Imphal: Manipur Police on Saturday arrested three individuals involved in a gold counterfeiting racket at Hangoon area under Mayang Imphal police station in Kakching district. The trio were identified as Shivaji Gaikwad, 39, son of Bhaskar Gaikwad, a resident of Belavade in Sangli, Maharashtra; Jalindar Shamrao Jadhav, 42, son of Shamrao Jadhav from Mohi, Khanapur…
Imphal: People’s commitee on Manipur integrity has boycotted governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla as he failed to tender an apology over the outrageous restriction on the use of the name “Manipur” on MST buses enroute to Ukhrul for the Shirai Festival on May 20. Following the expiry of the 48-hour deadline set for the governor of…
Imphal: Human chain (stretching approximately 3.5 kilometers) was conducted on Saturday under the banner “Do not Obliterate Manipur” protesting the security forces act of stopping a Manipur State Transport (MST) bus ferrying a media team to remove “Manipur” from its signage while en route to Ukhrul to cover the Shirui Lily Festival. Civil society organisations…
Imphal: Protestors torched effigies of chief secretary P.K. Singh, DGP Rajiv Singh and security advisor to the Manipur government Kuldiep Singh in Imphal West district, on Friday, the second day of the 48-hour general strike called by the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI). The effigies were torched at Sagolband Bijoy Govinda and Lilong Chajing…
Imphal: A 48-hour general strike imposed across Manipur in protest against an alleged directive by security forces to remove the word “Manipur” from a Manipur State Transport (MST) bus signage has paralyzed Imphal city on Thursday morning. The general strike, called by the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity, came into effect at the midnight of…
Imphal: “Is the Kuki-Zo community above the government?” Imagi Meira, a women body, questioned after meeting with Manipur security advisor Kuldiep Singh, here on Wednesday over the issue of jawans prohibiting a state bus, ferrying journalists, to proceed to Ukhrul to cover the Shirui festival. The convenor of the women’s organisation briefed the media, quoting…
Imphal: Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), has demanded the governor to apologize to the people in 48 hours on the alleged directive by security forces to remove the word “Manipur” from the labels of a Manipur State Transport bus ferrying journalists who were on duty to cover the 5th Shirui Lily Festival in Ukhrul…
Imphal: Manipur Home department, on Wednesday, issued an order to constitute an inquiry committee to examine the facts and circumstances around the blocking of Manipur state bus carrying media persons moving to cover Shirui Lily Festival in Ukhrul district on Tuesday. “The Governor of Manipur is pleased to constitute an Inquiry Committee to examine the facts…
Imphal: All Manipur Working Journalists’ Union (AMWJU) and Editors’ Guild Manipur (EGM) have announced to stop publication of government related news, condemning the harassment of journalists by central forces while traveling in a Manipur State Transport bus to cover the Shirui Lily Festival in Ukhrul district of Manipur, on Monday. The bus was stopped by…
Imphal: A media team that went to cover the inaugural function of the 5th State Level Shirui Lily Festival to be held in Ukhrul district returned to Imphal after personnel of the MAHAR Regiment and BSF blocked the Manipur State Transport (MST) bus ferrying journalists at Gwaltabi in Imphal East district. Director of Information and…
