Imphal: Manipur Home department has appealed to all sections of general public including Public functionaries to continue performing normal activities and functions during the statewide curfew announced by the Thoubal and Kakching District Apunba Lup (TAKDAL) on September 9 and 10 supported by other civil society organisations and to refrain themselves from involving in activities…
Imphal: Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (Cocomi) has claimed that the pushing back of security barricade at Phougakchao Ikhai on Wednesday was a moral victory. Cocomi is a conglomerate body of civil society organizations including AMUCO, CCSK, HERICOUN, LIPUL, UCM and others. Coordinator of the committee Jeetendra said as announced, the movement was carried on…
Imphal: During the last 24 hours, the situation in the state was tense with sporadic incidents of firing and congregation of protestors. Manipur Police Control Room said this on Thursday. Search operations were conducted by security forces in the fringe and vulnerable areas of Imphal-West, Imphal-East, Kangpokpi and Thoubal districts in which 17 bunkers were…
Imphal: A group of 33 professionals from Manipur, residing in the country and abroad have sent a strong rebuttal on the “Report of Fact-Finding Mission on Media’s Reportage of Ethnic Violence in Manipur”. The rebuttal was submitted to Seema Mustafa, president of the Editors Guild of India (EGI) as the report was commissioned by the…
Imphal: 37-year-old Ronald Meisnam loses his cool on seeing two contrasting photos – one, his native home at Mandop Leikai, a Meitei locality at Churachandpur district headquarters where he was born and brought up mingling with the tribal environment so much so that he speaks Kuki-Zo languages smoothly, and the other that rankles him is…
Imphal: The Thoubal and Kakching District Apunba Lup (TAKDAL) has announced to impose statewide curfew for two days beginning on Friday against Centre and Manipur governments negligence on the over four months long ethnic clash in the state. The organisation also announced to launch a non-cooperation movement against the central and state government from September…
Imphal: The Hindus in Manipur prayed Lord Krishna to bring an end to the present Manipur crisis on festival of Krishna Janmashtami. People thronged at Shri Shri Govindaji temple, ISKON Mani Mandir in Imphal and other temples in the state. Manipur governor Anusuiya Uikey in her greetings said `Krishna Janmashtami celebrates the birth of Lord…
Imphal: Eighteen bunkers were destroyed in Imphal East district of Manipur on Wednesday during search operations by security forces to control the prevailing ethnic crisis. “Search operations were conducted by security forces in the fringe and vulnerable areas of Imphal-East, Kangpokpi and Kakching districts in which 18 (eighteen) bunkers were dismantled in Imphal East district,”…
Imphal: A Senapati district police team of Manipur on Thursday morning apprehended one drug peddler along National Highway-2 near Upper Kathikho Karong, 8Km away from Senapati Police station. The person was identified as Nolu Pfotokho Khrasi, 27, son of Nolu of Makhan Khullen village, Senapati. He was apprehended during frisking and checking. The police found…
Imphal: At least 50 agitators including one camera person of a news agency were injured in security security forces action against the mob who were trying to push back barricade installed at Phougakchao Ikhai, Bishnupur district adjoining to Churachandpur district on Wednesday. The people’s agitation was led by Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (Cocomi). Thousands…
