In a major boost to counter-insurgency operations, Manipur Police arrested two active militants and an arms smuggler during coordinated raids across three districts on September 24. The crackdown led to the recovery of weapons, explosives, and critical bomb-making components, underscoring the persistent threat of militancy and arms trafficking in the state. The most significant arrest…
The prime accused in the September 19 ambush on an Assam Rifles convoy in Manipur, which claimed the lives of two personnel, has been arrested, a top police officer said on Wednesday. A large number of arms and ammunition used in the ambush were also recovered based on the inputs provided by the accused, he…
The Teachers’ and Medical Officers’ Association (TAMOA) has announced the temporary suspension of its ongoing strike at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Imphal, with hospital services scheduled to resume from 8:00 AM on Wednesday, September 24. The move comes amid ongoing negotiations and assurances from the institute’s authorities, even as several demands raised…
In a major breakthrough against insurgency-linked extortion networks, the Manipur Police have arrested a senior officer of the banned Revolutionary People’s Front/People’s Liberation Army (RPF/PLA) during a coordinated operation in Thoubal district. The arrest, carried out on September 22, is being described as one of the most significant actions in recent months against illegal financing…
The Committee on Tribal Unity (CoTU) has called for a three-day economic blockade across Kangpokpi District beginning midnight of September 22 in protest against the ambush at Nambol Sabal Leikai in Bishnupur District that killed two Assam Rifles personnel and left five others critically injured. The blockade will continue until midnight of September 25. The…
Security forces in Manipur seized a Maruti van on Saturday, September 20 morning suspected to have been used by militants in a deadly ambush on Assam Rifles personnel the previous evening. The attack, carried out at Nambol Sabal Leikai in Bishnupur district, claimed the lives of two Assam Rifles troops and left five others injured….
Security forces in Manipur have arrested three active members of the proscribed Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) in a string of coordinated operations carried out across Bishnupur, Imphal East, and Imphal West districts over the past two days. Officials confirmed that arms, mobile phones, and identity documents were recovered during the operations. The first breakthrough came…
Locals of Nambol in Manipur’s Bishnupur district on Saturday morning staged protests against the killing of two Assam Rifles personnel in an ambush in the area the previous day. Search operations are being conducted in the area for the attackers and the vehicle used by them, police said. The locals, wearing traditional mourning attire, raised…
Two Assam Rifles personnel were killed and another five were injured in an ambush by “unidentified terrorists” in Manipur’s Bishnupur district on Friday evening. In a statement , a Defence spokesperson said the attack took place around 5.50 pm, when a column of the 33 Assam Rifles was moving along National Highway 2 in the…
In one of the largest crackdowns on illegal weapons this year, security forces in Manipur have seized 87 firearms and a large quantity of ammunition during coordinated raids across the state’s hill districts. The operation, announced by police on Thursday, is part of sustained efforts to curb arms trafficking and restore peace in the violence-hit…
