Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh highlighted the significant daily tax revenue loss caused by bandhs and blockades. He urged the people to seek dialogue instead of protests to resolve grievances. Singh emphasized the rich historical ties between Manipur and its neighboring regions, particularly Assam. He reinforced the importance of peaceful coexistence for the state's development and prosperity.

BJP won 32 of the 42 seats in Silchar Municipal Corporation elections held using ballot papers. Congress managed to secure only two seats while Independents took six seats. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma criticized Congress for performing poorly even with traditional voting methods. The elections focused on local issues such as water supply, drainage, and infrastructure improvements.

Captain Smit Machchhar survived a mid-air stabbing by his own co-pilot on a flydubai flight bound for Tel Aviv, staying alive through a 45-minute rescue effort led by Dr Shuta Musaev, a Georgian dentist who happened to be the only medical professional on board. Musaev used torn T-shirts, ice packs and constant conversation to keep the badly bleeding captain conscious until the plane made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.

Climate change and agricultural development have brought a new goose population to China with unique migratory patterns, a study has found. In an article on the Chinese Academy of Sciences website, researchers from the CAS Institute of Zoology said they had discovered a “genetically distinct” population of swan geese that emerged in Beijing over the past century. They said the timing of their arrival coincided with environmental shifts in the region during the early 20th century – namely climate...

A dad-of-one spat at an officer and kicked a police van cell after being arrested for speeding in a town centre.

Drivers are to be banned from parking in the cobbled heart of a Kent town centre after years of complaints from businesses and shoppers.

Two strangers are said to have thrown laughing gas canisters at a mum-of-two’s car in a fourth attack in two months.

A school in one of Kent’s most deprived areas has been warned it could be moved to another trust - as it requires “significant improvement”.

A couple are hoping to transform one of a town’s oldest buildings into a new business venture.

A pensioner who was charged with the attempted murder of her husband no longer faces prosecution.