“Illicit poppy cultivation on 45 acre of land was destroyed in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district,” CM N. Biren Singh said. “The operation was carried out on Friday (January 31, 2025) in Lhungjang village hill range in Saikul police station area by the district police and CRPF in the presence of an executive magistrate,” he said. “FIRs […]
The United Naga Council (UNC) and other Naga groups of Manipur on Thursday (January 30, 2025) asserted their opposition to the creation of seven districts by the erstwhile Congress government in 2016. They underlined their opposition to these districts at a tripartite meeting with the representatives of the Union Home Ministry and the Manipur government […]
Security forces seized a cache of arms and ammunition from Manipur’s Kakching district during a search operation, police said on Friday (January 31, 2025). One assault rifle, one 9 mm pistol, one IED, two grenades, one smoke shell, one tear smoke grenade, one detonator were seized from the foothills of Chairel Khunou hill of the […]
The Meghalaya Cabinet on Thursday (January 30, 2025) approved the establishment of a women-led apex financial cooperative society aimed at strengthening the financial ecosystem for self-help groups (SHGs) across the State. The initiative to set up the Pla Tangka Cooperative Society (PTCS), led by the Department of Community and Rural Development (C&RD) in partnership with […]
Manipur Government has been urged to open two residential schools in every district for children displaced by the ethnic conflict Source
“The Manipur Government has transferred 60 bureaucrats and 10 police officers with immediate effect,” an official notification said. Director General of State Academy of Training Paulunthang Vaiphei has been given the charge of Additional Chief Secretary, while Anurag Bajpai, the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests will be the Additional Chief Secretary (Textiles, Commerce and Industries). […]
The CPI(M) on Wednesday (January 29, 2025) held a large rally in Agartala to mark its 24th State conference for which permission was granted at the eleventh hour. The administration gave last-minute permission for the rally outside Rabindra Bhavan, adjacent to the Orient Chowmuhani (Square), after rejecting previous requests to hold it at open fields […]
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 […]
