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A major landslide near Karong of the district has cut off Manipur’s supply-line through Nagaland. Torrential rain has hit normal life in most parts of Senapati. Flash floods and landslides wreaked havoc in the hill district where standing crops in large tracks of paddy fields were damaged in the past few days. Traffic movement is now unsafe on the landslide-prone National Highway 2, Imphal-Dimapur route after the landlside near Karong, an official report said on Thursday. The NH section has been cleared of debris from the landslide but still tricky for vehicular movement, the report added.   In the meantime, one man was killed under the debris of landslide near the district council...

Three militants, including one woman, belonging to the SK Thadou group of United Tribal Liberation Army (UTLA) were killed when a gun fight erupted with a group of militants suspected to be that of UTLA (Poukhai) at Muktakhal village within Jiribam district in the wee hours of Sunday.   According to a report, the encounter happened around 12:30 am. But another report said unidentified assailants numbering about eight launched an attack using sophisticated weapons at the designated camp of UTLA located near Kaiphundai village on the fringe of Jiribam, killing three cadres at the spot just after midnight.   The slain cadres have been identified as Ngamboi, 22,...

Upset over the alleged high-handedness of some police commandos, the Kuki Students’ Organisation (KSO) has on Friday demanded the authority to suspend the personnel who were involved in threatening KSO leaders by gun at border town Moreh on Thusday night.    “President of the KSO and one of its executive members were harassed and threatened by police commandos by gun without provocation,” organisation vice president lalboy Lhungdim told a press meet at the KSO office, Moreh.  He said the duo was returning home after visiting Moreh Hospital when the incident happened around 9:30 pm, Lalboy narrated.  The police commandos frisked and checked them on the way when...

Commerce and Industries Minister  Thongam Biswajit Singh inaugurated the VIII Sirarakhong Hathei (Chilli) Phanit on Wednesday at the Sirarakhong Village and ensured all forms of assistance from the Government to the chilli growers. Addressing the formal inaugural function,  Biswajit encouraged the chilli growers to work harder, and said, he will certainly discuss with the Chief Minister ways to promote the festival, increase production of the chilli and provide a market.                Minister Biswajit also spoke on the feasibility of producing hybrids of the chilli. He continued the failure of the concern to open a Common...