Shutdown paralyzes normal life for second day in several parts of Manipur

Normal life remains paralyzed for the second day in many parts of Manipur including capital city Imphal, after the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity extended its cease work protest by a day. It may be mentioned that the COCOMI, which is a conglomerate of 5 Civil Society Organisations, have taken up a series of agitations […]

Apprehensions run high in Manipur over talks between GoI, NSCN-IM; people in Churachandpur stock essentials

Apprehensions over the Naga Peace Talks are running high in Manipur, people in the state’s Churachandpur district have started stocking essentials sensing protests in the days to come. At a time when the political parties and civil society bodies in the state are in a huddle tracking every move relating to the peace talks, people […]

3 persons, including 2 women injured in grenade blast in Imphal

At least 3 persons, including two women were injured in a grenade blast in Imphal on Tuesday night. The blast took place around 7 pm, at Thangmeiband Hijam Dewan Leikai under Lamphel Police Station in Imphal West district of Manipur. The injured have been identified as Y Manihar, M Surbala Devi and N Bidimala. The […]

Minor girl found hanging inside school hostel in Imphal West

Suspicious death of a minor girl student has sent shock waves in Canchipur area of Imphal West on Thursday. The girl’s body was found hanging from the frame of a double bunk bed inside the hostel of a school, located in the area. School authorities and police have restricted entry inside the school campus as […]

Manipur: IED found outside Imphal school

A major tragedy was averted in Manipur’s Imphal after the police retrieved an Improvised Explosive Device or IED, which was planted in front of Imphal Public School in Canchipur  area near Manipur University. The IED which was kept inside a bag was first noticed by locals, who later informed the police authorities. Agitated over being […]

Japanese Ambassador to India Kenji Hiramatsu in Manipur

The Japanese ambassador to India Kenji Hiramatsu is in Manipur. A business interactive meet was held between Japanese business delegates led by the Ambassador and entrepreneurs, academicians and government officials led by Chief Secretary Dr J Suresh Babu at Classic Grande in Imphal on Friday. This was the first such interaction of its kind comprising […]

Manipur to host Indo-Myanmar conference; 13-member delegation arrives in Imphal

In a bid to implement Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Act East Policy, 13 delegates of Myanmar arrived in Imphal on Sunday to attend a conference that will be held on June 11. The conference is aimed at developing friendship between Indian and Myanmar and to establish good trade relationship between the two countries. A reception […]

Cong won’t allow Citizenship Amendment Bill to pass: Rahul Gandhi in Imphal

Congress president Rahul Gandhi continued to fire salvos at the Modi government yet again targeting it for trying to impose the Citizenship Amendment Bill on the Northeast. Addressing a rally in Manipur capital Imphal, Gandhi slammed the Centre for allegedly imposing an RSS puppet as the Vice chancellor of Manipur university. Starting form where he […]

CM Biren Singh launches project on ‘Rejuvenation and Conservation’ of Nambul river

With an objective to make Nambul River pollution free, Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh launched the “Rejuvenation and Conservation of Nambul River” project at Imphal on Saturday. Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister made an appeal to people asking them to stop littering on river banks. The Chief Minister also asked local clubs […]