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Imphal/Guwahati: A key tripartite meeting was held on Thursday between the Centre, the Manipur government, and the United Naga Council (UNC) over the Naga body’s demand for rollback of “arbitrarily created” seven districts. A senior Manipur Home Department officer said that after the threadbare discussion in the meeting, it was mutually agreed that a proposal…
New Delhi: Manipur has sent a tableau themed on one of its most significant traditional sports ‘sagol kangjei’ (polo) to the Bharat Parv exhibition at the Red Fort as part of the Republic Day celebrations. The exhibition began today and will end on January 31. This year’s tableau was designed by Imphal resident Ningombam Ibohal,…
Manipur state president of Nitish Kumar’s party JDU had withdrawn support to the BJP-led government. Within an hour, the party high command not only reversed their decision but also removed state president Viren Singh from the post. . On Wednesday at 4:30 pm, JDU Manipur President had announced withdrawal of support. Shortly afterwards, JDU’s national…
Imphal: In a surprising development, the Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United) has withdrawn support from the N Biren Singh-led BJP government in Manipur and its lone MLA will sit in the Opposition benches. While this development will have no impact on the stability of the government, it is a strong message because the JDU is…
Imphal: Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Tuesday said every misunderstanding should be resolved by discussions and that all recognised tribes of the state should live together. Speaking at 53rd Statehood Day celebrations, Mr Singh appealed to stop engaging or speaking on irrelevant matters, and diverting from issues. Manipur became a full-fledged state on…
Imphal: The Meitei group Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) on Sunday demanded that the Centre implement NRC in the state to identify illegal immigrants from Myanmar. The COCOMI urged the government to complete fencing along the India-Myanmar border at the earliest to stop illegal immigration and trafficking of arms and drugs. “The Centre has…
Imphal: A village chief from the Kuki tribes has termed as “baseless” an allegation by a woman that Kuki villagers assaulted her when she tried to build a house in Manipur’s K Lungwiram Naga village in Kangpokpi district. Haopu Vaiphei, the chief of Leilon Khunou village, in a statement said no assault or misunderstanding happened…
Imphal: A village chief from the Kuki tribes has termed as “baseless” an allegation by a woman that Kuki villagers assaulted her when she tried to build a house in Manipur’s K Lungwiram Naga village in Kangpokpi district. Haopu Vaiphei, the chief of Leilon Khunou village, in a statement said no assault or misunderstanding happened…
Imphal/New Delhi: A village authority and civil society organisations of the Naga tribes in Manipur have condemned an alleged attack by members of the Kuki tribes on a woman over her attempt to build a house on a plot of land in the village, which the village authority says is exclusively a Liangmai Naga village….
Imphal/New Delhi: The police chief of Manipur’s Kangpokpi district who was injured in protests by members of the Kuki tribes on Friday had been fighting extortionists and pushing back against a call for a meeting “with all police personnel” by a civil society group, intelligence sources told NDTV. They cited two flash messages sent by…