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Prawesh Lama

Prawesh Lama covers crime, policing, and issues of security in Delhi. Raised in Darjeeling, educated in Mumbai, he also looks at special features on social welfare in the National Capital.

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Govt keen to rehabilitate rebels... but will reply to bullets with bullets: Vishnu Deo

Sai urged the Naxals to lay down arms, promised to rehabilitate them, but said that the reply for a bullet will be a bullet

Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai spoke to HT about the ongoing anti-Maoist operations. (Vishnu Deo Sai | Official X account)
Published on Feb 11, 2025 09:15 AM IST

BJP brass to meet MLAs, allies on Manipur future

The BJP is seeking a new chief minister in Manipur after N Biren Singh's resignation, amid ethnic tensions and potential President's Rule.

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh submits his resignation to Governor AK Bhalla, in Imphal, on Sunday. (PTI)
Updated on Feb 11, 2025 04:40 AM IST

How growing discontent shaped Manipur CM’s resignation

Governor Ajay Bhalla accepted Singh’s resignation, but urged him to continue in the post until alternative arrangements are made.

Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh. (@NBirenSingh)
Updated on Feb 10, 2025 07:05 AM IST

Manipur CM Biren Singh quits after 21 months of crisis

N Biren Singh resigned as Manipur's chief minister amid BJP discord and impending no-confidence motion, following ethnic violence and Supreme Court scrutiny.

Manipur CM Biren Singh hands over his resignation to governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla at the Raj Bhavan on Sunday. (ANI)
Updated on Feb 10, 2025 04:58 AM IST
By, , Imphal/new Delhi

New CRPF chief reviews anti-Maoist operations in Chhattisgarh

The newly appointed Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) director general GP Singh arrived in Chhattisgarh on Saturday to assess anti-Maoist operations

GP Singh, who previously served as Director General of Assam Police until Tuesday, is likely to visit Manipur next weekend (HT Photo)
Published on Feb 03, 2025 06:04 AM IST
By, New Delhi

BSF stops ‘illegal’ bunker construction at Bangladesh border

BSF officials at Kolkata’s Eastern Command said they spotted the construction, initiated Friday night on Bangladesh’s side, during a patrol

Over the past month, BSF has observed BGB personnel constructing bunkers beyond the 150-yard limit and equipping their forces with lethal and non-lethal arms, officials said. (Representational image)
Published on Feb 03, 2025 06:00 AM IST

Amid a series of encounters with Maoists, focus on two most wanted

Deva and Hidma are the top two Maoist commanders, and, on January 16, they were cornered by security forces in South Bastar, but managed to escape

Cracking down on Maoists has come at a cost — in 2024, at least 17 personnel and 60 civilians were killed by Maoists. Thus far this year, Maoists have killed at least nine security personnel. (File)
Updated on Jan 25, 2025 06:10 AM IST

BSF, BGB officials meet over skirmish near Bengal border

At least a thousand citizens from both sides pelted stones, prompting forces to use stun grenades and tear gas to quell the violence, officials said.

A sector commander meeting between the Border Security Force (BSF) and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Thursday. (HT Photo)
Updated on Jan 24, 2025 06:08 AM IST
By, New Delhi

Assam police chief appointed as CRPF’s new director general

Gyanendra Pratap Singh will serve as the CRPF chief until further orders or until his superannuation on January 31, 2027

Gyanendra Pratap Singh, a 1991 batch IPS officer, is now the new head of the country’s largest paramilitary force. (X@PIB_Guwahati)
Updated on Jan 19, 2025 10:28 AM IST

India, Bangladesh farmers clash along border in West Bengal

The confrontation erupted after Indian farmers accused their Bangladeshi counterparts of crossing the border to steal crops, BSF officials said

The clash site was less than a kilometre from Sabdalpur, where tensions first erupted on January 5 when BSF began constructing a border fence along a 1.2 km stretch within 150 yards of the international border (ANI)
Updated on Jan 19, 2025 02:54 AM IST
By, , Kolkata/ New Delhi

Bangladesh impedes border fence work at 7 points

Border Guard Bangladesh has halted BSF construction at “6-7 different places” in North and South Bengal frontiers, officials said on condition of anonymity.

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves the country in a helicopter. (PTI)
Updated on Jan 13, 2025 03:00 AM IST
By, New Delhi

Govt probing if Starlink used in Manipur

Central agencies are conducting a probe to check the potential usage of Starlink internet services in Manipur after forces recovered an antenna and router

In this photo illustration, a Starlink logo is shown on the company's product packaging. (Representative Image)( AFP)
Updated on Jan 09, 2025 04:00 AM IST
By, New Delhi

Bijapur Maoist attack: IED was likely planted a month before detonation

Nearly 50% of IEDs seized by all forces across the state was from Bijapur district alone in 2024, according to police data accessed by HT.

DGP Ashok Juneja, ADGP Vivekanand, IG CRPF Rakesh Agarwal, IG Bastar Sundarraj, and other senior officials during their visit to the site where an IED blast occurred on the security force's vehicle, in Bijapur on Monday. (ANI)
Published on Jan 08, 2025 08:47 AM IST

CRPF’s Z+ cover to continue for ex-PM Manmohan Singh’s wife: Officials

Singh and his wife were accorded CRPF Z+ security cover in 2019 after the Centre withdrew their Special Protection Group (SPG) cover.

Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's wife Gursharan Kaur (right) with her daughter Daman Singh during a ceremony to pay last respects to former PM, at AICC headquarters, in New Delhi on Saturday. (ANI)
Updated on Dec 31, 2024 04:34 AM IST
By, New Delhi

India-Bangladesh yet to plan biannual border meet

The meeting between the two border guarding forces will be their first after the regime change in Bangladesh on August 5.

The chiefs of the two forces were set to resume their interaction last month but the meeting was deferred for a month by Bangladesh (Representational.PTI)
Updated on Dec 27, 2024 04:47 AM IST
By, New Delhi

Myanmarese living within 10km of Manipur border can enter state with a pass: MHA letter

The MHA has introduced a new scheme allowing Myanmar residents near the border to enter Manipur with a border pass, amid stricter regulations.

The facility will also be applicable for Manipur’s border residents who wish to visit Myanmar border villages. (AFP)
Updated on Dec 25, 2024 07:22 AM IST

Invisible hand seems at play in Manipur crisis: Former chief justice

No one appears to be in control in Manipur, where “an invisible hand” continues to fan violence, said former Manipur HC chief justice Siddharth Mridul.

Justice Siddharth Mridul’s tenure as chief justice began in October 2023, coinciding with the early days of conflict in the region, which has remained on the edge since May of last year (HT Photo)
Updated on Dec 25, 2024 04:49 AM IST
By, New Delhi

In Manipur conflict, rise in Myanmar-made weapons

Officials said they have been recovering different types of Myanmar-manufactured weapons and other equipment from militants.

The five pistols are marked ‘Made in Burma’. (HT Photo)
Updated on Dec 23, 2024 05:12 AM IST

Chhattisgarh CM looking to attract investments as LWE declines

Chhattisgarh chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai, along with a team of top state bureaucrats, are set to meet industrialists and investors in the Capital on Monday

Chhattisgarh chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai aims to boost the state’s economic and industrial growth in view of the declining cases of left wing extremism (LWE) (PTI)
Updated on Dec 23, 2024 06:48 AM IST
By, New Delhi

Priority is to ensure rebels give up arms: Shah to anti-Maoist op chiefs

The officer said that Shah has directed all agencies to list their requirements to ensure LWE is eliminated by the government’s tagetted deadline of March 2026.

Union home minister Amit Shah coming out of Parliament after the Constitution debate in Rajya Sabha, in New Delhi on Tuesday. (ANI)
Updated on Dec 18, 2024 06:20 AM IST
By, New Delhi

Peace process begins in Maoist-hit village

The new camp, officials said, is significant for the forces’ growing foothold in the region and will help in establish their presence in a hostile area.

The television sets were installed after the village was electrified through solar energy, an official said. (HT photo)
Updated on Dec 15, 2024 04:45 AM IST
By, New Delhi

After decades of bloodshed, two Chhattisgarh districts to shed LWE tag

The chief minister told Union home minister Amit Shah that two out of the seven districts in Bastar are finally free from left-wing extremism

Not a single case of violence involving Maoists have been reported in Bastar district in 2024, officials said. (HT Archive)
Updated on Dec 14, 2024 04:45 AM IST
By, New Delhi

At Delhi sit-in, Kuki-Zo MLAs question govt’s silence over Manipur

The MLAs also signed a memorandum, addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, listing their demands for the strife-torn state.

Kuki MLAs from Manipur stage a silent sit-in protest demanding the restoration of peace in the violence-affected Manipur, at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi on Tuesday. (ANI PHOTO)
Updated on Dec 11, 2024 06:03 AM IST
By, New Delhi

Chandigarh shares data on three new laws

Chandigarh police have registered at least 1,179 first information reports, filed charge sheets in 245 cases and got four convictions since July 1.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Union home minister Amit Shah visits an exhibition to see a demonstration on the implementation of three new criminal laws, in Chandigarh on December 3. (PTI)
Updated on Dec 09, 2024 05:54 AM IST
By, Chandigarh

Shah likely to spend night at forward base in Bastar next week

Shah’s proposed visit, from December 13 to December 15, comes against the backdrop of an uptick in anti-Left Wing Extremism (LWE) operations

Amit Shah (PTI)
Updated on Dec 05, 2024 08:08 AM IST

HT interview: Biren Singh a liability for party, state, says Mizo CM Lalduhoma

Lalduhoma, who heads the Zoram People’s Movement, also backed enforcing President’s Rule for now in the neighbouring stat

Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma.(HT_PRINT)
Updated on Nov 29, 2024 04:55 AM IST
By, Aizawl

All militias in Manipur must give up arms: Mizoram CM

Mizoram CM Lalduhoma said that Manipur CM N Biren Singh was a liability for the state, its people and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Mizoram chief minister Lalduhoma called for the reunification of Zo people’s traditional lands, now split across India, Myanmar and Bangladesh. (HT Photo)
Updated on Nov 29, 2024 06:04 AM IST

A Mizoram lifeline for 4 Myanmar Army rebels

Four Myanmar soldiers deserted their army, crossed into India seeking refuge in Mizoram, and shared their experiences of the ongoing civil war in Myanmar.

Over the last three years, after the 2021 military coup, around 30,000 Myanmar nationals have entered India and are living in Mizoram. (HT Photo)
Updated on Nov 27, 2024 04:09 AM IST

MLAs under tight cordon as Manipur conflict rages on

Personnel from the CRPF and BSF have set up bunkers and placed barricades outside the homes of legislators, the officials said.

Security forces keep vigil outside an MLA’s house in Imphal on Friday. (special arrangement)
Updated on Nov 23, 2024 05:00 AM IST
By, Imphal

5 tribal villages at epicentre of the unending ethnic conflict

Authorities are convinced the five villages are home to militants who travelled almost 250km to Jiribam.

Banner reading ‘welcome home brave martyrs’ put up when the 10 bodies were brought to Churachandpur. (HT PHOTO)
Updated on Nov 22, 2024 03:00 AM IST
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