NEW DELHI: Tensions escalated in Imphal West, Manipur, on Friday as a group of women protesters attempted to storm the residence of Yumnam Joykumar Singh, the state president of the National People’s Party (NPP) over his remark that Arambai Tenggol “attacked” Kukis, which was later revoked.In a post on X, Singh had said, “Biren Ji…
IMPHAL: A temporary camp of Assam Rifles was set ablaze in Hongbei village of Manipur’s Kamjong district Saturday during protests over what residents described as “continuous frisking” and harassment along Imphal-Myanmar road. The paramilitary force conducts counter-insurgency operations in the Northeast and guards the India-Myanmar border.The situation escalated when AR personnel allegedly stopped the transport…
NEW DELHI: Government employees in Manipur were forced by volunteers of a civil society organisation to leave their offices as part of a two-day shutdown of state and central government offices.The student wing of the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) entered the secretariat and the directorate of transport office, located just a few metres…
GUWAHATI: Manipur’s valley districts plunged into violence Saturday as protesters torched property and attacked homes of ministers and MLAs in Imphal, following the discovery of six bodies – three women and three children – in the Barak river in conflict-ridden Jiribam over the past two days. Security forces drove away a mob that tried to…
GUWAHATI: The backlash against CRPF and Manipur police over the November 11 Jiribam gunfight in which 10 “armed militants” died spilled over to Churachandpur Friday – marked by street protests, petitions to Union home minister Amit Shah and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), and a campaign for a judicial inquiry.Hundreds of protesters joined the…
