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Aizawl: The Assam Rifles on Saturday arrested two men and seized explosives -- 5,800 pieces of gelignite rods, 10,500 metres of Cordtex, and 6,000 pieces of detonators -- at Vaphai, an Indo-Myanmar border village in Mizoram's Champhai district. The force received an intelligence report regarding the transshipment of a "large quantity of war-like stores and launched an operation at Vaphai," a statement issued by the Assam Rifles said. The Assam Rifles team tried to stop a vehicle, but the occup ...Read More >
Champhai (Mizoram) [India], October 19 (ANI): The Assam Rifles achieved a major attainment, recovering a large consignment comprising 90 bags of poppy seeds and 120 bags of Areca nuts in Champhai, Mizoram, a release stated on Sunday. Based on specific intelligence, Assam Rifles conducted a search operation on 17 October 2025 in the general area of Farlui Road, Ruantlang, Champhai, Mizoram. "During the operation, security forces recovered a large consignment comprising 90 bags of poppy seeds an ...Read More >
Guwahati: Two cadres of the banned militant outfit People's Liberation Army (PLA), involved in the September 19 ambush, in which two Assam Rifles personnel were killed and five others injured in Manipur's Bishnupur district, were arrested. A police official said that two cadres of the PLA who were involved in the September 19 ambush on the Assam Rifles at Nambol Sabal Leikai in Bishnupur district were arrested on Friday night from Imphal West District. The apprehended militants were identified ...Read More >
Imphal (Manipur) [India], September 30 (ANI): The Manipur Police stated that the overall law-and-order situation in the state remained normal over the past 24 hours, with several arrests made during search and combing operations conducted across various districts. The Director General of Police (DGP) Manipur, Rajiv Singh, interacted with Medical Officers of the Manipur Police Battalions, appreciated their service, and discussed measures to improve medical facilities for personnel in battalions ...Read More >
Imphal (Manipur) [India], September 30 (ANI): The Manipur Police stated that the overall law-and-order situation in the state remained normal over the past 24 hours, with several arrests made during search and combing operations conducted across various districts. The Director General of Police (DGP) Manipur, Rajiv Singh, interacted with Medical Officers of the Manipur Police Battalions, appreciated their service, and discussed measures to improve medical facilities for personnel in battalions ...Read More >
Imphal: Security forces arrested two members of a banned outfit for their alleged involvement in the September 19 ambush on an Assam Rifles convoy in Manipur, which claimed the lives of two personnel, police said on Saturday. "Two cadres of the People's Liberation Army, who were mainly involved in the 19th September ambush on 33 Assam Rifles at Nambol Sabal Leikai, Bishnupur district, have been arrested," a police statement said. One of the two militants was picked up from Assam's Guwahati, bu ...Read More >
Guwahati: The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act was on Friday extended for six months in the entire Manipur, except the jurisdiction of 13 police stations, in parts of Nagaland of Arunachal Pradesh. The AFSPA extended to nine districts in Nagaland and 21 police station areas in five other districts of the state for six months, according to a notification issued by the Union home ministry. The government in a notification stated, "Whereas the Central Government in exercise of the powers conferr ...Read More >
Guwahati: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday, September 26, 2025, extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) in parts of Manipur, Nagaland, and Arunachal Pradesh for another six months. In Manipur, affected by ethnic violence since May 2023, AFSPA has been extended across the entire state except for 13 police station jurisdictions in five valley districts. The excluded areas include Imphal, Lamphel, City, Singjamei, Patsoi, Wangoi, Porompat, Heingang, Irilbung, Thoubal, B ...Read More >
Imphal: Assam and Manipur police on Friday arrested two senior cadres of the banned People's Liberation Army (PLA) in connection with the September 19 ambush on Assam Rifles personnel in Bishnupur district of Manipur. The attack claimed the lives of two Assam Rifles personnel and injured five others. The arrests, coordinated by the Crime Branch Police Station, Guwahati, have brought the total number of PLA cadres detained in the case to three, officials said. One of the arrested, Chongtham Ma ...Read More >
Imphal, Sep 27 (PTI) Security forces arrested two members of a banned outfit for their alleged involvement in the September 19 ambush on an Assam Rifles convoy in Manipur, which claimed the lives of two personnel, police said on Saturday. "Two cadres of the People's Liberation Army, who were mainly involved in the 19th September ambush on 33 Assam Rifles at Nambol Sabal Leikai, Bishnupur district, have been arrested," a police statement said. One of the two militants was picked up from Assam's ...Read More >
Imphal, Sep 26 (PTI) Security forces have arrested a militant and seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition in Manipur, police said on Friday. The militant, identified as Md Tajuddin Shah (37), was arrested from Khurai Chairen Thong area in Imphal East district on Thursday. He was an active member of the banned Kangleipak Communist Party (PWG) outfit, a statement said. Besides, in an unrelated operation, security forces seized a large cache of arms and ammunition belonging to the proscribed o ...Read More >
Imphal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 4th edition of World Food India (WFI) 2025 on Thursday at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi's Pragati Maidan. The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) organized the event, which will continue until 28th September 2025. World Food India serves as a premier platform to showcase India's rich diversity and enables stakeholders from around the world to connect, collaborate, and explore opportunities in the country's dynamic food processing l ...Read More >
Imphal, Sep 24 (PTI) The prime accused in the September 19 ambush on an Assam Rifles convoy in Manipur, which claimed the lives of two personnel, has been arrested, a top police officer said on Wednesday. A large number of arms and ammunition used in the ambush was also recovered based on the inputs provided by the accused, he said. "On receipt of specific information about the presence of armed militants in the Kameng area, a team of district police Imphal West, Bishnupur, 33 AR and other sec ...Read More >
Imphal: The prime accused of the September 19 ambush, in which two Assam Rifles personnel were killed and five others injured by an armed group in Manipur's Bishnupur district, was arrested on Wednesday, officials said. A senior police official said that on receipt of specific information about the presence of armed militants in the Kameng area in Imphal West district, a team of the district police, Assam Rifles, and other security forces launched a special operation early on Wednesday and appr ...Read More >
Guwahati: Just two days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Manipur and emphasized the need to strengthen ties between the hills and the valley, the Kuki-Zo Council (KZC) pushed back against reports suggesting the reopening of National Highway 2 (Imphal-Dimapur) for unrestricted movement. In a strongly worded statement issued Monday, the KZC denied granting permission for free passage along NH-2. The council warned individuals from both the Meitei and Kuki-Zo communities not to cross th ...Read More >
Imphal, Sept 16: Search operations are underway for a man, believed to be about 70 years old, who reportedly fell into the overflowing Iril River, on Monday afternoon. Identified as Md Najir Ali of Kshetri Awang Leikai, he went missing after being swept away by the flood waters from breached river embankment around 3.30 pm. The incident occurred amid worsening floods in Manipur, where incessant rains have battered several districts. Another body was recovered from Mayang Imphal on Sunday. Ami ...Read More >
Imphal, Sep 16 (UNI) Heavy monsoon rainfall has severely affected thousands of people in Manipur. Roads have been cut off, the power supply snapped, embankments breached in multiple places, and many low-lying areas are submerged. Schools and colleges in the valley districts have been ordered closed. The India Meteorological Department issued warnings this morning of continued heavy to very heavy rainfall in the Northeast, including Manipur, raising fears of further flooding and landslides. Eva ...Read More >
IMPHAL: The Manipur government on Monday ordered the closure of all educational institutions in five districts on September 16 in view of the incessant rainfall in several parts of the state. Two government orders issued by the university and higher education director, Radhakanta and the school education director, Ng Bhogendra Meitei, cited the prevailing weather conditions for the decision. "In view of the prevailing weather conditions in the state resulting in incidents of flood and landslid ...Read More >
Imphal, Sep 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a bid to foster peace and progress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday will unveil 31 projects worth Rs 8,500 crore in Manipur, a state devastated by ethnic violence since May 2023. Manipur Chief Secretary Puneet Kumar Goel said that the Prime Minister would also interact with the violence-hit Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and would address public gatherings both in Imphal and in Churachandpur. Senior police officials said that in view of the preva ...Read More >
Imphal, September 13: In a bid to foster peace and progress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday will unveil 31 projects worth Rs 8,500 crore in Manipur, a state devastated by ethnic violence since May 2023. Manipur Chief Secretary Puneet Kumar Goel said that the Prime Minister would also interact with the violence-hit Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and would address public gatherings both in Imphal and in Churachandpur. Senior police officials said that in view of the prevailing situa ...Read More >
ITANAGAR, 12 Sep: Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Bosiram Siram on Friday strongly criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Manipur, calling it "too little, too late" after two years of silence while the state burned. "The belated visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Manipur - after more than two years of burning, bloodshed, and displacement - is deeply disappointing. When the state was torn apart by ethnic violence in May 2023, when mothers and children were ...Read More >
Imphal, Sep 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Aiming to foster peace and development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unveil 31 projects worth Rs 8,500 crore in Manipur, a state hit by ethnic violence since May 2023, on Saturday. Manipur Chief Secretary Puneet Kumar Goel said on Friday the Prime Minister would lay foundation stones for various development projects worth Rs 7,300 crore from Peace Ground in Churachandpur, and would also inaugurate infrastructure projects totalling Rs 1,200 crore from histori ...Read More >
Imphal (Manipur) [India], August 12 (ANI): The Indian Army Spear Corps, Assam Rifles, and Manipur Police carried out coordinated operations across several districts in Manipur from August 2 to 10. These intelligence-led raids resulted in the arrest of 22 insurgents and the recovery of multiple weapons, strengthening security and peace efforts in the region. In a post on X, Spearcorps wrote,In a series of intelligence-based joint operations launched between 02 Aug 25 -10 Aug 25 by Indian Army a ...Read More >
Imphal, Aug 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) With ten more militants of different banned outfits arrested during the past 24 hours, combined forces of military, paramilitary and state forces intensified their counterinsurgency operation to nab the armed extremists and to recover arms and ammunition in Manipur, officials said on Monday. A police official said that ten militants arrested in three districts -- Imphal West, Imphal East, Bishnupur -- belonged to various factions of Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 3 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin paid tribute to freedom fighter Dheeran Chinnamalai on his 220th death anniversary at Guindy in Chennai on Sunday. The Chief Minister offered flowers to the portrait of the freedom fighter in Chennai. Dheeran Chinnamalai was born as Theerthagiri Sarkarai Manradiar on April 17, 1756. He was a Palayakkarar and chieftain who ruled the Kongu Nadu region. Chinnamalai fought against the Kingdom of Mysore, which collect ...Read More >
Imphal, Aug 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) BSF's Additional Director General (ADG), Eastern Command, Kolkata, Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal, who was on a three-day visit to Manipur, directed the troopers to perform their assigned tasks with utmost dedication and professionalism towards maintaining law and order situation in in the state, an official said on Sunday. A BSF spokesman said that Aggarwal, an IPS officer, interacted with officers and troops, and directed them to perform their assigned tasks with utmost ...Read More >
Bengaluru: After Delhi, nearly 40 schools in Bengaluru received bomb threats via e-mail on Friday morning, leading to panic among students, teachers and parents. Police teams have rushed to all locations and search operations are underway. Schools in R R Nagar and Kengeri were among those targeted, the police said. Cyber experts are making all efforts to trace the sender of the mail. Sources revealed that the sender could be suffering from mental health issues. In the mail, he has spoken about ...Read More >
Changlang (Arunachal Pradesh) [India], July 18 (ANI): Security forces recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition in Arunachal Pradesh Changlang district, as per a press statement issued by the PRO of the Inspector General Assam Rifles (IGAR) North. In the press statement, the PRO of IGAR (North) said that, acting on specific intelligence of the presence of arms and ammunition in the general area MS 38 along the Miao-Vijaynagar axis in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam Rifles uni ...Read More >
Aizawl: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has officially declared the ancient menhirs of Lianpui village in Mizoram's Champhai district, as a 'monument of national importance'. The announcement, made on July 14, follows a public notification issued on February 9 under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958. As no objections were received during the two-month notice period, the notification was finalised. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz an ...Read More >
Changlang (Arunachal Pradesh) [India], July 18 (ANI): Security forces recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition in Arunachal Pradesh's Changlang district, as per a press statement issued by the PRO of the Inspector General Assam Rifles (IGAR) North. In the press statement, the PRO of IGAR (North) said that, acting on specific intelligence of the presence of arms and ammunition in the general area MS 38 along the Miao-Vijaynagar axis in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam Rifles u ...Read More >
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