Governor of Manipur, Ajay Kumar Bhalla, today interacted with the candidates of Specified Skilled Workers (SSW), COE, at Lok Bhavan, Imphal. The SSW was introduced by the Government of Japan in April 2019, as a residency status, allowing Indian youth to work and reside in Japan. The Memorandum of Cooperation between India and Japan for…
Fear gripped Kharam Vaiphei village in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district on Thursday morning after an armed attack involving gunfire and bomb explosions jolted the residential area, prompting strong condemnation from the Kuki Inpi South-West Sadar Hills and the Kharam Vaiphei Village Authority. In separate statements, the apex tribal body and the village authority said the incident…
The Kuki Inpi South-West Sadar Hills and the Kharam Vaiphei Village Authority have strongly condemned a violent armed attack that took place at Kharam Vaiphei village early on Thursday morning, an incident that has shaken residents and raised serious concerns over the safety of civilians in the area. According to separate statements issued by the…
Naga insurgent group – Zeliangrong United Front (S Kamson) has claimed that its armed wing, the Zeliangrong Tiger Force (ZTF) engaged in a gun battle with Kuki underground outfits while conducting an operation at Kharam Vaiphei village, Sadar Hills in Kangpokpi district today at around 7.40 am. According to a press release of Zeliangrong United…
The Supreme Courtdirected that the full 48-minute audio allegedly involving former Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh in the 2023 ethnic violence be sent to the National Forensic Science University (NFSU), Gandhinagar, for forensic examination. The court also instructed that verified voice samples of the former CM be included in the analysis. A bench comprising…
In a significant achievement, Manipur Police have rescued four persons after they were confined in a rented accommodation and set to be recruited into a proscribed militant outfit. Official sources informed that the rescue follows the arrest of an active cadre of Kangleipak Communist Party (MFL), identified as Phamdom Dinesh Singh alias Wangba alias Thembung…
A combined team of Manipur Police, CRPF, Forest Department, and NCB has destroyed 53 acres of poppy cultivation in the hill ranges of Moljol, Tusam, Vaichei-Naphai and surrounding areas under Kangpokpi district. In the operation, seven huts, 11 bags of fertilizers, 23 roundup herbicides, 14 bags of salt, and equipment like spray pumps, pipes, herbicides…
Two women said to be members of a banned insurgent group were arrested in Manipur for allegedly abducting three minor boys with the aim of recruiting them into the outfit. The arrest took place in Thoubal district, police said on Wednesday.According to police, the two accused women belong to the banned People’s Revolutionary Party of…
Security forces have apprehended two women cadres of the banned PREPAK from Khangabok, Thoubal district of Manipur on charges of abducting three minors from Kakching for recruitment to the organization’s accused have been identified as Ningthoujam Roshidiya (24), of Khangabok Khulakpam Leikai, Thoubal district and Lisham Bidya (30) of Thoubal Haokha Maning Leikai, Thoubal district….
BJP legislator and former Rural Development minister, Yumnam Khemchand Singh today said that foreign agencies may try to take advantage of the ongoing Meitei-Kuki conflict to foment trouble in Manipur. Condemning yesterday’s incident where two people were injured in a blast at Saiton Nganukon village in Bishenpur district, he said the blast occurred at a…
