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…
NEW DELHI: Three working days after the Supreme Court collegium recommended two judges to be appointed to the top court, law ministry on Tuesday notified the elevation of Justice R Mahadevan, a judge of Madras high court, and Justice N Kotiswar Singh, chief justice of J&K and Ladakh HC, as judges of the apex court.In…
NEW DELHI: The home ministry will hold talks “at the earliest” with Meitei and Kuki representatives from Manipur as part of a fresh bid to bridge the ethnic divide that has been causing recurrent unrest and clashes between the state’s indigenous communities over the past one year.This was stated by home minister Amit Shah at…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday chaired a high-level meeting in Delhi to review the security situation in Manipur. The meeting was held as fresh violence was reported in the north-eastern state.As per a statement by the ministry of home affairs, Shah conducted a holistic review of the security situation in Manipur…
