From a nondescript Manipur village to Hangzhou Asiad, wushu fighter Roshibina Devi wins silver

Imphal: Fifteen years ago, at Kwakshiphai, a nondescript village in Manipur’s Bishnupur district, a little girl spent her free time punching and kicking at an improvised punching bag she made at her residence, paving her way to learn Wushu at Sports Authority of India (SAI) training centre in Imphal. On Thursday, the girl – Naorem…

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Kaiku bids adieu to BJP

Imphal: Manipur’s celebrated actor Rajkumar Somorendro popular as Kaiku, who contested in the 2019 Lok Sabha election as independent candidate, has resigned from the primary membership of BJP. Kaiku left BJP over the state government’s inability to handle the current turmoil in the state and the murder of two young students by Kuki militants. He…

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SP Ibomcha praised for peacefully controlling students demonstration at Imphal

Imphal: Unlike the first two days of students agitation in Imphal, agitation ended peacefully with no confrontation on Thursday and peopie appreciates Imphal West police superintendent Dr. S. Ibomcha for his nature of dealing the angry youths who have been demanding justice to the murder of two students allegedly by Kuki militants. On Tuesday agitation…

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Outraged agitators set ablaze BJP office in Manipur, 2 out of 125 injured students recieve multiple bullet injury

Imphal: Demonstrators, outraged upon the murder of two teens allegedly by Kuki in arms, which pictures went viral on social media, have set ablaze the BJP office at Khongjom in Thoubal district of Manipur on Wednesday, while students stormed towards chief minister’s secretariat demanding quick justice. A mass of demonstrators in Thoubal also stormed at…

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