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Barbed wire fencing was seen around Leishangthem Susindro Meitei’s home. Days after the attack on the residences of several lawmakers in Manipur, a state minister has increased security at his home. Manipur’s cabinet minister Leishangthem Susindro Meitei has fortified his home with barbed wire fencing, visuals showed. Mr Meitei, a BJP MLA from Khurai, has…
Manipur cabinet led by Chief Minister N Biren Singh holds a meeting in Imphal Imphal/Guwahati: The Manipur cabinet in a five-hour meeting on Monday took several decisions to rein in targeted ethnic killings in the last two weeks that have claimed nine lives. Ten Kuki militants were also shot dead by the security forces in…
A protester was killed and another injured in firing during a clash between security forces and a mob. Imphal: The Manipur government on Monday said it has constituted a two-member inquiry committee to look into the causes that led to a firing in the Jiribam district, which left one person dead and another injured. A…
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Six bodies were found in the Jiri River in Jiribam and the Barak River in Cachar over the last few days. Silchar: The postmortem examination of five bodies of the six missing people of Manipur’s Jiribam district has been completed at a state-run hospital in Assam’s Silchar town, officials said on Monday. Another body of…
Protesters in Imphal were seen putting posters of lockdown in the government offices. Imphal: The Manipur government on Monday extended the suspension of mobile internet and data services for two more days in seven trouble-torn districts, officials said. Home Department officials said that the violence-hit Jiribam district, however, remained out of the purview of the…
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N Biren Singh is drawing fire over his government’s handling of the Manipur situation Imphal: A day after withdrawing support to the BJP government in Manipur over the recent incidents of violence, National People’s Party (NPP) president and Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma hit out at his Manipur counterpart N Biren Singh. Mr Sangma clarified…
The family of a school teacher of the Hmar tribe killed by suspected Meitei militants Jiribam/New Delhi: One of the worst cycles of the Meitei-Kuki ethnic violence in Manipur since May 2023 began on November 7 in Jiribam district, 220 km from the state capital Imphal, on the interstate border with Assam. At least 19…
Guwahati: Unrest has broken out in Manipur again over the last two days. Violent protests have continued in the valley and the houses of several ministers and MLAs were attacked by mobs. Now tension simmers in the Imphal valley region as civil society groups have given an ultimatum to the Centre and the state government…
Headless body of the two-and-half-year old child executed by suspected Kuki militants Guwahati/New Delhi: For Laisharam Herojit, a relief camp inmate from the Meitei community in Manipur’s Jiribam district, the worst fears have come true – his family has been executed. Mr Herojit, in an almost inaudible, slow voice, told NDTV on phone from Jiribam,…
The COCOMI has demanded immediate military action against militants and the repeal of AFSPA. Imphal: Civil society groups in Manipur have issued a 24-hour ultimatum to the state government, demanding decisive action against armed militant groups. Manipur witnessed unrest again Saturday evening after a mob attempted to breach the residence of Chief Minister N Biren…
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