Aizawl, May 19 (IANS) Mizoram Police have seized a huge consignment of highly addictive methamphetamine tablets valued at over Rs 19.21 crore and arrested two alleged drug peddlers, both residents of neighbouring Manipur, officials said on Tuesday. A police official said that a white-coloured car proceeding from Manipur towards Aizawl was intercepted and searched on the outskirts of Keifang junction in Saitual district on suspicion of carrying illegal contraband items.Upon conducting a thorough …
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Imphal, May 19 (IANS) A day after meeting Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh, a 10-member team of church leaders on Tuesday visited Naga-inhabited Senapati district as part of efforts to defuse the ongoing ethnic tensions between the Naga and Kuki tribal communities. A Manipur government official said that during the visit, the church leaders met representatives of the United Naga Council, the Naga People’s Organisation, and other civil society organisations at the United Naga Counc…
Imphal, May 19 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Tuesday informed a delegation of Naga community leaders that the state police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel are conducting intensive combing operations in suspected areas to trace the missing villagers. Appealing for calm at this critical juncture, the Chief Minister said that the state government is making all-out efforts to defuse the tense situation and restore peace in the hill areas. He urged all comm…
Guwahati, May 19 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday highlighted the deep-rooted cultural and spiritual ties between Assam and Manipur, saying that the Vaishnavite traditions of the two northeastern states continue to strengthen the region’s shared civilisational heritage.Posting a video on X from the revered Sri Sri Batadrava Than, the birthplace of medieval saint-reformer Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardev, the Chief Minister said the musical resonance of Assam’s traditio…
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…
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…