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Indian Express
12-08-2025
- Indian Express
Manipur: 5 cops suspended for accepting bribe
Five Manipur police personnel, including the officer-in-charge of the Imphal East commando unit, have been suspended for their alleged involvement in a drugs case, officials said. According to sources, the suspended cops were involved in a drug case seizure on August 5. They apprehended some drug peddlers on NH-102 (Indo-Myanmar road) with illegal drugs. However, the drug peddlers were released after allegedly giving a bribe of Rs 6 lakh. The suspended officers have been identified as Inspector Ningthoujam Devdas Singh, officer-in-charge of commando Imphal East; Sub-Inspector B. Debson Singh of commando Imphal East; Constable Tarique Aziz of commando Imphal East; Head Constable Md Rakib of the commando Thoubal; and Jemadar Md Amin Shah of the 7th Battalion, Khabeisoi. The order by the administration said that they were suspended for conduct unbecoming of a police officer and a clear case of grave misconduct and dereliction of duty.
Time of India
13-06-2025
- General
- Time of India
Two Manipur crew members among victims of Air India crash near Ahmedabad
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel Guwahati: Two cabin crew members from Manipur — Nganthoi Sharma Kongbrailatpam and Lamnunthem Singson — were among those who lost their lives in the tragic Air India plane crash near Sharma Kongbrailatpam hailed from Thoubal while Singson belonged to from Nganthoi and Lamnunthem, the cabin crew included senior members Shradha Dhavan and Aparna Mahadik, along with Saineeta Chakravarti, Deepak Pathak, Maithili Patil, Irfan Shaikh, Roshni Songhare Rajendra, and Manisha Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner had departed from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport at 1:38 pm with 242 passengers and crew members on board. Among them were 169 Indian nationals, 53 British nationals, one Canadian national, and seven Portuguese Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh stated in X, 'I am deeply shocked and grieved by the tragic Air India flight crash near Meghaninagar, Ahmedabad, this afternoon. The aircraft, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner bound for London, carried 242 people on board. This heartbreaking incident has shaken the entire nation. My thoughts and prayers are with all those on board and their families during this unimaginably difficult time.'Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla has expressed deep sorrow over the tragic and shocking incident of an aircraft crash that occurred during a flight from Ahmedabad to London. He has prayed to the Almighty for the speedy recovery of all those injured in this unfortunate mishap.
Time of India
06-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
13 IAS officers get new postings in bureaucratic reshuffle in Manipur
Imphal: In a bureaucratic reshuffle in Manipur, 13 IAS officers, including Tourism Director Pooja Elangbam and Thoubal DC A Subash Singh , have been transferred, according to a has been given the charge of the deputy commissioner of Bishnupur district, while L Bikram will replace her as the tourism was the Bishnupur has been entrusted with the responsibility of the additional secretary of the departments of home and personnel, besides the charge of institutional finance as its director, the notification Health Engineering Department (veterinary) Joint Secretary Hannah Kahmei has been given the responsibility of the Thoubal deputy commissioner, it (Institutional Finance) Ranjan Yumnam has been appointed as the additional secretary of the PHE Joint Secretary Luckysom Ngamsha will assume charge as the director of the Tribal Affairs and Hills department, the notification Director Nivedita Lairenlakpam has been given the charge of deputy commissioner (DC) of Imphal Deputy Commissioner (Imphal East) Khumanthem Diana has been transferred as the transport DC Krishna Kumar has been made special secretary (power) while Saurabh Yadav, the joint secretary (Transport/ power), will replace Lokayukt secretary Robert Singh Kshetrimayum has been given the additional charge of the secretary of minor Kakching U Chaitanya has been transferred to SDO Centre had on February 13 imposed the President's rule in Manipur , where more than 260 people have been killed and thousands rendered homeless in ethnic violence between Meiteis and Kuki-Zo groups since May President's rule has been imposed after Chief Minister N Biren Singh state assembly, which has a tenure till 2027, has been put under suspended animation. PTI
