02 February 2026
A riotous mob clashed with Manipur’s Rapid Action Force in Imphal Friday evening after it had torched a warehouse.
Police used tear gas shells to disperse the mob as it was believed that it would target other properties.
“The riot occurred near the Imphal palace grounds,” officials said.
Two people died and 22 were injured as cyclonic storm Biparjoy wreaked havoc in Gujarat on Thursday, uprooting trees, and damaging several vehicles and houses. The cyclone is likely to weaken into a depression this evening over Rajasthan.
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Cyclone Biparjoy is likely to weaken gradually into a cyclonic storm over Gujarat's Saurashtra and Kutch regions, and subsequently into a deep depression later this evening, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its latest bulletin.
At least two houses were set on fire by a mob in Imphal as the army and Assam Rifles stepped up their “area domination” operations in the wake of rise in violence in crisis-hit Manipur. Security forces had to resort to tear gas shells at the agitating mob at New Checkon in Imphal, news agency PTI reported. This comes just a day after a clash broke out between unidentified miscreants and villagers that killed nine people and injured several others in the Khamenlok area.
Assam All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Ripun Bora on June 15 in a series of tweets expressed his angst for the inaction of the Central Government in not taking any steps to investigate the alleged links between Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma and BJP leader Ram Madhav with a terrorist outfit.
In a tweet, Bora questions the credibility of the Government of India as it has been using central agencies like CBI & ED against opposition leaders all the time. Then why is GOI silent on the allegations of Assam CM Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma being involved with Kuki militants in the Manipur election in 2017? Bora demanded an NIA probe into the allegations and arrest of Sarma under the NSA Act.
Excitement is off the charts for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s maiden state visit to the United States. US officials say it will be a “springboard” to touch new horizons, set “new benchmarks” in defence-industrial cooperation and propel the relationship into “escape velocity”. They say they are playing the long game with India.
Key members of President Joe Biden’s cabinet have spoken with unusual clarity and enthusiasm in recent days, stressing the path-breaking initiatives they have launched to break old taboos and overcome the hesitation that still exists within the US bureaucracy. The White House is calling the shots and projecting Modi's visit as the cement that will bind the two countries and “consecrate” the relationship -- to use the words of Kurt Campbell, the White House coordinator for the Indo-Pacific. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said the two countries were at a “transformative moment” while on a visit to New Delhi earlier this month.
