GUWAHATI: The search for a consensus face to succeed N Biren Singh as Manipur CM could stretch until Wednesday as BJP’s North-East incharge Sambit Patra scans a clutch of prospective candidates seeking to drive the Meitei-Kuki “reconciliation” agenda. At least one contender – cabinet minister and known Biren baiter Yumnam Khemchand Singh – put his…
NEW DELHI: Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh on Sunday resigned from his post, submitting his resignation letter to Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla at the Raj Bhavan in Imphal. Singh, who led the BJP government in the state, stepped down amid ongoing political developments. His resignation comes after months of unrest and internal party discussions….
Two Meitei youths who had been missing for two days after attending a recruitment test for central security forces at New Keithelmanbi in Imphal West district of Manipur were allegedly abducted by Kuki militants. CM N Biren Singh posted Sunday on social media that his govt is “focusing on the rescue of the abduction of…
GUWAHATI: Manipur CM N Biren Singh Thursday informed the legislative assembly that various central agencies were pushing for reimposing Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958, in the valley districts of the state since violence broke out in May 2023.Responding to a call attention motion on “the long-standing demand” for removal of Afspa from Manipur moved…
GUWAHATI: Manipur CM N Biren Singh on Friday informed the assembly that 10,675 illegal immigrants have been detected in the state in the last five years and they are from Myanmar, China, Bangladesh, Norway and Nepal.In reply to a question from a Congress legislator, Surjakumar Okram, the CM said 85 such illegal immigrants had been…
GUWAHATI: A CID officer and a driver suffered gunshot wounds in an ambush by unidentified gunmen on Manipur CM N Biren Singh’s advance security convoy in Kangpokpi district Monday, hours before he was to travel to adjoining Jiribam that has been grappling with a resurgence of ethnic violence and arson.Biren Singh, who was flying back…
