GUWAHATI: Manipur government retracted its intelligence report from 10 days ago about the infiltration of “900 Kuki militants from Myanmar” amid concerns over the leakage of sensitive information as new police inputs surfaced Thursday that “Kuki National Army (KNA) cadres are set to escort arms, ammunition, and drugs from Myanmar”.Ningthoujam Geoffre, secretary to CM N…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday refused to address the question of chief minister N Biren Singh‘s resignation over the Manipur violence, asking the reporter to not “argue.” He further informed that the central government was in the talks both the Meiteis and the Kukis for lasting peace in the state.Shah was…
NEW DELHI: Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh on Monday said that the recent arrest of a Burmese cadre of the Kuki National Army validates his claim that the ongoing crisis in the state is fueled by outsiders.Lauding the Assam rifles for nabbing the Burmese national along the international border, Singh said, “I appreciate the…
NEW DELHI: Congress on Monday mounted a fresh attack on PM Modi for not visiting strife-addled Manipur, with party chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra expressing concern over the internal security risks.Priyanka Gandhi Vadra alleged that the PM “has not made any effort to stop” the violence and the subsequent fallout. In a piercing…
Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh on Tuesday strongly denounced the recent bombing in the state that resulted in two deaths and seven injuries. He described the use of drones to drop bombs on civilians and security forces as “an act of terrorism” and condemned these “cowardly attacks” in the strongest possible terms.“Dropping of bombs…
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…
GUWAHATI: Manipur CM N Biren Singh Thursday informed the legislative assembly that various central agencies were pushing for reimposing Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958, in the valley districts of the state since violence broke out in May 2023.Responding to a call attention motion on “the long-standing demand” for removal of Afspa from Manipur moved…
