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Quick News Summary The Manipuri feature film Boong, backed by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani’s Excel Entertainment and directed by debutant Lakshmipriya Devi, has been selected as the Spotlight Film at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) 2025. The official festival schedule lists its Australian premiere on Monday, August 18, 7:30 PM, at Village…
Quick News Summary The United Naga Council (UNC), the apex Naga civil body in Manipur, has given the Centre and the state a 15-day window to respond after its ultimatum over the alleged scrapping of the Free Movement Regime (FMR) and the ongoing construction of border fencing in Naga-inhabited areas expired. The UNC says it…
Palghar Sex Racket Horror: Bangladeshi Teen’s Ordeal and Rescue Quick News Summary In a deeply disturbing case from Maharashtra’s Palghar district, police rescued a 14-year-old Bangladeshi girl from a sex trafficking racket. The minor revealed that she was sexually abused by over 200 men in just three months after being lured from Bangladesh and pushed…
Short summary Manipur authorities stepped up security measures ahead of Patriots’ Day (13 August 2025) — setting up multiple checkpoints, increasing patrols in valley and hill districts, and carrying out intelligence-led operations that led to the arrest of three active insurgents across Thoubal, Imphal East and Imphal West areas. Officials say the arrests were made…
Short summary Nearly 300 INDIA bloc MPs marched from Parliament towards the Election Commission’s Nirvachan Sadan on 11 August 2025 to protest the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls in Bihar and alleged “vote chori” (voter fraud). Delhi Police stopped the march near Transport Bhawan; tensions escalated, several MPs were detained — including Rahul…
Short summary Since President’s Rule was imposed in Manipur on 13 February 2025, security agencies say they have arrested over 650 cadres from various proscribed outfits and recovered about 3,134 weapons of different kinds across the state — a figure released in recent reporting that points to an intensive arms-recovery and counter-insurgency campaign under the…
Short summary A 13-year-old Class 8 girl was found with severe burn injuries in a football field in Phiringmal (also reported as Firingimal) village in Bargarh district, Odisha, after allegedly setting herself on fire; she was rushed to VIMSAR, Burla, but later succumbed to her injuries. Police said she used petrol to immolate herself and…
Short summary Dr Thangjam Dhabali Singh, Chairman and Managing Director of the BABINA Group of Companies, was conferred the Life-Time Achievement Award 2025 by the Mylai Thiruvalluvar Tamil Sangam (MTTS), Chennai, in collaboration with IIIT Manipur. The ceremony took place at the Swamy Vivekananda Auditorium, IIIT Mantripukhri, Imphal, where Manipur University Vice-Chancellor Prof. N. Lokendra…
Short summary (quick news digest) A joint statement from the United Liberation Front of Asom‑Independent (ULFA‑I) and the Yung Aung faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN‑YA) urged people in a region they call WESEA — broadly covering parts of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland — to boycott India’s Independence Day on…
Short summary Security forces in Manipur carried out a series of search-and-seizure operations over the last 36 hours, arresting an active cadre of the Pambei-led United National Liberation Front (UNLF-P) and four individuals linked to the banned Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP). From the operations, authorities recovered a significant cache — including a .303 rifle with…