New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday launched a Land Port Management System (LPMS) to improve border and internal security, underscoring the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government’s promise to secure the frontier and promote cross-border trade. Calling the creation of the Land Ports Authority of India (LPAI) an outcome of a recommendation made in a report, Home Minister Shah said that Prime Minister Modi’s vision has not only made it a first layer of security bu…
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New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) In a move to improve border and internal security, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will launch a Land Port Management System (LPMS) on Tuesday.”The LPMS is a state-of-the-art digital platform designed to integrate operations across land ports into a unified system. It enables secure, real-time exchange of logistics and regulatory information, bringing land ports at par with digital systems operational at airports and seaports,” the official said in a statement.This initiat…
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) In a move to improve border and internal security, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will launch a Land Port Management System (LPMS) on June 9, an official said on Sunday. “The LPMS is a state-of-the-art digital platform designed to integrate operations across land ports into a unified system. It enables secure, real-time exchange of logistics and regulatory information, bringing land ports at par with digital systems operational at airports and seaports,” the official said…
Imphal, June 7 (IANS) As many as 20 members of the Naga and Kuki communities remain untraced after being allegedly abducted by armed groups in Manipur’s hill districts, despite intensive joint search operations by central and state security forces for nearly four weeks, officials said on Sunday. A police official said that, to prevent any spillover of the recent violence in Kangpokpi district, security forces carried out surprise joint combing operations in areas around Litan, Mahadev, and Sinak…
Aizawl, June 4 (IANS) In a major crackdown on drug trafficking, Mizoram Police arrested eight women and seized heroin valued at over Rs 70 lakh in six separate operations conducted along the border of Champhai district within a single day, officials said on Thursday. Mizoram Police in Champhai district in eastern Mizoram arrested the eight women and seized heroin worth more than Rs 70 lakh in six separate operations carried out within a single day on Wednesday, marking one of the district’s bi…
Aizawl, May 29 (IANS) In three major operations in Mizoram, Assam Rifles, along with other agencies, seized foreign cigarettes and highly addictive methamphetamine tablets worth Rs 35.71 crore and apprehended four drug peddlers, officials said on Friday. A defence spokesman said that Assam Rifles troops, in a joint operation with the Excise and Narcotics Department, foiled a major drug trafficking attempt in southern Mizoram’s Lawngtlai district, recovering one lakh highly addictive methamphet…
Aizawl, May 22 (IANS) The Assam Rifles have seized Myanmar-smuggled foreign cigarettes and recovered arms and ammunition in two separate operations in Mizoram, arresting two individuals, officials said on Friday. A defence spokesman said that, acting on specific intelligence inputs regarding the illegal possession of arms and ammunition in the Tuikhawtlang area of Aizawl district, Assam Rifles troops launched a swift, well-planned and meticulously coordinated joint operation with the Mizoram Pol…
Imphal, May 21 (IANS) In a major breakthrough, Manipur Police, assisted by central security forces, recovered 67 arms, including 27 AK-series rifles and 11 US-made rifles, besides a huge cache of ammunition and explosives during a series of operations conducted over the past 24 hours, officials said on Thursday. A senior police official said that four hardcore militants belonging to the United National Liberation Front-Pambei faction (UNLF-Pambei) were also arrested during the operations carried…
Imphal, May 9 (IANS) Two days after heavy firing and explosions rocked Manipur’s Kamjong district along the India-Myanmar border, the Assam Rifles on Saturday safely rescued an abducted woman, officials said. Defence spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Mahendra Rawat said that following sustained and coordinated efforts by the Assam Rifles, abducted woman Olina Ningshen was successfully released on Saturday. She had been abducted from Namlee village during the violence and firing incidents on Thursday….
Imphal, May 2 (IANS) The Manipur Police intercepted four vehicles along the India-Myanmar border for illegally transporting 25 containers of petrol and diesel, and arrested the drivers, officials said on Saturday. A senior police official said that the fuel was suspected to be intended for smuggling into neighbouring Myanmar. According to the official, the four vehicles were carrying the petrol and diesel illegally towards Moreh in Tengnoupal district, which shares an unfenced border with Myanma…