NEW DELHI,NOV 13: The government on Monday banned nine Meitei extremist groups and their associate organizations, which mostly operate in Manipur, for their anti-national activities, and launching fatal attacks on security forces. According to a notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, the groups that have been banned for five years are: Peoples’ Continue Reading
Manipur,Sept 27 : The Manipur government on Wednesday declared the entire state a “disturbed area” in light of the prevailing law and order situation. As per the state government’s notification, the entire state, except for 19 specific police station areas, was declared a “disturbed area” under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA). The Continue Reading
GUWAHATI,SEPT 26: Photos of two Meitei students, reported missing since July 6 amid the ethnic violence in Manipur, surfaced on social media, triggering fresh tension in the state. In one photo, the two – 17-year-old girl Hijam Linthoingambi and a 20-year-old man Phijam Hemjit – are seen sitting on a grassy compound with two armed […]Continue Reading
IMPHAL,SEPT 9: The toll in the violence that broke out at Pallel in Manipur’s Tengnoupal district rose to three with a 37-year-old man succumbing to his injuries while undergoing treatment at a hospital, officials said on Saturday. The man sustained bullet wounds on his head during the crossfire between security forces and armed miscreants, they […]Continue Reading
GUWAHATI,AUG 10: A 37-year-old married Meitei woman in Manipur has filed a zero FIR with the police alleging that she was gang-raped by unknown Kuki miscreants in the hill district of Churachandpur on May 3, the day the ethnic violence in the state broke out. The FIR was lodged with the Women Police Station, Bishnupur […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,AUG 9: Rahul Gandhi prefers being himself, bouquets or brickbats. He was reinstated as MP recently after Supreme Court stayed his conviction in the 2019 Modi surname case. On Wednesday, en route to the Parliament to speak on a no-confidence motion against the Modi government over the Manipur issue, Rahul Gandhi reportedly grabbed the […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,AUG 7: The Supreme Court on Monday appointed a panel headed by former Maharashtra cadre IPS officer Dattatray Padsalgikar to oversee the probe into offences of rape in Manipur. The apex court also constituted a panel of three women judges to oversee measures of relief, rehabilitation and rebuilding of houses and places of worship […]Continue Reading
GUWAHATI,AUG 5: Faced with an uncertain future amid the ethnic violence, displaced people in strife-torn Manipur, particularly children, are slowly slipping into depression, officials said. They started arriving at the relief camps in early May, with the children highly traumatised. Despite repeated counselling, they have not fully recovered. “We have started Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,AUG 2: Over 14,000 schoolchildren have been displaced due to the ethnic violence in Manipur, the Ministry of Education said on Wednesday. Over 93 per cent of these children have been admitted to the nearest school, Union Minister of State for Education Annapurna Devi said in a written reply in Rajya Sabha. “A total […]Continue Reading
IMPHAL,JULY 29: A delegation of 21 MPs from the opposition bloc INDIA reached here on Saturday to assess the ground situation in ethnic strife-torn Manipur. The team of opposition MPs will visit several relief camps to meet victims of the ethnic clashes that broke in the northeastern state on May 3. The MPs reached Imphal […]Continue Reading
