IMPHAL: Normal life was significantly disrupted in Manipur on Sunday due to a day-long general strike organized by several militant groups in protest of the state's merger with India on October 15, 1949.Violent videos circulation: Manipur government takes swift actionThe strike resulted in the closure of commercial establishmentsand markets, while public transport services were suspended, with only a...
IMPHAL: A grenade hurled from a motorbike towards Manipur minister Yumnam Khemchand's house in Imphal West late Saturday exploded after hitting an electricity pole near the main gate, injuring a young woman from the BJP politician's extended family and a CRPF sentry.Dinesh Chandra Das (57) of the CRPF's F30 Battalion suffered a splinter wound to his right hand, while Purnilesha Yumnam (25), the...
IMPHAL: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested four people and detained two juveniles, following an investigation into the alleged abduction and killing of two students---- Phijam Hemanjit (20) and Hijam Linthoingambi (17) who were last seen together on a motorbike on July 6.The accused persons arrested by CBI are - Paominlun Haokip, S Malsawn Haokip, Lhingneichong Baite and...
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Unique Identification Authority of India and the Manipur government to take steps to ensure that Aadhaar cards are provided to people displaced due to the bloody ethnic conflict in the state whose records are already available with the UIDAI.Observing that it does not propose to run the administration in Manipur, the apex court said necessary...
GUWAHATI: Browsers and bookmarks on phones sprung back to life in strife-ridden Manipur on Saturday after 143 days as the BJP-led state government ended the country's second longest mobile internet blackout after the one in J&K since August 4, 2019, that lasted a record 552 days. The return of mobile internet coincided with the administration lifting total curfew for a day in the twin valley...
IMPHAL: The body of an Indian Army soldier identified as Sepoy Serto Thangthang Komwas was found at Khuningthek village in Manipur's Imphal East district on Sunday, officials said. 96 Dead bodies still unclaimed: Manipur government releases data of death and destruction after 4-months of violenceThe deceased soldier belonged to the Army's Defence Security Corps (DSC) platoon at Leimakhong in Kangpokpi...
GUWAHATI: Days after the Centre announced it would reduce the "disturbed areas” under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA), the Assam government extended AFSPA, in eight districts of the state for six more months with effect from April 1. As per the notification, the “disturbed area” status, however, has been withdrawn from Lakhipur sub-division of Cachar district.In rest of the eight...
GUWAHATI: A Class XII student, who was appearing in the ongoing Council of Higher Secondary Examinations, Manipur, (CoHSEM), was shot dead in Kangpokpi district of the northeastern state on Saturday night, police said on Sunday. The examinations will conclude on April 1 with a paper on elective subjects.The incident assumed significance in the backdrop of the announcement made by the Centre and later by...
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