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Security forces seized 8,320 bottles of cough syrup containing codeine phosphate during an anti-narcotics operation near a riverbank in Imphal West district on Wednesday. According to police, 52 boxes containing the cough syrup bottles were recovered from the Oinam Thingel riverbank area. The seizure followed disclosures made by three persons arrested on October 4 during separate anti-narcotics operations in…
A fossil leaf discovered in Assam’s Makum Coalfield has provided new evidence about the ancient distribution of a plant lineage that today survives only in the peat-swamp forests of Southeast Asia. The nearly 24-million-year-old fossil was found in the late Oligocene deposits of the Tikak Parbat Formation in Tinsukia district. Scientists have identified it as…
Imphal, October 6, 2026: Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh released a bilingual Burmese-Manipuri souvenir commemorating the 228th death anniversary of Rajarshi Bhagyachandra on Tuesday. The souvenir is scheduled to be distributed in Mandalay, Myanmar, on October 13, 2026, during the observance of Rajarshi Bhagyachandra’s 228th Punyatithi. The programme was organised by the Rajarshi Bhagyachandra Cultural…
Security forces carried out separate anti-narcotics operations in Imphal East and Thoubal districts, resulting in the arrest of four individuals and the seizure of suspected illegal drugs and vehicles. In Imphal East, a joint team conducted an operation at Ningthem Pukhri Mapal based on intelligence inputs and arrested 41-year-old John Longjam alias Mani. Officials recovered 158 bottles of suspected…
IMPHAL, October 5, 2026: Manipur Police and central security forces arrested seven alleged cadres of the proscribed PREPAK (Pro), including a woman, during coordinated operations at different locations in Imphal West on October 4. According to police, the arrests followed intelligence inputs regarding an alleged insurgent recruitment network and suspected links to the August 28 IED…
The Committee on Tribal Unity (CoTU) has condemned the alleged abduction of 71-year-old Hemjang Haokip from Khunkho Kuki Village in Manipur’s Sadar Hills on Friday afternoon. According to CoTU, Haokip was allegedly taken from the village around 3 pm by armed cadres suspected to be linked with the NSCN-IM and ZUF-Kamson faction. CoTU described the…
The Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Imphal, has condemned the reported assault attempt on a BDS student by an unidentified person on the institute campus and announced restrictions on outsider entry after 5 pm as an immediate security measure. According to the RIMS Media Cell, the student was jogging on the campus at around…
IMPHAL, October 3, 2026: The Manipur Government has appealed to the Campaign for Just and Fair Delimitation (JFD) to keep its September 30 deadline on hold, assuring that its demands concerning the National Register of Citizens (NRC) are being taken seriously. Government spokesperson and MLA Sapam Ranjan said the government is working to address the issues…
India ended a 44-year wait for the Asian Games women’s hockey gold medal with a 1-0 victory over China at the Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium on October 2. Lalremsiami scored the decisive goal in the first quarter with a powerful reverse hit after a well-built attack involving Salima Tete and Sakshi. China pushed hard for…
More than 200 Naga households have reportedly been displaced after houses in eight villages across Manipur’s Noney, Tamenglong and Kangpokpi districts were destroyed, according to a memorandum submitted to Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla on October 1. The memorandum, submitted by the Former & Senior Leaders’ Forum of Zeliangrong Civil Organisations (FSLFZCOs), stated that residents of…