Postal services resumed in Manipur’s Churachandpur, with a mail van entering the district for the first time since the ethnic violence broke out in Manipur in May 2023, officials said on Saturday. The vehicle reached the district headquarters at 11.30 am on Friday, unloaded letters, parcels and other consignments, and returned to Imphal around 12.40…
The Kuki-Zo community observed the 29th Separation Day on October 3 at the Martyr’s Cemetery Phaijang in Sadar Hills, Kangpokpi District, renewing calls for a separate administration from Manipur. The day-long event included a 12-hour total shutdown, floral tributes, and ceremonial gun salutes, underscoring the community’s longstanding political aspirations. The Committee on Tribal Unity (CoTU)…
Personnel of the Assam Rifles arrested a “senior commander” of a banned outfit and five other militants from the jungles of Churachandpur district in Manipur, the paramilitary force said on Saturday. The militants were apprehended on October 1 during an operation, it said. “Assam Rifles in a daring jungle operation codenamed ‘Operation Songkot’ on October…
The Kuki-Zo Council has launched a scathing attack on the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Manipur government after the release of community member Thangminlen Mate on bail, alleging that his case reflects a pattern of bias and wrongful targeting of their people. In a strongly worded statement issued on Sunday, the council described Mate’s…
The Manipur High Court has directed both the Central and State governments to respond to a petition filed by a Kuki women’s body seeking justice and compensation for women allegedly injured during a protest in Saibol village, Kangpokpi district, last year. The petition stems from an incident in 2024 when a group of Kuki women…
Security forces arrested two members of a banned outfit for their alleged involvement in the September 19 ambush on an Assam Rifles convoy in Manipur, which claimed the lives of two personnel, police said on Saturday. “Two cadres of the People’s Liberation Army, who were mainly involved in the 19th September ambush on 33 Assam…
Security forces have arrested a militant and seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition in Manipur, police said on Friday. The militant, identified as Md Tajuddin Shah (37), was arrested from Khurai Chairen Thong area in Imphal East district on Thursday. He was an active member of the banned Kangleipak Communist Party (PWG) outfit,…
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Manipur Pradesh on Thursday launched a three-month-long Atmanirbhar Bharat Sankalp Abhiyan, aimed at promoting India’s self-reliance under the theme “Vocal for Local.” The campaign began on the birth anniversary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay and will continue until December 25, coinciding with the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Bharat Ratna…
Manipur police conducted coordinated operations across three districts on September 24, resulting in the arrest of three individuals linked to banned militant organisations and the recovery of weapons and explosive materials. The most significant arrest involved Kangjam Rakesh Singh, a 48-year-old arms smuggler from Brahmapur Bamon Leikai in Imphal East. Security forces apprehended Singh at…
Ajay Kumar Bhalla, the governor of Manipur, attended the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Convocation on Wednesday and praised the school’s consistent development into a hub for scientific and technological excellence. Speaking during the NIT, Manipur’s 12th Convocation at the City Convention Centre in this city, the governor praised the engineering school’s consistent development as…
