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 […]
Almost a fortnight after Christians in Arunachal Pradesh staged a hunger strike opposing the Pema Khandu government’s move to enforce an anti-conversion Act of 1978 vintage, the State’s indigenous faith believers took out a rally on Saturday, demanding early implementation of the law. Also Read | Arunachal Christian group plans stir against anti-conversion law The […]
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday (March 1, 2025) directed security forces to ensure the free movement of people on all routes in Manipur from March 8 and also called for strict action against those creating obstructions. Chairing a meeting to review the security situation of Manipur, he said the Centre remains fully committed […]
“Security forces have arrested five persons, including a militant, from Manipur’s Kangpokpi and Kamjong districts,” police said on Saturday (March 1, 2025). “Four of those, apprehended from Bimparao in Kangpokpi, were reportedly working under a cadre of the proscribed Kuki National Front (P),” a police officer said. Surrender of looted, illegal arms: Manipur Governor Ajay […]
Two Manipur-based Kuki-Zo organisations – Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum (ITLF) and the Committee on Tribal Unity (COTU) – have dismissed the surrender of nearly 300 arms by Meitei group Arambai Tenggol as a “mere gesture” and a “strategic attempt to improve public image” and gain “sympathy and legitimacy.” In a joint statement, the two organisations […]
“Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla on Friday (February 28, 2025) extended the deadline for the surrender of looted and illegal arms until 4 p.m. on March 6, 2025, following demands by people from both hill and valley areas for additional time,” an official statement said. “Upon the expiry of the seven-day deadline for the voluntary […]
“Manipur’s Kangpokpi district SP has instructed police personnel not to give in to monetary demands from illegal organisations,” an official notification said on Friday (February 28, 2025.) “It has been reported that a few illegal organisations are demanding money from police personnel in Kangpokpi. It is hereby instructed to the rank and file of Kangpokpi […]
