Imphal, April 28 (IANS) The Narcotics Control Bureau, in close coordination with the Assam Rifles and state police, has arrested two drug peddlers and seized 4.267 kilograms of heroin worth Rs 8.5 crore in Manipur, dismantling a trafficking module linked to Myanmar, officials said on Tuesday. The joint operation, carried out on Tuesday, led to the recovery of 374 soap cases containing heroin, weighing approximately 4.267 kg and valued at Rs 8.5 crore in the international market, an official c…
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Imphal, April 25 (IANS) A day after three people were killed and several others injured in a violent clash in Manipur’s Ukhrul district, central and state security forces on Saturday intensified operations to apprehend those involved and prevent further escalation, officials said.A police official in Imphal stated that security measures have been significantly enhanced in the area to prevent any further escalation of violence. Operations are ongoing in the surrounding regions, he added.Ukhrul …
Imphal, April 24 (IANS) At least six persons were injured after armed cadres from two different communities exchanged fire between Sinakethei and Mullam villages in Manipur’s Ukhrul district on Friday, officials said.A police official in Imphal stated that further details of the incident in Ukhrul district are still awaited. Of the six injured, three belong to the Kuki community and three to the Naga community.He added that Mullam village, inhabited by members of the Kuki community, is an isol…
Imphal, April 12 (IANS) Security forces on Sunday continued their joint combing operations for the third consecutive day on Sunday to nab militants following the killing of a BSF constable in Manipur’s Ukhrul district. During the ongoing operations, forces also destroyed 21 illegally constructed bunkers in the district, officials said.A police official in Imphal stated that the Central and state security forces have intensified search operations across Ukhrul and adjoining districts to track d…
Imphal, April 7 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Tuesday said that those responsible for the killing of two children in Bishnupur district will be identified and dealt with strictly in accordance with the law.An official from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said the Chief Minister visited a private hospital in Imphal to assess the condition of the injured woman whose five-year-old son and five-month-old daughter were killed on the spot in a bomb attack reportedly carri…
Imphal, April 7 (IANS) In a fresh incident of violence, at least two children were killed and their mother sustained injuries after a bomb attack by suspected Kuki militants in Manipur’s Bishnupur district early Tuesday, officials said.According to a police official in Imphal, a powerful bomb was fired by suspected Kuki militants and exploded at a residence in Moirang Tronglaobi village at around 1 a.m.The blast killed a five-year-old boy and a five-month-old girl on the spot.The children’s …
Imphal, Feb 26 (IANS) The Zomi Council, an apex tribal body in Manipur’s Churachandpur district, on Thursday urged the Centre to expedite the ongoing Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the brutal attack on BJP MLA Vungzagin Valte, who passed away at a private hospital in Gurugram on February 21. In a memorandum addressed to Union Home Minister Amit Shah and submitted through the Churachandpur district authorities, the council alleged that justice has not been delivered to Valte…
Imphal, Feb 21 (IANS) BJP MLA from Manipur’s Thanlon constituency, Vungzagin Valte, who had sustained critical injuries in a mob attack during the ethnic violence on May 4, 2023, died at a private hospital in Gurugram on Saturday, officials said. The 62-year-old tribal leader, belonging to the Zomi tribal community, was elected to the Manipur Assembly from the Thanlon constituency in Churachandpur district.The veteran legislator had been residing in the Kuki-Zo-dominated Churachandpur district a…
Imphal, Feb 6 (IANS) Normal life in Manipur’s Churachandpur district was badly affected on Friday as several tribal organisations observed a total shutdown in the Kuki-Zo inhabited hill district to protest the participation and involvement of MLAs from their community in the formation of the state government, officials said.Protest rallies were also organised on Friday on the same issue in Tengnoupal and other mountainous districts of the state. A police official in Imphal said that agitators,…
Imphal, Feb 5 (IANS) At least five people were injured on Thursday evening after a mob clashed with security forces in Kuki-Zo tribal-dominated Churachandpur district of Manipur amid protests against MLAs from the community joining the BJP-led government, officials said. A police official in Imphal said that protesters, mostly youths, gathered at Tuibong Bazaar, torched heaps of discarded materials and burnt tyres while raising slogans against Deputy Chief Minister Nemcha Kipgen, a BJP MLA belon…