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Drugs worth Rs 500 crore seized in Manipur’s Moreh, Myanmar national arrested

Imphal: A combined team of the Assam Rifles (AR) and Manipur Police Monday seized over 200 kg of drugs, worth Rs 500 crore near the International Border of Moreh in Manipur.Officials said that the combined team, based on hard...

Drugs worth Rs 5 cr seized in Manipur border

Imphal: Tengnoupal Battalion foiled cross-border narcotics trafficking at Tengnoupal on December 4 and seized banned items worth about 5 cr. Assam Rifles officials on Monday said during routine checking at Vehicle Check Post, Tengnoupal, troops of Assam Rifles intercepted...

Opposition parties in Assam join demand for repeal of AFSPA

Guwahati: Joining the clamour with other Northeastern states, opposition parties in Assam on Monday demanded repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA)-which according to them gives sweeping powers to security forces for committing excess on innocentcivilians in...

Arunachal CM condoles civilians’ death in Nagaland’s Oting village incident

Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu condoled the death of civilians in the ‘unfortunate’ incident that happened at Oting village in Mon district of Nagaland on Saturday last.He also prayed for the speedy recovery of those injured in...

DEO Bishnupur convenes poll review meet

Bishnupur: To ensure smooth conduct of the forthcoming state assembly election in all the six assembly constituencies of the district, District Election Office, Bishnupur Monday convened its seventh round of meeting at the Conference Hall of DC Complex in...

Manipur’s active cases dip further to 341 Monday

Imphal: In the last 24 hours leading up to 2 pm of Monday, Manipur’s active cases dipped further to 341 with 38 persons recovering and getting discharged as against 29 new positive cases among the general population. During the...

NESO to protest Oting’s massacre in all NE capitals

Shillong: The North East Student’s Organisation (NESO) will be organising programmes in protest against the killing of Naga civilians in Nagaland’s Mon district in the respective state capitals of the seven northeastern states in December 9.NESO Chairman Samuel Jyrwa...

Nagaland organisations demand repeal of AFSPA

Kohima: Various Church organisations, political parties, Naga political groups and civil society organisations have condemned the Oting firing incident and called for repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act.In a release, the Nagaland Joint Christian Forum (NJCF) condemned...

Nagaland observes 6-hour bandh to protest Oting firing

Kohima: The entire state of Nagaland today observed a six-hour bandh, from 6.00 AM to 12.00 noon to protest against the firing incident where 13 civilians were killed at Oting under Mon district.The call was given by the Naga...

Nagaland civilian death toll now 15 amid tension, shutdown as CMs demand AFSPA repeal

Kohima/Shillong: The northeast Indian state of Nagaland observed a six-hour shutdown on Monday as the situation continued to be tense in Mon district, where the death toll in Saturday’s firing incidents during a botched security operation now stood at...

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44 Manipur youths receive NSDC certificates, job offers

Imphal: In a significant stride towards regional socio-economic growth, Assam Rifles facilitated the successful culmination of its Skill Development...