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Dr. Kangabam Romeo Meetei, a celebrated adventurer, mountaineer, and director of the Manipur Chapter of the National Adventure Foundation (NAF), was honored on August 31, 2025, in New Delhi with the Brigadier Gyan Singh National Adventure Award—a recognition of his outstanding four-decade contribution to adventure sports, youth development, and experiential learning in Manipur and Northeast…
On September 1, 2025, Assam’s Kamrup police stopped a red Hyundai i10 (Regn. MN 01-AW-2641) at Amingaon and found 74 soap-boxes containing heroin — about 910 grams (excluding packaging) — hidden inside the car’s door panels and rear compartment. Two men from Churachandpur, Manipur — Gogou Suantak (33) and Seilun Vaiphei (39) — were arrested;…
On September 3, 2025, Manipur Police arrested five people during a two-day crackdown on the illicit liquor trade after seizing a total of 2,060 litres of Distilled Indigenous Country (DIC) liquor — 1,800 litres found in a white Bolero Camper in Maklang, Tamenglong, and about 260 litres seized near Kakching — and later handed the…
More than 70 students at Sita Government High School in Tengnoupal district, Manipur fell ill within a week, prompting the school to close indefinitely and forcing the postponement of Teachers’ Day celebrations. The illnesses — reported between late August and September 2, 2025 — are being investigated by health officials and are suspected to be…
On September 2, 2025, Manipur Chief Secretary Puneet Kumar Goel chaired a high-level review of preparations for a proposed VVIP visit to the state. The meeting — held at the state secretariat (convened on August 30) — directed agencies to follow Blue Book security norms at key venues, notably Kangla (Imphal) and Peace Ground (Churachandpur)….
Manipur Police arrested four people linked to a previously little-known group called the Keishal Village Volunteer Organisation during coordinated operations in the Imphal valley on August 31 / September 1, 2025. Officers recovered a huge cache: 17 firearms (including AK-type and INSAS/SLR rifles), over 1,000 rounds of ammunition, three hand grenades, 55 magazines, communication gear,…
Security personnel found two hand grenades on September 1, 2025, near Bal Vidya Mandir School, roughly 50 metres from the Palace Compound — the residence of Rajya Sabha MP Leishemba Sanajaoba in Imphal. CRPF jawans on routine duty spotted the devices at the school gate; a Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) examined them and…
A joint operation by central and state security teams in Thoubal district’s Lilong (Lilong Hangamthabi) led to the arrest of two alleged smugglers — Makakmayum Musharaf (27) and Ruhani (25) — and the recovery of about 2.35 kg of “World Is Yours” (WY) methamphetamine tablets, cash, mobile phones, a walkie-talkie set and other material. Local…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Aizawl, Mizoram on September 13, 2025 to inaugurate the new Bairabi–Sairang railway line and Sairang railway station; officials also confirmed he will fly to violence-hit Manipur on the same day after the inauguration. Mizoram’s state machinery has convened preparedness meetings covering security, traffic management, reception and public participation, and…
Security forces in Manipur arrested four alleged drug smugglers in two separate operations (Tengnoupal/Moreh and Singhat/Churachandpur) and seized contraband estimated at around ₹12 crore. At a Tengnoupal check-post two men — Jahiya Khan (25) and Md Zamir Khan (23) (both from Moreh’s Premnagar area) — were arrested and found with 3.387 kg of “World Is…