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A massive stage is being erected at Kangla Fort in Imphal and extensive cleaning, painting and beautification work is underway as local authorities gear up for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s likely visit to Manipur (reported for around September 13, 2025). Officials say preparations include accommodating over 15,000 people in front of the stage, increased security…
Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s likely visit to Manipur should be regarded not as the end of the story but the start of a long journey toward peace, justice and reconciliation, and that the visit — long overdue — should be accompanied by apology and meaningful action. Gogoi stressed that normalcy…
The Village Volunteers Coordinating Committee (VVCC), a Kuki-Zo community outfit, has publicly rejected the Ministry of Home Affairs’ announcement that the Kuki-Zo Council (KZC) agreed to reopen National Highway-02 (NH-02) in return for an extension of the Suspension of Operations (SoO) pact. The VVCC says the decision was taken unilaterally without consulting the broader Kuki-Zo…
Manipur security forces and police arrested five people in two coordinated operations in Imphal East and Thoubal districts on September 4, 2025. In Imphal East (Khomidok Karong area) four people were held and 129 grams of suspected Heroin No. 4, along with vials, syringes, mobile phones and cash, were recovered; in Thoubal a separate arrest…
The body of prominent Thadou community leader Nehkam Jomhao (59) was recovered from a river in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district five days after he was allegedly abducted from his home in Manipur’s Manja area on August 30, 2025. Local police say several people — including individuals identified as linked to armed groups — have been…
On September 4, 2025, Manipur Police carried out coordinated anti-insurgency operations across the state, arresting three active militants — including identified cadres of the Kangleipak Communist Party’s People’s War Group (KCP-PWG) and RPF/PLA — and recovering large weapons caches (INSAS, AK-56, M16, explosives, hand grenades, RPG shell and more). Separate teams also disrupted a drug…
The Churachandpur district administration in Manipur has declared the entire district a “no-drone/no-fly zone”, banning drones, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), balloons and other aerial devices with immediate effect — a security move issued ahead of a likely visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi later in September. The order, issued by the District Magistrate, warns of…
The North Eastern Council (NEC) has finished upgrading key stretches around Loktak Lake in Manipur — a 4.30 km package of road works linking Moirang-Sendra, Omba Hillock, Keina Bazar and the Thanga–Keibul area — at a cost of Rs 20.32 crore under the North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS). The work serves seven villages…
Manipur has recorded an infant mortality rate (IMR) of just 3 deaths per 1,000 live births, the lowest among all Indian states, according to the Sample Registration System (SRS) 2023 findings reported in the media. At the national level the SRS places India’s IMR at 25 per 1,000 live births in 2023; Kerala follows Manipur…
Assam Rifles, working with Manipur police, intercepted two vehicles at the Tadubi police station checkpost on National Highway-102 (the Imphal–Nagaland corridor) in the early hours and seized 2 kg of ‘brown sugar’ (a heroin derivative) hidden in 187 soap cases on the rooftops; five alleged smugglers — four men and one woman — were arrested,…