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A non-local cobbler, Girish Kumar (GK) Das (43) of Begusarai Phulwaria, Bihar — who was living in a rented room at Uripok in Imphal West — was arrested on August 17, 2025, after the mother of a school-going girl filed a complaint alleging the man sexually assaulted her daughter when she had gone to his…
The Manipur Governor-in-Council has approved a hike in ration money allowance for the Manipur Police Department. Effective September 1, 2025, the monthly allowance will rise from ₹2,000 to ₹2,500 per head, covering personnel of the Manipur Rifles, India Reserve Battalion, Civil Police, Manipur Police Telecommunication Organisation, Central Motor Transport Workshop, and the Village Defence Force….
Manipur Police commandos from Lamphel Police Station raided a residence in Imphal West and seized 384 beer cans valued at around ₹1 lakh. A 29-year-old man, Takhellambam Premjit Singh, from Lalambung Takhellambam Leikai was arrested after he allegedly failed to produce valid documents. The seized stock and the accused were handed over to the State…
The Manipur government has announced a mobile sale of rice under the Open Market Sale Scheme–Domestic (OMSS-D) across all 16 districts to cool prices that have climbed to about ₹55/kg in Imphal markets. Each Assembly Constituency (AC) will get an initial 50 quintals in Phase-1, with purchases capped at 5 kg per family upon Aadhaar…
DGP Rajiv Singh visited Moreh, Tengnoupal and Thoubal on August 22, 2025, to assess law-and-order conditions, encourage frontline police personnel, and review anti-drug operations and border security arrangements. He met police teams and community groups in Moreh, lauded local efforts against drug trafficking, held discussions with Assam Rifles on border fencing and security coordination, and…
India’s space agency ISRO is preparing to launch Gaganyaan-1 (G1) — the first uncrewed test flight in the Gaganyaan human spaceflight programme — likely around December this year. The mission will carry Vyommitra, a half-humanoid robotic passenger designed to mimic human responses and validate spacecraft systems ahead of crewed flights. ISRO chairman V. Narayanan confirmed…
A Class 9 student at a private school in Kashipur (Udham Singh Nagar), Uttarakhand, opened fire on his physics teacher after allegedly being slapped and scolded days earlier. The student had hidden a country-made pistol inside his lunch/tiffin box and fired during class; the teacher, Gangandeep Singh Kohli, was shot in the back, rushed to…
Rajya Sabha MP Maharaja Leishemba Sanajaoba has asked the Union Government to speed up the Jiribam–Imphal railway by adopting a two-pronged construction strategy — carrying out works simultaneously from both Imphal and Jiribam ends — so the crucial 111-km line can be completed faster and Manipur’s supply and connectivity issues can be resolved sooner. He…
The Governor of Manipur, Ajay Kumar Bhalla, met with Dileep Mangsuli — Chairman of the American Oncology Institute (AOI) — and other officials to discuss cancer care in the state, focusing on how Ayushman Bharat–PMJAY and the Chief Minister’s Hakshelgi Tengbang (CMHT) schemes are being used to treat patients. The AOI delegation highlighted that India…
A family of five — identified in local reports as Lakshmaiah (60), his wife Venkatamma (55), their daughter Kavita (24), her husband Anil (32) and their 2-year-old child Appu — was found dead at their home in the Maktha Mahabubpet / Miyapur area of Hyderabad on the morning of August 21, 2025. Police who rushed…