Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh on Wednesday (January 29, 2025) said 4.8 hectares of illicit poppy cultivation in Senapati district was destroyed. In a post on X, Mr. Singh said, “In a significant breakthrough in our war on drugs, Senapati Police, Forest department, and district administration has destroyed 4.8 hectares of illicit poppy cultivation […]
Two militants were arrested in separate operations in Manipur’s Thoubal and Imphal West districts, police said on Tuesday (January 28, 2025). A member of the Kangleipak Communist Party (Taibangnganba) was arrested from Waithou-Thiyam IVR in Thoubal on Monday (January 27, 2025), they said. “He was identified as Sapam Paikhomba Meitei (26),” they added. “A wireless […]
Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on Tuesday (January 28, 2025) said the court may, in case of “extreme urgency”, consider advancing the hearing of a plea made by a Kuki organisation, represented by advocate Prashant Bhushan, claiming Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh was instrumental in inciting and organising violence in the northeastern State […]
Manipur Congress vice-president Hareshwar Goshwami on Monday (January 27, 2025) filed disqualification petitions against four MLAs of the National People’s Party (NPP). The petitions were filed at the Speaker’s Tribunal of the 60-member Manipur Assembly. “A disqualification each was filed against the four NPP legislators for extending support to the BJP-led government in Manipur despite […]
Fourteen months after a devastating glacier lake outburst flood in Sikkim washed away the Teesta-3 dam — the State’s biggest hydropower project — and killing at least 100, an expert committee of the Environment Ministry has recommended that the dam be reconstructed. Instead of the older structure that was part rock and part concrete, the […]
Tripura police have busted an interstate criminal gang in a raid conducted in Dharmanagar in north Tripura. Police said the arrested youths are residents of Samastipur in Bihar. The raid, which took place on Saturday (January 25, 2025) at a hotel in Dharmanagar, resulted in the arrest of Neeraj Kumar and Inder Kumar. The police […]
GUWAHATI: The Manipur Government on Sunday (January 26, 2025) said it had established a dedicated Integrated Anti-Extortion Cell under the Home Department to deal with a “significant” law-and-order threat in the State. The cell comprises representatives from the State Police, Central Armed Police Forces, and the paramilitary Assam Rifles or Army. A statement issued by […]
Guwahati People across eight northeastern States defied a boycott call by some extremist groups, including the United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent), to celebrate the country’s 76th Republic Day on Sunday (January 26, 2025). An aberration in the festival-like atmosphere was a “bomb blast” the ULFA(I) claimed to have detonated at a truck parking lot […]
Four militants were arrested in separate operations in Manipur’s Imphal West and Churachandpur districts, police said on Sunday (January 26, 2025). Two active members of the proscribed PREPAK (Progressive) were arrested from Langol Type II in Imphal West district on Saturday. They were identified as Sairem Rishikumar Singh (24) and Longjam Nganthoiba Meitei alias Lamngakpa […]
“Security forces recovered a cache of arms and ammunition during a search operation in Manipur’s Imphal East district,” police said on Saturday (January 25, 2025.) “The operation was conducted in Awang Potshangbam hills in Heingang area on Friday (January 24, 2025)“, they said. “The recovered items include a rifle, pistol, carbine, mortars and hand grenades,” […]
