In 2025, security forces arrested 500 terrorists and seized massive caches of explosives across Northeast India. Despite a reduction in ethnic unrest, ongoing tensions in Manipur and a rising "narco-terror" threat remain critical challenges for internal security in 2026.
In its letter dated 30th December 2025, the Kuki Alliance for Nampi Awakening Movement or KANAM accused the NGT of “institutional violence,” “bureaucratic murder,” “collective punishment,” and “lethal indifference”. This scathing attack comes after the National Green Tribunal issued an interim order on 23rd December, stopping construction of an illegal “Ring Road”.
The 'Joint Tribes Council Manipur' pointed out that the Kukis from Myanmar are involved in large-scale poppy cultivation in Manipur and are protected by well-armed underground (militants) groups.
On 17th November, 41 acres of illicit poppy production was wiped out in Manipur's Tengnoupal and Kangpokpi districts. A joined team identified and uprooted the crops during the day-long operation which was conducted in the Khudei Khullen hill range under Tengnoupal Police Station.
PM Modi inaugurated projects worth over ₹9,000 crore in Mizoram, flagged off three express trains, and declared Aizawl’s entry onto India’s railway map.