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Manipur: Transport unions condemn highway attacks, demand security for drivers

Manipur highway attacks

Imphal: The Manipur Drivers’ Association (MDA) and the Sadar Hills Inland Transporters and Drivers Union (SHITDU) have strongly condemned recent violent attacks on commercial vehicles, appealing to protesting groups to cease targeting state highways. The statements come amid an ongoing economic blockade enforced by the United Naga Council (UNC), which has left approximately 200 oil […]

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Manipur: Fire razes farmer’s house in Ukhrul; family seeks government aid

Manipur house fire

Imphal: A four-room house was destroyed in a midnight fire at Kharasom village in Manipur’s Ukhrul district on Friday. The incident occurred at around 1:30 AM while the homeowners were away tending to their agricultural fields. According to the house owner, Nganingkhui Zimik, the cause of the fire remains unknown. The family estimates total losses […]

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Manipur: NH-37 blockade escalates, troops deployed after arrest of five Naga women

Imphal: Security forces, including the Rapid Action Force (RAF) and CoBRA, have been deployed at strategic and vulnerable locations across Manipur’s Noney district amid an indefinite economic blockade by the United Naga Council (UNC) along National Highway-37. The UNC began the blockade at 1 am on September 9, demanding justice for the killing and alleged […]

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Manipur: NH-37 blockade escalates, troops deployed after arrest of five Naga women

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Manipur govt launches archival restoration project to recover missing gazettes

Imphal: The Manipur Government has launched an archival restoration project to recover 881 missing gazettes and preserve the state’s administrative records, with 124 gazettes recovered and 41 reconstructed so far. Director of Printing and Stationery Ng. Roben Singh, speaking at a press conference on Friday, said 116 of the recovered gazettes were sourced from the […]

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Manipur: CAG flags Rs 16,193 crore debt, fiscal deficit above FRBM limit

Imphal: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has flagged mounting fiscal pressure in Manipur, with the state’s outstanding public debt rising to Rs 16,193.78 crore at the end of 2024–25, of which Rs 10,638.89 crore is due for repayment …

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Manipur: CAG flags Rs 16,193 crore debt, fiscal deficit above FRBM limit

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Manipur: Deputy CM Losii Dikho boycotts Cabinet meeting amid differences with Nemcha Kipgen

Manipur Deputy CM boycotts Cabinet meeting

Imphal: Differences have emerged between Manipur’s two Deputy Chief Ministers over the ongoing ethnic conflict in the state. Deputy Chief Minister Losii Dikho boycotted a Cabinet meeting scheduled for 5 pm at the Civil Secretariat on Thursday following a collective decision by the Naga Legislators’ Forum. Dikho, who represents the Mao (ST) constituency and is […]

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Manipur: Gunmen fire at CRPF team, drivers injured in stone-pelting on NH-37

Manipur CRPF fire

Imphal: Unidentified gunmen suspected to be underground operatives opened fire on a road opening party (RoP) of Manipur’s CRPF 152 Battalion along the Imphal-Dimapur highway on Thursday. The incident occurred around 5:30 PM in the Khonghampat area under Sekmai police station in Imphal West district. The assailants allegedly fired from a moving white four-wheeler travelling […]

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Manipur: Gunmen fire at CRPF team, drivers injured in stone-pelting on NH-37

Manipur CRPF fire

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Manipur: Police rescue minor girl, arrest three in suspected trafficking case

Manipur trafficking case

Imphal: Manipur Police and state social welfare officials rescued a minor girl and arrested three people during an early-morning operation in Imphal East district on Thursday. A fourth suspect escaped and remains at large. The operation was conducted in Keibi village after officials received intelligence late Wednesday night that several minor girls were allegedly being […]

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Manipur: Police rescue minor girl, arrest three in suspected trafficking case

Manipur trafficking case

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Manipur: CM reviews chronic waterlogging in Imphal, orders immediate remedial measures

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Imphal: Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh led a high-level review meeting at the Secretariat on Thursday to address chronic waterlogging along Imphal’s National Highways and low-lying urban areas. The meeting was attended by Langthabal MLA Karam Shyam, the Secretary of Water Resources, the Imphal West Deputy Commissioner, and the Chief Engineers of both the […]

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Manipur Police debunk viral claim about CRPF detention of NSCN-IM cadres

Manipur Police debunk viral claim

Imphal: The Manipur Police Cyber Crime Unit has identified a widely circulated social media post as fake and misleading. The post claimed that Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel had arrested Tangkhul cadres linked to the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN-IM) for allegedly carrying out illegal extortion along National Highway 37, which connects Imphal […]

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Manipur Police debunk viral claim about CRPF detention of NSCN-IM cadres

Manipur Police debunk viral claim

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Manipur CM visits family of slain musician Chongtham Vikram; assures swift justice

Manipur CM visits Chongtham Vikram family

Imphal: Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Thursday visited the family of local musician and music teacher Chongtham Vikram at their residence in Thangmeiband Lourung Purel Leikai, Imphal West. The Chief Minister offered his condolences and assured the family that the government would ensure those responsible for Vikram’s death are brought to justice. Accompanied […]

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Manipur: Court remands eight KLA cadres to police custody until September 14

Manipur court remands eight KLA cadres

Imphal: A local court remanded eight cadres of the Kuki Liberation Army (KLA) to police custody until September 14, following their arrest by a combined security team in Gampum village in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district on September 7. The cadres, apprehended with a cache of arms and ammunition, were produced before the Judicial Magistrate, Imphal East, […]

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Manipur: Rs 1,556 crore released for relief, housing and rehabilitation of displaced people

Manipur relief and rehabilitation

Imphal: The Centre and Manipur governments have sanctioned a combined Rs 1,556.53 crore for relief and rehabilitation measures for people displaced by the violence that erupted in the state on May 3, 2023. Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh recently said the conflict displaced around 60,000 people. Of them, approximately 36,000 have either returned to their […]

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Manipur: Global Naga Forum seeks review of FIR against activist Ambrose D. Kamei

Guwahati: The Global Naga Forum (GNF) has appealed to the Manipur Governor and Chief Minister to review the FIR registered against Naga educator, musician and rights activist Ambrose D. Kamei over his reported social media posts. In a statement issue…

Ambrose D. Kamei FIR in Manipur

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Manipur: Six arrested as security forces intensify crackdown on insurgency, drug trafficking

Manipur security forces operations

Imphal: Security forces in Manipur conducted a series of coordinated operations across multiple districts over the past 24 hours, arresting six people and seizing substantial quantities of suspected narcotics. The operations, involving state police, central forces and an anti-drug organisation, targeted alleged insurgent activities, extortion networks and drug trafficking operations. In Imphal West, a joint […]

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