Land of Jewels (Sana Leibak)

Hundreds turn up for physical test: Imphal, May 5: With the Government deciding to provide arms to the people of Heirok for their self defence, the recruitment drive for selecting 300 Special Police Officers started on Monday with the physical test held at Heirok Part II Mela Ground from 8 am to 4 pm. Personally supervised by DGP Y Joykumar, the physical test was conducted in the presence of Thoubal SP, Clay Khongsai, officers of Thoubal police and officers from the IRB. Candidates aspiring to be SPOs at Heirok wait for their turn for the physical test From early morning, hundreds of aspirants started streaming to the Mela Ground to take part in the physical test armed with the needed documents and waited for their turns in a long queue. Altogether 460 candidates applied for the posts of the 300 SPOs. After screening through the applications, only candidates who have passed Matric and above were shortlisted, as per the norms laid down by the Government. This however did not go down we...

Security forces strike it rich: Imphal, Feb 5: Security forces have arrested five activists, including three PREPAK cadres and two PULF men in the last 48 hours. According to a statement of the SP (IW) Clay Khongsai a commando team acted swiftly upon receiving information of unknown miscreants attacking the Keishamthong Moirangningthou Leirak residence of Executive Engineer of Education (S) Department's Engineering Cell Yumnam Deben Singh at around 8.20 pm on Monday. While the commandos arrested one Koijam Warjit Singh (s/o) (L) K Yaima of Thongju Part-I Pheija Leitong from the incident site, three others managed to evade arrest. Describing Warjit as active member of the PREPAK, the SP said that one mobile phone (Nokia 6681) handset bearing No 9436871856 and paper chit having mobile phone No 9856907147 of Mukhesh (PREPAK) from was impounded from him. The mobile phone contained two sound clippings of a telephonic conversation between Warjit and one Khuman of PREPAK with the latter i...

3 KYKL cadres, including Lt Great, killed: Imphal, Dec 10: Three cadres of the underground Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup, KYKL, including a self-styled lieutenant, were killed by a combined team of police commandos from Bishnupur and Imphal west districts inside a city hotel on Monday morning around 10:15 am. The police recovered one AK-47 rifle with one magazine containing 22 live rounds, one 9mm pistol with three live rounds and one .36 hand grenade in the wake of the encounter that took place at the City Inn hotel at North AOC under Imphal west police station. According to a press statement issued by the SP Imphal West Clay Khongsai, the incident took place when a team of Bishnupur district police commandos assisted by Imphal West police commandos raided the hotel this morning following a tip off of the presence of some hardcore KYKL activists. While carrying out room-to-room search at the third floor of the hotel, unknown armed persons fired towards the police commandos from one of the r...

Bomber already dead, claims nabbed PREPAK cadre: Imphal, Dec 9: A cadre of proscribed PREPAK, who was allegedly involved in the bomb blast at Sarajeevan Videocon House, Paona Bazar, on November 16, was nabbed by the Imphal west police commandos late yesterday, police said on Sunday. The police also came to know from the disclosures made by the arrested cadre that one of the PREPAK cadres killed in a shootout on December 6 at Lamphel RIMS colony was the main culprit in the bombing, SP Imphal West Clay Khongsai said. Source: The Imphal Free Press Full Story: Another Story: Related Story:

Motor rally denounces crime against women: Imphal, Dec 6: As a part of the forthnight long observation of Violence Against Women, a motor rally was taken out under the aegis of the Women Action for Development (WAD) in Imphal East district on Thursday. Full Story: Commandos gun down UG suspect: Imphal, Dec 6: Imphal West commandos shot dead a suspected underground activist along the road of RIMS Doctors' colony at Lamphel just opposite to RIMS morgue at around 1.45 pm on Thursday. According to a statement issued by SP of Imphal West District Clay Khongsai, acting on a credible information about some suspected PREPAK activists exhorting money from offices located in Lamphel area, commandos of Imphal West District conducted search operation at the said area at around 1.45 pm on Thursday. Full Story: Truck drivers rescued from KLA militants: Imphal, Dec 6: Two truckers who had been detained in the custody of a Kuki militant group since December 2 were rescued safely by a strong team ...