Assam Manipur Border

Suspected insurgents fired at an armoured vehicle of the security forces in Manipur's Jiribam this morning, hours before Congress MP Rahul Gandhi arrived in the district bordering Assam to meet internally displaced people living in relief camps.

The Assam Police have started a door-to-door survey to record the number of internally displaced people living in Cachar district, bordering Manipur's Jiribam.

Manipur's Jiribam district bordering Assam had remained untouched by the ethnic crisis for over a year. Until Saturday last, when the mutilated body of a 59-year-old man from the Meitei community was found.

Manipur BJP MLA Rajkumar Imo Singh has called for action against top police officers over the attack by heavily armed "Kuki insurgents" in Manipur's Jiribam district bordering Assam on Sunday.

Jiribam violence: In the wake of fresh violence in Manipur's Jiribam district, Assam on Sunday intensified security measures along its interstate border, particularly in the Lakhipur area of Cachar district.

Videos of a tense stand-off between the Assam Rifles and a group of armed men in Manipur's border town Moreh have emerged on social media, raising questions over how a few armed men stopped the security forces from moving around.

As Army officer has said that the Assam Rifles guarding the 1,643-km Myanmar border has been given clear instructions to allow entry not only to villagers seeking refuge from the fighting in the country but even to Myanmar army personnel.

Days after 10 MLAs of the Chin-Kuki-Zo tribes raised concerns over alleged excesses of the Manipur Police in the border town Moreh, hill-based civil society organisations have said their representatives met the Assam Rifles.

A jawan of the Border Security Force (BSF) sustained fatal injuries while two Assam Rifles personnel sustained gunshot wounds in Manipur's Serou in firing between security forces and a group of insurgents

More than 1,100 people from Manipur's Jiribam district and surrounding areas have crossed the inter-state border to enter Assam's Cachar district, following violence in the neighbouring state, officials said on Saturday.

The Assam Rifles along with the Indian Army have started a special awareness programme on the Agnipath recruitment scheme to reach out to the youth in remote villages of Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur close to the Myanmar border.

An Indian Army Colonel, his wife and son, and four soldiers were killed in an ambush by terrorists near the border with Myanmar in Manipur. The Commanding Officer of 46 Assam Rifles, Colonel Viplav Tripathy, had gone to a forward camp.

Explosives of over 250 kg have been recovered from an area along the border with Myanmar in Manipur, a border state where assembly election will be held next year, raising security concerns.

Movement of vehicles between Assam and Mizoram stopped again amid tension in the areas along the inter-state border, a senior official said on Monday.

Three Assam Rifles soldiers laid down their lives for the country in an ambush by militants at a district in Manipur near the border with Myanmar. Five others were injured; they are critical, sources said.

Suspected insurgents fired at an armoured vehicle of the security forces in Manipur's Jiribam this morning, hours before Congress MP Rahul Gandhi arrived in the district bordering Assam to meet internally displaced people living in relief camps.

The Assam Police have started a door-to-door survey to record the number of internally displaced people living in Cachar district, bordering Manipur's Jiribam.

Manipur's Jiribam district bordering Assam had remained untouched by the ethnic crisis for over a year. Until Saturday last, when the mutilated body of a 59-year-old man from the Meitei community was found.

Manipur BJP MLA Rajkumar Imo Singh has called for action against top police officers over the attack by heavily armed "Kuki insurgents" in Manipur's Jiribam district bordering Assam on Sunday.

Jiribam violence: In the wake of fresh violence in Manipur's Jiribam district, Assam on Sunday intensified security measures along its interstate border, particularly in the Lakhipur area of Cachar district.

Videos of a tense stand-off between the Assam Rifles and a group of armed men in Manipur's border town Moreh have emerged on social media, raising questions over how a few armed men stopped the security forces from moving around.

As Army officer has said that the Assam Rifles guarding the 1,643-km Myanmar border has been given clear instructions to allow entry not only to villagers seeking refuge from the fighting in the country but even to Myanmar army personnel.

Days after 10 MLAs of the Chin-Kuki-Zo tribes raised concerns over alleged excesses of the Manipur Police in the border town Moreh, hill-based civil society organisations have said their representatives met the Assam Rifles.

A jawan of the Border Security Force (BSF) sustained fatal injuries while two Assam Rifles personnel sustained gunshot wounds in Manipur's Serou in firing between security forces and a group of insurgents

More than 1,100 people from Manipur's Jiribam district and surrounding areas have crossed the inter-state border to enter Assam's Cachar district, following violence in the neighbouring state, officials said on Saturday.

The Assam Rifles along with the Indian Army have started a special awareness programme on the Agnipath recruitment scheme to reach out to the youth in remote villages of Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur close to the Myanmar border.

An Indian Army Colonel, his wife and son, and four soldiers were killed in an ambush by terrorists near the border with Myanmar in Manipur. The Commanding Officer of 46 Assam Rifles, Colonel Viplav Tripathy, had gone to a forward camp.

Explosives of over 250 kg have been recovered from an area along the border with Myanmar in Manipur, a border state where assembly election will be held next year, raising security concerns.

Movement of vehicles between Assam and Mizoram stopped again amid tension in the areas along the inter-state border, a senior official said on Monday.

Three Assam Rifles soldiers laid down their lives for the country in an ambush by militants at a district in Manipur near the border with Myanmar. Five others were injured; they are critical, sources said.