GUWAHATI: Manipur CM N Biren Singh said on Saturday the state’s historical significance spans 2,000 years, distinguishing it from Mizoram’s relatively recent administrative history as a former district of Assam.Singh’s statement followed a series of recent exchanges between the Manipur govt and Mizoram’s opposition party MNF, as well as Mizoram CM Lalduhoma. Speaking at a…
So vicious was the attack with stones and sticks that the big cat jumped into a river to save its life before being rescued by foresters on the other side almost 17 hours later GUWAHATI: A three-year-old Royal Bengal Tigress was battered and almost blinded by hundreds of villagers when it stepped out of Kamakhya…
GUWAHATI: Manipur’s tribal affairs and hills minister Letpao Haokip denied Wednesday allegations levelled by Delhi-based Bharat Hindu Maha Sena (BHMS) that he masterminded the recent drone bombings by suspected militants at Koutruk in Imphal West district. BHMS had announced a Rs 1 lakh bounty on his head, prompting Haokip to respond.Haokip expressed his bewilderment at…
GUWAHATI: Central and state forces deployed in the cauldron of Manipur’s 16-month-long ethnic conflict are looking askance at the skies that harbour a new threat – drones used by suspected tribal militants to bomb targets – and awaiting NSG’s expertise to win the aerial battle bef-ore it gets out of hand.“This adds another dimension to…
GUWAHATI: Unidentified people vandalised and set afire the ancestral house of Manipur BJP spokesman from the Thadou tribe, T Michael Lamjathang Haokip, in Churachandpur district Saturday. The arson happened when members of the Kuki-Zo community were taking out rallies demanding a separate administration and protesting against an audio clip containing objectionable comments made allegedly by…
NEW DELHI: A minor was allegedly gang-raped in Assam‘s Nagaon district on August 22 while returning home from a tuition class. The incident occurred in the Dhing area, and local residents found the girl in a semi-conscious state by the roadside, subsequently admitting her to a hospital. Police have detained two people for questioning in…
NEW DELHI: The banned ULFA(I) claimed to have planted bombs at 24 locations across Assam on Thursday, prompting security forces to dispatch teams to search for explosives. Despite extensive searches, no bombs have been found so far, according to a senior police officer. ULFA(I) asserted that the bombs failed to detonate due to “technical failure”…
GUWAHATI: Five family members, including three minors, died in a landslide caused by continuous rain in Assam’s Karimganj district on Wednesday. The incident occurred in Gainachora village, situated in the Badarpur Police Station area, Karimganj SP Partha Protim Das informed.“Around 12:45 am, information was received about the landslide at a hillock in which a house…
GUWAHATI: Assam home and political secretary Shiladitya Chetia, a 44-year-old IPS officer with a President’s gallantry medal to his name, fatally shot himself in the head with his service weapon in the ICU of a private hospital in Guwahati Tuesday, minutes after his wife died there of cancer.Chetia’s wife Agamoni Borbaruah, 40, died at Nemcare…
GUWAHATI: National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a militant, who is currently in an Assam jail in connection with a case, for his alleged involvement in the killing of four civilians in Manipur’s Bishnupur district on Jan 18. It is the first arrest in the case in Manipur, which has been embroiled in ethnic strife…
