“Six cadres of a banned outfit were arrested from Manipur’s Imphal West district and two members of a group were apprehended for allegedly being involved in extortion in Imphal East,” police said on Saturday (February 22, 2025.) “Six members of the proscribed Kangleipak Communist Party (Ibungo Ngangom) were apprehended from Koutruk Makha Leikai Church in […]
“Seventeen militants belonging to different banned outfits were arrested from four Manipur districts in the last 24 hours,” police said on Friday (February 21, 2025). “Thirteen militants belonging to the banned Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL) outfit were nabbed from Moirang Kiyam Leikai area of Bishnupur district on Thursday (February 20, 2025),” a police statement […]
Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla on Thursday (February 20, 2025) appealed to all communities in Manipur to surrender looted weapons within seven days . “Your single act of returning these weapons can be a powerful gesture towards ensuring peace”, said Mr. Bhalla. He assured that no punitive action would be initiated if such weapons are […]
The Narendra Modi-led BJP government at the Centre has finally done the inevitable by imposing President’s Rule in Manipur on February 13, after dragging its feet for over 21 months, and four days after N. Biren Singh resigned as Chief Minister. The change in political gear stems not from the BJP’s first-order-of-preference, but as an […]
Northeast India has experienced prolonged spells of insurgency. However, over the past few decades, large parts of the region have remained free of insurgencies. This relative peace has allowed for the operationalisation of massive infrastructure projects. But, as the violence in Manipur attests, the gains made are experiencing increasing stress because of the political developments […]
The India-Myanmar borderlands remain a data-deficient region despite their long history of armed conflict, displacement, and humanitarian crises. The complexity of the Manipur conflict, along with restricted access and adverse security conditions, has led to huge gaps in documenting humanitarian needs. In Manipur, the lack of reliable data obscures the true scale of vulnerabilities and […]
Days after he said he was getting death threats for a viral video where he was criticising Manipur’s ex-CM N. Biren Singh, former State President of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), M. Barish Sharma on Wednesday (February 19, 2025) said that he had been provided State police protection but in a letter to the […]
After the President’s Rule was imposed in Manipur, several of the State’s legislators received calls from a person who allegedly identified himself as Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s son Jay Shah and offered them ministerial positions for a sum of ₹4 crore, police officials said on Monday (February 17, 2025). President’s Rule was imposed in […]
The story so far: On February 13, four days after Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh’s resignation, the Union government announced that President’s rule has been implemented in the violence-hit State. A notification from the Ministry of Home Affairs stated that President Droupadi Murmu was satisfied that “a situation has arisen in which the government […]
Tripura police have arrested four youths who allegedly looted all the fixtures and furniture from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) camp office in the Shyamali Bazaar Quarter Complex area here. The crime was committed over a period of over five months when the office was left unattended by staff. Police said on Sunday that […]
