The Manipur budget for 2025–2026 was presented to the Lok Sabha by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who projected spending of Rs 35,103.90 crore, up from Rs 32,656.81 crore in the current fiscal year. The total amount received has increased from Rs 32,471.90 crore in 2024–2025 to Rs 35,368.19 crore. Documents show that the capital expenditure…
In a major crackdown on insurgent activities, Manipur Police arrested five active cadres of the proscribed insurgent groups KCP (PWG) and UPPK, who were allegedly involved in extortion and other illegal operations across the state.In a targeted operation, police arrested Shandham Romen Singh (39), an active member of KCP (PWG), from Samurou in Imphal West…
The Kuki-Zo Council (KZC), the apex body of Kuki-Zo tribals in Manipur, called an indefinite shutdown across all Kuki-Zo tribal inhabited areas from Saturday midnight against the resumption of the bus services and Meitei community people’s march towards hill areas. The KZC in a statement said that during the movement of buses from Imphal to…
In a large-scale operation against illegal arms and ammunition, security forces have recovered 114 weapons, explosives, IEDs, and grenades across multiple districts in Manipur. The Indian Army and Assam Rifles, under the Spear Corps, conducted a series of coordinated raids in collaboration with the Manipur Police, CRPF, BSF, and ITBP to curb violence in the…
People handed over to the security forces more than 1,000 arms along with ammunition during the two-week provided to them for voluntarily surrendering looted and illegally held weapons in ethnic strife-torn Manipur, a police officer said on Friday, a day after the deadline ended. This figure, however, is provisional and the actual number of given…
The Federation of Civil Society (FOCS), a Meitei civil society organisation, has confirmed that it will go ahead with its planned peace march from Imphal to Senapati district on March 8, despite opposition from three Kuki organisations. FOCS president Th. Manihar stated that the march aims to promote harmony and is not intended to provoke…
The security forces and forest division authorities began a series of coordinated operations that resulted in the destruction of 50 acres of illegal poppy production in Manipur. The first operation involved the unauthorized destruction of poppies at Kotzim in the district by Kangpokpi’s forest division and security forces. Three farm houses, fertilizer, and chemicals used…
The public willingly turned over a sizable cache of firearms, ammo, and other materials at several locations around the districts of Bishnupur, Imphal East, and Imphal West. The public’s cooperation in fostering peace and security in the area is demonstrated by the 16 various types of guns that were turned over to authorities along with…
The Committee on Tribal Unity (CoTU) has strongly criticized the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), accusing it of promoting an “ethno-fascist narrative” and propagating an “anti-tribal” agenda. The allegations come in response to the Kuki-Zo Public Resolution adopted on March 3 during the 22nd Remembrance Day Observance at the Martyr Cemetery in Phaijang. In…
Twenty acres of illicit poppy production were destroyed by Manipur security forces working with the forest division in the Loikong hill ranges in the Tengnoupal district. The illegal poppy elimination drive was started by the security forces in response to particular intelligence. After the cultivation was removed, a formal case was filed and an investigation…
