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…
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…
