In a major crackdown on gold smuggling, a joint team of the Anti-Smuggling Unit of Customs Division Imphal, Air Intelligence Unit and CISF seized 972.28 grams of gold paste worth Rs 70.31 lakh from an individual at Bir Tikendrajit International Airport, Imphal, on Sunday.
The bridge was badly damaged and as a result no vehicles could pass through the bridge. The locals initiated the action and constructed a makeshift road for the movement of the vehicles.
Chief minister Nongthombam Biren Singh informed the assembly on Tuesday that altogether 63 persons were reported missing since the ethnic violence unfolded in restive Manipur in May last year.
The Manipur police on Thursday not only claimed that “members of Arambai Tenggol” were involved in the “attempt” on the life of a senior police officer and intimidating his family members on the evening of February 27 in Imphal but also accused the Meitei radical group of “engaging in many anti-social activities”.
