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Displaced after violence hit Manipur’s Churachandpur last year, Nganthoibi Mutum and her family have been living in a relief camp at Imphal uncertain of when they will return home. With the Lok Sabha polls a month away, thousands of voters in the violence-hit state currently occupy relief camps and will be allowed to vote from…
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Manipur farmers say they need funds to sow fresh seeds this year Imphal/New Delhi: Yumnam Ranjan was a farmer in a village in Manipur eight months ago. Now he’s a carpenter in a crowded city. The 42-year-old resident of Phubala village in Bishnupur district has rented a small room in the state capital Imphal. He…
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Union Minister RK Ranjan Singh has written to PM Narendra Modi on solving the Manipur crisis Imphal/New Delhi: Union Minister Rajkumar Ranjan Singh has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to set up a system that can bring credible civil society groups from both the Kuki-Zo tribes and the Meitei community for sincere talks to solve…
The Manipur government is looking to scrap hereditary chieftainship, similar to what Mizoram did Imphal/New Delhi: The Manipur government will take “appropriate steps” to enforce a law that will end the system of hereditary chieftainship in the hills areas of the state, BJP MLA Rajkumar Imo Singh said in a post on X, formerly Twitter….
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Arms and ammunition were looted from the Bishnupur police armoury (File) New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a charge sheet against seven accused in connection with the looting of arms and ammunition from the Bishnupur police armoury during the Manipur ethnic violence last year, officials said on Sunday. The CBI recently…
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Security forces patrol a road in Manipur (File) Dimapur/New Delhi: The people of Manipur should cooperate with the security forces in fighting armed groups that are exploiting the ethnic division in the state to carry out criminal activities, sources in the security forces told NDTV. The appeal came a day after the Manipur Police in…
Some 18,000 people are living in 115 relief camps in Churachandpur Imphal/Guwahati: Two of 12 trucks and buses set on fire by protesters in Manipur’s Churachandpur district on February 15 contained relief material for internally displaced people, the state government said in a statement on Saturday, amid protest by people in the camps over shortage…
Around 700 armed miscreants attempted to storm a police camp, and snatched eight sophisticated weapons, over 600 rounds of ammunition, and over half a dozen vehicles from multiple police locations in Imphal on Wednesday evening, according to details accessed by The Hindu. Three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were injured as they tried to…
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Issue in Manipur is between neither minority and majority nor Hindus and Christians, he said. Imphal: Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Tuesday asserted that his government will never accept illegal immigrants in the state and said indigenous communities must continue to maintain their historical ties. Mr Singh also said that the arrest of…
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