Imphal, May 26 (IANS) The Central and state security forces on Tuesday continued extensive joint search operations across Manipur’s Kangpokpi, Senapati and adjoining districts to rescue 20 Naga and Kuki community members who are still being held hostage by armed groups, officials said.A senior police official said that intensive combing and search operations are being carried out by the security forces, comprising the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) and Manipur Police, in the mountainous ar…
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Imphal, May 23 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Saturday announced that the case relating to the abduction of six Naga villagers would be handed over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).A senior official of the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said that a six-member delegation of the United Naga Council (UNC) met the Chief Minister and his cabinet colleagues at the CM’s Secretariat to discuss the prevailing law and order situation in the state.During the meeting, the…
Imphal, May 21 (IANS) Kuki Inpi Manipur (KIM), one of the apex bodies of the Kuki tribal community, on Thursday extended the ongoing shutdown across Kuki-Zo inhabited areas by another 48 hours to protest the continued detention of 14 members of their community by rival groups since May 13. KIM Information and Publicity Secretary Janghaolun Haokip said that the extension of the shutdown became necessary due to the continued detention and hostage-taking of Kuki-Zo individuals in Naga-dominated Sen…
Imphal, May 18 (IANS) The Kuki Inpi Manipur (KIM), one of the apex organisations of the Kuki community in Manipur, on Sunday extended its total shutdown in the hill areas for another 48 hours in protest against the alleged failure of the government to rescue the detained villagers and fulfil its demands. Normal life continued to remain badly affected across all Kuki-Zo inhabited areas, especially in Kangpokpi district, after the KIM had called a three-day total shutdown from midnight of May 13 f…
Imphal, May 16 (IANS) Hectic discussions are underway among various Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), Manipur government officials and security forces to ensure the safe release of those who are still being held hostage by groups belonging to different communities, officials said on Saturday. A police official said that 30 out of over 38 people belonging to the Kuki and Naga communities, who had been held hostage by various groups in Kangpokpi and Senapati districts, were released on Thursday …
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 13 (IANS) A fresh ambush was reported near the Joujangtek Forest Gate in Noney district on Wednesday evening, hours after an earlier attack in Kangpokpi district. A police official said that a man and his wife, belonging to the Chiru Naga community, were returning home from Imphal in a car when unidentified armed attackers reportedly opened fire on their vehicle near Joujangtek under Khoupum Police Station.The man, identified as Wilson Thanga of Dolang Chiru village, succumbed …
Imphal, May 13 (IANS) The Kuki Inpi Manipur, one of the apex bodies of the Kuki community in Manipur, on Wednesday called for a three-day total shutdown across all Kuki-Zo inhabited areas of the state following the killing of three Baptist Church leaders in Kangpokpi district. Kuki Inpi Manipur Secretary for Information and Publicity Janghaolun Haokip strongly condemned the killings and expressed profound grief over the deaths of Rev. V. Sitlhou, Rev. Kaigoulun, and Pastor Paogoulen, while fi…