Imphal

Intense rain and hailstorm struck Manipur around 1:30 pm today, lasting for about 15 minutes, causing severe damage to homes and trees in Imphal valley.

A gun battle broke out between village volunteers of the two warring communities in ethnic-strife-torn Manipur's Imphal West district on Sunday morning, police said.

A key bridge on National Highway 2 in Manipur connecting the state capital Imphal and cities in neighbouring Assam and Nagaland was damaged in multiple bomb attacks by insurgents, the police said on Wednesday.

Arms and ammunition were recovered today in a joint operation of the Indian Army and Manipur Police in the violence-hit state's Imphal East district.

Two persons were killed in a gunfight that broke out between two armed groups in Manipur's Imphal East district on Saturday, police said.

One 16th Assam Rifles Maram of Hengbung AR post vehicle on Monday knocked down a local resulting in his death, the press release from Imphal police stated.

The Imphal East district election officer has ordered the Manipur Police to take action against an independent candidate for threatening to "kill the Chief Minister" while speaking in a local TV show, as the act violated the model code.

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.

Lok Sabha elections: Displaced after violence hit Manipur's Churachandpur last year, Nganthoibi Mutum and her family have been living in a relief camp at Imphal uncertain of when they will return home.

Like many relief camps in Manipur, Samurou government high school in Imphal West district has also kept aside some classrooms with mattresses on the floor for internally displaced people to sleep.

The Manipur Police have named an armed group whose members call themselves "village defence volunteers" as responsible for the attack on the house of a senior police officer in the state capital Imphal on Tuesday night.

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

One person died and another suffered injuries in a blast inside a university compound in Manipur's Imphal on Friday.

There is no such thing as a "buffer zone" in Manipur and all forces can go anywhere in the state, Chief Minister N Biren Singh told reporters in the state capital Imphal today.

Two of the bunkers in Imphal city were destroyed on Friday by women's group Meira Paibis, who suspect that the security personnel would utilise the fortifications to suppress the people's movement in the ongoing ethnic conflict in Manipur.

Intense rain and hailstorm struck Manipur around 1:30 pm today, lasting for about 15 minutes, causing severe damage to homes and trees in Imphal valley.

A gun battle broke out between village volunteers of the two warring communities in ethnic-strife-torn Manipur's Imphal West district on Sunday morning, police said.

A key bridge on National Highway 2 in Manipur connecting the state capital Imphal and cities in neighbouring Assam and Nagaland was damaged in multiple bomb attacks by insurgents, the police said on Wednesday.

Arms and ammunition were recovered today in a joint operation of the Indian Army and Manipur Police in the violence-hit state's Imphal East district.

Two persons were killed in a gunfight that broke out between two armed groups in Manipur's Imphal East district on Saturday, police said.

One 16th Assam Rifles Maram of Hengbung AR post vehicle on Monday knocked down a local resulting in his death, the press release from Imphal police stated.

The Imphal East district election officer has ordered the Manipur Police to take action against an independent candidate for threatening to "kill the Chief Minister" while speaking in a local TV show, as the act violated the model code.

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.

Lok Sabha elections: Displaced after violence hit Manipur's Churachandpur last year, Nganthoibi Mutum and her family have been living in a relief camp at Imphal uncertain of when they will return home.

Like many relief camps in Manipur, Samurou government high school in Imphal West district has also kept aside some classrooms with mattresses on the floor for internally displaced people to sleep.

The Manipur Police have named an armed group whose members call themselves "village defence volunteers" as responsible for the attack on the house of a senior police officer in the state capital Imphal on Tuesday night.

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

One person died and another suffered injuries in a blast inside a university compound in Manipur's Imphal on Friday.

There is no such thing as a "buffer zone" in Manipur and all forces can go anywhere in the state, Chief Minister N Biren Singh told reporters in the state capital Imphal today.

Two of the bunkers in Imphal city were destroyed on Friday by women's group Meira Paibis, who suspect that the security personnel would utilise the fortifications to suppress the people's movement in the ongoing ethnic conflict in Manipur.