Assam Rifles and other law enforcing agencies in separate operations on Thursday seized heroin and Burmese areca nuts worth around Rs 7 crore smuggled in from Myanmar, and arrested seven smugglers, officials said.Defence sources said that the Assam Rifles...

Two soldiers sustained minor injuries during an encounter with armed attackers in Imphal, while the security forces recovered a highly-explosive mortar bomb and an INSAS light machine gun during combing operation in Manipur on Thursday, defence sources said.The...

At least 11 people were killed and 23 others injured when suspected militants attack the Khamelock village in Manipur, police said on Wednesday. A police official said that heavily armed militants attacked the village late on Tuesday night and fired at...

At least nine villagers were killed and 25 others injured when suspected militants attacked Khamelock village in Imphal East district and fired indiscriminately, police said on Wednesday.Unofficial sources put the death toll at 11.A police official said...

Over 50,650 men, women and children, displaced in Manipur's ethnic violence were sheltered in 350 camps, Information and Public Relations and Health Minister S. Ranjan said here on Sunday.The Minister said that district and cluster nodal officers have been...

With the recovery of another 57 arms and 318 pieces of ammunition during the last 24 hours, security forces in Manipur have so far recovered 868 sophisticated and automatic arms and 11,518 pieces of ammunition, that were looted from the police and various...

Security forces in Manipur have recovered 790 sophisticated and automatic arms and 10,648 ammunition that were looted from the police and various other establishments during the ethnic riots that broke out on May 3, an official said on Monday.Meanwhile, there...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday announced a judicial probe into the month-long ethnic violence in Manipur by a retired High Court Chief Justice and CBI probe into six specific conspiracy cases.After a four-day visit to strife-torn Manipur, the Home...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a high-level security review meeting here on Wednesday night and directed heads of all security agencies to take stern and swift actions against armed miscreants to prevent violence and recover looted weapons to bring back...

Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh on Wednesday appealed to the people not to block roads and return the looted arms to the nearest security posts, "otherwise the government will take strict action as per law".Singh, in his appeal, said that at a large number...

Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday visited two more violence-hit districts in Manipur and held a series of peace talks with the leaders of various civil society organisations and security officials.Officials in Imphal said that Shah on Wednesday visited...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who had already held a half a dozen meetings since his arrival in violence-hit Manipur on Monday night, on Tuesday visited Churachandpur, one of the districts severely affected by the ethnic violence that ravaged the state since...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in violence-hit Manipur on Monday night where he is expected stay for three-four days and hold meetings with all the stakeholders to finalise strategies to curb the ethnic violence that has ravaged the northeastern state...

A Manipur Police commando was killed and four other policemen were injured when Kuki militants attacked a police patrol party at Tronglaobi in the state's Bishnupur district on Thursday, police said.A police official in Imphal said commando Heisnam Jiten...

Vice President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar said on Wednesday that the governments �Act East policy, upgraded from the �Look East policy, has given an impetus to the northeastern region, making way for its overall development.On his maiden visit to Manipur after...

The Union Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs, Anurag Thakur, on Tuesday inspected the ongoing construction work of the new campus of National Sports University in Imphal and directed the construction company to speed up the process, an official said on...

Punjab Sports Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer spoke about nurturing the talent of sportspersons at the grassroots level in order to take the country forward in the field of sports. Along with this, he also stressed on increasing the scope and time of trials...

Punjab Sports and Youth Services Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer on Monday has demanded hosting rights for Punjab in respect of the National Games/Khelo India Games during a chintan camp (National Conference) of the Sports Ministers of the States/UTs. The...

Shri Arjun Munda,  Union Minister of Tribal Affairs, Government of India launched the Ministry of Tribal Affairs’ new Central Sector Scheme “Marketing and Logistics Development for Promotion of Tribal Products from North -Eastern Region (PTP-NER)” for...

Assam Rifles have seized around 27.93 kg of brown sugar worth about Rs 55.86 crore and arrested two drug peddlers in Manipur, officials said on Friday. Assam Rifles Public Relations Officer Major Ritesh said that based on specific input regarding the...