Imphal, April 22 (IANS) Security forces in Manipur have recovered sophisticated arms and ammunition along the India-Myanmar border and, in a separate operation, dismantled six illegal bunkers in the mountainous Kangpokpi district, officials said on Wednesday. A senior police official stated that the recoveries were made from the India-Myanmar border region under the Moreh police station in Tengnoupal district.The seized items include one AK-47 rifle with a magazine, one carbine with a maga…
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Imphal, April 18 (IANS) With an improvement in the law and order situation, the Manipur government on Saturday revoked the suspension of mobile internet and data services, including broadband, across five Imphal Valley districts, officials said. The suspension of mobile internet and data services was initially imposed for three days, hours after a deadly bomb attack in Bishnupur district on April 7. The attack, allegedly carried out by suspected Kuki militants, claimed the lives of two childr…
Imphal, April 16 (IANS) The Indian Army, in a joint operation with other security agencies, destroyed ten illegally set up bunkers and firing positions in Manipur’s Jalenbung Hills and Thoyee Heights, officials said on Thursday. Defence spokesman Lt Col Mahendra Rawat stated that, as part of ongoing operations along the Imphal-Dimapur National Highway (NH-2), joint security forces led by the Army’s Red Shield Division launched coordinated area domination patrols in the Jalenbung Hills and…
Imphal, April 15 (IANS) The Opposition Congress in Manipur on Wednesday called for the deferment of the upcoming census exercise in the state, insisting that it should be postponed until normality is fully restored and all ethnic violence-affected Internally Displaced Persons can return to their native places. According to an earlier announcement by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, Mritunjay Kumar Narayan, the processes of self-enumeration and the House Listing and Hous…
Imphal, April 13 (IANS) Security forces on Monday arrested three militants belonging to different insurgent outfits and dismantled four illegally constructed bunkers in separate operations, officials said. A police official said that Manipur Police, assisted by Assam Police, arrested a militant belonging to the People’s Liberation Army and its sister outfit, Revolutionary People’s Front, from Rupnagar in Hojai district of Assam.The militant, identified as Hodam Romen Singh alias Naobi (39),…
Imphal, April 12 (IANS) Security forces on Sunday continued their joint combing operations for the third consecutive day on Sunday to nab militants following the killing of a BSF constable in Manipur’s Ukhrul district. During the ongoing operations, forces also destroyed 21 illegally constructed bunkers in the district, officials said.A police official in Imphal stated that the Central and state security forces have intensified search operations across Ukhrul and adjoining districts to track d…
Imphal, April 10 (IANS) The General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Indian Army’s Red Shield Division on Friday reiterated that the Indian Army remains steadfast in its commitment to ensuring the safety and security of all communities in Manipur, officials said. Defence Spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Mahendra Rawat said that the GOC emphasised the Indian Army’s role as a neutral and dependable force, dedicated to protecting lives and maintaining peace across the state.As part of ongoing outreach e…
Imphal, April 3 (IANS) Security forces on Friday arrested four dreaded valley-based insurgents from Manipur’s Tengnoupal district, which shares an unfenced border with Myanmar, officials said. A senior police official stated that the four insurgents were apprehended from Yangoubung village under the Moreh police station in Tengnoupal district. The militants belong to the National Revolutionary Front of Manipur (NRFM), the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), and the Kangleipak Communist Party (KC…
New Delhi/Imphal, April 1 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) said on Wednesday that it has filed a charge sheet under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, against a former Municipal Councillor and the Chief Engineering Officer of the Imphal Municipal Corporation (IMC) for allegedly securing work orders from the civic body using forged documents. The ED’s Imphal Sub-Zonal office has filed a charge sheet under the provisions of PMLA, 2002, against G. Gaidon Rongmei, former Mun…
Imphal, March 26 (IANS) Security forces in Manipur on Thursday continued their massive joint operations in Bishnupur district after suspected armed Kuki militants opened fire at Phouljang and Gothol areas, targeting an Indian Army post, officials said. A police official in Imphal stated that the militants opened fire in the Phouljang and Gothol areas, directing their attack towards an Indian Army post located in Phougakchao Awang Leikai. “The Indian Army and the Central Reserve Police Force (5…