ED says the insurgent outfit has been threatening many to cough up money. List of politicians who ‘donated’ also includes a Congress MLA. Two of them deny paying anything.
Counter-insurgency operations resulted in killing of 33 insurgents, arrest of another 184 and recovery of 49 weapons in Manipur in 2024, MHA said in its report.
In the last 18 months, ThePrint has continued to track events in Manipur by sending reporters and photojournalists. This is how things have changed on the ground.
Apart from extorting money from establishments & individuals, insurgent outfit raised funds by collecting unauthorised taxes from liquor shops, highways & transporters among others.
A 1992 batch Manipur cadre officer, Joshi was sent to the state just days after violent clashes began. Move has led to speculation about Centre's plans to restore normalcy in Manipur.
Musk's Starlink, which provides satellite internet services, does not have a licence to operate in India. Indian Army had earlier found ammunition with alleged Starlink logo.
Seizure of Starlink device raises alarm since it means militant groups, criminal outfits in Northeast, including in strife-torn Manipur, can circumvent conventional internet restrictions.
As early states developed in the Iranian plateau and northern India, ideas continued to circulate between the steppe and the settlements of the Iranian plateau and the Punjab plains.
WEF report flags growing erosion of multilateralism, long considered stabilising force. 'Declining trust, heightened protectionism are threatening trade, investment.'
Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
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