The Centre has declared the entire state of Manipur as disturbed under Afspa for another six months, excluding areas within 13 police stations. This extension comes despite a relative calm in the state, and includes continuations in parts of Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh until September 30, 2025. NEW DELHI: Maintaining status quo, Centre on Sunday…
Rahul Gandhi meets Manipur leaders (Source: X @RahulGandhi) NEW DELHI: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi met leaders from different communities in Manipur on Saturday, as the state continues to struggle with violence. He also slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not visiting the conflict-hit northeastern state. In a post on X, Gandhi wrote, “Yesterday, I met…
NEW DELHI: A delegation of Supreme Court judges led by Justice BR Gavai, has arrived in Manipur’s Imphal to visit relief camps in the violence-hit northeastern state.The delegation arrived in Churachandpur earlier today and visited a relief camp to meet people displaced by ethnic violence in the state. The visit aims to assess their situation…
GUWAHATI: The search for a consensus face to succeed N Biren Singh as Manipur CM could stretch until Wednesday as BJP’s North-East incharge Sambit Patra scans a clutch of prospective candidates seeking to drive the Meitei-Kuki “reconciliation” agenda. At least one contender – cabinet minister and known Biren baiter Yumnam Khemchand Singh – put his…
GUWAHATI: N Biren Singh‘s attempts to project himself as the “saviour” of Manipur’s majority Meitei community throughout the 648 days of the ethnic conflict found an echo in his resignation letter as the chief minister on Sunday. He highlighted the state’s “territorial integrity” as one of the “most important” priorities, indirectly appealing to the Centre…
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Sunday criticised the timing of Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh’s resignation, arguing that his removal should have come earlier to prevent the deepening crisis in the state.Reacting to Singh’s resignation, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said, “For nearly two years, BJP’s CM Biren Singh instigated division in Manipur. PM Modi…
NEW DELHI: Nongthombam Biren Singh, the first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief minister in Manipur, stepped down from the top post in the northeastern state on Sunday.Singh’s resignation was a much sought-after demand of the opposition parties after the state witnessed horrific ethnic clashes, which broke out on May 3, 2023. In his resignation letter…
NEW DELHI: Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh on Sunday tendered his resignation from the state’s top job after threat of a no-confidence motion loomed against his government in the upcoming assembly session.This comes amid the ongoing violence and ethnic conflict in the state that has been raging for nearly two years which claimed more…
NEW DELHI: Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh on Sunday resigned from his post, submitting his resignation letter to Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla at the Raj Bhavan in Imphal. Singh, who led the BJP government in the state, stepped down amid ongoing political developments. His resignation comes after months of unrest and internal party discussions….
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday sought Central Forensic Science Laboratory‘s report on audio clips, which, a Kuki group has claimed, have Manipur CM N Biren Singh purportedly boasting how he allowed Meitei militants to loot the state armoury to target tribals during the ethnic conflict. Aware that state appears to be limping to…
