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Imphal/New Delhi: Some structures including huts at a village in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district were set on fire by insurgents today. The Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF) in a statement to the media claimed responsibility. The ZUF said it acted as part of a “decisive campaign” against illegal opium poppy cultivation, narcotics trafficking and alleged encroachment by…
Imphal/New Delhi: The police chief of Manipur’s Kangpokpi district who was injured in protests by members of the Kuki tribes on Friday had been fighting extortionists and pushing back against a call for a meeting “with all police personnel” by a civil society group, intelligence sources told NDTV. They cited two flash messages sent by…
Imphal/New Delhi: The police chief of Manipur’s Kangpokpi district who was injured in protests by members of the Kuki tribes on Friday had been fighting extortionists and pushing back against a call for a meeting “with all police personnel” by a civil society group, intelligence sources told NDTV. They cited two flash messages sent by…
Imphal/Guwahati/New Delhi: Protesters from the Kuki tribes clashed with central security forces in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district this evening, days after the protesters tried to stop the security forces from dismantling bunkers on the hills. The protesters had been looking to stop transport as part of their economic blockade enforced to demand the withdrawal of central…
The area was remote and reinforcements would have taken a long time, sources said Imphal/New Delhi: A Manipur Police team that went to destroy illegal opium cultivation in the hills of Kangpokpi district were stopped by “80-90 armed miscreants” and forced to return without clearing the illegal farms, a police officer said in a first…