The Manipur government on Tuesday (June 6) extended its ban on internet services till June 10, a day after three people including a BSF constable were killed in a fresh spate of violence.
The suspension of mobile data services, including broadband, has been extended till 3 pm of June 10, an order issued by Commissioner (Home) H Gyan Prakash said...
Two persons died and three others went missing after alleged firing along the Arunachal Pradesh border in Assam's Dhemaji district on Monday (June 5), police said.
Locals had arranged a plantation drive at the inter-state border area on the occasion of World Environment Day, Superintendent of Police (SP) Ranjan Bhuyan said.
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Irate villagers set ablaze an abandoned camp at Sugnu in Manipur's Kakching district, where militants from the United Kuki Liberation Front (UKLF) were staying after signing a peace accord with the government, police said on Monday (June 5).
The villagers were venting their anger after militants burnt down at least 100 abandoned houses, includin...
The Central government established a Commission of Inquiry on Sunday (June 4), led by former Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court Ajai Lamba, to investigate the recent spate of violence in Manipur, which resulted in the loss of over 80 lives.
According to a notification issued by the Union Home Ministry, the commission will make inquiry with ...
Senior IPS officer Rajiv Singh was on Thursday named the new Director General of Police (DGP) in Manipur, where at least 80 people have died in horrific ethnic clashes since May 3.
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Rajiv Singh will replace P Doungel, an official order said.
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Thursday (June 1) that a panel, headed by a retired high court chief justice to probe the ethnic violence that had broken out in Manipur, will shortly be announced.
A peace committee under the governor of Manipur, Anusuiya Uikey, which will have representatives of all political parties, besides representativ...
Union Home Minister Amit Shah expressed on Wednesday (May 31) that the government is fully dedicated to expediting the restoration of peace in Manipur and ensuring the safe return of displaced individuals to their homes.
Shah said this after visiting the camps of Kuki and Meitei communities in Manipur on the third day of his ongoing visit to the...
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday (May 31) conducted a review meeting in the border town of Moreh to assess the security situation in the northeastern state, which has experienced intermittent violence for almost a month.
Shah, on the third day of his visit to the state, also met a delegation of the Kuki community and a team representin...
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday (May 30) morning had consultations with various stake-holders in Imphal, which started with a breakfast meeting with a group of women leaders and a separate meeting with prominent personalities as part of the Centre’s efforts to bring normalcy in Manipur.
Shah, who is on a four-day visit of Manipur, also ...
In a memorandum to President Droupadi Murmu, the Congress party on Tuesday demanded a high-level inquiry by a retired Supreme Court judge into the horrific violence in Manipur which it said has killed some 100 people.
The memorandum, signed by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party stalwarts from Manipur, said there was “a total collaps...
Expectations are running high in Manipur, as Union home minister Amit Shah landed in the troubled, strife-torn north-eastern state on a three-day visit. This is the first visit by the home minister since ethnic violence erupted in BJP-ruled state on May 3.
Powerful civil society organisations, who represent both the opposing communities in the s...
Seven engineering students travelling in a speeding SUV were killed on the spot, when their vehicle collided headlong with a pick-up truck at around 1 am on Monday (May 29) morning in Guwahati.
Six others have been injured in the fatal accident, which occurred near the Jalukbari flyover in Guwahati. According to the police, the speeding Scorpio ...
A day after the sudden escalation in clashes and firing between militants and security forces, an uneasy calm prevailed in ethnic conflict-affected Manipur.
Meanwhile, on Monday (May 29), officials said the death toll from clashes in Manipur a day before rose to five, as three more people, who were undergoing treatment in hospitals, succumbed to...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually flagged off Northeast’s first Vande Bharat Express from Guwahati to New Jalpaiguri in West Bengal on Monday.
The prime minister symbolically waved a green flag on screen to launch the train from Guwahati station where Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Assam Governor Gulab Chand Kataria and Chief Minister H...
Security forces have so far gunned down around 40 "armed militants" who torched houses and fired at civilians, Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh said on Sunday (May 28).
Singh’s comments came in the backdrop of fresh clashes breaking out between armed groups and security forces in over half a dozen places across Manipur on Sunday.
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Army chief General Manoj Pande on Saturday (May 27) arrived in Manipur on a two-day visit to review the ground situation in the wake of ongoing ethnic clashes, as the state reported rising incidents of violence over the last few days.
Accompanied by GoC-in-C Eastern Command Lt Gen Rana Pratap Kalita, Gen Pande landed at the Bir Tikendrajit Impha...
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday (May 25) claimed that Narendra Modi will become prime minister for the third consecutive term next year and the Opposition Congress will not even be able to secure its present tally in the Lok Sabha.
Shah made the remark while addressing a public meeting in Guwahati after ceremoniously distributing 44,70...
The ethnic violence that broke out in Manipur three weeks ago, claiming the lives of 70 people, has caused prices of essential commodities to shoot up sky-high, adding to the woes of the locals. The prices of essential commodities such as rice, potato, onion, eggs, LPG cylinders, and petrol have skyrocketed and are being sold well above the governm...
A recent clash between suspected militants and a group of individuals in a region near the borders of Bishnupur and Churachandpur districts in Manipur has resulted in one fatality and another person being injured. The area has been facing ongoing strife, police said.
Toijam Chandramoni, 30, was shot dead during the violence on Wednesday, and Lei...
Manipur remained in a state of tension on Tuesday (May 23) but overall exhibited a sense of calm following the previous day's outbreak of violence. The northeastern state had experienced incidents of ethnic violence since May 3, resulting in the unfortunate loss of at least 70 lives.
Business establishments remained closed on Tuesday morning and...
In fresh violence in Manipur, two houses were torched by a mob in Imphal East district after two armed miscreants forced people to shut their shops on Monday afternoon (May 22), police officials said.
However, no casualty was reported due to the arson.
The mob also beat up one of the miscreants while the other managed to flee. The two were ta...
The brutal ethnic violence in Manipur has cast a shadow on the thousands of Manipuri students in Delhi University.
Already, there has been one incident of an alleged physical on some Kuki students apparently by some Meitei students in the university area, leading to a police complaint and increased tensions.
Both Kuki tribals and Meiteis have...
The Indian Army has rescued nearly 400 tourists, including 54 children, who were stranded in Sikkim after torrential rains triggered landslides and roadblocks, it was announced on Saturday.
Heavy rains lashed Lachen, Lachung and Chungthang on Friday, stranding the tourists who were travelling to Lachung and Lachen Valley at Chungthang.
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Manipur appears to be normal, with no major incidence of violence taking place in the last couple of days.
But beneath the veneer of calm, there is a deepening chasm with tribal communities who are at the centre of recent Kuki-Meitei clashes claiming that "nothing short of a Union territory status" will "protect" their rights and "give security"...
Eight Kuki MLAs, and various civil society groups from Manipur have taken a decision not to engage in any dialogue with the N Biren Singh government, which is running the north-eastern state recently rocked by ethnic violence.
Several civil society entities belonging to Chin-Kuki-Mizo-Zomi-Hmar ethnic groups in Manipur and tribal MLAs, who belon...
