Tag: Manipur

10 Kuki-Zo MLAs Hold Protest In Delhi, Seek PM’s Intervention In Manipur

December 10, 2024 admin

The 10 MLAs, including seven from the BJP, held the sit-in-protest at Jantar Mantar. (Representational) New Delhi: Reiterating their demand for a Union Territory carved out from Manipur, 10 MLAs from the Kuki-Zo tribes held a sit-in protest in Delhi on Tuesday and submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking his intervention to…

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After 6 Of Family Killed In Manipur Jiribam Massacre, Survivors Seek Death Penalty For Kuki Militants

December 7, 2024 admin

Family members of six people from the Meitei community killed in Jiribam address the press in Delhi New Delhi: Family members of six people from the Meitei community including three children who were kidnapped and killed in Manipur’s Jiribam narrated what they called the “horror” of November 11. Telem Uttam Singh, who lost his two…

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Manipur Government Attempt To Reopen Public Transport Hits Kuki Roadblock

December 5, 2024 admin

Manipur’s attempt to restart public transport between hill and valley areas failed (File) Imphal/Guwahati: Civil society groups of Manipur’s Kuki tribes in Kangpokpi called a shutdown of the district after the Manipur government announced public buses would run from the state capital Imphal till this district, and towards Bishnupur and Churachandpur. Members of the Kuki…

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3-Member Panel Probing Causes Behind Manipur Violence Gets Another Extension

December 4, 2024 admin

The panel was mandated to make inquiry with respect to the causes and spread of the violence New Delhi: The Centre has given another extension to the commission of inquiry probing cases of violence in Manipur. The new deadline is May 20, 2025. At least 258 people have died in the Meitei-Kuki ethnic clashes that…

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Manipur Government To Open Bus Service With Police Escort Between Key Districts, Warns Against Violence

December 3, 2024 admin

The state government appealed to the people to cooperate with the administration Imphal: The Manipur government has decided to again operate inter-district public vehicles under tight security from Imphal to hill districts from Wednesday amid a lull in ethnic violence in the state, according to an official order. This will be the administration’s second attempt…

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3 Arambai Tenggol Members Arrested For Extortion Bid, Guns Seized: Manipur Police

December 3, 2024 admin

Manipur Police personnel check a vehicle in the state capital Imphal (File) Imphal/Guwahati/New Delhi: Three members of the Arambai Tenggol who were on the prowl to extort money from the public and government officials were arrested in Manipur’s capital Imphal, the police have said. A Ghatak assault rifle with one magazine and five rounds, a…

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29 Suspected Bangladeshis Holding Aadhaar Issued In Assam Caught In Manipur

December 2, 2024 admin

At least 29 suspected Bangladeshis with Assam documents were detained in Manipur Imphal: Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Monday said 29 suspected Bangladeshis having Aadhaar cards issued in Assam were detained in Imphal West district. Acting on a tip-off, the police detained the suspected Bangladeshis employed in a bakery in Mayang Imphal Bengoon…

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Manipur Government Flags “Kuki-Chin Christian Nation, Greater Mizoram Agenda”, Slams Chief Minister Lalduhoma

November 29, 2024 admin

Manipur government criticised Lalduhoma for calling Manipur counterpart Biren Singh “liability” Imphal/Guwahati: The Manipur government has criticised Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma for calling his Manipur counterpart N Biren Singh a “liability” for the state and the BJP. Lalduhoma also called for President’s rule in Manipur, in an interview to The Hindustan Times newspaper. In a…

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Hit My Face With Butt Of Gun, Manipur Boy, 14, Recalls Mother’s Kidnapping In Jiribam

November 29, 2024 admin

The two brothers, 12 and 14 years old, hid in fields during the attack by “Kuki militants” Imphal/New Delhi: Two minor siblings who hid in fields during an attack by “Kuki militants” in Manipur’s Jiribam district on November 11 have given details of what they saw that day. The elder of the two said he…

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Focus On Drugs Threat To Mizo Society, Don’t Pass Unwarranted Comments On Others, Says Manipur Government To Zoramthanga’s MNF

November 28, 2024 admin

Mizoram has reported many cases of drug trafficking in the last one year Imphal: The Manipur government has strongly criticised the “constant meddling in the internal affairs” of the violence-hit state by the Mizo National Front (MNF), a Mizoram-based political party led by a former chief minister who was defeated in the last assembly election….

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