NEW DELHI: Five people were killed in fresh violence in Manipur‘s Jiribam district on Saturday morning, police said. One person was shot dead while asleep and four armed individuals were killed in an ensuing exchange of gunfire.A police officer reported that militants entered the house of a solitary resident who lived in an isolated location…
GUWAHATI: After back-to-back drone strikes, Manipur was jolted Friday by suspected tribal militants carrying out the first reported rocket attacks in the state, one of which killed a 70-year-old priest and wounded five people in a Bishnupur house belonging to the family of the state’s first CM, Mairembam Koireng Singh.The deceased, RK Rabei of Moirang…
IMPHAL: In a recent incident, suspected militants set fire to a police outpost and several houses in Jiribam district of Manipur, officials reported on Saturday. The attack on the Jiri police outpost, situated in Chotobekra area near the Barak river, occurred around 12.30 am. Taking advantage of the darkness, the gunmen, believed to be hill-based…
GUWAHATI: Incidents of firing, booth capturing attempts, and destruction of EVMs have been reported from several polling stations in Manipur, disrupting the polling process. There are unconfirmed reports of people getting injured in these incidents.Armed men fired several rounds at a polling station in Thamanpokpi, located within the Moirang assembly segment.Additionally, vandalism inside a polling…
