Shillong, March 23 (IANS) Director General of Assam Rifles, Lieutenant General Vikas Lakhera, on Monday stressed the critical need to safeguard the security and sanctity of the India-Myanmar Border and the Kashmir Valley. He urged the force to remain prepared for emerging security challenges and future contingencies.The Assam Rifles Commanders Conference was held at the headquarters of the Directorate General Assam Rifles in Laitkor, Shillong, under the chairmanship of Lieutenant General …
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Aizawl, March 20 (IANS) The Assam Rifles, in coordination with the Mizoram Police, seized highly addictive methamphetamine tablets valued at over Rs 23.72 crore during a joint operation along the India-Myanmar border, officials said on Friday.A defence spokesperson said the operation was conducted near Hmunhmeltha Road in Champhai district, close to the international border with Myanmar.During the operation, security personnel found an abandoned truck in the border area. Upon conducting a thorou…
Aizawl, March 17 (IANS) Mizoram Governor General V.K. Singh (retired) said on Tuesday that the ongoing railway project in the state includes plans to extend the railway line to southern Mizoram, connecting it with the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project (KMMTTP) in Myanmar, a move expected to significantly transform the face of Northeast India. The Governor made these remarks while interacting with a multi-disciplinary team from the Centre for Contemporary China Studies (CCCS) under th…
Imphal, March 1 (IANS) Timely intervention by the Army and Assam Rifles averted a potential disaster after a forest fire broke out near the ‘Friendship Bridge’ along the Integrated Check Post (ICP) on the India-Myanmar border at Moreh, officials said on Sunday. A defence spokesperson said that a forest fire near the ‘Friendship Bridge’ ICP in Moreh, located in Tengnoupal district, was swiftly brought under control following prompt action by alert troops deployed along the international b…
New Delhi/Imphal, Feb 23 (IANS) Assam Rifles Director General (DG), Lieutenant General Vikas Lakhera held a meeting with Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh in New Delhi and discussed the prevailing law and order situation in the state, officials said.An official in Imphal said on Sunday that during the meeting, held at Manipur Bhawan in New Delhi, the Assam Rifles DG briefed Chief Minister Khemchand Singh on the role and activities of the country’s oldest paramilitary force in Manipur…
Imphal, Feb 18 (IANS) The Indian Army carried out a major month-long area sanitisation and de-mining operation along a vulnerable stretch of the India–Myanmar border in Manipur, officials said on Wednesday. Defence spokesman Lt Col Mahendra Rawat said that the Red Shield Division of the Indian Army’s Spear Corps carried out a major area sanitisation and de-mining operation along the India-Myanmar border at Yangoubung, Manipur, between border pillars 72 and 73 from January 16 to February 17, 20…
Itanagar, Feb 18 (IANS) The Assam Rifles on Wednesday flagged off the 13-day-long “Eastern Edge Expedition”, starting from Pangsau Pass along the India–Myanmar border in Arunachal Pradesh, and aimed to culminate at Jorhat in Assam.Defence spokesman Lt Col Mahendra Rawat said that the ‘Eastern Edge Expedition’, organised in partnership with Hero MotoCorp, is scheduled from February 18 to March 2 under ‘Operation Sadbhavana 2025–26’ to celebrate resilience, camaraderie and the indomitable …
Imphal, Feb 15 (IANS) Security forces on Saturday arrested six hardcore militants, including two women cadres belonging to different insurgent outfits, from various districts of Manipur, police said. A police official said the arrested militants are associated with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and its political wing, the Revolutionary People’s Front (RPF), the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP), and the People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK).According to the official, secu…
Imphal, Feb 8 (IANS) Security forces in Manipur have arrested five hardcore militants belonging to different insurgent outfits and recovered several mortars and two Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) from areas along the India-Myanmar border during the past 24 hours, officials said on Sunday.A police official said the mortars and IEDs were recovered from the Yangoubung area along the India-Myanmar border under the jurisdiction of Moreh police station in Tengnoupal district. Later, these explosi…
New Delhi/Kohima, Feb 6 (IANS) The Centre is likely to appoint a Minister of State for Home Affairs to spearhead the next phase of the Naga peace talks, with senior officers from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) expected to actively engage in advancing the dialogue process, officials said on Friday. A senior Nagaland government official said that Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio led a high-level official delegation to New Delhi earlier this week and held separate meetings with Defence Minister Rajna…