Security forces said the search operation was launched after intelligence suggested armed cadres were operating outside designated camps. Separately, police detained three suspects in the investigation into the July 6 Ukhrul ambush that killed two Assam Rifles personnel.
A fresh wave of violence has once again shaken Manipur, with burning homes and rising tensions threatening months of hard-earned peace. Swift action by security forces prevented a larger communal clash.
The Liangmai Naga Council said families were yet to identify the bodies and had not received official information on where the remains were found.
In the shifting landscape of militancy and ethnic conflict in Manipur, fresh tensions have emerged between Kuki and Naga groups, opening a new front in a state already scarred by three years of violence.
The violence that erupted in Manipur on 3 May 2023 and has now completed three years as of May 2026, did not produce a simple binary confrontation between Kukis-Zomis and Meiteis.
The recent airport canopy collapses at Delhi, Jabalpur and Rajkot, and the series of bridge collapses in Bihar, Jharkhand and Manipur, have severely dented the dream of a viksit Bharat.
Congress Member of Parliament and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, arrived in Assam on Monday to assess the flood situation in the state.
The address by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Rajya Sabha about the ongoing violence in Manipur marks a critical moment in the political and social landscape of the state.
The media report has quoted ISRO Chief S Somnath as saying that PM Modi can be the candidate for India's first manned space mission, 'Gaganyan', which is slated to be launched in 2025.
Over 200 people have died. There has been a civil war-like situation where people, armed to the teeth, are roaming around and fighting each other, defending their villages and the Indian State is a mute spectator to this tragedy for one year,” Prof Akoijam said.
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