Imphal, May 18 (IANS) The Kuki-Zo Council, an apex body of the Kuki-Zo tribal community in Manipur, sought the intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to resolve the ongoing ethnic crisis and ensure protection, security, and a political solution to the issues faced by the community.Kuki-Zo Council Chairman Henlianthang Thanglet and General Secretary Thangzamang, in a jointly signed memorandum submitted to the Prime Minister, reiterated their eight-point charter of demands, including a polit…
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Imphal, May 18 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Monday lauded the proactive role being played by church leaders in efforts to defuse the prevailing ethnic tension following the killing of three church leaders in Kangpokpi district earlier this month.Three church leaders belonging to the Kuki community were killed and four others injured after unidentified militants opened fire at Zero Point between Kotlen and Kotzim villages in Kangpokpi district on May 13. The incident fu…
Hyderabad, May 18 (IANS) Three drug traffickers were arrested, and 39.470 kg of Alprazolam was seized, along with Rs 85.36 lakh cash, in Telangana’s Siddipet, the NCB said on Monday. Investigation revealed that the seized Alprazolam was being clandestinely manufactured at an illegal laboratory in Prashant Nagar, Hyderabad, by the arrested supplier, an MSc in Chemistry, an official said in a statement on X.In a separate case, the NCB earlier arrested a key Myanmar-based drug trafficker, Thancin…
Imphal, May 18 (IANS) Central and state security forces have jointly continued operations in Manipur’s Kangpokpi, Senapati, and adjoining districts to rescue those who are still being held hostage by armed groups, officials said on Monday. A senior official said that, in continuation of the rescue efforts for the missing persons, combing and search operations were carried out by security forces in the hill ranges to the northwest of Leilon Vaiphei and Kharam Vaiphei villages in Kangpokpi distric…
New Delhi/Aizawl, May 17 (IANS) In a major crackdown on transnational drug trafficking networks operating along the India-Myanmar border, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested a key Myanmar-based drug trafficker from Delhi, the drug law enforcement central agency said on Sunday. The accused, identified as Thancintuang alias Chintuang alias Tluanga, was allegedly operating as a major supplier of methamphetamine tablets and heroin smuggled from Myanmar into India through the Northeast re…
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…
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Delhi and several parts of North India are set to face sweltering heat, with temperatures rising by 3 to 5 degrees over the next few days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Sunday.”Heat wave to severe heat wave conditions likely to prevail over plains of northwest India and central India during many days of the week,” the IMD said in a statement.The MeT Department, presenting a grim outlook, primarily for the plain areas in North, North-Western, as well a…
Kohima, May 26 (IANS) The Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN-IM) on Saturday alleged that security forces in Manipur, while posing as neutral peacekeepers, were protecting Kuki militants and providing them logistical support by land and air to target Naga villages. Addressing a gathering at Hebron Camp, the main headquarters of the NSCN-IM in Nagaland, during the commemoration of the 75th Naga Plebiscite Day, NSCN-IM Chairman Qhehezu Tuccu alleged that securit…
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan on Saturday termed Operation Sindoor as “entirely different” from previous conflicts. He mentioned that the military operation required “88 hours of extreme coordination”.General Chauhan was interacting during ‘Sena Se Samvad 2026’.Describing last year’s military strikes against Pakistan which was the result of the deadly Pahalgam terror attack, the CDS said: “Operation Sindoor is different. I am not saying ‘was’ since it…
Agartala/Shillong, May 16 (IANS) Following the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) announcement, seven Northeastern states have begun preparations for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, officials said on Saturday. The ECI on Thursday (May 14) announced the launch of the SIR of electoral rolls in a phased manner across 16 states and three Union Territories. The poll panel stated that the Phase-III schedule of the SIR would be a major nationwide exercise aimed at enhancing…