Imphal, July 8 (IANS) Manipur Home Minister Konthoujam Govindas Singh said on Wednesday that sustained coordination among the Army, Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and the state administration would be further strengthened to reinforce peace, stability and public confidence across the state. The Home Minister held a series of meetings with General Officer Commanding (GOC) of 3 Corps, Lieutenant General Girish Kalia, Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Gyanendra Pratap…
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Imphal, July 8 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Wednesday stressed the need to build lasting communal harmony, saying a collective effort is required to ensure that people from all communities can live together peacefully in the state. The chief minister visited the residence of the village chief of Taphou Kuki village in Kangpokpi district after returning from a day-long tour of Senapati district. Earlier in the day, Singh visited Naga-inhabited Senapati district before t…
Imphal, July 8 (IANS) Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla, Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh, and other dignitaries on Wednesday paid their last respects to the two Assam Rifles personnel who were killed in an ambush in Ukhrul district, even as massive search operations to track down the attackers entered the third day.The two Assam Rifles personnel — Warrant Officer Balwant Singh and Havildar Chandra Mohan Singh — were killed after a suspected Naga armed group ambushed an Assam Rifles vehi…
Imphal, July 7 (IANS) Massive joint operations by Central and state security forces continued for the second consecutive day on Tuesday to track down the perpetrators behind the killing of two Assam Rifles personnel — a Warrant Officer and a Havildar — in an ambush in Manipur’s Ukhrul district. A senior police official said that intensive operations are “underway to neutralise the militants responsible for the killing of two Assam Rifles personnel” — Warrant Officer Balwant Singh and Havildar…
Aizawl, July 6 (IANS) The Assam Rifles, in coordination with the Excise and Narcotics Department, seized highly addictive methamphetamine tablets worth approximately Rs 3.30 crore in eastern Mizoram’s Champhai district, officials said on Monday. A defence spokesman said that acting on specific intelligence inputs, troops of the Assam Rifles, in association with the Excise and Narcotics Department, carried out a joint operation in the Zote area of Champhai district, which shares a mountainous int…
Imphal, July 6 (IANS) At least two Assam Rifles personnel – a Warrant Officer and a Havildar — were killed after a suspected Naga armed group ambushed a paramilitary force vehicle at Nungshang Kong in Manipur’s Ukhrul district on Monday, officials said. Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh, Home Minister Konthoujam Govindas Singh and Director General (DG) of Assam Rifles Lt Gen Vikas Lakhera strongly condemned the attack and vowed stringent action against those responsible. A senio…
Imphal, July 6 (IANS) At least two Assam Rifles personnel were killed after a suspected Naga armed group ambushed a paramilitary force vehicle at Nungshang Kong in Manipur’s Ukhrul district on Monday, officials said. Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh and Home Minister Konthoujam Govindas Singh strongly condemned the attack and vowed stringent action against those responsible.A senior police official in Imphal said that an Assam Rifles patrol party was reportedly ambushed by unident…
Imphal, July 6 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Monday said it was unfortunate that many people are still unable to live in their own homes because of the ethnic violence that has affected the state. Distributing financial assistance to violence-affected Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), the Chief Minister said the prevailing situation has forced many families to endure the hardship of living away from their homes for a prolonged period.Khemchand Singh handed over finan…
Imphal, July 6 (IANS) At least two Assam Rifles personnel were critically injured after a suspected Naga armed group ambushed a paramilitary force vehicle at Nungshang Kong in Manipur’s Ukhrul district on Monday, officials said.A senior police official in Imphal said that an Assam Rifles patrol party was reportedly ambushed by unidentified Naga armed assailants near Nungshang Kong bridge, around 16 km east of Ukhrul Police Station, in the afternoon. According to preliminary reports, at least t…
Imphal, July 6 (IANS) Security forces in Manipur have arrested six militants belonging to two different banned insurgent outfits and four persons with 239 kg of contraband ganja (marijuana) during the past 24 hours, officials said on Monday.A senior police official said that the six arrested militants, belonging to the proscribed Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) and the United National Liberation Front (UNLF), were apprehended from different locations in Imphal East district.According to the off…