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Mob destroys Assam Rifles makeshift camp in Manipur's Kamjong district

A mob on Saturday stormed and destroyed a makeshift camp of Assam Rifles in Manipur’s Kamjong district over alleged harassment and restrictions on transportation of timber, officials said. Tensions escalated on Saturday when the Assam Rifles soldiers allegedly barred transportation of timber intended for construction of houses in Kasom Khullen, officials said. Assam Rifles personnel used tear gas shells and …

GUWAHATI: As part of the “war on drugs,” Manipur destroyed poppy plantations in areas measuring over 19,135 acres between 2017 and 2024, a report prepared by the Manipur Remote Sensing Applications Centre said. According to the report, an analysis of 2023-2024 had confirmed the existence of poppy cultivation in Chandel, Churachandpur, Kamjong, Kangpokpi, Noney, Senapati, Tamenglong, Tengnoupal and Ukhrul, all …

The Naga Civil Society Organisations in Manipur have urged Union home minister Amit Shah to repatriate illegal immigrants from Myanmar to their country and to withdraw Assam Rifles from the Indo-Myanmar border areas around Kamjong in the state. The Naga Civil Society Organisations in Manipur said the illegal immigrants, numbering about 5,457 given shelter in eight Tangkhul Naga villages, have …

GUWAHATI: The Manipur government has informed that it is stepping up vigil in five districts that share a border with Myanmar to curb the migration of persecuted minorities fleeing the civil war-torn country. The government has appointed a nodal officer in each of Ukhrul, Kamjong, Tengnoupal, Chandel and Churachandpur districts and entrusted them to monitor and check illegal migration. In …

5,457 ‘illegal’ migrants found in Manipur’s Kamjong district: Biren Singh

Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh on Wednesday said that his government had detected 5,457 illegal immigrants in Kamjong district of the State as of May 7, out of which biometric data has been collected for 5,173. “We have been giving humanitarian aid to all the illegal immigrants who were detected so far,” Mr. Singh said. In his public posts …

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On Wednesday Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh informed that the government has identified 5457 illegal immigrants in the state. In a post on X, CM Singh stated that his government has identified a total of 5457 illegal immigrants in Kamjong district, Manipur, as of the 7th of May 2024. The Government has detected a total of 5457 illegal immigrants …

Refugee Influx From Myanmar Poses Law And Order Challenges In Manipur’s Kamjong District

Guwahati: The alleged recent influx of around 4,363 Myanmar nationals, apparently seeking refuge in Manipur’s Kamjong district, driven by the turmoil resulting from the military crackdown on rebel groups in the neighbouring country, purportedly poses a serious situation potentially posing to create law and order in the northeastern state. With over 398 kilometres of porous border shared between Manipur and …

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Punjab Animal Husbandry Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar on Saturday said the state government will provide due compensation for the culling of pigs following the detection of African swine fever in the animals. The African swine fever outbreak was confirmed in a piggery farm in Manipur’s Kamjong district. African swine fever was detected in samples which were sent from Patiala district …