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…
AIZAWL: Assam Rifles and state police arrested three people and confiscated heroin with a total value of Rs 9.7 crore in three distinct operations conducted in Mizoram‘s Champhai district. The seizures took place on the night of May 30, as per an official statement released by Assam Rifles on Saturday.The operations yielded varying quantities of…
Prabin Kalita led seven women cycling 19km in Manipur, promoting peace amid ethnic conflict. Kuki Inpi Manipur appealed to PM Modi for separate administration, while Mallikarjun Kharge condemned Modi’s approach for damaging Manipur’s social fabric. Source link
