NEW DELHI: Five people were killed in fresh violence in Manipur‘s Jiribam district on Saturday morning, police said. One person was shot dead while asleep and four armed individuals were killed in an ensuing exchange of gunfire.A police officer reported that militants entered the house of a solitary resident who lived in an isolated location…
GUWAHATI: After back-to-back drone strikes, Manipur was jolted Friday by suspected tribal militants carrying out the first reported rocket attacks in the state, one of which killed a 70-year-old priest and wounded five people in a Bishnupur house belonging to the family of the state’s first CM, Mairembam Koireng Singh.The deceased, RK Rabei of Moirang…
GUWAHATI: After back-to-back drone strikes, Manipur was jolted Friday by suspected tribal militants carrying out the first reported rocket attacks in the state, one of which killed a 70-year-old priest and wounded five people in a Bishnupur house belonging to the family of the state’s first CM, Mairembam Koireng Singh.The deceased, RK Rabei of Moirang…
NEW DELHI: Putting stress on performance and participation in Parliament, Congress is learnt to have instituted a system to assess its LS MPs. It has told members that a keen eye is being kept on them and they should live up to the expectations of their large support base that elected them.LoP in Lok Sabha…
GUWAHATI: Amid protests by Manipur’s Kukis against the withdrawal of two “non-partisan” Assam Rifles (AR) battalions from two sensitive security buffer zones in the strife-torn state, Army has recommended placing the incoming CRPF battalions under the command and control of AR’s sector headquarters.Kuki MLAs have been part of the protests to retain the AR troops.The…
NEW DELHI: Rekha Sharma, who served as the chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW), concluded her tenure on Tuesday. Sharma, 60, began her role as NCW chairperson on August 7, 2018.She has been involved with NCW since 2015, taking on roles as a member and temporarily as chairperson before becoming chief.“Today marks the…
GUWAHATI: Hmar Inpui, the top association representing Hmar tribe of Kuki-Chin-Zo ethnic group, declared Saturday a peace agreement brokered two day ago between Meiteis and tribal group in Manipur‘s Jiribam as “null and void”, saying it was signed “without our prior, informed consent”.Jiribam has a multi-ethnic demography and remained untouched until this summer by the…
GUWAHATI: Several displaced Meitei people living in a relief camp in the valley region of Manipur were wounded in a clash with police during a rally, organised in Imphal Thursday to demand their right to return home in the India-Myanmar border town of Moreh in Tengnoupal district.These people were displaced 15 months ago due to…
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: Manipur got its first representation in Supreme Court on Thursday as CJI D Y Chandrachud administered the oath of office to 61-year-old Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh as a judge of the apex court.In Courtroom No. 1, packed with lawyers and relatives of the newly-appointed judges, the CJI also administered oath to Justice R…
