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NEW DELHI, June 30 (Xinhua) -- At least four people, including an elderly woman, were shot dead Monday by unidentified gunmen in India's northeastern state of Manipur, officials said. The attack took place near Mongjang village in Churachandpur district, about 96 km south of Imphal, the capital city of Manipur. "Unidentified assailants today afternoon ambushed a car, killing a rebel leader affiliated Kuki insurgent group along with his two bodyguards. An elderly woman also lost her life near the spot in the incident after being hit by a stray bullet," an official said. The bodies have been sent to a hospital for post-mortem. Preliminary investigations carried out by the police suggested the victims were fired barrage of shots from a point-blank range.
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday stated that the agency had arrested three insurgents involved in a fatal attack on security forces in Moreh, Manipur's Tengnoupal district, on January 17, 2024, resulting in the deaths of two police commandos and injuries to several others. According to the NIA's statement, the agency arrested Thangminlen Mate, a key orchestrator from the Kuki Inpi Tengnoupal (KIT) group from Silchar, Assam, on May 19, and two others, Kamginthang Gangte of the Kuki National Army (KNA) and Hentinthang Kipgen, alias Thangneo Kipg ...Read More >
Imphal: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has held a new round of talks with a joint delegation of three prominent Meitei Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in New Delhi. The discussions, led by A.K. Mishra, Advisor to the MHA on Northeast Affairs, focused on five key issues aimed at resolving Manipur's ongoing ethnic crisis. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! A 19-member delegation, representing the All Manipur United Clubs' Organisation (AMUCO), the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), and the Federation of Civil Society Organ ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested three insurgents in a case related to a deadly attack on security forces that had killed two police commandos and injured several others in Manipur last year, an official said on Sunday. The three men, along with their associates, had planned, conspired and executed the attack on an Indian Reserve Battalion (IRB) post and security forces in Moreh of Tengnoupal district on January 17, 2024. Among the accused is Thangminlen Mate, a resident of Tengnoupal district and member of the Kuki Inpi Tengnoupal insur ...Read More >
Ludhiana, Jun 8 (PTI) Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring on Sunday asserted that his party will win the Ludhiana West assembly bypoll, scheduled to be held on june 19, with a "record margin". "Congress practically has no competition here", he claimed. Warring, who is also the Ludhiana MP, said that the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was badly mistaken that the Congress would allow it to abuse power and misuse the official machinery for the elections. "First of all, we will not let any misuse of the official machinery and second, in case any official is found to be misusing ...Read More >
Aizawl, Jun 27 (PTI) Mizoram Home Minister K Sapdanga on Friday said that more than 50 per cent of criminal cases in Mizoram in recent times were linked to people who came from outside and took refuge in the state. More than 30,000 refugees from Myanmar and Bangladesh and Internally Displaced People (IDP) from Manipur are currently taking shelter in the northeastern state, according to officials. Also Read | YouTube Channel Claims Govt Is Giving INR 4,500 Per Month To Unemployed Youth Under 'PM Berojgari Bhatta Yojana'? PIB Fact Check Debunks Fake News. While chairing a review meeting here, ...Read More >
IMPHAL/ CHURACHANDPUR: At least four militants, belonging to a banned outfit, were killed in an encounter with security forces in Manipur's Churachandpur district on Tuesday morning, police said.Based on intelligence about the presence of armed cadres of the proscribed United Kuki National Army (UKNA), an operation was launched around 5:30 am at Khanpi village in Henglep sub-division, a senior officer said.The UKNA is not a signatory to the Suspension of Operations pact signed between the Centre, the state government, and the Kuki and Zomi militant groups.During the operation, a fierce gunfigh ...Read More >
Kuki Inpi Manipur (KIM) in a statement told their MLAs to follow the order ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed Manipur is under President's rule after CM N Biren Singh resigned in FebruaryThere are 10 Kuki MLAs who demanded a separate administration after May 2023 violenceKuki groups seek a separate state or Union Territory, citing demands since 1946-47 Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Guwahati/Imphal: An influential body of Manipur's Kuki tribes has asked MLAs from their community not to be a part of the next state government whenever it is formed. The state ...Read More >
Imphal: The Centre intensified counterinsurgency campaigns along the borders in Manipur state sector with the killing of 4 insurgents, injuring one, and arresting five cadres associated with the proscribed United National Kuki Army (UNKA) in the early hours on Tuesday, officials reported. A total of 6 UNKA cadres, including a juvenile, were apprehended along with arms and ammunition in different operations in the Henglep sub-division of Manipur's Churachandpur district, the reports stated. A joint team of the Indian army and Assam Rifles, during their serial operations, arrested five cadres ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday stated that the agency had arrested three insurgents involved in a fatal attack on security forces in Moreh, Manipur's Tengnoupal district, on January 17, 2024, resulting in the deaths of two police commandos and injuries to several others. According to the NIA's statement, the agency arrested Thangminlen Mate, a key orchestrator from the Kuki Inpi Tengnoupal (KIT) group from Silchar, Assam, on May 19, and two others, Kamginthang Gangte of the Kuki National Army (KNA) and Hentinthang Kipgen, alias Thangneo Kipg ...Read More >
Imphal, June 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid the fresh violence over the arrest of members of Meitei radical outfit Arambai Tenggol, Manipur police on Sunday night urged the people not to support any shutdown called by the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs). In a statement, the Manipur police appealed to the public and peace-loving citizens not to support the call for such protests in connection with the arrests of individuals involved in unlawful and criminal activities. Manipur Police have been putting all its efforts in maintaining peace and tranquility in the state, it said. Manipur police also ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested three insurgents in a case related to a deadly attack on security forces that killed two police commandos and injured several others in ethnic violence-hit Manipur last year, officials said on Sunday. The three men, along with their associates, planned, conspired and executed the attack on an Indian Reserve Battalion (IRB) post and security forces at Moreh in Tengnoupal district on January 17, 2024, they said. Among the arrested accused is Thangminlen Mate, a resident of Tengnoupal district and member of the Kuki Inpi Tengnoupal ...Read More >
Standard .303 rifle has an effective kill range of about 500 metres, officials said (Representational) ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed Manipur insurgents from Meitei and Kuki groups modify looted weapons into sniper riflesOver 6,000 weapons including .303, AK, and INSAS rifles were looted from police armouriesModified .303 rifles have increased range and accuracy beyond the standard 500 metres Did our AI summary help? Let us know. New Delhi: Manipur's ethnic insurgent groups from both the Meitei and Kuki communities are modifying weapons, many of them looted fr ...Read More >
The DGP said, "These are very challenging times, but we have been trying to tackle them with the best possible strength, and with the cooperation of everyone" Manipur Director General of Police (DGP) Rajiv Singh said peaceful dialogue is the only solution to resolve the ethnic conflict in the State. More than 260 people have been killed and thousands rendered homeless in ethnic violence between Meiteis and Kuki-Zo groups since May 2023. Speaking on the sidelines of the 134th Raising Day in Imph ...Read More >
Imphal, Oct 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Thousands of Naga people, including women and children, on Wednesday accorded a rousing welcome to NSCN-IM General Secretary Thuingaleng Muivah in Manipur's Ukhrul district headquarters. Nonagenarian Naga leader Muivah, also the Ato Kilonser (Prime Minister) of the Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN-IM), arrived in the Naga-inhabited Ukhrul district to visit his birthplace, Somdal village, for the first time in 50 years. Thousands of Nagas from all walks of life, dressed in traditional attire and carrying NSCN-IM flags, gree ...Read More >
Bhopal, July 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav's seven-day foreign visits to Dubai and Spain concluded on Saturday, and he is scheduled to return to New Delhi on Sunday, government officials said. Talking to media in Barcelona in Spain on Saturday, Chief Minister Yadav said that his visit has been successful as various memorandums of understanding were signed with investors to increase production, employment opportunity and farmers' income in the state. Speaking at the conclusion of his visit, the Chief Minister highlighted the state's focused efforts on developme ...Read More >
Imphal, Oct 1 (PTI) Eleven police personnel were killed in Manipur by "riotous mobs" in 2023, according to a report published by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). A total of 24 civilians were killed by extremists during that year in the northeastern state, which witnessed ethnic conflict between Imphal Valley-based Meiteis and adjoining hills-based tribal Kukis from May 2023. "Fifteen police personnel were reported killed on duty, including 11 by riotous mobs in 2023," the report said. It said that 24 civilians were killed by extremists/insurgents in firing, the "highest" in the cou ...Read More >
Ahmedabad: The Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) police on Sunday registered an FIR against a couple from Vatva for allegedly cheating five people of a total Rs 55.38 lakh after promising them jobs in the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC).The complainant, a 40-year-old resident of Paldi, approached the police with a detailed account of the fraud. According to her, after the death of her husband in May 2020, she began looking for a job to support her two children.In Sep 2022, she was introduced to a woman through a relative. The woman claimed she worked in AMC and could secure a sanitary insp ...Read More >
Aizawl, Jun 30 (PTI) Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma on Monday urged refugees from Myanmar, Bangladesh and internally displaced people from Manipur who had taken shelter in the state to mingle with the local people and respect their laws, social practices and religious traditions. Around 40,000 people from the neighbouring two countries and a state are currently in Mizoram, he said at a government programme here. Also Read | Indian Railways Fare Hike: Will Mumbai Local Train Ticket Prices Increase From July 01? Check New Ticket Slabs, Tatkal Reservation Changes and Other Key Details. Laldu ...Read More >
New Delhi, November 4 (IANS): At least four militants of the United Kuki National Army (UKNA) were killed in an encounter with the security forces in Manipur's Churachandpur district on Tuesday, officials said. According to security officials, "In the early hours of November 4, during an intelligence-based operation, terrorists resorted to unprovoked firing on the Army column at Khanpi village, approximately 80 Km West of Churachandpur, Manipur." "In the ensuing firefight between Security Forces and armed cadres of UKNA, a non-Suspension of Operations (non-SoO) insurgent group 4 cadres were ...Read More >
Ukhrul: NSCN (IM) general secretary and chief negotiator of the Indo-Naga peace process, Thuingaleng Muivah, Wednesday vowed to defend the "sovereign national decision of Nagalim to the last," underscoring the group's unwavering stance as a political solution remains elusive, despite 28 years of dialogue with the government of India.The Indo-Naga peace talks have reached a critical impasse, with the NSCN (IM) steadfastly holding its ground, a separate Naga national flag and constitution. Speaking ...Read More >
Mysuru: Deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar sought blessings at Chamundeshwari temple atop Chamundi Hills and later said that while "efforts may fail, but not prayers", signalling his ambition for the state's top post remains undimmed despite Siddaramaiah reaffirming that he would stay chief minister for a full five-year term.Joined by family on Ashada Friday, widely considered auspicious, Shivakumar offered puja to the deity and underlined his faith in divine intervention. "I prayed to the Goddess for what I want," he told reporters, but refused to discuss his long-rumoured chief ministerial ...Read More >
Ahmedabad, June 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) With Ankur Bhattacharjee, Quadri Aruna, and Adriana Diaz all winning their singles rubbers, Kolkata ThunderBlades beat reigning champions Dempo Goa Challengers 9-6 in the Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) Season 6 on Sunday. Kolkata's victory saw them move into the playoff spots, occupying fourth with 29 points. Goa, with six more game wins on the board, moved level on points with leaders Jaipur Patriots and U Mumba TT. The tie opened with a gripping clash between two of the league's best: Goa captain Harmeet Desai took the opening game 11-10 after a stunning com ...Read More >
Aizawl, Jun 30 (PTI) Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma on Monday urged refugees from Myanmar, Bangladesh and internally displaced people from Manipur who had taken shelter in the state to mingle with the local people and respect their laws, social practices and religious traditions. Around 40,000 people from the neighbouring two countries and a state are currently in Mizoram, he said at a government programme here. Lalduhoma said that asylum seekers from Myanmar, and Bangladesh and those displaced by ethnic conflict in Manipur should not keep aloof themselves from the hosts but mingle with th ...Read More >
Guwahati: The National Investigating Agency (NIA) has arrested three militants involved in a lethal assault on security personnel in Manipur's Moreh, near the Myanmar border, last year, the agency said on Sunday. The assault claimed the lives of two police commandos and left several others wounded. The NIA stated that the trio collaborated with their associates to orchestrate and execute the Jan 17 attack on an Indian Reserve Battalion (IRB) post and security forces in Tengnoupal district. The NIA statement mentioned, "Among the arrested accused is Thangminlen Mate, a resident of Tengnoupal di ...Read More >
GUWAHATI: Manipur plans to shut around 350 relief camps sheltering people displaced by ethnic violence since May 2023 and resettle them through a structured, three-phase rehabilitation programme starting this month.Chief secretary PK Singh said Friday that the northeastern state, under President's rule since ex-CM N Biren Singh stepped down in Feb, was in talks with the ministry of home affairs to start rehabilitating the displaced based on an assessment of how many people were prepared to leave the relief camps immediately."The process has already begun. The number of displaced people has dro ...Read More >
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested three insurgents in a case related to a deadly attack on security forces in Manipur last year that had left two police commandos dead and several others injured, an official said on Sunday. The three men, along with their associates, had planned, conspired and executed the attack on an Indian Reserve Battalion (IRB) post and security forces in Moreh of Tengnoupal district on January 17, 2024. Among the accused is Thangminlen Mate, a resident of Tengnoupal district and member of the Kuki Inpi Tengnoupal insurgent group. He had p ...Read More >
GUWAHATI: Four civil society organisations in Manipur have urged the Centre to abrogate the Suspension of Operations (SoO) agreements signed with Kuki insurgent groups, alleging that the pacts are flawed and have been repeatedly violated, thus impeding efforts to restore peace in the violence-hit state. In a joint memorandum submitted to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the four groups - Indigenous Peoples' Forum Manipur, Meitei Alliance, Thadou Inpi Manipur and Foothills Naga Co-ordination Committee, representing Meitei, Naga and Thadou communities - alleged violations of the ground rules by K ...Read More >