The India-Myanmar border. (Map not to scale.)Kirstjen Nielsen, former secretary of the United States’ homeland security once said: “People think of border security in very different ways, but to me, it’s very simple: border security...
Imphal: The Assam Rifles along with members of the Zeliangrong Naga tribe and civil administration commemorated the death anniversary of Naga freedom fighter Haipou Jadonang at Sankhomei village and Tamenglong district in the Khoupum valley. The even...
Security forces patrolling a road in Manipur’s Bishnupur district. (Photo via Facebook) For Manipur, peace has remained elusive since May 3, the day violent clashes between Meiteis and Kukis started. The cycle of violence continues despite...
Manipuri women in Chennai during a vigil calling for peace in their state. (Photo via Facebook)The Manipur ethnic violence, which started on May 3, has claimed over 150 lives and displaced more than fifty thousand people, if not more, so far. Althoug...
Former Indian Army chief Gen MM Naravane (retd) at IIC in Delhi New Delhi: Flagging the Chinese aid to several insurgent groups in northeastern part of the country, former Indian Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane (Retd) said that the invo...
Giridhar Armane. (File photo)New Delhi: The defence secretary, Giridhar Aramane, embarked on a two-day official visit to Myanmar, on Friday. During his visit, he called on the country’s leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who is the chairman...
Women in Imphal hold a candlelight vigil to end the ethnic violence that has gripped the state since early May. (Photo: Twitter)Manipur is a landlocked state that shares a 398-kilometre international border with Myanmar. The international border is h...
Indian Army troops in Manipur. (Photo via Facebook)New Delhi/Kohima: A mob of over 1,200 women interrupted an Indian Army operation against militants in Manipur’s Kamjong district and freed 12 militants belonging to the banned terrorist group K...
A house set on fire by mobs in Manipur’s East Imphal. (Photo via Twitter)New Delhi/Guwahati: As ethnic violence continues unabated in Manipur, officials in the state government have revealed that mobs comprising thousands of local people raided...
Security forces carrying out a combing operation in a Manipur village. (Photo through special arrangement.) New Delhi: Exactly a month after of the ethnic clash erupted between Meitei and Kuki communities in parts of the state, in a joint operat...