishikanta Singh, describing it as a brutal crime and accusing the Central government of failing to rein in armed militant groups operating in the conflict-hit state. The organization said prolonged inaction by the Centre has pushed the situation…
Tension gripped parts of Manipur on Thursday after local residents blocked the Indo–Myanmar Sugnu Road in protest against the alleged abduction and killing of a Meitei civilian in Churachandpur district. The road blockade was imposed by residents of Kakching Khunou soon after news spread about the death of Mayanglambam Rishikanta Singh, a 31-year-old man from…
Personnel of the Village Defence Force (VDF), Heirok, have extended financial assistance to the bereaved family of late Laishram Budha of Heirok Part-I, Mayai Leikai, who passed away on December 28 last year after a prolonged illness. Late Laishram Budha, son of Laishram Tampha, was serving as a VDF personnel. The VDF personnel of Heirok,…
Manipur Police have seized around 600 grams of heroin and brown sugar and arrested seven people during a series of coordinated anti-drug operations carried out across different parts of the state. The actions were taken between January 19 and January 21, police officials said. According to police sources, the operations were conducted in Chandel, Kakching,…
Manipur security forces on Wednesday arrested four active militants, including two-woman cadres, linked to extortion and other criminal activities across the state. Official sources said an active cadre of RPF/PLA, identified as Bungcha Thoudam alias Khamba (30) of Singjamei Makha Khongnang Pheidekpi under Singjamei police station in Imphal West district was arrested from his residence….
A man belonging to the Meitei community was abducted and later shot dead by suspected Kuki militants in Churachandpur district on Wednesday, in a fresh escalation of ethnic tensions in Manipur, police and local sources said. The victim has been identified as Mayanglambam Rishikanta Singh, a resident of Kakching Khunou in Kakching district. He was…
Manipur, which has been under President’s Rule since February 13, 2025, following a prolonged period of violence and political instability, may soon witness the formation of an elected government, according to reliable sources. Sources said the new government could be formed before the commencement of the Budget session scheduled to begin on January 28, 2026….
Personnel of the Village Defence Force (VDF), Heirok, have extended financial assistance to the bereaved family of late Laishram Budha of Heirok Part-I, Mayai Leikai, who passed away on December 28 last year after a prolonged illness. Late Laishram Budha, son of Laishram Tampha, was serving as a VDF personnel. The VDF personnel of Heirok,…
Under the aegis of the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), the Manipur State AIDS Control Society (MSACS), in collaboration with the Centre of Rural Upliftment Service (CRUS), Thoubal Wangma Taba, organised a free medical camp at the campus of Arambai Tenggol Unit-4, Khangabok. The camp was organised with the objective of promoting public health awareness…
Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla launched the State-level Birth Registration Based Aadhaar Enrolment (BRBAE) service at Lok Bhavan, Imphal. The BRBAE system enables Aadhaar enrolment for children aged 0 to below 5 by linking Aadhaar registration with the child’s birth registration number from the Civil Registration System, using the Child Enrolment Lite Client (CELC) mobile application….
