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Automatic Weapons Used In Protests, Bullet Marks On Vehicles, Say Manipur Police

September 15, 2024 admin

A police vehicle with bullet marks in Manipur Imphal: The Manipur Police on Sunday expressed concern over the use of sophisticated weapons to target security personnel during protests and urged people to refrain from using such means to make their point. “We want to remind the public that the police department’s duty is to maintain…

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They Have No Demand, Want To Return Home, CRPF DIG Manish Kumar Sachar At Manipur Relief Camp

September 14, 2024 admin

CRPF Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Manish Kumar Sachar at a relief camp in Manipur Imphal/New Delhi: Families living in a relief camp in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district want to return home, provided there is guarantee of their safety, a senior officer of the central paramilitary force CRPF told news agency ANI. CRPF Deputy Inspector General (DIG)…

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War-Like Stores Recovered From Manipur’s Churachandpur In Army, Cops, Paramilitary Joint Ops

September 12, 2024 admin

Indian Army, Manipur Police, BSF and CRPF carry out joint operations in Manipur Imphal: The Indian Army and the Manipur Police in a joint operation with the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the Border Security Force recovered significant quantities of arms, ammunition and “war-like stores” in Churachandpur district, the army’s Spear Corps said in…

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Row Over Assam Rifles Ex DG Lt General PC Nair Meitei Police, Kuki Police Comment, Manipur Police Say Myopic Mindset

September 10, 2024 admin

Manipur Inspector General of Police (Operations) IK Muivah speaks to reporters in Imphal Imphal/Guwahati/New Delhi: The Manipur Police have strongly reacted to what they called “immature” comments by the former Assam Rifles chief, who indicated the state force could be partisan amid the ethnic tension between the valley-dominant Meitei community and the Kuki tribes, who…

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Seems 3 Kuki Insurgents From Churachandpur Traversed Long Distance, Manipur Police On What Happened In Jiribam

September 8, 2024 admin

Manipur Police said three Kuki insurgents and a volunteer “initiated the attack” in Jiribam Imphal/Guwahati/New Delhi: The Manipur Police said they have identified the bodies of five people found in Jiribam district following a fierce gunfight with “suspected Kuki insurgents” on Friday. Three of the bodies have now been confirmed as Kuki insurgents from Churachandpur…

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Security Forces Use Anti-Drone System After Attack By Suspected Kuki Insurgents In Manipur

September 7, 2024 admin

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has tested an anti-drone system New Delhi: Security forces today gave a demonstration of an anti-drone system at work in violence-hit Manipur, days after a man was killed in weaponised drone attacks launched by suspected Kuki insurgents from the hills near the valley district Imphal West. Sunday’s attacks, which…

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Manipur BJP MLA Rajkumar Imo Singh Asks Centre To Ban Kuki Group ITLF, Kuki Groups Raise Chief Minister Audio Tape Row

September 3, 2024 admin

The photo of the purported ITLF drone squad member, posted on X by Rajkumar Imo Singh Imphal/New Delhi: An MLA of the ruling BJP in ethnic violence-hit Manipur has called for banning a Kuki group that has been spearheading the call for a separate administration carved out of Manipur. The MLA, Rajkumar Imo Singh, who…

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Weaponised Drones Arrive In Crisis-Hit Manipur In Major Escalation

September 2, 2024 admin

Manipur Police said weaponised drones were used to attack civilians on Sunday Imphal/Guwahati/New Delhi: For the first time, crisis-hit Manipur saw the use of drones to drop bombs, signalling a major escalation in the state hit by ethnic violence between the Meitei community and the Kuki tribes. Until yesterday, drones were used only for reconnaissance….

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Woman Killed, Daughter Injured In Firing By Suspected Insurgents In Manipur

September 1, 2024 admin

A woman was killed in firing by suspected insurgents in Manipur today Imphal/New Delhi: A woman was killed, and her 12-year-old daughter was injured in firing by suspected insurgents in Manipur today, sources said. Two policemen were also injured; both are out of danger, sources said. One of the policemen was hit in the leg by…

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Kill Him, Will Give My Land, Manipur BJP Spokesperson T Michael Lamjathang Haokip In FIR Over Death Threats, Attack On House

August 29, 2024 admin

Manipur BJP spokesperson and Thadou tribe leader T Michael Lamjathang Haokip (File) Imphal/Guwahati/New Delhi: Manipur BJP spokesperson and Thadou tribe leader T Michael Lamjathang Haokip has filed a police case after two dozen people, some of them armed, burned a portion of his house and fired shots in the air in Churachandpur on Sunday night….

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