Four members of the Kuki-Zo community were killed in two separate suspected militant attacks in Manipur on Sunday, September 13, according to Kuki-Zo community organisations. The incidents were reported from Tollen village in Tamenglong district and Longpi village in Noney district, raising fresh concerns over the continuing violence in the northeastern state. Officials confirmed that...
Four people, including a married couple, were killed and a six-year-old child was injured after armed assailants carried out two separate attacks in Manipur’s Tamenglong district on Sunday, September 13. The incidents have renewed concerns over security and communal tensions in the region. According to police officials, the first attack took place at around 5:30...
Manipur is preparing for another change at the highest level of its state administration, with Chief Secretary Puneet Kumar Goel set to retire at the end of August. His departure is expected to pave the way for the appointment of the state’s fifth chief secretary in roughly three years, a period marked by prolonged ethnic...
Security forces have arrested six suspected militants, including a minor, in Manipur’s Imphal Valley in connection with alleged cases of extortion, kidnapping and intimidation, police said on Wednesday. The arrests were made during separate operations conducted across Bishnupur, Imphal East and Imphal West districts on Tuesday. According to officials, all six suspects are allegedly associated...
Fresh violence erupted in Manipur’s Senapati district after a gunfight broke out between security personnel and unidentified armed individuals, leaving a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officer injured. The confrontation occurred in the Taphou area after two houses were allegedly set on fire, triggering renewed tensions between communities in the region. The incident has raised...
Tensions between Assam and Meghalaya continued to affect road connectivity on Friday as cab operators and transport workers in Assam maintained a blockade on routes leading to Meghalaya, despite a conversation between the chief ministers of the two states aimed at calming the situation. The protest, which entered its second day, disrupted movement at key...
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has announced a major infrastructure investment plan worth ₹1.5 lakh crore, combining state resources with proposed central government support, as part of the state’s long-term objective of becoming a developed state by 2047. Sarma made the announcement during his Independence Day address at Khanapara in Guwahati on Saturday. The...
Four people have died and five Army personnel remain missing after two separate rain-related incidents struck Arunachal Pradesh on Friday evening, with a major landslide reported at a road construction site in Upper Subansiri district and a flash flood sweeping through an Army camp in Dibang Valley. The incidents occurred amid heavy rainfall in the...
Tensions have escalated in Assam’s Sribhumi district after the body of 52-year-old Bharatiya Janata Party booth president Bikash Ranjan Dhar was recovered near the Assam-Tripura border, nearly two days after he went missing. Police have detained six people in connection with the case and are investigating the circumstances surrounding his death. Dhar, a resident of...
Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio has urged the Centre to reconsider the proposed amendments to the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), warning that the changes could create additional difficulties for Christian organisations and charitable institutions operating in the northeastern state. In a letter addressed to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Rio called for wider consultation...