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A Class IX student from Manipur’s Bishnupur district was found dead at her home on Friday, August 22, 2025, in what police are initially treating as a suicide. Locals allege the tragedy followed a video recorded and circulated without her knowledge going viral on social media. A Joint Action Committee (JAC) has formed to demand…
Environmentalists have warned that three bear species native to Manipur — the Himalayan (Asiatic) Black Bear, the Sloth Bear, and the Malayan Sun Bear — are being pushed to the brink by rampant deforestation and indiscriminate hunting for meat, skin and body parts such as gallbladders. The warning was issued during a one-day wildlife awareness…
Railway cleaning staff at Mumbai’s Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) discovered the body of a 3-year-old boy inside a toilet dustbin of the Kushinagar Express (22537) during early-morning cleaning on August 23, 2025. Investigators said the child’s mother had filed a kidnapping complaint the previous night in Surat, naming her 25-year-old cousin, Vikash Shah, as the…
The All Manipur Working Journalists’ Union (AMWJU) and Editors Guild Manipur (EGM) have called off their agitation over the May 20, 2025 Gwaltabi incident after the Manipur government assured action: a two-member inquiry committee submitted its report on June 13, the recommendations were accepted, and departments and security agencies were directed to prevent a recurrence….
Security forces conducted two separate operations in Imphal on 23 August 2025 and arrested two persons allegedly linked to the proscribed Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP — Taibanganba). In the first operation, Kshetrimayum Bhogendro Singh (also known as Yaiphaba/Prem, 44) was arrested from Khongman Zone-III, Irilbung PS area, for alleged extortion activities; officials recovered his mobile…
On August 23, 2025, a joint operation by the Narcotics Affairs and Border Police (NAB) together with Kakching district police intercepted a three-wheeler at Pallel Thongwangma on NH-102 and arrested two men — Hidayatullah (27) and Muhammad Islamuddin Khan (45) — who were allegedly smuggling heroin from Moreh. Police recovered three soap cases containing approximately…
The Governor of Manipur, Ajay Kumar Bhalla, launched the CMIS Employee Corner web and mobile application and the official Directorate of Management Information System (DMIS) website at Raj Bhawan, Imphal on August 22, 2025. The Employee Corner (available at https://employee.man.nic.in and as a mobile app) lets state government employees securely access payslips, annual salary statements,…
Apple is reportedly set to assemble all four iPhone 17 models — including the Pro versions — in India ahead of next month’s launch, spreading production across five factories run by partners such as Foxconn and Tata. The move is widely reported as part of Apple’s strategy to reduce reliance on China and to mitigate…
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….