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In a high-stakes operation, Assam Rifles and Manipur Police arrested Paokholen Guite, self-styled Commander-in-Chief of the outlawed Chin Kuki Mizo Army (CKMA), at a hideout in Churachandpur district. Security forces seized two AK-47 rifles, magazines, ammunition (including 7.62 mm rounds for AK and SLR/LMG), Rs. 1 lakh in cash, a Hyundai Creta vehicle, a bulletproof…
Indian weightlifting icon Saikhom Mirabai Chanu clinched the silver medal in the women’s 48 kg (new category) at the 2025 World Weightlifting Championships held in Førde (Forde), Norway, on October 3, 2025. She posted a combined total of 199 kg — 84 kg in the snatch and 115 kg in the clean & jerk —…
A 30-year-old house painter, Kongjengbam Romesh, died and two other painters were injured when the car they were travelling in skidded off the Kwakta–Charangpat road and plunged into a roadside ditch amid heavy rains in Bishnupur district, Manipur. The injured were taken to Kwakta Primary Health Centre where Romesh was later declared dead. Separately, Manipur…
Security forces carried out a focused 36-hour operation across districts in Manipur Valley and arrested four cadres of the banned People’s Liberation Army (PLA) — the armed wing of the proscribed Revolutionary People’s Front (RPF). The men are accused of extorting money from brickfield owners, quarry workers and members of the public along the Thoubal…
On September 30, 2025, a tense confrontation unfolded at Khewa Phurju in Imphal East’s Khundrakpam constituency when local villagers—many working under the MGNREGA scheme—stopped two unmarked vehicles they found behaving suspiciously. The vehicles contained plainclothes officers who said they were there to seize drugs; a mob then vandalized two unregistered cars (a Hyundai i20 and…
On October 1–2, 2025, Manipur police teams conducting a special anti-narcotics operation in Thoubal intercepted a vehicle at a checkpoint in Lilong Ushoipokpi and arrested Md. Ejas Ahamed (29). Officers recovered a stolen Mahindra Thar, 20 soap-case packets containing 243 grams of heroin, a mobile phone with two SIMs, identity documents and cash. The accused…
Security forces conducting search operations on Wednesday in Churachandpur and Imphal West districts of Manipur recovered a significant cache of firearms, ammunition and explosives. Items seized included an M-16 automatic rifle (with magazine), a modified .303 sniper rifle with lens, multiple pistols and single-barrel guns, several hand grenades, an improvised mortar locally called a “pompi”,…
On National Voluntary Blood Donation Day 2025, the Governor of Manipur set a powerful example by donating blood personally. The act was a public reminder of the lifesaving power of voluntary blood donation and a call to civic responsibility: if one person’s unit of blood can become the lifeline for others, then each of us…
The Governor of Manipur, Ajay Kumar Bhalla, has formally approved the state-level celebrations of the annual Mera Hou Chongba festival, with preparations and logistics reviewed at a Raj Bhavan meeting ahead of the event scheduled for 7 October 2025. The festival — held at sacred sites in Imphal such as Kangla (and traditionally at the…
Seven Indian firms have submitted bids to partner with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) / Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) to design and develop prototypes of the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) — India’s planned home-grown fifth-generation stealth fighter. A selection committee (reportedly led by former BrahMos chief A. Sivathanu Pillai) will evaluate the…