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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…
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has invited the United Naga Council (UNC), the apex body representing Naga groups in Manipur, for talks in New Delhi on August 26 to discuss rising tensions over the Indo-Myanmar border fencing and the proposed suspension/abrogation of the Free Movement Regime (FMR). The invitation was extended through northeast advisers…
Assam Rifles Director General Lt Gen Vikas Lakhera told an event at Manipur University that authorities have mapped around 42,000 people who crossed into Manipur from Myanmar without valid documents since December 2024. Security forces reportedly captured biometric data, issued identity cards, and say these individuals are kept under close watch at secure locations while…
A 50-year-old Meitei man, Angom Yumjao of Sekmai Makha Leikai (Imphal West), was found stranded near Sapermeina in Kangpokpi district after alighting from a Senapati-bound inter-district bus on August 20. Volunteers of the Committee on Tribal Unity (CoTU) and Kangpokpi District Police ensured his safety and facilitated a handover first to Gamnom–Sapermeina Police Station, and…
In a joint operation near Wabagai Lamkhai Thongkha under Kakching Police Station (Kakching district), Manipur’s Narcotics & Affairs of Border (NAB) and local police intercepted a light‑green Bolero, seized 91 “soap cases” packed with suspected heroin (about 1.12 kg, excluding packaging), and arrested three suspects, including a woman. Officers say the consignment was smuggled from…
Forest officials from the Central Forest Division in Imphal East demolished 18 unauthorised structures inside the Heingang Reserve Forest on August 19–20, 2025, as part of an anti-encroachment drive. The operation — led by Range Forest Officers M. Jobid Meitei and S. Robatson Singh with security support from Imphal East Police — aimed to reclaim…