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Security forces in Manipur arrested the prime accused in the deadly ambush on an Assam Rifles convoy that occurred on 19 September at Nambol Sabal Leikai (Bishnupur district). Two Assam Rifles personnel were killed and several others injured in the attack. The arrested man — identified as Khomdram Ojit Singh (alias Keilal), 47 — reportedly…
Seventeen female students at a Vasant Kunj ashram-linked institute have alleged sexual harassment, lewd messages and unwanted physical contact by the institute’s director — identified in reports as Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati (alias Partha Sarathy). The complaints say some wardens introduced the students to the accused, and victims allege that even some women faculty and administrative…
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has appointed Ms. Gloria Gangte (IFS: 2000) — currently India’s High Commissioner to Malta — as the next Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Norway. A career diplomat from Churachandpur district in Manipur, Gangte’s new posting underscores India’s continuing effort to deepen ties with Nordic countries on areas…
A recent drone survey in Manipur’s hill pocket detected roughly 13 hectares of land cleared and used for opium poppy cultivation near the Senapati district (Upper and Lower Khabung areas), according to local reports and police aerial assessment. At the same time, a satellite-based analysis by Suhora Technologies covering 2021–2025 estimates that Manipur lost around…
Manipur police detained 53-year-old Kshetrimayum Brajamohon Singh (alias Ingo) from Nungoi Makha Leikai under Lamlai Police Station on September 23 after allegations that he had been intimidating shopkeepers and obstructing government development programmes in Imphal East — including threats to force shops to close in Lamlai. Authorities seized a mobile phone during the arrest and…
The Manipur State Museum in Imphal has long been a guardian of the state’s vibrant and multi-ethnic heritage — and recent coverage highlights how the museum continues to expand, renovate galleries and deepen its role in preserving Manipuri cultural history, from tribal ornaments and textiles to archaeological finds and the royal Hiyang Hiren (royal boat)….
Imphal, Manipur — Two men — a 19-year-old and a 61-year-old — were found dead in separate, apparently self-inflicted incidents across the southern parts of the Imphal Valley within the last 36 hours, police said on Tuesday. Authorities have registered two cases of unnatural death and sent the bodies to RIMS Hospital for post-mortem examination….
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has permitted a 14-year-old rape survivor to undergo a medical termination of pregnancy after medical experts and a court-directed counselling process assessed the risks to her health and welfare. The girl was reported to be in the late second / early third trimester, and the court’s order followed recommendations from…
Security forces in Manipur seized 1.2 lakh WY tablets — suspected methamphetamine — with an estimated street value of about ₹30 crore in an operation linked to cross-border smuggling from Myanmar. The haul, intercepted during intelligence-led checks, forms part of a wave of large drug busts in the Northeast over recent weeks, underscoring growing trafficking…
The Manipur Governor-in-Council approved a package of healthcare and education measures on September 22, 2025, that includes the establishment of multiple B.Sc. Nursing colleges (in Thoubal and Churachandpur), additional state-funded GNM nursing schools, and measures to address longstanding seat shortages in nursing courses. The Council also raised undergraduate (MBBS/BDS) internship stipends at JNIMS and sanctioned…