Imphal: Police on Friday detained some students who took part in a protest against court petition challenging introduction of Inner Line Permit (ILP) in Manipur.
The Joint Committee on Inner Line Permit System (JCILPS) demanded "immediate unconditional" release of the detained students.
Police detained at least five students who took part...
Imphal: Barely a day after suspected militants triggered IEDs at two different places in Manipur killing a soldier of Assam Rifles in one of the blasts, police today recovered another IED which was found planted at the gate of a house in Imphal East district. The IED was found...
Imphal: An Assam Rifles jawan was killed and another wounded when a bomb suspected to have been triggered by militants exploded in Manipur’s Thoubal district on Wednesday. The bomb suspected to be a remote control IED went off near a water reservoir at Ushoipokpi under Lilong police station of...
Imphal: One of the first Naga MLAs in Manipur, Athuibou Daimai passed away this morning at Deulahland, Imphal. He was born in 1923 at Thaluan village of Tamenglong district.
He was three times MLA from 1952 to 1967.
In an interview to retired bureaucrat Kaikhamang Daimai last year for a book,...
Imphal: The total shutdown to boycott Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit ended peacefully in the valley districts of Manipur today.
The total shutdown imposed by the Coordination Committee (CorCom), a conglomerate of major rebel groups based in the state, commenced from 1 am and lasted till the Prime Minister left...
Imphal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate 13 (thirteen) developmental projects and lay foundation stones of 9 projects on January 4 during his two hours visit to the state. Preparations are in full swing to welcome the Prime Minister where projects worth Rs 4815 crore of various departments will...
Imphal: Roads which Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel during his visit in Manipur on January 4 and its surrounding areas have been declared as ‘red zone’.
The Prime Minister who is scheduled to arrive in Imphal on a brief visit to the state will inaugurate 13 projects worth around...
Imphal: Extrajudicial Execution Victim Families' Association, Manipur (EEVFAM) and Human Rights Alert (HRA) said Wednesday that they "warmly" welcomed the media report that the Government of Manipur is likely to recommend revocation of the “disturbed area” status under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958 (AFSPA) soon.
In a joint...
Imphal: Manipur State Film Development Society (MSFDS) deeply mourns the demise of Guruaribam John Sharma, a film producer and cameraman of N.S. Films.
A resident of Keishampat in Imphal West district, John was the nephew of film pioneer, Gurumayum Narayan Sharma. He passed away on December 28 at a hospital...
Imphal: Amid enhanced security measures being taken up in connection with visits of VVIPs in Manipur, a powerful bomb expected to be that of an IED exploded at a godown in the heart of Imphal early this morning. No casualty was reported in the explosion which was triggered by...