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…
Imphal: The Assam Rifles has asserted to investigate on the viral picture in which ‘young recruits pose with the flag of the Zomi Revolutionary Army (ZRA), a Chin-Kuki militant group led by former Myanmar MP Thanglianpao Guite, during a passing out parade’. Meitei Heritage Society reacted that “The flag is of ZRA, the Militant Group…
Imphal: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested one of the miscreants involved in the 2024 attack on IRB post in Moreh area of Tegnoupal district, Manipur, that killed one policeman and injured two others. Thangminlar Mate alias Lenin Mate, a resident of Tegnoupal, was nabbed in Silchar, Assam, on Sunday. Mate’s affiliation to any…
Dr. N. Munal Meitei Environmentalist, presently working as DFO/Chandel, email: nmunall@yahoo.in Our environment should be kept under our national security. The 22nd May is observed as International Day for Biological Diversity with this year’s theme, “Harmony with nature and sustainable development”. This theme emphasizes the interconnectedness of nature and human well-being, and the importance of…
Imphal: Manipur Police, on Sunday and Monday arrested four individuals in connection with the kidnapping and extortion of two men belonging to Delhi and Jaipur. The arrests were made at Himalayan Tiles Naka in Imphal West. “The victims were deceived into traveling to Manipur under the false promise of receiving training for a networking business,”…
