New Delhi: Three youths from Manipur sustained minor injuries after they were allegedly beaten up by their neighbour and his son for "spitting" in front of their house, police said. The incident was reported from south Delhi's Munirka on Tuesday afternoon where Ronny, 25, Seijan Guite, 23, and Samson, 25, were thrashed by their neighbour Adarsh Kumar, his son Ashish and some others. Ronny told police that he had accidentally...
05:20:49 AM May 08, 2013
Imphal: Militants lobbed a powerful grenade at the residence of Manipur Irrigation and Flood control Minister Ngamthang Haokip in the heart of Imphal town but it failed to explode, officials said on Saturday. The grenade was hurled by two militants at Haokip's house at New Chekon area, amid tight security deployment in Imphal West district, at around 7 pm on Friday but it did not explode. The militants escaped under...
10:19:30 AM Apr 27, 2013
On July 4, 2012, the apex court had agreed to hear a similar plea for probe into alleged extra-judicial killings by BSF in the border area of West Bengal. In that case, petitioner Bangla Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha, a Kolkata-based NGO, had alleged that there are more than 200 cases where BSF personnel indulged in extra-judicial killings and torture in the border area and those cases were never probed by the...
01:30:44 PM Apr 04, 2013
Four personnel of Assam Rifles were on Friday injured when a powerful bomb exploded at Monjang area in Manipur's interior Chandel district bordering Myanmar. The blast occurred when the personnel of 9th Assam Rifles battalion were patrolling Imphal-Moreh National Highway No 39 at Hotel Point Monjang area, about 120 Kms south-east of here, at around 7.30 am, officials said. ...
11:26:28 AM Mar 15, 2013
Activist Irom Sharmila Chanu, who has been on fast for more than 12 years demanding repeal of the 'draconian' Armed Forces Special Powers Act from Manipur, was re-arrested by state police, officials said on Thursday. ...
02:25:24 PM Mar 14, 2013
Activist Irom Sharmila Chanu, who on Monday was charged with attempting suicide for her fast unto death here in 2006 while demanding repeal of controversial AFSPA, said she is following Mahatma Gandhi's principle of non-violence and should not be "discriminated" against. ...
06:00:28 PM Mar 04, 2013
In an interview to CNN-IBN, Irom Sharmila said that she loved life and was only using fast as a means of protest. ...
05:42:20 PM Mar 04, 2013
Irom Sharmila, Manipur's "iron lady", appeared in New Delhi's Patiala Court on Monday in an attempt to suicide case. Sharmila has been on a fast-unto-death stir against the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA). ...
11:00:44 AM Mar 04, 2013
Manipuri activist Irom Sharmila will be brought to New Delhi on Sunday for a court appearance. The court has summoned her in connection with her fast unto death stir against the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act. ...
08:12:54 AM Mar 03, 2013
An Army jawan was killed and two others seriously injured when a powerful bomb, allegedly planted by insurgents, exploded in Manipur's interior Churachandpur district bordering Myanmar and Mizoram on Tuesday morning. Official sources said personnel of 11 Gorkha Rifles were on patrol duty when the bomb, which was attached to a culvert, exploded at around 6:40 am killing a jawan on the spot and injuring two others seriously. ...
05:33:09 PM Feb 26, 2013
A Colonel-rank Defence PRO in Manipur and five others arrested for allegedly transporting illicit drugs estimated at over Rs 24 crore for smuggling to Myanmar were on Monday remanded to police custody till March 8. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Thoubal, passed the order for police custody of the six, including Manipur Defence PRO Ajay Chaudhury arrested Sunday in Chandel district, following an application by investigating officer A Ghanashyam Sharma. ...
05:50:29 PM Feb 25, 2013
Two powerful bombs were recovered from Imphal West in Manipur, police said on Monday. Two people have been arrested in this connection. ...
04:31:36 PM Feb 25, 2013
Denying an involvement in the drugs smuggling, Colonel Ajay Chowdhry said, "I has been cheated and not informed what the merchandise was." Chowdhry and five others were detained on Sunday by the police in Manipur's Chandel district after they were allegedly caught carrying illegal drugs meant to be smuggled out to Myanmar. ...
06:35:11 PM Feb 24, 2013
The Manipur Police on Sunday detained an Army officer after he was found carrying drugs worth Rs 16 crore. The officer, reportedly a Colonel, was returning from Moreh on the Myanmar border and was caught at Chandel. ...
03:22:27 PM Feb 24, 2013
In July 2004, a group of 12 women disrobed in front of the Kangla Fort in Imphal, holding up a banner that said, 'Indian Army Rape Us'. They were protesting against the rape and murder of Thangjam Manorama allegedly by security forces. Manorama was picked up from her house on July 11 by Assam Rifles soldiers. Her dead body was later found with several bullet wounds, including on her genitalia....
06:47:52 PM Feb 04, 2013
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