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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…
Short summary Air India has kicked off a major US$400 million retrofit programme to refresh cabins across a large chunk of its legacy fleet. The work on the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners has started: the first 787 (VT-ANT) was sent to Boeing’s California facility in July, a second is due in October, and both are expected…
Short summary A light earthquake of magnitude 3.4 struck the Churachandpur area of Manipur on 10 August 2025 at around 14:16 IST, at a shallow depth of approximately 12 km, according to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS). The tremor was felt locally but caused no reported casualties or major damage; it adds to a…
Summary Japan’s Ambassador to India, Ono Keiichi, visited Imphal to mark the 6th anniversary of the Imphal Peace Museum and observe Hiroshima–Nagasaki Day, using the platform to reaffirm Japan’s support for development and people-to-people ties in India’s Northeast. During the event he paid tribute at the India Peace Memorial, emphasized historical reconciliation, and highlighted cooperation…
Summary A New Delhi consumer forum found IndiGo guilty of deficiency of service for providing a passenger a “dirty, stained” seat on a flight from Baku to New Delhi on January 2, 2025, and ordered the airline to pay ₹1.5 lakh as compensation plus ₹25,000 toward litigation expenses. The forum noted the airline failed to…
Summary A live hand grenade was discovered early on Saturday morning at the gate of Professor Hijam Tombi Singh — the former Vice-Chancellor of Manipur University — in the Sagolband Tera Yenkhom Leirak area of Imphal West. Family members found the explosive at about 5:30 AM and alerted Lamphel police; the Bomb Detection and Disposal…
Summary Over 8–9 August 2025, Manipur police carried out a focused two-day security sweep that resulted in the arrest of three active cadres from proscribed outfits — one from PREPAK (PRO) and two from KCP factions. The arrested individuals were taken from residences in Bishnupur and Imphal West; mobile phones and Aadhaar cards were seized…