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A primary school was completely destroyed by fire after security forces exchanged gunfire with armed miscreants in Lhunjang village of Manipur’s Kangpokpi district early Monday. The incident occurred around 5 am, when armed miscreants allegedly approached the village with plans to launch an attack. Personnel from the Manipur Rifles and India Reserve Battalion (IRB) stationed in the area…
IMPHAL, September 6: Manipur has published the final photo electoral rolls for all 60 Assembly constituencies, with the state’s total electorate standing at 19,60,620. The final electoral roll includes 9,53,350 male voters, 10,06,962 female voters and 308 third-gender electors. The elector-population ratio is 51.99, while the gender ratio stands at 1,056. The final rolls were published after an extensive electoral revision…
IMPHAL, September 5: The Campaign for Just and Fair Delimitation (JFD) has urged the Manipur Government to ensure that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) is updated using 1951 as the base year before the Census is conducted, citing public concerns over demographic changes in the state. The demand comes during the ongoing 8th Session of the 12th…
Around 150–200 registered nurses from Churachandpur district may miss the upcoming Nursing Officer Recruitment Common Eligibility Test (NORCET-11) after Imphal was designated as the only examination centre in Manipur. Nursing aspirants from the district say the ongoing ethnic conflict has made travelling to Imphal a serious safety concern. The nearest alternative, Aizawl in Mizoram, is around 384 km away and requires…
By Mansoor Sharma Manipur has witnessed several phases of substance abuse over the years, with heroin and pharmaceutical drugs causing serious damage to the state’s youth. While heroin has remained a major drug of abuse since the late 1980s, the misuse of prescription medicines has increasingly emerged as another serious public health concern. The state…
IMPHAL, September 3: Security forces in Manipur have arrested four people, including a woman, in separate anti-narcotics operations conducted across the state over the past 36 hours. Drugs estimated to be worth more than ₹10 crore on the international black market were reportedly seized during the operations. In Jiribam, a joint team of district police, the CRPF and Assam Rifles, acting…
IMPHAL, September 3: At least 306 people, including 11 security personnel, have been killed and 49 remain missing in the ethnic violence that has affected Manipur since May 2023, Home Minister Govindas Konthoujam informed the state Assembly on Thursday. The figures, updated up to August 31, 2026, were presented during the second day of the ongoing eighth session of the 12th…
SENAPATI, September 2: A pastor was injured after being shot while attempting to escape an armed attack in three Liangmai Naga villages under T. Waichong Sub-Division of Kangpokpi district. He was brought to the District Hospital, Senapati, on Wednesday as reports emerged of extensive destruction in the affected villages. More than 30 houses, including a church, were…
The Kuki Inpi Manipur (KIM) has urged all Kuki-Zo legislators to remain away from the Manipur Legislative Assembly session scheduled to begin on September 2. The six-day session will run until September 7, with three sittings planned. In its latest directive, the KIM asked Kuki-Zo MLAs not to travel to Imphal for the eighth Assembly…
New Delhi, August 31, 2026: The Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Imphal is set to be upgraded to the status of an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), following an agreement by Union Health and Family Welfare Minister J.P. Nadda. The decision was conveyed during a meeting between Nadda and Manipur Chief Minister…