Imphal, July 26 (IANS) The security forces in Manipur have arrested five hardcore militants belonging to different insurgent outfits, recovered a cache of arms and ammunition, and apprehended two drug peddlers during separate operations conducted across the state in the past 24 hours, police officials said on Sunday. A senior police official said that the five arrested militants belong to the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP), Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL) and the United National Liberation Fron…
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Imphal, July 23 (IANS) Security forces in Manipur have arrested five alleged drug peddlers, including a suspected key narcotics supplier and a woman, in separate anti-drug operations, while seizing substantial quantities of Myanmar-origin opium and brown sugar, officials said on Thursday. A police official said that during a raid, a joint team of the Manipur Police and the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) arrested Nengjatuan alias Tuanpi from a hotel in Churachandpur district, which shares a bord…
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) In a coordinated operation with Manipur Police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrested 10 accused in various cases of ethnic violence in the north-eastern state.Joint multi-location search operations in the districts of Imphal East, Imphal West, Bishnupur, Churachandpur, Ukhrul, Chandel, Pherzawl in Manipur led to the arrest of the accused, allegedly involved in the violent unrest in Manipur, the NIA said i…
Imphal, June 13 (IANS) Security forces in Manipur have arrested six persons, including three militants and two drug peddlers, besides recovering a large cache of arms, ammunition, and explosives during a series of operations conducted across different districts of the state, officials said on Saturday. Director General of Police (DGP), Manipur, Mukesh Singh, also reviewed the law-and-order, crime and operational situation in Imphal East district during a visit to the district police headquarters…
Imphal, June 4 (IANS) A Manipur Police havildar was killed after being brutally attacked by a drug trafficker during an anti-narcotics operation, while security forces recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition and arrested six militants from different districts of the state, officials said on Thursday.A police official said that a team of the Commando Unit (CDO) of Thoubal district detained two persons on Wednesday based on specific Intelligence inputs regarding illicit drug trafficking act…
Imphal, May 31 (IANS) The Chairman and members of the Commission of Inquiry (Manipur Violence), constituted on June 4, 2023, to investigate the Meitei-Kuki ethnic conflict, are currently on a three-day visit to the state, officials said on Saturday.The Judicial Commission, comprising retired Justice B.S. Chauhan as Chairman and its two members — Himanshu Sekhar Das, IAS (Retd.), and Aloka Prabhakar, IPS (Retd.) — held discussions with Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh and briefed him on th…
Imphal, May 24 (IANS) Security forces in Manipur have arrested five militants belonging to two banned outfits and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition from different districts during the past 24 hours, officials said on Sunday.A police official said the arrested militants belonged to the United Kuki National Army (UKNA) and the Manipur Revolutionary Army (MRA).The militants were apprehended from the hilly Churachandpur district and Imphal East district in the valley region during separate op…
Imphal, May 14 (IANS) The situation in Manipur’s Kangpokpi and Noney districts remained tense but calm on Thursday after two separate militant attacks in the districts claimed four lives and left four others injured, officials said.A police official said that there was no fresh incident in the two mountainous districts, inhabited largely by tribal communities, since Wednesday night, even as security forces maintained a high vigil in the region and adjoining areas.Normal life was badly affected…
Imphal, April 20 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Monday urged people to maintain calm and extend cooperation, emphasising that bandhs and disruptions disproportionately affect daily wage earners and the general public. He underscored the importance of peace, unity, and collective responsibility in maintaining social harmony.The Chief Minister made these remarks while unveiling a memorial stone in Imphal East’s Khurai Chingambam Leikai, erected in remembrance of t…
Itanagar, March 26 (IANS) The Indian Army has strengthened healthcare support in remote, high-altitude regions with the inauguration of a new oxygen-generation facility in Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday, officials said. Defence spokesman Lt Col Mahendra Rawat stated that, in a significant step towards enhancing medical infrastructure in challenging terrain, a containerised oxygen generation plant, along with a refilling centre, was inaugurated at the field hospital in Borarupak, located in the…