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Manipur’s Jiribam has potential to become a business hub: CM Yumnam Khemchand Singh

Manipur’s Jiribam has potential to become a business hub: CM Yumnam Khemchand Singh

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Manipur chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Wednesday said Jiribam is the gateway to Manipur and has a potential to become a business hub. The chief minister also told the IDPs that their concerns are being addressed by the district administration., (@YKhemchandSingh | Official X account) During his visit to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Jiribam district, bordering southern Assam, he said, “Jiribam is the gateway to Manipur and has a potential to become a business hub. Like Mumbai is India’s business capital, Jiribam can be Manipur’s Mumbai. For the business to flourish, peace has to come first,” he said. He is the first CM to visit both the relief camp housing Meitei IDPs and Kuki-Zo. The chief minister first visited a relief camp opened at Jiribam Higher Secondary School campus where he interacted with the inmates. Also Read: Eight cadres of banned outfits arrested across Manipur He then visited Kalinagar relief camp housing the Hmar tribal IDPs. The Hmar tribe belongs to the Kuki-Zo community. “Let us consider the last two years as a nightmare, …

NIA Arrests 3 Militants Involved In 2 Separate Killings In Manipur

NIA Arrests 3 Militants Involved In 2 Separate Killings In Manipur

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Imphal: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested two persons belonging to banned militant groups for their involvement in the brutal killing of a woman and burning and looting of houses by armed militants in Manipur’s Jiribam district in November last year, officials said on Tuesday. NIA sources said that the accused Nongthombam Meiraba, hailing from Bishnupur district and belonging to the proscribed insurgent outfit – United National Liberation Front (UNLF), was involved in the actual shooting of the woman, identified as Zosangkim. The other accused, identified as Sagolsem Sanatomba alias Surchandra Singh alias Piba of Thoubal district, was a member of the Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL), another Manipur insurgent outfit and was part of the team involved in the carnage that occurred at Zairawn village. The two accused are in NIA custody till May 17 in the case for which investigations are continuing. NIA Arrests 2 Accused in 2024 Manipur Village Murder, Arson and Looting Case pic.twitter.com/QuhWU2j6Wa — NIA India (@NIA_India) May 13, 2025 In another incident, NIA has arrested a cadre of …

NIA arrests two accused involved in brutal killing of woman in ethnic violence-hit Manipur’s Jiribam | Latest News India

NIA arrests two accused involved in brutal killing of woman in ethnic violence-hit Manipur’s Jiribam | Latest News India

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New Delhi, The National Investigation Agency has arrested two persons belonging to banned militant groups for their alleged involvement in the brutal killing of a woman in ethnic violence-hit Manipur’s Jiribam district last year, officials said on Tuesday. NIA arrests two accused involved in brutal killing of woman in ethnic violence-hit Manipur’s Jiribam The arrested accused have been identified as Nongthombam Meiraba and Sagolsem Sanatomba alias Surchandra Singh alias Piba, they said. The 31-year-old tribal woman, who was killed on November 7, was subjected to third-degree torture and suffered 99 per cent burns, according to her autopsy report. Several body parts and limbs of the victim were missing and visceras for chemical analysis could not be collected as most were charred and unrecognisable, according to the report. “Right upper limb and parts of both lower limbs and the facial structure found missing,” it stated. Highlighting the unimaginable condition of the body and torture meted out on her, the report said, “Burnt and separated fragments of bone did not show any signs of vital reaction indicating …

What 2 Brothers From Family Kidnapped, Killed Saw In Manipur’s Jiribam

What 2 Brothers From Family Kidnapped, Killed Saw In Manipur’s Jiribam

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The two brothers, 12 and 14 years old, hid in fields during the attack by “Kuki militants” Imphal/New Delhi: Two minor siblings who hid in fields during an attack by “Kuki militants” in Manipur’s Jiribam district on November 11 have given details of what they saw that day. The elder of the two said he managed to run from “armed Kukis” before they took away his family at gunpoint. His younger brother said he was in another house with an uncle and an aunt; they too hid in a field. Their mother, Telem Thoibi Devi, 31, and eight-year-old sister were among six members of their family who were kidnapped and killed by suspects identified as “Kuki militants” by the state government. The other four were their grandmother, mother’s sister, her infant baby, and three-year-old son. NDTV is not disclosing their identities since they are minors and also eyewitnesses to a case which is now being handled by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). “I was hiding in a field. I couldn’t get up as I was …

Shot In Knee, Stabbed In Chest, Autopsy Report Of Meitei Baby Kidnapped By Kuki Militants From Manipur Jiribam

Shot In Knee, Stabbed In Chest, Autopsy Report Of Meitei Baby Kidnapped By Kuki Militants From Manipur Jiribam

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All the six bodies were found floating in a river in Jiribam between November 15 and 18 Imphal/New Delhi: A 10-month-old baby who was among six family members kidnapped and killed by “Kuki militants” in Manipur’s Jiribam district on November 11 was shot in the knee, stabbed in the chest, and hit with a blunt object on the jaw, according to the postmortem report shared by the family. Laishram Lamnganba Singh was last seen on his mother’s lap in a photograph that surfaced on a public WhatsApp channel called ‘Zogam News’, a day after all six members of the same family from the Meitei community were kidnapped from Jiribam by suspects who the Manipur government in a cabinet resolution called “Kuki militants”. The WhatsApp channel formed in March this year and which had 12,000 subscribers has shut down, with the National Investigation Agency (NIA) looking into the case now. All the six bodies were found floating in a river in Jiribam between November 15 and 18. While the autopsies were done on all the six …

Shot In Knee, Stabbed In Chest, Autopsy Report Of Meitei Baby Kidnapped By Kuki Militants From Manipur Jiribam

Autopsy Reveals Chilling Details Of Meitei Family Kidnapped, Killed By Kuki Militants In Manipur

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Six members of the Meitei family who were executed by Kuki militants in Manipur Imphal/New Delhi: The last photograph of L Chingkheinganba Singh, 3, whose partially decomposed body was found in a river in Manipur’s Jiribam district, shows five other family members including his infant sibling and mother sitting together in a forested area. Chingkheinganba Singh, in a tiny pink t-shirt, had turned his head to look at something or someone. His mother and eight-month-old sibling sat a step across from him. An orange rattle toy lay on a nest of dry bamboo leaves on the ground. The three-year-old boy from the Meitei community has a bullet wound in the skull, the autopsy report said. There are stab wounds and fractures in the chest and lacerations in the forearm and other parts of the body. His right eye is missing. The autopsy report shows his mother, L Heitonbi Devi, 25, has three bullet wounds in the chest and one in the buttock. His grandmother Y Rani Devi, 60, has five bullet wounds – one in …

If CRPF Was Not Deployed, What Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh Said On Jiribam Terror Attack By Suspected Kuki Militants

If CRPF Was Not Deployed, What Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh Said On Jiribam Terror Attack By Suspected Kuki Militants

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Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh speaks to NDTV in Imphal Imphal/Guwahati/New Delhi: The Central Reserve Police Force’s (CRPF) timely intervention during a “terror attack” in Manipur’s Jiribam district prevented the loss of several lives, Chief Minister N Biren Singh told NDTV on Thursday. Mr Singh said “10 Kuki terrorists” tried to enter a relief camp in Jiribam’s Borobekra where 115 internally displaced people were living, but the CRPF foiled their plan. All the 10 were shot dead in a gunfight with the central forces on November 11 in Borobekra, a village on the interstate border with Assam. One CRPF soldier was injured. “If the CRPF was not deployed, the lives of many civilians would have been lost. The Kuki terrorists came with rocket launchers, AK 47, and many sophisticated weapons. They attacked the (police) camp, and killed two people on the spot,” Mr Singh told NDTV. “They were trying to enter Borobekra relief camp where 115 Meitei civilians were living. But due to the timely intervention by the CRPF, the lives were saved. Otherwise …

Declare Hostage-Killers As Kuki Terrorists, Start Mass Operations In 7 Days, Says Manipur Cabinet

Declare Hostage-Killers As Kuki Terrorists, Start Mass Operations In 7 Days, Says Manipur Cabinet

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Manipur cabinet led by Chief Minister N Biren Singh holds a meeting in Imphal Imphal/Guwahati: The Manipur cabinet in a five-hour meeting on Monday took several decisions to rein in targeted ethnic killings in the last two weeks that have claimed nine lives. Ten Kuki militants were also shot dead by the security forces in Jiribam district. Here’s your 10-point cheat sheet to this big story In an eight-point resolution released minutes before midnight, the state cabinet resolved “to start mass operations against the Kuki militants responsible for the killing of six innocent women and children in Jiribam within seven days.” The cabinet also sought to “declare the Kuki militants responsible for the killing of the six innocent women and children as an ‘unlawful organisation’ within seven days”. If implemented, the Kuki militants responsible for taking hostage and killing them would be designated a terrorist group. Six members of a family – all internally displaced people from the Meitei community – including an eight-month-old infant, a two-year-old boy and an eight-year-old girl, were killed in …

Man Shot Dead In Manipur’s Amid Tension Over Killing Of Women, Children

Man Shot Dead In Manipur’s Amid Tension Over Killing Of Women, Children

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New Delhi: A protester was shot dead during a clash between security forces and a mob in Manipur’s violence-hit Jiribam district, officials said Monday. A police official in Imphal said a young man, identified as K Athouba, was killed in an exchange of gunfire Sunday night. It is unclear who fired the bullet that killed the 21-year-old. However, protesters have claimed Manipur Police special commandos had fired their weapons to disperse the mob, and that Athouba was killed in the firing and two others were injured. A police official countered, saying the mob had attacked and vandalised properties of various leaders’ houses and political party offices Sunday night. The official said the mob first vandalised properties carried out arson attacks in areas under the Jiribam Police jurisdiction. They were protesting the killing of three women and three children on November 11. There was violence on Saturday too; a mob protested outside the homes of at least two ministers, including Health and Family Welfare Minister Sapam Ranjan, and three MLAs in state capital Imphal, officials said. …

Manipur violence: Protester killed in firing during clash with security forces in Jiribam

Manipur violence: Protester killed in firing during clash with security forces in Jiribam

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“A protester was killed in firing during a clash between security forces and a mob that was vandalising properties in Manipur’s Jiribam district,” police said on Monday (November 18, 2024). Police confirmed that one person was killed in firing but said it was not immediately clear who opened fire, while eyewitnesses claimed the firing came from the direction of the security forces. Manipur violence: BJP deliberately wants State to burn, says Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge  The incident took place late on Sunday night (November 17, 2024) when agitators were vandalising properties at Babupara in Jiribam police station area to protest the killing of women and children abducted by militants. “One person was killed in firing… it was not immediately clear who opened fire,” a police officer said. “The deceased has been identified as K. Athouba, who was in his twenties,” he said. “The offices of the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a house belonging to Jiribam’s Independent MLA were ransacked by a group of agitators. They brought furniture, paper and other things …