Members of the Arunachal Christian Forum (ACF) are scheduled to go on an eight-hour fast on Monday (February 17, 2025) to protest the planned implementation of the Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act or APFRA of 1978. The ACF is the apex body of Christians in Arunachal Pradesh belonging to different denominations. In December 2024, […]
The story so far: Four days after Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh resigned, the State was put under President’s Rule on February 13. Though the ruling BJP still holds a majority in the Manipur Assembly, the party was unable to find a consensus Chief Minister candidate. The State has also been wracked by ethnic […]
Security forces have arrested 11 militants from Manipur in the last two days, including seven suspected cadres of the Kuki National Army (KNA), along with arms and ammunition, police said on Sunday (February 16, 2025). “The “KNA cadres” were apprehended from old Khaukual area in Churachandpur district on Friday [February 13],” they said. KNA is […]
Kuki-Zo MLAs of Manipur have expressed hope that the central government would lay out a “comprehensive political roadmap” for peace and justice, following the imposition of the President’s rule in the strife-torn State. In a joint statement, 10 MLAs – seven BJP legislators, two Kuki Peoples’ Alliance MLAs and one independent – stated that they […]
The Manipur government will construct two camps at two locations at a cost of ₹11 crore for 416 cadres of the United National Liberation Front (UNLF), the oldest armed Meitei insurgent group, which signed a peace agreement with the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and Manipur Government on November 29, 2023. Around 80 cadres […]
Four Bangladesh nationals, including three women, have been detained from the Teliamura railway station in Tripura’s Khowai district, a Border Security Force (BSF) official said on Saturday (February 15, 2025). Also read:PM Modi shared ‘concerns’ about Bangladesh with President Trump: Foreign Secretary “Based on specific intelligence inputs, the anti-human trafficking unit of BSF detained four […]
Security forces arrested nine militants belonging to different proscribed outfits from Manipur’s Imphal East and Thoubal districts, police said on Saturday (February 15, 2025). Four active members of the banned Kangleipak Communist Party (Noyon) involved in kidnapping and extortion activities were arrested from Chingdompok area of Thoubal district on Friday, they said. In another operation, […]
The use of dynamite blasts in the exploration activity of the ONGC has caused damage to dozens of houses belonging to the indigenous community in west Tripura. As a result, local residents have prevented the movement of heavy machinery of the ONGC and are demanding compensation for the damage. The latest flashpoint is Belbari, located […]
Suspension of the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Manipur and imposition of President’s Rule showed how the Centre had failed the people of Manipur, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said. The Left parties also said such moves underlined the “utter bankruptcy” of the “double-engine government”. Mr. Kharge, in a post on X on Friday (February […]
A day after a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan shot himself dead before killing two others in Manipur, Director General G.P. Singh said aggrieved personnel could contact the helpline monitored by the force headquarters. Mr. Singh told The Hindu that such a mechanism existed even now, but it was being further strengthened. “We are […]
