Imphal: The security forces have seized 610 tons of “illegally transported” timber worth Rs 3.10 crore in Manipur’s Tengnoupal district, adjoining Myanmar, officials said on Monday. A defence spokesman said the illegally procured timber was carried in 61 trucks, and the vehicles have also been confiscated under the Motor Vehicles Act, 2019 and the Manipur.
Manipur: Security forces in Manipur have detained two drug traffickers, including a woman in Churachandpur district, and seized drugs worth over Rs 2.84 crore along with Rs 37.5 lakh in cash. One arrest involved Doukholet Hanghal (52), who was caught at his home in Mongkot Khopi village. During a search, authorities recovered 870 grams of.
Imphal: The 48-hour state-wide shutdown, called by Meitei community umbrella body Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) in protest against the removal of the state’s name from a government bus on Tuesday, badly affected normal life in five to six districts of Manipur’s valley region on Thursday, officials said. A senior police official said that.
Agartala: Security forces have seized contraband and cattle valued at Rs 3.94 crore in Manipur and Tripura during the past 24 hours, officials said, adding that four people were arrested in connection with the illegal trades. A Defence spokesman said that based on specific intelligence, a joint operation was launched by a team of Assam.
Imphal: The five-day-long Shirui Lily Festival began in Manipur’s Ukhrul district on Tuesday amidst tight security. The festival, organised by the Manipur Tourism Department, is being held for the first time since ethnic violence broke out in the state in May 2023. The inaugural ceremony at Heritage Ground in Ukhrul district’s Vangayan village was graced.
Imphal: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested one of the miscreants involved in the 2024 attack on a security post in the Moreh area of Manipur’s Tengnoupal district, killing one policeman and injuring two others, an official said on Monday. NIA sources said that Thangminlar Mate, a.k.a. Lenin Mate, a resident of Tengnoupal district,.
Imphal: Security forces in Manipur have detained nine militants affiliated with various banned groups over the past 24 hours from different districts, officials reported on Saturday. The militants were arrested across five districts—Imphal East, Imphal West, Churachandpur, Thoubal, and Bishnupur—and are linked to groups such as the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP), People’s Revolutionary Party of.
Imphal: Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla, senior security and civil officials and other dignitaries on Tuesday laid wreaths and paid homage to BSF braveheart Deepak Chingakham, who was killed in cross-border firing by Pakistan in R.S. Pura sector of Jammu. As a mark of solemn tribute, the Governor laid a wreath during the ceremonial homage,.
The mortal remains of BSF Constable Deepak Chingakham, who was killed in cross-border firing by Pakistan in R.S. Pura area of Jammu, would be brought to Manipur's capital Imphal on Tuesday, officials said on Monday.
Imphal: In coordinated operations, security forces including the Army, Assam Rifles, CRPF, BSF, ITBP, and Manipur Police have arrested 16 militants from various outfits and seized 17 weapons, as well as large quantities of ammunition and explosives from different districts in Manipur, officials announced on Monday. A Defence spokesperson stated that these joint efforts over.
