A day before the ending of the extended deadline on Thursday (March 5, 2025) for voluntarily surrendering looted and illegally held weapons in strife-torn Manipur, 32 more arms and ammunition were handed over in Churachandpur, Imphal East and Kangpokpi districts, officials said. The arms and ammunition were surrendered at Commando unit, Lamlai, Porompat and Heingang […]
Mizoram MP K. Vanlalvena visited the camp and offices of the Chinland Council, a rebel outfit controlling parts of north-west Myanmar in areas bordering India, last week. He said that he had invited them to join the Union of India, given that there is no official government in Myanmar, and that there is a shared […]
Tipra Motha president and former MLA Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl has been admitted to a private hospital in Agartala with multiple health complications. Tripura Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha on Wednesday (March 5, 2025) visited the veteran leader and inquired about his health. The Chief Minister also took to his social media page to wish him […]
The proposed “march to the hill districts” by an Imphal Valley-based civil society organisation on March 8 has been opposed by Kuki-Zo groups. Manipur, scarred by a conflict between the non-tribal Meiteis and the tribal Kuki-Zos since May 2023, has been under President’s Rule since February 13. Also read |Manipur — the difficult path to […]
Twenty years ago, people like Maong Nungsang Jamir who began Naga Reju in Choolaimedu and Ramayon Keishing, owner of North East Kitchen, lit their stoves to serve Naga and Manipuri food to forlorn students and working professionals from the North-East, desperate for a taste of home. It was a privilege they never had. With their […]
Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma on Tuesday presented a ₹15,198.76 crore budget for 2025-2026 and announced a 75% increase in fund allocation for the flagship ‘Bana Kaih’ (Handholding) scheme, a financial assistance programme for farmers and small entrepreneurs. He said the Government will introduce a scheme from April to provide health insurance of up to ₹5 […]
A tribal body in Manipur has decided to defy the Centre’s bid to facilitate movement on all roads linking the Meitei-dominated Imphal Valley to the country beyond. Two arterial highways and almost all other roads pass through the hills surrounding the Imphal Valley. These hills are largely inhabited by the Kuki-Zo people, caught in a […]
The Mizoram government has decided to retire its unfit and truant employees. Chief Minister Lalduhoma told the 40-member Assembly on Monday that employees no longer fit to perform their official duties “due to terminal illness” would be given voluntary pensions under the newly introduced Special Voluntary Retirement Scheme, 2024. He said some committees were being […]
The Crime Branch (CB) of the Tripura police has not made any arrests in connection with its investigation into the ‘Cash for Marks’ scam that has rocked the Tripura Medical College (TMC). A faculty member has reportedly been identified as the leader of a racket that manipulates marks in exchange for large sums of money. […]
Forty-two more firearms and cartridges have been surrendered by the public in five districts of ethnic strife-torn Manipur, police said on Sunday (March 2, 2025). The firearms were surrendered in Imphal West and East, Churachandpur, Bishnupur and Tamenglong districts on Saturday (March 1), a police officer said. Also Read | Amit Shah chairs review meeting […]
