Imphal, June 20 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Saturday lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his visionary leadership and for becoming one of India’s longest-serving Prime Ministers. Addressing the Jan Kalyan Shivir (Public Welfare Camp), the Chief Minister said the camp forms part of the broader effort to realise the vision of Viksit Bharat–Viksit Manipur 2047.The Jan Kalyan Shivir, organised by the District Administration of Imphal West, was held at the Chingama…
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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, 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 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, May 7 (IANS) Security forces have arrested six militants, including a top extremist leader and a woman cadre, in Manipur and recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition, officials said on Thursday. A police official stated that the six rebels include a self-styled lieutenant of the United Kuki National Army (UKNA), identified as Seimenial Haokip (22), who was arrested from various districts, including Churachandpur, Imphal West, and Imphal East.The five other militants, including the …
Imphal, April 29 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Wednesday asserted that peace remains the foremost prerequisite for development and urged people across the state to stand united in achieving lasting harmony.In a significant push to strengthen infrastructure across Assembly constituencies, the Chief Minister inaugurated five development projects in the Langthabal Assembly constituency.Addressing a function held in Imphal West district to mark the inauguration, Singh highl…
Imphal, March 23 (IANS) Security forces in Manipur have arrested 15 militants belonging to banned outfits, including 14 cadres of the United National Liberation Front (Koireng faction), from Thoubal and Imphal West districts, officials said on Monday. A senior police official in Imphal stated that the 14 cadres of the outlawed UNLF (K) were apprehended from the Haokhong area in Thoubal district.Security personnel recovered a significant cache of items from their possession, including two INSAS r…
Imphal, Feb 19 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh said on Thursday that sustainable and lasting peace in the state can be achieved only through mutual understanding, dialogue, and cooperation among all communities. Interacting with the ethnic violence affecting Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), the Chief Minister added that Manipur is home to 36 communities and stressed that people in hills and valleys must live unitedly.He said that the Manipur Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) …
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…