Heavy gunfire was reported between unidentified gunmen and police commandos in Moreh town of ethnic violence-hit Manipur at around 3:50 PM on Saturday.
Even as Manipur's BJP government has publicised a 'war on drugs', TNM has found that heroin has gotten cheaper and more popular in the state with high school students increasingly prone to drug addiction.
Manipur violence: Protests have erupted in the areas dominated by the Kuki-Zo community in Manipur, particularly in the Kangpokpi district, after the brutal killing of three people in Thowai village in Ukhrul district on Friday.
At a BJP-run relief camp for pregnant Meitei women, many women are giving birth before moving on to other camps, separated from families and stuck in uncertainty as the violence in Manipur continues.
Amid the Kuki-Meitei conflict in Manipur, sections from both the warring sides have gone out of their way to keep a few of the inter-community couples safe. TNM met such inter-community couples at different places in Manipur.