Imphal Valley

The government on Monday extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) by another six months in Manipur excluding 19 police station areas falling under the Imphal valley and a region that shares its boundary with Assam.

The internet services are suspended in only five valley districts, and not the entire state, the Manipur government said in an amended order on Tuesday evening in the wake of intensified agitation by students.

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.

Amid the situation in Manipur, women from the valley areas such as Bishnupur and Imphal East and hill areas of Kakching, Ukhrul, Kangpokpi and Leimakhong found a culturally inspiring way to express their solidarity and trust in the army.

The Manipur Police today fired tear gas shells, rubber bullets and lathi-charged hundreds of internally displaced people who held protests in Imphal valley over the government's alleged inaction on working out a plan to send them back home.

The Assam Rifles has launched Operation Jal Raahat II to prevent rising water level from breaching the riverbanks and prevent flooding in residential areas in Imphal East and Imphal West districts.

Thousands of people from all communities including non-Kuki tribes gathered in Manipur's capital Imphal valley today and held a massive rally for territorial and administrative integrity of the state.

When fishermen in Manipur's Thanga island village in the northeast's largest freshwater lake Loktak heard about flooding in the valley areas, they quickly hauled out their row boats from the lake and loaded them on the back of a truck.

Security has been tightened in and around Manipur capital Imphal after Arambai Tenggol asked all ministers and MLAs from the valley districts for a meeting at Kangla Fort here on Wednesday.

The Manipur government has issued an alert over "leakage of heavy fuel" from a power station. The state government has said the leak led to a spillover into the streams passing through Imphal Valley, such as Kantosabal, Sekmai etc.

The powerful Kuki group has reimposed an indefinite economic blockade of Imphal Valley. The Kangpokpi-based tribal organisation, Committee on Tribal Unity Sadar Hills Or CoTu, started the blockade in Manipur today.

The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act or AFSPA was extended by another six months in Manipur on Wednesday, barring 19 police stations falling under the Imphal valley and an area that shares its boundary with neighbouring Assam.

Violence spiked once again in parts of Manipur valley, including state capital Imphal, as protesters clashed with police in multiple areas. Batons and tear gas shells were used and many people were injured, reports said.

Alleging that there is a selective blockade in the valley, preventing essential items from reaching the hills, a tribal group has threatened to block two national highways which are the lifelines of land-locked Manipur.

Manipur violence: Hundreds of women carrying placards and banners held demonstrations throughout the day, demanding withdrawal of the Assam Rifles from the five valley districts -- Imphal East, Imphal West, Thoubal, Bishnupur, and Kakching.

The government on Monday extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) by another six months in Manipur excluding 19 police station areas falling under the Imphal valley and a region that shares its boundary with Assam.

The internet services are suspended in only five valley districts, and not the entire state, the Manipur government said in an amended order on Tuesday evening in the wake of intensified agitation by students.

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.

Amid the situation in Manipur, women from the valley areas such as Bishnupur and Imphal East and hill areas of Kakching, Ukhrul, Kangpokpi and Leimakhong found a culturally inspiring way to express their solidarity and trust in the army.

The Manipur Police today fired tear gas shells, rubber bullets and lathi-charged hundreds of internally displaced people who held protests in Imphal valley over the government's alleged inaction on working out a plan to send them back home.

The Assam Rifles has launched Operation Jal Raahat II to prevent rising water level from breaching the riverbanks and prevent flooding in residential areas in Imphal East and Imphal West districts.

Thousands of people from all communities including non-Kuki tribes gathered in Manipur's capital Imphal valley today and held a massive rally for territorial and administrative integrity of the state.

When fishermen in Manipur's Thanga island village in the northeast's largest freshwater lake Loktak heard about flooding in the valley areas, they quickly hauled out their row boats from the lake and loaded them on the back of a truck.

Security has been tightened in and around Manipur capital Imphal after Arambai Tenggol asked all ministers and MLAs from the valley districts for a meeting at Kangla Fort here on Wednesday.

The Manipur government has issued an alert over "leakage of heavy fuel" from a power station. The state government has said the leak led to a spillover into the streams passing through Imphal Valley, such as Kantosabal, Sekmai etc.

The powerful Kuki group has reimposed an indefinite economic blockade of Imphal Valley. The Kangpokpi-based tribal organisation, Committee on Tribal Unity Sadar Hills Or CoTu, started the blockade in Manipur today.

The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act or AFSPA was extended by another six months in Manipur on Wednesday, barring 19 police stations falling under the Imphal valley and an area that shares its boundary with neighbouring Assam.

Violence spiked once again in parts of Manipur valley, including state capital Imphal, as protesters clashed with police in multiple areas. Batons and tear gas shells were used and many people were injured, reports said.

Alleging that there is a selective blockade in the valley, preventing essential items from reaching the hills, a tribal group has threatened to block two national highways which are the lifelines of land-locked Manipur.

Manipur violence: Hundreds of women carrying placards and banners held demonstrations throughout the day, demanding withdrawal of the Assam Rifles from the five valley districts -- Imphal East, Imphal West, Thoubal, Bishnupur, and Kakching.