Twenty members of the Naga and Kuki communities remain untraced after being allegedly abducted in Manipur’s hill districts. Security forces continue joint operations, patrolling, and recovery of arms and IEDs while ensuring the safety of local residents, officials said.
Heavily armed militants allegedly crossed the India-Myanmar border and attacked villages in Manipur’s Kamjong district, torching homes and forcing residents to flee into forests. Local leaders termed it “external aggression” and demanded stronger security measures along the sensitive border region
An Assam Rifles personnel was injured after suspected NSCN-K-YA militants opened fire during border fencing near Pangsau Pass. Forces retaliated, and search operations were launched to trace the attackers
As refugees from Myanmar and violence-hit Manipur seek shelter in Mizoram, India confronts a growing humanitarian challenge without a formal protection framework
BSF and the Mizoram Excise and Narcotics Department seized methamphetamine tablets worth over Rs 26 crore and heroin during a joint operation near Aizawl, arresting two Myanmar nationals. The operation highlights growing cross-border drug trafficking along the India-Myanmar frontier
While the Constitution of India does not allow dual citizenship, but the people in Longwa village on India-Myanmar border see themselves as belonging to both countries and also vote in the elections of both countries
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Saturday said that his government has urged the Union Home Ministry to cancel the free movement regime along the India-Myanmar border and complete its fencing.
The India-Myanmar border has a Free Movement Regime (FMR) which allows tribes living along the border to travel 16 km across either side without visa restrictions.
