Imphal, Feb 17 (IANS) Amid ongoing tensions between the Naga and Kuki communities, the Manipur Police have evacuated 51 students belonging to the Kuki tribal community from a school in the state’s Naga-dominated Ukhrul district as a precautionary measure, following clashes and subsequent violence, officials said on Tuesday.Attacks and counter-attacks, along with heightened tension, have continued between members of the Tangkhul Naga tribe and the Kuki community in Ukhrul since February 7. More t…
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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 14 (IANS) Fresh firing was reported on Saturday at the Litan Sareikhong area in Manipur’s Ukhrul district, allegedly by Tangkhul Naga village volunteers, triggering panic and tension among local residents, police said. The Manipur Police appealed to both the Kuki and Naga tribal communities in and around Litan village to refrain from hostilities and the spread of rumours to prevent any further escalation of the situation.In a statement, the police said that approximately 12 rounds …
Imphal, Feb 10 (IANS) To prevent the escalation of violence, the Manipur government on Tuesday suspended internet services in two more hill districts — Kangpokpi and Kamjong — which are adjoining the violence-hit Ukhrul district, officials said. A police official said that fresh incidents of firing and arson were reported from Litan Sareikhong village in Ukhrul district, a day after two Tangkhul Naga organisations restricted the movement of Kuki people in Ukhrul and neighbouring Kamjong distri…
Imphal, Feb 10 (IANS) Amid fresh violence in Manipur’s Ukhrul, the state government on Tuesday suspended internet services in the hill district for five days, police officials said. A police official said that fresh incidents of firing and arson were reported from Litan Sareikhong village in Ukhrul district, a day after two Tangkhul Naga organisations restricted the movement of Kuki people in Ukhrul and neighbouring Kamjong districts.According to the official, some armed men set ablaze more than…
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…
Aizawl/Imphal, Jan 23 (IANS) Assam Rifles on Friday seized drugs valued at over Rs 7.28 crore in Mizoram and recovered a large cache of explosive materials in Manipur by arresting two persons in connection with separate operations, officials said. A defence spokesman said that, acting on credible intelligence inputs related to narcotics trafficking, Assam Rifles conducted an operation at Ngur areas in Mizoram’s bordering Champhai district on Friday. During the operation, one person in China ma…
Imphal, Jan 18 (IANS) In a major anti-narcotics crackdown, Central and state security forces have destroyed more than 306 acres of illegal poppy cultivation in Manipur’s mountainous Kangpokpi district within six days, effectively foiling an attempt to manufacture opium worth several crores of rupees, officials said on Sunday. The joint operations were carried out between January 12 and January 17 by Central and state security forces, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and the state Forest Depa…
Imphal, Jan 10 (IANS) Two days after a bomb was hurled at a fuel station in Manipur’s Bishnupur district, all petrol pumps across the Manipur Valley region and its adjoining areas were shut down indefinitely on Saturday. The shutdown was called by the Manipur Petroleum Dealers Fraternity (MPDF), demanding adequate security for fuel outlets and their staff.In a letter addressed to Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla, the MPDF said that despite assurances from the authorities, petrol pump owners and work…
Imphal, Jan 2 (IANS) The security forces in joint operations have recovered 27 country-made bombs, some arms and ammunition and arrested two militants of a banned outfit during the past 24 hours in Manipur, officials said here on Friday. A police official said that the central and state security forces in a joint operation recovered 27 country-made bombs from a spot near Monglham village area under Thoubal Dam police station in Imphal East district. Police are yet to confirm who or which organis…