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«Fill the jails protest» started from Thursday.Thousands of agitators, mostly women, tried to storm various police stations in five valley districts — Bishnupur, Kakching, Thoubal, Imphal West, and Imphal East—but the huge contingent of Rapid Action Force and other security forces had to prevent them by firing huge tear gas shells. The protesters broke many security barricades in many places. Security forces had to fire tear gas shells to quell the mob. The district authorities have cancelled the routine curfew relaxation period in different valley districts. The 48-hour shutdown is called by the various civil society organisations across the state demanding unconditional release of five ‘village protection volunteers’ affecting normal life on Tuesday and Wednesday. Police officials earlier said that five persons were arrested on Saturday with sophisticated weapons in camouflage uniforms. A large number of men and women came out to protest the arrest and tried to storm Porompat police station in Imphal East district demanding release of the arrested persons, but the security forces repelled the police station attack by firing tear gas shells. Several people including a Rapid Action Force personnel received minor injuries during the tussles. The civil society organisations earlier set a deadline to release the five detainees, but police rejected the demand. The Manipur police have charged the five people under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act & Official Secrets Act. Police officials added that an INSAS rifle and a self-loading rifle — and 128 rounds of ammunition recovered from them.

Lawsuits that aim to hold major players in the fossil-fuel industry responsible for climate change are entering a critical phase, as several state courts this fall are considering whether the cases can move forward. Several states including Delaware, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Rhode Island, and dozens of municipal governments, have accused the world’s largest energy companies of playing down the industry’s contributions to climate change. The lawsuits, some of which date to 2017, seek financial damages based on claims that range from public nuisance and negligence to consumer deception and racketeering.

Authorities reimposed curfew in the twin districts of Imphal from 5pm Thursday after protesters try to storm police stations and court arrest demanding the unconditional release of the five youths arrested last week for carrying sophisticated weapons and donning camouflage uniforms, PTI reported. More than 10 people were injured when Manipur security forces and RAF personnel fired tear gas shells on protesters to disperse the crowd trying to storm police stations Hundreds of protesters holding placards and shouting slogans tried to enter the Porompat police station in Imphal East and Singjamei police station and Kwakeithel police outpost in Imphal West district, the report said.

blockade of the road connecting Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia. Thousands of Nagorno-Karabakh residents flocked to a camp operated by Russian peacekeepers to avoid the fighting, while many others gathered at the airport of the regional capital, Stepanakert, hoping to flee the region.

Chevron’s final mediated talks with unions seeking to resolve an industrial dispute that has disrupted operations across three LNG sites in Western Australia have ended with no deal.

village protection volunteers’. During the bandh there were some minor incidents reported from the valley districts, no major incidents happened relating to the shutdown. The bandh started on Tuesday.

Goldman Sachs is in advanced negotiations to divest its specialty lending unit, GreenSky, to a consortium of investment heavyweights, marking a significant pivot away from its brief foray into consumer lending.

Nagorno-Karabakh early Wednesday, a day after Azerbaijani forces used heavy artillery fire on Armenian positions in the separatist region that local officials said killed or wounded scores of people. Azerbaijan has called the artillery fire an «anti-terrorist operation» and said it will continue until the separatist government of Nagorno-Karabakh dismantles itself and «illegal Armenian military formations» surrender. It said it is only targeting military sites, but significant damage was visible on the streets of the regional capital, Stepanakert, with shop windows blown out and vehicles punctured apparently by shrapnel. The blasts reverberated around Stepanakert every few minutes on Wednesday morning, with some explosions in the distance and others closer to the city. The artillery fire raised concerns that a full-scale war in the region could resume between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which for more than three decades have been locked in a struggle over the mountainous territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Origin Energy co-suitor EIG Partners has offered an undertaking to the competition regulator that it would not share sensitive information about LNG marketing as the bidders take extra steps to ease the watchdog’s worries about the proposed $18.7 billion takeover.

Kashmir police have called off the seven-day long operation in Kokernag area of Anantnag in southern Kashmir on Tuesday. Two militants, including an LeT commander, three army men and a police officer were killed here. Additional Director General of Police of Kashmir, Vijay Kumar, reached the encounter spot along with GoC Chinar Corps, Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai, to review the situation on the ground.

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Imphal Valley districts on Tuesday as Meira Paibi, a collective of Meitei women, and five local clubs called for a 48-hour bandh from midnight demanding the release of five youths who were arrested for carrying firearms and sporting camouflage uniforms, officials said. Markets and commercial establishments remained closed and few vehicles plied the roads on Tuesday morning. Supplementary examinations of all subjects of class 10 board exams of Board of Secondary Education, Manipur, scheduled on Tuesday and Wednesday, were cancelled in view of the bandh.

NEW DELHI : Planning to fly during the festival season? Prepare to shell out a lot more this year. Airfares for the Navratri season on some routes have doubled compared to the levels seen last year as well as in the pre-covid year of 2019, while fares in other routes remain elevated, data from travel portal Ixigo showed. Average fares for a Bengaluru-Kolkata flight during the second half of the Navratri period have shot up to over ₹14,000 from nearly ₹7,000 in the same period a year ago.

operation in Kokernag area of Anantnag continued for the sixth day on Monday with armed forces firing mortar shells to flush out the terrorists. The search operations continued despite the inclement weather with heavy rainfall. The forces have recovered a charred body from the cave hideout and its DNA sample is likely to be compared with the family members of Uzair Khan, commander of The Resistance Front, an affiliate of LeT. Officials suspect this group could be bigger with a few more members «who are well aware of the high-altitude jungle warfare». The forces claim this is the most technologically advanced operation, in which heron drones and AI-based robots are being used.

The Intercept, an online American non-profit news organization. The arms sales were made for the purpose of supplying the Ukrainian military, signaling Pakistani involvement in a conflict it had faced US pressure to take sides on. The report stated that the revelation is a window into the kind of behind-the-scenes maneuvering between financial and political elites that rarely are exposed to the public, even as the public pays the price, ANI reported, citing The Intercept. Pakistan faced major protests in the face of harsh structural policy reforms demanded by the Washington-based financial body as terms for its recent bailout package.

NEW DELHI : Three large bidders have entered the last lap for acquiring solar projects totalling 350 megawatts (MW) from O2 Power, promoted by Singapore’s Temasek and European alternative asset manager EQT, two people close to the development said. These include Gentari Sdn Bhd, a unit of Malaysia’s state-run oil and gas company Petroliam Nasional Bhd; Edelweiss Infrastructure Yield Plus Fund’s Sekura Energy Ltd; and private equity firm Actis Llp, the people said on condition of anonymity. The transaction, having an equity and enterprise value of $50 million and $200 million, respectively, is being managed by EY, with these three bidders shortlisted from around a dozen non-binding offers (NBOs) that were submitted.

Kramatorsk, a front-line city in Ukraine's Donetsk region, a group of individuals gathers in a basement three times a week. Their purpose? To find respite from the relentless shelling that reverberates through their lives, courtesy of Russian artillery.

Anantnag has entered its fifth day. Thousands of soldiers, including paracommandos, are still engaged in a never-ending shootout deep inside the forested Gadol area. The terrorists are using the dangerous terrain and forest cover to keep the forces at bay and prolong the encounter.

private investment in defence companies. The remarks came after a meeting of the alliance's chiefs of defence in Oslo on Saturday, according to a report published by Reuters. Dutch Admiral Rob Bauer, the chair of NATO's military committee said, “Prices for equipment and ammunition are shooting up.

Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Shell, and BP have successfully adapted to countless societal changes over the last century — war, nationalisations, even the climate movement. But a major hurdle remains: Big oil has yet to appoint its first-ever female chief executive — something BP could soon change. This week, the 114-year old British oil company parted ways with its CEO Bernard Looney after multiple investigations found he failed to disclose several workplace relationships.

By Gwladys Fouche and Sabine Siebold