Senior bureaucrat Arvind Shrivastava has been appointed as the new Revenue Secretary as part of a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre on Friday.

BJP MLA and former Manipur minister Vungzagin Valte told NDTV the only path to peace in Manipur is autonomy for the Kuki, Zomi, and Hmar people with a Union Territory status.

Pakistan’s army chief, Gen Asim Munir, delivered a provocative speech urging Pakistanis to uphold the ‘two-nation theory,’ sparking concerns in India. Intelligence sources view this as a diversionary tactic amid internal security challenges and escalating conflicts with the TTP and Baloch insurgents.