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On Wednesday, August 27, 2025, Sunzu Bachaspatimayum, Secretary of the Manipur State Film Development Society (MSFDS), met Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla at Raj Bhavan and urged “concrete steps” to promote Manipuri films. The meeting covered manpower shortages, infrastructure gaps, and pending liabilities from the 2nd Eikhoigi Imphal International Film Festival (EIIFF). The Governor was…
Manipur Police carried out two coordinated operations on August 26–27, 2025: they arrested a 26-year-old active cadre of the proscribed outfit PREPAK (PRO) — identified as Nongmaithem Naocha Meetei — in Imphal East, and in a separate operation in Jiribam recovered a significant cache of arms and equipment including a 7.62mm SLR, a 5.56mm INSAS…
Security forces in Churachandpur district, Manipur, arrested four people — including a woman — and recovered large quantities of contraband: “World Is Yours” (WY) methamphetamine tablets and packets of brown sugar (a heroin derivative). The seizures happened in three separate actions in August, with one arrest yielding 1,200 WY tablets, another uncovering 236 grams of…
Manipur’s Public Health & Engineering Department (PHED) launched its first online water tariff billing portal on 26 August 2025, initially covering Imphal Municipal Corporation (IMC) and Greater Imphal. The portal — accessible at https://bills.phedmanipur.com — lets registered households with water meters view bill history, pay online via multiple options, receive instant bill alerts, lodge grievances,…
Residents along the 11-kilometre Mayai Lambi stretch of NH-137A — from Keishampat Junction to Samurou — say the road’s battered surface is costing local families roughly Rs 1.02 crore every year in extra fuel and repair bills. A community survey covering about 17,200 households found that around 3,440 vehicle-owning families face higher fuel consumption (an…
Short summary (news in one paragraph):The Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) has strongly rejected the Independent People’s Tribunal (IPT) report released by the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), calling it biased, misleading, and politically engineered to delegitimize the Meitei community while appearing to validate separatist narratives and narco-terrorist groups. COCOMI convenor Khuraijam Athouba…
Security forces in Manipur launched coordinated anti-insurgency operations on Monday that led to the arrest of three active insurgent cadres belonging to banned outfits and the discovery and dismantling of multiple militant camps. The arrested men — identified by police as Oinam Somenchandra Singh (alias Macha / Langamba / Moirangjao), Phanjoubam Ramananda Singh (alias Tiger…
Manipur Police arrested three people in connection with an inter-district vehicle theft ring after a probe that began in Imphal and Thoubal districts. Two suspects — Takhellambam Nongshaba Singh (20) and Haobam Sanayai Singh (25) — were arrested in Imphal West after an earlier arrest of Md. Naseer Khan (36) in Thoubal, and police recovered…
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu made a stirring comeback at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships 2025 in Ahmedabad, winning the women’s 48kg title with a total lift of 193 kg (snatch + clean & jerk) and setting new Commonwealth Championships marks on the way. The Olympic silver medallist lifted 84 kg in the snatch and 109 kg in…