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The GST Council’s September 2025 reform—commonly called GST 2.0—restructured tax slabs for vehicles, cutting the GST on small cars and two-wheelers ≤ 350cc from 28% to 18%, effective 22 September 2025. Manufacturers have begun passing the savings to buyers: Mahindra, Tata, Toyota, Kia, Hyundai, Maruti Suzuki and others announced price cuts (savings range from ~₹40,000…
A woman’s half-burnt body was recovered in Mirza (Kakraban area), Gomati district, Tripura, on September 20, 2025. Her husband alleges that she was assaulted by associates of the local BJP MLA and later found burned; the police initially registered an unnatural-death probe and later an abetment-to-suicide case. Four people have been arrested and an assistant…
Two people were detained and a van — suspected to have been used in the ambush — was recovered near Mutum Yangbi, roughly 12 km from the site of an attack on an Assam Rifles convoy that left two soldiers dead and five injured. The ambush occurred near Nambol Sabal Leikai when a Tata 407…
Manipur police and security forces carried out coordinated, intelligence-led operations across the state between September 20–21, 2025, arresting three active militant cadres from different outfits and seizing weapons, ammunition, mobile phones, SIM cards and a significant narcotics stash in a separate recovery. Arrests included an RPF/PLA member captured in Imphal East, two PREPAK cadres nabbed…
Hundreds — overwhelmingly women from local Meira Paibi groups — marched and staged a sit-in at Nambol Sabal Leikai (Bishnupur district, Manipur) to protest a deadly ambush on an Assam Rifles vehicle at the same location. The ambush left two Assam Rifles personnel dead and five injured; no group has claimed responsibility and security forces…
Two women were found murdered in separate incidents in Manipur’s Imphal East and Imphal West districts on Friday, September 19, 2025. In Imphal East, 53-year-old Ningombam Ningol Naoroibam Ongbi Shilla (of Khurai) was stabbed to death at home; police have arrested two suspects — Ayam Ronny (29) and Naoroibam Thoiba (65) — and say a…
In coordinated operations over two days, security forces in Manipur arrested three active cadres of the proscribed Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) — each from different KCP factions — during raids across Bishnupur, Imphal East and Imphal West districts. Officers recovered a .32 pistol (empty magazine), mobile phones, SIM cards and identity documents during the arrests….
Manipur’s government plans to enlarge the annual Sangai Festival and give a bigger platform to polo (Sagol Kāngjei) as a distinctive cultural and tourism asset. The move aims to attract more visitors, revive local arts and crafts, and brand Manipur internationally by highlighting its unique traditions — including the Manipuri pony and the island-home of…
The Government of Manipur on 19 September 2025 launched a Legal Awareness Programme focused on crimes against women, arrest & detention, family disputes and related legal remedies. The initiative — part of the “Nation First @75” campaign — will run from 19 September to 2 October 2025, visiting 75 locations across all districts (schools, colleges,…
Unidentified gunmen ambushed an Assam Rifles convoy near Nambol Sabal Leikai in Bishnupur district, Manipur on 19 September 2025, killing two Assam Rifles personnel on the spot and injuring several others. The injured were evacuated — with at least five taken to RIMS, Imphal — and security forces launched search operations while tightening vigil in…