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…
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Imphal, April 17 (IANS) The Manipur government has announced plans to develop a bird sanctuary at Kharungpat in Kakching district, in a move aimed at strengthening biodiversity conservation and promoting eco-tourism in the state, officials said on Friday.A senior forest official said the proposed sanctuary will cover around 227 hectares, accounting for about 6.7 per cent of the total wetland area. The site is considered ecologically significant, particularly for the conservation of waterbirds, i…
Imphal, April 16 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Thursday launched four digital platforms aimed at significantly improving governance and service delivery across the state. An official from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said the four portals, the Centralised RTI State Portal, e-Seba Manipur, Explore Manipur, and an AI-enabled Scheme Finder, have been developed by the Department of Information Technology. These initiatives underscore the government’s commitme…
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 14 (IANS) At least 18 civilians, including five women, were injured and a mob set fire to two security force vehicles in Manipur’s Bishnupur district on Tuesday, officials said. The mob violence erupted following the seizure of a large quantity of drugs from a suspected drug peddler at the Imphal airport.A senior police official stated that, acting on credible intelligence, a joint operation by the Central Industrial Security Force and Airport Police was carried out at Bir …
Imphal, April 14 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Tuesday visited the ongoing construction site of the Imphal railway station at Yurembam in Imphal West district and reviewed the progress of the much-anticipated 111-km Jiribam-Tupul-Imphal railway project, officials said. An official from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) stated that the Chief Minister was briefed by officials of the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) regarding the current status of the Imphal railway stat…
Imphal, April 14 (IANS) The Manipur government on Tuesday extended the suspension of mobile internet and data services, including broadband, for another two days across five Imphal valley districts, citing the prevailing law and order situation, officials said. The restriction follows an earlier shutdown imposed on April 7, when internet and mobile data services, including broadband, were suspended for three days across the same districts in a bid to prevent escalation of violence.The move came …
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 13 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Monday reiterated that ensuring the protection, safety, and peaceful coexistence of all communities remains the government’s foremost priority. An official from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) noted that Manipur is home to 36 communities, comprising both tribal and non-tribal populations residing across the Imphal Valley and the state’s hill districts.On Monday, Director General of Assam Rifles, Lt General Vikas Lak…