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…
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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…
Imphal, Feb 16 (IANS) Lieutenant General Abhijit S. Pendharkar, General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Spear Corps, on Monday undertook a comprehensive visit to Manipur to review the prevailing security situation amid ongoing challenges, officials said. A defence spokesman said that, accompanied by senior commanders, the GOC toured key areas in the hill districts of Ukhrul and Kangpokpi, as well as Imphal East and Imphal West districts in the Imphal Valley region. During the visit, Lt…
Imphal, Jan 8 (IANS) Responding to a petition filed by 60 investors, the Special Judge under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, Imphal, has ordered the auction of immovable properties belonging to the Lamjingba Finance Group of Companies and directed that the sale proceeds be restored to the claimants, Enforcement Directorate (ED) sources said on Thursday.The central probe agency sources said that in a case initiated by one Wahengbam Pratap Singh and 59 others, the Special Judg…