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 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
KOLKATA,JULY 29 : Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday alleged that the visit of members of opposition bloc INDIA to Manipur was a mere show-off. After arriving at Kolkata on Saturday morning, the senior BJP leader alleged that when Manipur used to burn under previous governments, those visiting the northeastern state now did […]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
IMPHAL,JULY 28: Two security personnel, including an Army jawan, were injured in a gun-battle with militants in Manipur’s Bishnupur district, police said. The gunfight broke out in Phoubakchao Ikhai area, around 50 km from the state capital Imphal, on Thursday morning and continued for around 15 hours till late at night, when the insurgents fled […]Continue Reading
Manipur ,JULY 25: The Manipur Police on Monday arrested one more accused in connection with the naked parading and molestation of two tribal women on May 4 in the Kangpokpi district. So far, since a purported video of the incident recently surfaced online, the police have arrested seven accused in the case. Officials said that […]Continue Reading
