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At least four people, including a 72-year-old woman, were shot dead on Monday afternoon after unidentified gunmen opened fire on a vehicle near Manipur's Churachandpur district, police said. Sources indicated that the killings are not related to ethnic tensions in the Myanmar-bordering state but are suspected to stem from an intergroup clash among Kuki insurgents. The ambush occurred around 2 PM near Mongjang village in Churachandpur, with reports indicating that the victims were travelling in ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, June 30 (Xinhua) -- At least four people, including an elderly woman, were shot dead Monday by unidentified gunmen in India's northeastern state of Manipur, officials said. The attack took place near Mongjang village in Churachandpur district, about 96 km south of Imphal, the capital city of Manipur. "Unidentified assailants today afternoon ambushed a car, killing a rebel leader affiliated Kuki insurgent group along with his two bodyguards. An elderly woman also lost her life near t ...Read More >
Mumbai: Senior BJP leader Ravindra Chavan is all set to become the next Maharashtra BJP chief as he filed his nomination for the post of party's state president on Monday. Mr. Chavan presented the nomination forms to Union Minister Kiran Rijiju, who has been appointed as a central observer for the elections by the BJP. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and outgoing party chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule were present on this occasion. With no other nomination being filed for the post, M ...Read More >
Imphal: Four persons, including a deputy commander of a banned Kuki militant group, and a woman caught in a crossfire between two warring groups, were killed on Monday in Churachandpur district of Manipur, as violence returned to the northeastern state. The killings came on a day, three civil society groups from Manipur urged the Centre to take immediate steps to rehabilitate people hit by the ethnic violence and ensure security for farmers who have land in the vicinity of the Imphal valley. Tha ...Read More >
Imphal: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has held a new round of talks with a joint delegation of three prominent Meitei Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in New Delhi. The discussions, led by A.K. Mishra, Advisor to the MHA on Northeast Affairs, focused on five key issues aimed at resolving Manipur's ongoing ethnic crisis. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! A 19-member delegation, representing the All Manipur United Clubs' Organisation (AMUCO), ...Read More >
Churachandpur/Imphal, Jun 30 (PTI) At least four people, including a 72-year-old woman, were shot dead in an ambush by gunmen in Manipur's Churachandpur district on Monday, police said. The United Kuki National Army (UKNA), a banned militant outfit, claimed responsibility for the attack that killed three members of another armed Kuki organisation that signed a peace agreement with the government in 2008. The ambush took place near Mongjang village, about five km from Churachandpur town, around ...Read More >
Imphal, Jun 30 (PTI) A delegation of Manipur civil society groups, which held talks with central government officials in Delhi, on Monday said the team has called for a "time-bound roadmap to address the crisis" in the northeastern state and "find lasting solutions". A joint statement issued by the Coordinating Committee (COCOMI), All Manipur United Clubs Organisation (AMUCO) and Federation of Civil Society (FOCS) said "the meeting commenced at 11:30 am and continued for over three-and-a-half h ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 30 (PTI) Three prominent Meitei civil-society groups from Manipur conveyed to the Centre on Monday that the territorial integrity of the northeastern state must be maintained, while seeking urgent steps for the rehabilitation of ethnic violence-hit people. A 19-member delegation comprising representatives of the three groups -- Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), All Manipur United Clubs' Organisation (AMUCO) and Federation of Civil Society Organisations (FOCS) ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Home Ministry is likely to decide on the formation of a new government in Manipur after holding a few more meetings with various communities in the state. This development emerged from Monday's meeting between Home Ministry representatives and three civil society organisations of the state, All Manipur United Clubs' Organisation (AMUCO), the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), and the Federation of Civil Society Organisations (FOCS). "We have got indications reg ...Read More >
Aizawl, Jun 30 (PTI) Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma on Monday urged refugees from Myanmar, Bangladesh and internally displaced people from Manipur who had taken shelter in the state to mingle with the local people and respect their laws, social practices and religious traditions. Around 40,000 people from the neighbouring two countries and a state are currently in Mizoram, he said at a government programme here. Also Read | Indian Railways Fare Hike: Will Mumbai Local Train Ticket Prices Inc ...Read More >
Aizawl, Jun 30 (PTI) Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma on Monday urged refugees from Myanmar, Bangladesh and internally displaced people from Manipur who had taken shelter in the state to mingle with the local people and respect their laws, social practices and religious traditions. Around 40,000 people from the neighbouring two countries and a state are currently in Mizoram, he said at a government programme here. Lalduhoma said that asylum seekers from Myanmar, and Bangladesh and those displa ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 30 (PTI) Three prominent civil society groups from Manipur conveyed to the Centre on Monday that the territorial integrity of the northeastern state must be maintained and sought urgent steps for the rehabilitation of ethnic violence-hit people and ensuring security for the farmers who have land in the peripheral areas of the Imphal valley, sources said. A 19-member delegation comprising members of the three groups -- Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), All Mani ...Read More >
Imphal, June 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) At least four persons, including a woman, were shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Manipur's Churachandpur district on Monday, officials said. A police officer said that the incident took place near Mongjang village in tribal inhabited Churachandpur district on Monday afternoon when the victims were travelling in a car. Mongjang village is around six km from Churachandpur town. The unidentified gunmen fired on the victims from a close range and quickly left the ...Read More >
Navi Mumbai: The father of a three-day-old girl who was found abandoned in a blue basket outside Navi Mumbai's Panvel wad traced and detained on Sunday, the police said. According to them, the infant's parents were not financially stable enough to raise her. Due to this, the couple decided to give up the baby to an orphanage that could look after her, reported PTI. However, the Navi Mumbai police's crime branch traced the infant's father, Aman Iqbal Kondkar, a resident of Thane's Bhiwandi, withi ...Read More >
Guwahati: In a first, a 19-member delegation comprising representatives from three prominent Manipur-based organisations headed by Meiteis -- COCOMI, AMUCO and FOCS -- will meet senior officials from the Union ministry of home affairs (MHA) in New Delhi on Monday, amid increasing calls to establish a democratically elected govt in Manipur.Leaders of these organisations previously met the home ministry officials separately but are now united to raise their demand jointly, as the Manipur crisis ha ...Read More >
Imphal, Jun 29 (PTI) Former Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Sunday said BJP legislators held talks focused on restoring peace and forming a popular government in the state. Speaking to reporters after a meeting held at the BJP state headquarters, Singh said, "We discussed the frustration faced by people and the hardships endured by internally displaced persons. Our party president had called this meeting of BJP legislators. She had recently met national leaders in Delhi as well." Singh ...Read More >
Balasore: With an impending flood threat looming over the northern part of the state, Odisha government Sunday placed the Balasore district administration on high alert, as several major rivers in the region continue to swell, an official said. Rivers including Budhabalanga, Subarnarekha, Jalaka and Sono are witnessing rising water levels and may cause flooding by Monday, the official warned. To oversee the situation on the ground and assist in flood management, an engineer-in-chief and a chie ...Read More >
Imphal: Manipur has witnessed a significant decline in violence, with a sharp drop in civilian deaths and injuries and a marked increase in drug seizures since the imposition of President's rule in February, officials said here on Sunday. Besides, Manipur Police, Assam Rifles and other paramilitary forces are also working tirelessly to recover thousands of weapons looted from police armouries following the outbreak of violence in May 2023, they said. Despite the relative calm, challenges remai ...Read More >
Imphal: Representatives from key Meitei civil society organizations (CSOs) in Manipur are scheduled to meet with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in Delhi on Monday, June 30. The discussions will focus on the ongoing ethnic conflict that has plagued the state. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! A joint delegation from the All Manipur United Clubs Organisation (AMUCO), Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), and the Federation of Civ ...Read More >
Guwahati: Former Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Saturday said that the central leaders of the BJP are assessing the situation and said that efforts are on to form a popular government in the state. Manipur has been under President's rule for the past over four months. "I am hopeful that a new government will be formed in Manipur soon," Singh told the media on the sidelines of a book release programme at the BJP state headquarters in Imphal. He said that the BJP is a national party, an ...Read More >
Guwahati: Former Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Saturday said that the central leaders of the BJP are assessing the situation and said that efforts are on to form a popular government in the state. Manipur has been under President's rule for the past over four months. "I am hopeful that a new government will be formed in Manipur soon," Singh told the media on the sidelines of a book release programme at the BJP state headquarters in Imphal. He said that the BJP is a national party, an ...Read More >
Imphal: In a fresh flare-up amid ongoing unrest in Manipur, the Katho Katamnao Long (KKL) and the Tangkhul Naga Valley Students' Association (TNVSA) have issued a 24-hour ultimatum to the Kuki community to identify and produce those allegedly involved in a mob attack on a taxi heading to Ukhrul. The incident reportedly took place on Thursday in Mongkot Chepu village, where a woman passenger was injured after a mob assaulted the vehicle's driver and damaged the windshield. Sources said the confro ...Read More >
Aizawl, Jun 27 (PTI) Mizoram Home Minister K Sapdanga on Friday said that more than 50 per cent of criminal cases in Mizoram in recent times were linked to people who came from outside and took refuge in the state. More than 30,000 refugees from Myanmar and Bangladesh and Internally Displaced People (IDP) from Manipur are currently taking shelter in the northeastern state, according to officials. Also Read | YouTube Channel Claims Govt Is Giving INR 4,500 Per Month To Unemployed Youth Under 'P ...Read More >
Imphal, Jun 27 (PTI) Tangkhul Naga civil society organisations in Manipur on Friday issued a 24-hour ultimatum to the Kuki community, for handing over those involved in the June 26 attack on a passenger vehicle in Ukhrul district, in which two persons were injured. The Tangkhul Naga, one of the major Naga tribes, is an ethnic group primarily residing in Ukhrul district of Manipur and parts of neighbouring Myanmar. Also Read | Lohardaga Shocker: Woman Strangulated, Teen Grandson Hacked to Death ...Read More >
Imphal, Jun 27 (PTI) Tangkhul Naga civil society organisations in Manipur on Friday issued a 24-hour ultimatum to the Kuki community, for handing over those involved in the June 26 attack on a passenger vehicle in Ukhrul district, in which two persons were injured. The Tangkhul Naga, one of the major Naga tribes, is an ethnic group primarily residing in Ukhrul district of Manipur and parts of neighbouring Myanmar. The ultimatum, jointly issued by the Katho Katamnao Long and the Tangkhul Naga V ...Read More >
An Indian state riven by ethnic tensions imposed an internet shutdown and curfew after protesters clashed with security forces over the arrest of some members of a radical group, police said Sunday. Manipur in India's northeast has been rocked by periodic clashes for more than two years between the predominantly Hindu Meitei majority and the mainly Christian Kuki community that have killed more than 250 people. The latest violence was triggered Saturday after reports of the arrest of five memb ...Read More >
Ahmedabad: The Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) police on Sunday registered an FIR against a couple from Vatva for allegedly cheating five people of a total Rs 55.38 lakh after promising them jobs in the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC).The complainant, a 40-year-old resident of Paldi, approached the police with a detailed account of the fraud. According to her, after the death of her husband in May 2020, she began looking for a job to support her two children.In Sep 2022, she was introduced ...Read More >
Imphal, June 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid the fresh violence over the arrest of members of Meitei radical outfit Arambai Tenggol, Manipur police on Sunday night urged the people not to support any shutdown called by the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs). In a statement, the Manipur police appealed to the public and peace-loving citizens not to support the call for such protests in connection with the arrests of individuals involved in unlawful and criminal activities. Manipur Police have been putt ...Read More >
New Delhi: National Investigation Agency on Sunday said that it has arrested three insurgents in a case related to a deadly attack on security forces that had killed two police commandos and injured several others in Manipur last year. The three men, along with their associates, had planned, conspired and executed the attack on an Indian Reserve Battalion post and security forces in Moreh, Tengnoupal district, on January 17, 2024. Among the arrested accused is Thangminlen Mate, a resident of T ...Read More >
Guwahati: The National Investigating Agency (NIA) has arrested three militants involved in a lethal assault on security personnel in Manipur's Moreh, near the Myanmar border, last year, the agency said on Sunday. The assault claimed the lives of two police commandos and left several others wounded. The NIA stated that the trio collaborated with their associates to orchestrate and execute the Jan 17 attack on an Indian Reserve Battalion (IRB) post and security forces in Tengnoupal district. The N ...Read More >
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