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 …
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Imphal, April 12 (IANS) Thousands of people, including a large number of women, continued their protest rallies in Imphal on Sunday, condemning the April 7 bomb attack in Manipur’s Bishnupur district that claimed the lives of two young children. The rally was organised by women-led organisations, including Uripok Apunba Lup and Uripok Nupi Apunba Lup, an umbrella body representing multiple local groups from the Uripok constituency. The protest march began at Lamboikhongnangkhong and covered a …
Imphal, April 7 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh, on Tuesday night, chaired an all-party meeting to review the prevailing situation in the state following a deadly bomb attack in Bishnupur district that claimed the lives of two children and injured their mother. An official from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said the meeting discussed in detail the tragic incident at Tronglaobi Awang Leikai village in Bishnupur district and strongly condemned the “cowardly act”.Repr…
Imphal, April 7 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Tuesday announced that the state government has decided to hand over the investigation into the deadly bomb attack in Bishnupur district, which claimed the lives of two children, to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).Meanwhile, a police official said that two protesters were killed and three others injured in firing after a mob stormed a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp in Bishnupur on Tuesday.Strongly condemnin…
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) A judge of the Supreme Court on Thursday recused himself from hearing a bail plea filed by lawyer and activist Surendra Gadling in connection with the 2016 Surajgarh iron ore mine arson case. Justice Atul S. Chandurkar, who was part of a bench headed by Justice J.K. Maheshwari, withdrew from the matter when it was taken up for hearing. The development comes after an earlier recusal by Justice M.M. Sundresh in the same case.Following the recusal, the matter is expected t…
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) The Counter-Intelligence Unit of the Delhi Police Special Cell has arrested two shooters belonging to the Himanshu Bhau gang from Maharashtra. Both accused were also wanted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and had been involved in a series of brazen criminal activities across Delhi. The arrested individuals have been identified as Lakshya and Neeraj. According to police officials, both were actively involved in multiple criminal incidents, including an extort…
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) India’s security agencies have flagged the increasing number of entry points through which fake currency is being circulated in the market. At first fake currency was being pushed into Nepal from Pakistan before making its entry into India. However, with the Indian agencies stepping up vigilance at the Nepal border, the focus shifted to Malda in West Bengal. The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is probing a majority of these cases, found that Malda had soph…
Imphal, March 12 (IANS) The bodies of two men from the Kuki community, who had gone missing in Manipur’s Kamjong district on Wednesday, were found on Thursday, officials said.The deceased were identified as Thangboimang Khongsai, 35, a resident of Shangkai village in Ukhrul district, and Thengin Baite, 40, a resident of nearby Thawai Kuki village in Kamjong district.Officials said the Manipur government has handed over the case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for a thorough probe.A …
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday granted bail to Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Ahmed Shah in a terror funding case. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta granted relief to the 74-year-old leader, noting his prolonged period of incarceration and the delay in the completion of the trial.Shah had challenged the Delhi High Court’s order rejecting his bail plea. He was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in 2019 in connection with the terror f…
Kolkata, Feb 27 (IANS) After a prolonged tug-of-war, the West Bengal Police on Friday agreed to hand over the case diary in the recent Beldanga violence case in minority-dominated Murshidabad district to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is probing the matter following clearances from the Calcutta High Court as well as the Supreme Court.The state police also informed a trial court in Kolkata of its decision to transfer the case diary to the NIA. The court subsequently remanded seven…