Tag: Manipur

Fresh Gunfight In Manipur, Cops Say Women, Children Being Evacuated

April 28, 2024 admin

File photo Imphal: A gun battle broke out between village volunteers of the two warring communities in ethnic-strife-torn Manipur’s Imphal West district on Sunday morning, police said. The incident took place as several dozens of armed men opened indiscriminate fire on Koutruk village in the periphery of Imphal Valley from the adjoining hills in Kangpokpi…

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India Trashes US Report On Alleged Rights Abuse

April 25, 2024 admin

India has said it attaches “no value” to the report. New Delhi: Reacting sharply to a report by the US State Department in which it said there were “significant human rights abuses” in Manipur after violence broke out in the state last year, India has said the document is deeply biased and reflects a poor…

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Grenades, Rifles, Long Range Mortars Recovered By Army, Cops In Manipur

April 24, 2024 admin

They were acting on specific intelligence about the presence of arms and ammunition New Delhi: Arms and ammunition were recovered today in a joint operation of the Indian Army and Manipur Police in the violence-hit state’s Imphal East district. Acting on specific intelligence about the presence of arms and ammunition in the general area of…

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Re-Polling Begins At 11 Booths In Manipur

April 22, 2024 admin

Security has been tightened in all the polling stations to avoid any mishaps. Imphal (Manipur): Re-polling began at 11 polling stations in the inner-Manipur Parliamentary constituency of the northeastern state on Monday. After incidents of violence reported from these polling stations in Manipur on April 19, the Election Commission has ordered the repolling. Some miscreants…

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On Video, Deafening Sounds Of Gunfire Exchange Near Manipur Polling Booth

April 19, 2024 admin

New Delhi: Gunshots were fired near a polling booth in Manipur this morning. A 25-second video circulating online shows commotion and people shouting before two shots are heard in quick succession. A third shot is then heard, presumably in response to the first two. After this a volley of gunshots – possibly from an automatic…

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The Hindu Morning Digest – April 19, 2024

April 19, 2024 admin

Representational image. Indian voters will vote on April 19, 2024, for the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections which will cover 102 constituencies across 17 States and four Union Territories | Photo Credit: ANI India votes from April 19; 102 seats, 16 crore voters in Phase 1 Over 16 crore voters would exercise their…

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See For Yourself, Says Manipur BJP MLA Rajkumar Imo Singh Amid Row Over Congress’s Deleted Video

April 3, 2024 admin

The Manipur Congress holds a press conference on the row over the video Imphal/Guwahati: A video uploaded on the Congress party’s official YouTube channel ‘INC TV’ has become the latest flashpoint between the BJP and the Congress in Manipur. In the now-deleted video, the Congress’s former Manipur in-charge Bhakta Charan Das alleged the state BJP…

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Conrad Sangma’s Party To Support NDA Candidates in Nagaland, Manipur

March 25, 2024 admin

Conrad Sangma said NDA partners are supporting each other in the northeast. Guwahati: The National People’s Party, led by Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma, has announced that it would support the Lok Sabha candidate of the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) in Nagaland and the Naga People’s Front (NPF) nominee in Manipur. NPP national…

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How Women Lead By Example In Manipur Relief Camp Samurou That’s Also A School

March 12, 2024 admin

An elderly woman cuts betel nuts in Samurou relief camp. She gets 50 paise per chopped betel piece Imphal: Like many relief camps in Manipur, Samurou government high school in Imphal West district has also kept aside some classrooms with mattresses on the floor for internally displaced people to sleep. The children of families living…

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Army Officer Naib Subedar Konsam Kheda Singh Kidnapped By Insurgents In Manipur Rescued The Same Day

March 8, 2024 admin

The army man’s kidnapping was the fourth such incident in the state since May 2023 (Representational) New Delhi: An army officer, who was kidnapped from his Manipur home this morning, was rescued by the Indian Army this evening after nearly 10 hours, the Army said in a statement. Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) Naib Subedar Konsam…

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