Guwahati, August 14: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Thursday, launched a digital portal enabling indigenous residents of "vulnerable and remote" areas to apply for arms licences. Unveiling the facility at Lok Sewa Bhawan in Guwahati, Sarma said the initiative aims to empower indigenous communities facing genuine threats to their lives by providing "an extra layer of security". "This scheme is about safeguarding our indigenous people in the most vulnerable corners of Assam. With s...Read More
Imphal: Security forces in Manipur have arrested nine individuals, including seven militants affiliated with various proscribed groups, from multiple districts, officials said on Thursday. A joint team of the Manipur Police and Assam Rifles apprehended an active member of the banned Kangleipak Communist Party (PWG) involved in extortion from Nugaipokpi Maning Leikai in Imphal East district on Wednesday. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! Three mili...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
Manipur police arrested four militants linked to different banned groups in Imphal East and West. The arrests occurred over the weekend. Yumnam Prem Meitei, Nanaoh, and others were apprehended. Nanaoh was involved in extortion and kangaroo courts. Security forces also seized weapons in Churachandpur district. The seized items included rifles, mortars, grenades, and cartridges. Investigations are ongoing. Security forces have arrested four militants belonging to different proscribed outfits from...Read More
Imphal, Jul 20 (PTI) Security forces have arrested four militants belonging to different proscribed outfits from Imphal East and West districts of Manipur, police said on Sunday. Police arrested an active cadre of the banned outfit UPPK from Kangla Pat in Imphal West district on Saturday. He has been identified as Yumnam Prem Meitei (23). A militant belonging to KCP (PWG) was nabbed from the parking area of Polo Ground in Imphal West district on Friday. He was identified as Nanaoh (43) and was...Read More
Imphal: Security forces have arrested four militants belonging to different proscribed outfits from Imphal East and West districts of Manipur, police said on Sunday. Police arrested an active cadre of the banned outfit UPPK from Kangla Pat in Imphal West district on Saturday. He has been identified as Yumnam Prem Meitei (23). A militant belonging to KCP (PWG) was nabbed from the parking area of Polo Ground in Imphal West district on Friday. He was identified as Nanaoh (43) and was involved in ex...Read More
Security forces in Manipur recovered 86 arms and 974 types of ammunition in joint operations across five Imphal valley districts on Tuesday, based on intelligence inputs. The cache included SLRs, AK-series rifles, pistols, explosives, and IEDs. In recent weeks, over 500 arms have been seized. Ten militants from banned outfits were also arrested, along with six more in the last 24 hours. The security forces in joint operation on Tuesday recovered 86 arms and around 974 different types of ammunit...Read More
Imphal, July 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) The security forces in Manipur have arrested 12 militants of various banned extremists outfits and recovered some arms and ammunition in the last 24 hours in different districts, officials said here on Saturday. A police officer said that the arrested militants belonging to the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP), Socialist Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (SOREPA), People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) were arrested from Imphal West, Imphal East and...Read More
Imphal: Manipur Police and other security forces have arrested 12 cadres of different outfits, including six members of the Meitei radical group 'Arambai Tengol', during the past 24 hours in different districts, officials said on Wednesday. A police official said the six 'Arambai Tengol' members, residents of Imphal West and Bishnupur districts, were arrested for the physical assault of an officer and personnel of Manipur Police during a shutdown in Bishnupur district on June 9. The 'Arambai T...Read More
Imphal: In a series of anti-insurgency operations jointly conducted by central security and Manipur police, an official reported on Wednesday that they had arrested four cadres of the proscribed Kangleipak Communist Party - People's War Group (KCP PWG). In the first operation, launched on Tuesday, the joint team captured two active cadres of the KCP (PWG) from the Utlou area in Manipur's Bishnupur district. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! The du...Read More
Imphal: Manipur police and central security forces arrested one cadre each from the proscribed People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (Prepak) and Kangleipak Communist Party - People's War Group (KCP-PWG) in separate operations in the state during the past 24 hours. The police stated that the joint team arrested one active cadre of the banned PREPAK from Bamon Kampu Mayai Leikai under Irilbung-PS, Imphal East district. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your kn...Read More
Imphal, Jul 3 (PTI) Three militants belonging to different proscribed outfits have been arrested by security forces in Imphal Valley districts of Manipur, police said on Thursday. Police arrested a member of the banned PREPAK (PRO) outfit from Meitram area in Bishnupur district on Wednesday. He has been identified as Oinam Hemanjit Singh. Security forces also arrested an insurgent belonging to the banned Kangleipak Communist Party (PWG) outfit from Sekmaijin Maning Leikai area in Imphal East d...Read More
Imphal, Jul 2 (PTI) Security forces arrested four militants including a a top leader of a proscribed outfit from Imphal West and East district, police said on Wednesday. Namgaklung Kamei @ November (42), a self-styled deputy chief of Zeliangrong United Front (J), a faction of ZUF underground outfit, was arrested from the vicinity of Kekrupat in Imphal West district on Tuesday. One 9mm pistol along with a magazine was recovered from his possession, they said. One active cadre of KYKL (SOREPA) w...Read More
Imphal, July 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The combined security forces continued their search operations in Manipur's Churachandpur and adjoining districts on Tuesday to nab the unidentified gunmen who killed four people, including an elderly woman, in an ambush in Churachandpur district on Monday, officials said. A police official in Imphal said that no one has been arrested so far in connection with the killing. He said that an FIR has been registered at the Churachandpur police station, and a probe is...Read More
Imphal, June 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a series of joint operations in Manipur, the Army and other central and state security forces have arrested eight hardcore extremists of different outfits and recovered 43 different types of arms, a large cache of ammunition and other war-like stores from eight districts, officials said on Monday. A Defence spokesman said that the intelligence-based, coordinated joint operations resulted in the arrest of eight militants from various hill and Valley-based mili...Read More
Imphal, June 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) At least four persons, including a woman, were shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Manipur's Churachandpur district on Monday, officials said. A police officer said that the incident took place near Mongjang village in tribal inhabited Churachandpur district on Monday afternoon when the victims were travelling in a car. Mongjang village is around six km from Churachandpur town. The unidentified gunmen fired on the victims from a close range and quickly left the...Read More
Imphal: Manipur police have arrested 6 cadres of the proscribed Kangleipak Communist Party - People's War Group (KCP-PWG) in the operations conducted at three separate hideouts in the Imphal East and Imphal West districts during the past 36 hours. According to officials, Manipur police arrested the cadres of KCP-PWG while they were in the illegal action of extorting money from the general public. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! Following their a...Read More
VIJAYAWADA: The State government on Friday accorded approvals to a slew of industries. Among those are Krishnapatnam Power Corporation Limited (KPCL), which is set to establish a 350 MW Solar and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Thamminapatnam and Mommidi villages of SPSR Nellore district with a Rs 1,225 crore investment, creating 575 jobs. Furthermore, the government also waived off a Rs 54 crore extension of time fee, contingent on project completion within two years as per the Andhra P...Read More
Imphal, Jun 28 (PTI) Manipur Police arrested six militants including three woman of the banned Kangleipak Communist Party (Peoples' War Group) from Imphal West and East district, an officer said on Saturday. Three cadres including two women of the Kangleipak Communist Party (PWG) were arrested from Thangmeiband Thingel Leikai area in Imphal West district on Friday. They were involved in extortion activities, the officer said. Also Read | Sunil Hekre Dies: Nashik-Based Industrialist Dies After ...Read More
Imphal, Jun 28 (PTI) Manipur Police arrested six militants including three woman of the banned Kangleipak Communist Party (Peoples' War Group) from Imphal West and East district, an officer said on Saturday. Three cadres including two women of the Kangleipak Communist Party (PWG) were arrested from Thangmeiband Thingel Leikai area in Imphal West district on Friday. They were involved in extortion activities, the officer said. Police arrested one active cadre of KCP (PWG) involved in extortion ...Read More
Imphal: Security forces on Thursday arrested two individuals in separate operations in Imphal West district of Manipur, for allegedly issuing extortion demand letters on behalf of proscribed underground organisations. The arrests were confirmed by officials on Friday. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! In the first incident, Loukrakpam Premi Devi, 43, a resident of Sayang Konthoujam Leikai under Lamphel Police Station, was arrested from Haobam Mara...Read More
Imphal, Jun 27 (PTI) Security forces have arrested three militants, including a woman, belonging to various proscribed outfits in Manipur, police said on Friday. A woman cadre of the banned Peoples' Liberation Army was apprehended from Haobam Marak area in Imphal West district on Thursday, a senior officer said. She was allegedly involved in extortion activities and had threatened officials and courier service operators in Imphal area, he said. One active cadre of the outlawed Kangleipak Comm...Read More
Imphal, Jun 27 (PTI) Security forces have arrested three militants, including a woman, belonging to various proscribed outfits in Manipur, police said on Friday. A woman cadre of the banned Peoples' Liberation Army was apprehended from Haobam Marak area in Imphal West district on Thursday, a senior officer said. Also Read | Microsoft Shuts Down Iconic 'Blue Screen of Death'. She was allegedly involved in extortion activities and had threatened officials and courier service operators in Imphal...Read More
An Indian state riven by ethnic tensions imposed an internet shutdown and curfew after protesters clashed with security forces over the arrest of some members of a radical group, police said Sunday. Manipur in India's northeast has been rocked by periodic clashes for more than two years between the predominantly Hindu Meitei majority and the mainly Christian Kuki community that have killed more than 250 people. The latest violence was triggered Saturday after reports of the arrest of five memb...Read More
JAMMU, June 7: Vehicle retail sales in Jammu and Kashmir witnessed a significant drop in May 2025, mainly due to ongoing geopolitical tensions in sensitive border areas. As per data shared by the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA), most vehicle categories showed a decline. The data claimed the sales of commercial vehicles were hit the hardest, falling by 30.09% to 711 units, down from 1,017 units in May 2024. "Construction equipment (CE) sales dropped by 48.33%, while passen...Read More
NEW DELHI: The Manipur government has suspended internet and mobile data services in five key districts for five days, citing a serious law and order situation and the risk of social media being misused to spread inflammatory content. The order, issued late on 7 June by Commissioner-cum-Secretary (Home) N Ashok Kumar, affects Imphal West, Imphal East, Thoubal, Kakching and Bishnupur districts.The official directive stated, "In view of the prevailing law and order situation in the State of Manipu...Read More
Imphal, June 7: Security forces in Manipur arrested three militants affiliated with two banned insurgent outfits during separate operations carried out on Friday across Bishnupur, Kakching, and Imphal West districts, police said on Saturday. According to a senior police officer, two active cadres of the proscribed Kangleipak Communist Party (People's War Group) were apprehended from Wangoo Samushang in Bishnupur and Elangkhanpokpi Mayai Leikai in Kakching district. One of them was allegedly in...Read More
IMPHAL: Security forces have arrested three militants, belonging to two proscribed outfits in Manipur, police said on Saturday. All the arrests were made on Friday in Bishnupur, Kakching and Imphal West districts, a senior officer said. One active cadre of the banned Kangleipak Communist Party (Peoples' War Group) was apprehended from the Wangoo Samushang area in Bishnupur for allegedly being involved in extortion activities, he said. The militant demanded money from schools, colleges, shopke...Read More
Imphal (Manipur) [India], June 7 (ANI): The situation in Manipur remained tense but under control over the last 24 hours, according to a release issued by the Manipur Police on Friday. Security forces also conducted search operations and area domination efforts in fringe and vulnerable areas of hill and valley districts. Also Read | Bank Holiday Today? Are Banks Open or Closed on Saturday, June 07, 2025, for Bakrid? Check Details. During the operations, arms and ammunition were recovered from...Read More
Imphal: Security forces arrested three insurgents affiliated with two different Manipur Valley-based underground outfits, police reported on Saturday. The first arrest was made in Bishnupur district's Wangoo Samushang area under Kumbi Police Station, where security forces detained Wahengbam Herojit Singh (also known as Ilu or Bobo), aged 31, of Wangoo Ahallup Santipur. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! He is an active cadre of the banned Kangleipa...Read More