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Petroleum Drivers Call Off Strike as JTCM Lifts Shutdown; UNC Blockade to Continue

UKHRUL: The Petroleum Product Driver Association has called off its steering-down strike with immediate effect from September 13, while the Joint Tribes’ Council Manipur...

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Saikul MLA, Kuki bodies condemn Tollen, Longpi killings, call for peace...

UKHRUL: Saikul MLA Kimneo Hangshing and Kuki civil society organisations have condemned the reported killings of civilians in separate incidents at Tollen and Longpi...

Samajwadi Party Opens New Manipur Office, Eyes Hill Districts in Upcoming...

IMPHAL/UKHRUL: Samajwadi Party (SP) Lok Sabha MP Rajeev Kumar Rai on Sunday inaugurated the party’s new Manipur State Office at Tera Lukram Leirak, Imphal,...

Petroleum Drivers Call Off Strike as JTCM Lifts Shutdown; UNC Blockade...

UKHRUL: The Petroleum Product Driver Association has called off its steering-down strike with immediate effect from September 13, while the Joint Tribes’ Council Manipur...

Tamenglong: Kaimai VA Condemns Tollen Village Attack, Appeals for Peace and...

UKHRUL: The Kaimai Village Authority under Tousem Sub-Division, Tamenglong district has strongly condemned an early-morning attack allegedly carried out by an "unidentified group"...

Anthropic CEO Urges Slower Pace in AI Development

New Delhi (SHABD): Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Saturday called on artificial intelligence firms to slow the development of increasingly powerful AI systems, amid...

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The Tide of Accountability Is Rising in Manipur

The Chickens Will Soon Come Home To Roost As And When The Reckoning BeginsThe Kuki Armed Network cannot indefinitely escape the ultimate political and...

Users and Abusers of Words

Is it always better to act than to speak?Humans call themselves the most civilized of all creatures. If we are, it is not because...

The Subtle Omission of Litan’s Feb 7–9 Violence...

The Litan violence that ignited the Naga-Kuki conflict in Manipur can be traced to the events of February 7–9, 2026. What began on the...

Relevance of the NRC 1951 for detection and...

Pattern of Kuki-Zo immigrants in ManipurThe pattern of Chin-Kuki-Zo immigrants from the Chin Hills in Myanmar and the Lushai (Mizo) Hills to Manipur, since...

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Two Lives Lost in Mizoram Due to Heavy Rainfall

AIZAWL, SEP 11 (SHABD): Heavy rainfall yesterday evening and last night triggered landslides, building collapses and flash floods across various parts of Mizoram, claiming two lives in two separate incidents.In Lawngtlai College Veng, at around 5:00 PM yesterday, six-year-old Ruby Lalrinsiami and her friend, Alicya Remruatkimi, were on their way to a nearby neighbourhood store to buy some items. When Ruby stepped into a roadside drain carrying a rapidly flowing torrent of floodwater, the current swept her away.Her friend attempted to chase after her but could not keep up due to the force of the water. Ruby’s father, Pu Lalbawlliana, along with a companion, made desperate efforts to search for her and later recovered her...
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Meghalaya HC Questions Detention of Bangladeshi National Beyond Six-Month Sentence

SHILLONG: The Meghalaya High Court has directed the Inspector General of Prisons to appear personally before it over the continued detention of a Bangladeshi national who has remained in prison for more than a year after completing his six-month sentence.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Revati Mohite Dere and Justice W. Diengdoh passed the direction while hearing a 2026 case filed by the Registrar General of the High Court of Meghalaya.The court was informed by Additional Advocate General K Khan that the prisoner had completed his sentence but remained incarcerated as authorities were awaiting verification of his nationality from the Assistant High Commissioner of Bangladesh.The bench, however, rejected the explanation and questioned why the man...

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