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…
NEW DELHI: A major fire broke out at a building in the Manipur secretariat complex near chief minister N Biren Singh‘s official bungalow on Saturday evening, PTI reported quoting police.At least three fire tenders were dispatched to the scene to combat the blaze. An official said that the cause of the fire has not yet…
NEW DELHI: Congress and other opposition parties on Tuesday said PM Narendra Modi should pay heed to the ‘advice’ of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and visit Manipur which has seen violence for over a year now, a day after Bhagwat said the situation in the strife-torn state must be considered a priority.While Congress general secretary…
IMPHAL: In a recent incident, suspected militants set fire to a police outpost and several houses in Jiribam district of Manipur, officials reported on Saturday. The attack on the Jiri police outpost, situated in Chotobekra area near the Barak river, occurred around 12.30 am. Taking advantage of the darkness, the gunmen, believed to be hill-based…
GUWAHATI: The year-long ethnic conflict in the heart of India’s northeastern region, Manipur, deeply affected its multi-ethnic groups, resulting in the collective mandate of these communities going against NDA as the conflict significantly impacted their lives and changed the political dynamics in the Lok Sabha elections.Kukis, Meiteis, Nagas and Muslims, who historically coexisted in a…
GUWAHATI: Seven women shaved their heads and cycled 19km to promote peace and unity in Manipur on Friday to mark a year of the ethnic conflict in the state, reports Prabin Kalita.The women clad in black rode from Sekmai, a village on outskirts of Imphal, to historic Kangla. They carried placards reading “We want peace”,…
Prabin Kalita led seven women cycling 19km in Manipur, promoting peace amid ethnic conflict. Kuki Inpi Manipur appealed to PM Modi for separate administration, while Mallikarjun Kharge condemned Modi’s approach for damaging Manipur’s social fabric. Source link
GUWAHATI: Two personnel from 128 Battalion of CRPF lost their lives and two colleagues were wounded in an attack by unidentified militants at 12.15am Saturday in Manipur’s Bishnupur district. This was the first attack on a Central Armed Police Force deployed for peacekeeping duties in the state since the ethnic conflict began in May last…
