NEW DELHI: In light of renewed violence in Manipur, the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act has been reimposed in 6 police station areas across 5 districts in the state, including violence-hit Jiribam, the ministry of home affairs announced on Thursday. As per the order, the Centre declared 6 police stations across 5 districts of Manipur…
A mob took away around 21 firearms and 900 rounds of assorted ammunition from the armoury of Ukhrul police station in Manipur in a raid coinciding with Wednesday’s gunfight 3km away involving two Naga villages, officials revealed Thursday as the death toll in the violence rose to four.While cops are still to report the number…
NEW DELHI: Flagging the escalating communal violence and a “disturbing” youth hostage situation that has emerged in Manipur, Congress MP Angomcha Bimol Akoijam on Wednesday wrote to Union home minister Amit Shah appealing for the safe release of two abducted youths. “I urgently bring to your attention the escalating communal violence, ongoing since May 3…
New Delhi: The Centre on Friday put a definite time-limit on proceedings of the Justice Ajai Lamba commission set up in June last year to probe the causes and associated factors of the ethnic violence that broke out in Manipur on May 3, 2023, asking it to submit its report latest by November 20.Amending its…
NEW DELHI: Amid renewed violence in Manipur, Congress Monday said PM Narendra Modi thinks it’s more important to intervene in the Ukraine conflict than to rein in violence in the north-eastern state, as it demanded that CM Biren Singh be sacked and serious steps be taken to restore normalcy. It also said SC-mandated inquiry panel…
GUWAHATI: Hundreds of enraged students clashed with police in Imphal Monday following the killing of a retired havildar and a woman the night before in a resurgence of violence that has claimed 11 lives since Sept 1. The unrest in the state escalated into large-scale protests, shifting the epicentre of violence to Manipur‘s Raj Bhavan…
NEW DELHI: Manipur BJP MLA and son-in-law of chief minister N Biren Singh, Rajkumar Imo Singh, in a letter on Monday requested the centre to withdraw central forces from the state if they are unable to effectively halt the ongoing violence on Monday. Singh, who wrote the letter to union minister Amit Shah, argued that…
Two people, including a woman, were killed, and nine others injured in a gun-and-bomb attack by suspected militants in the Koutruk and Kadangband areas of Manipur on Sunday. The militants reportedly fired indiscriminately from hilltop positions, leading to significant panic and damage.Police said the attackers targeted low-lying valley areas, resulting in heavy shelling and extensive…
NEW DELHI: Congress parliamentary chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday targeted the government on handling of various issues, including the Union Budget, Manipur violence, caste census, and recent attacks in Jammu and Kashmir. While addressing the CPP meeting, the former Congress chief accused the government of being “self-delusional” and failing to learn from their “decline” in…
NEW DELHI: Former deputy chief minister of Bihar and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday reacted to RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s remarks over the prolonged violence in Manipur and said that his statement has come ‘late’. “The Prime Minister has always been silent, whether it’s about the Manipur incident, the attack on our farmer brothers,…
