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Flooded street in Dibrugarh, Assam, during monsoon flooding

Centre to Send Inter-Ministerial Team to Assam Today as Flood Toll Holds at 47

An inter-ministerial central team is due in Assam on Saturday to assess the scale of flood damage that has killed 47 people…

Manipur

Manipur Police Recover Rifles, Chinese Grenade in Imphal West Arms Haul

Manipur Police said security forces recovered a cache of firearms and a Chinese-made hand grenade from the Akham-Lamdeng stretch under Lamsang police…

Fact Check

Fact Check: No, Chinese Troops Did Not Advance 60 km Into Arunachal Pradesh’s Taksing Sector

The claim: On the night of June 30, videos began circulating on X and other platforms alleging that the Chinese People’s Liberation…

Manipur

Durand Cup Comes Home: Imphal to Host Group D Matches as Trophy Tour Marks Manipur’s Football Legacy

Asia’s oldest football tournament is coming home to one of Indian football’s most storied talent hubs. Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla and…

Manipuri horsemen playing Sagol Kangjei, the traditional Manipur polo game, in a photograph taken before 1908

Culture & Heritage

Sagol Kangjei: The Manipuri Game That Gave the World Modern Polo

Long before “polo” entered the English sporting vocabulary, Manipur had Sagol Kangjei — a game played on horseback with a long-handled stick,…

Wheelchair basketball players contest a rebound during a Euroleague match, file photo

Manipur

Bishnupur’s Ritu Chanu Set for Historic Commonwealth Games Wheelchair Basketball Debut

Irengbam Ritu Chanu of Irengbam village, Nambol, in Bishnupur district is set to become the first athlete from Manipur to represent India…

Dancers in traditional Manipuri Ras Leela costume performing at a festival in Kamalganj, Moulvibazar, Bangladesh

Culture & Heritage

Ras Leela: The Classical Dance Manipur Gave the World

Long before Manipur became shorthand for conflict in national headlines, it was known in classical dance circles for something else entirely: Ras…

Manipur

Manipur’s Bhumeshwory Devi Huidrom Wins Bronze in Asian U23 800m

Manipur has another name to add to its short list of international athletics medallists. Bhumeshwory Devi Huidrom, a 22-year-old middle-distance runner from…

Shree Govindajee Temple in Imphal, Manipur, with its golden domes, the main venue of Kang Chingba

Culture & Heritage

Kang Chingba: Inside Manipur’s Nearly 200-Year-Old Rath Yatra Tradition

Every year in the Manipuri month of Engen, which falls across late June and early July, the streets around Imphal’s Shree Govindajee…

A lawn bowls player delivering a bowl during a match, generic file photo of the sport

Sports

At 43, Assam’s Putul Sonowal Stuns World Champion in Commonwealth Games Lawn Bowls Debut

A 43-year-old Havildar with the Assam Police has handed India one of its most improbable results of the 2026 Commonwealth Games. Putul…