BJP's central observer for Manipur, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that N Biren Singh will remain the state's chief minister after he was unanimously elected as legislative party leader.
Smriti Irani was canvassing for BJP candidate Okram Henry Singh in Manipur when she joined the group of dancers.
Former Congress leader Yengkhom Surchandra Singh, who had left the party last month, also joined the saffron camp.
Nadda had earlier visited the state in October this year. BJP came to power in Manipur for the first time in 2017.
The change of fire started on Sunday morning and the militants belonged to Kuki group.
Earlier on Saturday, while addressing a public rally at Manipur's Bishnupur, he called the state the "gateway for Atmanirbhar Bharat".
Sainik Schools are established under the aegis of the Ministry of Defence to prepare students mentally and physically for entry into the National Defence Academy (NDA) and Indian Naval Academy (INA).
According to an official statement, Guwahati Zonal Unit of the DRI carried out the operation in which one vehicle was also seized.
The Keithalmanbi Battalion of Assam Rifles on Friday recovered arms and ammunition in Manipur's Imphal.
The Manipur government on Thursday declared the whole of the Greater Imphal area as a containment zone with immediate effect for seven days in view of the rise in COVID-19 cases
A 40-year-old man and his wife who had come to the hospital for treatment were injured in the blast that occurred at around 9.30 am, near a sentry post in the RIMS complex, the officer said. The condition of the injured couple is not serious, he said.
The swashbuckling former bantamweight boxer won the Asian Games gold in the 1998 edition in Bangkok.
All scheduled commercial passenger flights have been suspended since March 25 when the government imposed a nationwide lockdown to curb the coronavirus pandemic. The flights resumed on Monday.
At least 87 Manipuris, who were stranded in Assam for days and returned to Imphal on Saturday, have tested negative for COVID-19, health department officials informed.
Several teams of the central probe agency were carrying out searches at nine locations including Aizawl, Imphal, and Gurgaon in the case of misappropriation of government funds, a senior CBI officer said.
127 extremist-related incidents in Manipur in 2018: Police Imphal, The Manipur Police has claimed that the number of extremist-related incidents declined in the state in the year 2018 when compared to previous years. A statement issued by the PRO of Manipur Police, W Basu Singh on Monday said that 127 insurgency-related incidents were reported in the state in the year 2018 while in 2017 it was 167 and in the year 2016 it was 233.
Among those injured were additional superintendent of police (Operations) of Imphal West district, one sub- inspector (SI), two assistant SIs and a rifleman, a police officer said.
At least 4 policemen and 1 civilian were injured in an IED (Improvised explosive device) blast at Thangal Bazar in Manipur’s capital Imphal, reported news agency ANI. All the injured have been taken to hospital.
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