Manipur Security

In his maiden visit to the Northeast after taking over as Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi reviewed the security situation along the China border in Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim.

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.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday chaired a high-level meeting in the national capital to review the security situation in the conflict-hit Manipur.

Ahead of the much-anticipated visit of Manipur Chief Minister Biren Singh to the violence-hit Jiribam district later today, an advance security team was ambushed by militants.

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.

The security forces have evacuated some families from the Meitei community living on the outskirts of Manipur's Jiribam town, a day after ethnic tension flared up over the killing of a 59-year-old man.

Ahead of the approaching severe cyclonic storm "Remal", disaster management authorities and security forces in various northeastern states have been placed on high alert and the district administrations asked to take advance precautionary steps.

Top Army officers, led by Eastern Command chief Lt Gen R.C. Tiwari on Thursday met Manipur Governor Anusuiya Uikey and discussed the security situation in the ethnic violence-hit state, the Raj Bhavan said.

A year after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, the border state remains tense. Prayer meets and protests kept the security forces on the edge.

With the deportation of 38 immigrants from Manipur to Myanmar on Thursday, a total of 77 illegal Myanmarese migrants, including 55 women and five children, have been deported to their country since March 8, officials said.

Manipur security adviser Kuldiep Singh today warned the group responsible for the attack on a camp of security forces in Bishnupur district, which led to the deaths of two CRPF personnel and injuries to two others.

Tight security arrangements have been put in place for the first of the two-phased Lok Sabha elections in Manipur, which had been rocked by ethnic violence over the last one year, officials said on Thursday.

The Congress in Manipur has asked the state chief electoral officer and the police chief to provide security to the party's Inner Manipur candidate Dr Angomcha Bimol Akoijam after five-six unknown people came to his Imphal home and threatened him.

The people of Manipur should cooperate with the security forces in fighting armed groups that are exploiting the ethnic division in the state to carry out criminal activities, sources in the security forces told NDTV.

A fierce gunbattle broke out between the security guards of a senior police officer and an armed group in Manipur's capital Imphal today.

In his maiden visit to the Northeast after taking over as Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi reviewed the security situation along the China border in Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim.

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.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday chaired a high-level meeting in the national capital to review the security situation in the conflict-hit Manipur.

Ahead of the much-anticipated visit of Manipur Chief Minister Biren Singh to the violence-hit Jiribam district later today, an advance security team was ambushed by militants.

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.

The security forces have evacuated some families from the Meitei community living on the outskirts of Manipur's Jiribam town, a day after ethnic tension flared up over the killing of a 59-year-old man.

Ahead of the approaching severe cyclonic storm "Remal", disaster management authorities and security forces in various northeastern states have been placed on high alert and the district administrations asked to take advance precautionary steps.

Top Army officers, led by Eastern Command chief Lt Gen R.C. Tiwari on Thursday met Manipur Governor Anusuiya Uikey and discussed the security situation in the ethnic violence-hit state, the Raj Bhavan said.

A year after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, the border state remains tense. Prayer meets and protests kept the security forces on the edge.

With the deportation of 38 immigrants from Manipur to Myanmar on Thursday, a total of 77 illegal Myanmarese migrants, including 55 women and five children, have been deported to their country since March 8, officials said.

Manipur security adviser Kuldiep Singh today warned the group responsible for the attack on a camp of security forces in Bishnupur district, which led to the deaths of two CRPF personnel and injuries to two others.

Tight security arrangements have been put in place for the first of the two-phased Lok Sabha elections in Manipur, which had been rocked by ethnic violence over the last one year, officials said on Thursday.

The Congress in Manipur has asked the state chief electoral officer and the police chief to provide security to the party's Inner Manipur candidate Dr Angomcha Bimol Akoijam after five-six unknown people came to his Imphal home and threatened him.

The people of Manipur should cooperate with the security forces in fighting armed groups that are exploiting the ethnic division in the state to carry out criminal activities, sources in the security forces told NDTV.

A fierce gunbattle broke out between the security guards of a senior police officer and an armed group in Manipur's capital Imphal today.