Tuesday, November 26, 2024
Mobile internet suspension extended in Manipur for three more days IMPHAL — Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh expressed grief over the killing of six people by suspected Kuki militants last week and asserted that his government would not rest un...
20 Nov 2024
ITANAGAR — The Army, Navy and Air Force held a joint exercise in Arunachal Pradesh’s Shi-Yomi district, a defence spokesperson said on Tuesday. The four-day exercise, ‘Poorvi Prahar’, validated the effectiveness of joint structure...
19 Nov 2024
IMPHAL — The Manipur government on Monday constituted a two-member committee to probe the firing incident in which a youth was shot dead during a clash between the security forces and a mob in Jiribam district. Manipur Chief Secretary Vineet Joshi ...
18 Nov 2024
IMPHAL — A day after the National People’s Party (NPP) withdrew its support from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government in Manipur, the Naga People’s Front (NPF) affirmed its continued backing. While the NPP cited concerns over law and...
18 Nov 2024
Centre to send 50 more CAPF companies to Manipur this week NEW DELHI — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered three cases in connection with the latest instances of violence in the strife-torn Manipur, according to official sources....
18 Nov 2024
NEW DELHI — Amid spike in violence in Manipur, the Congress on Monday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit the troubled state before the Parliament session this month and demanded Home Minister Amit Shah’s resignation for the “do...
18 Nov 2024
IMPHAL — A protester was shot dead during a clash between security forces and a mob in Manipur’s violence-hit Jiribam district, officials said on Monday. A police official in Imphal said that a youth identified as K. Athouba (21) was killed i...
18 Nov 2024
IMPHAL — In a major political development, the National People’s Party (NPP), a coalition partner in Manipur’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government, on Sunday withdrew its support expressing deep concern over the prevailing law and o...
17 Nov 2024
DIPHU — A three-day celebration of the 73rd Karbi Anglong Day, the erstwhile Mikir Hills district, got underway at Taralangso on November 16. The celebrations showcased rich cultural heritage presented by different ethnic tribes and communities inh...
17 Nov 2024
SHILLONG — The hunger strike by students of North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), the northeast’s oldest Central varsity here, entered its 13th day on Sunday as the agitating students stood firm on their demand to remove “incompetent...
17 Nov 2024
Shah expected to hold another detailed meeting with top officers on Monday NEW DELHI — Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday reviewed the security situation in Manipur and directed top officials to take all possible steps to ensure peace in the N...
17 Nov 2024
RANGIA (ASSAM) — A local leader of All Assam Minority Students’ Union (AAMSU) was stabbed to death by a person over a petty issue in Kamrup district, police said on Sunday. The incident took place at the youth festival of Brahmaputra Valley A...
17 Nov 2024
Churachandpur/Guwahati — The funeral of 10 Kuki-Zo youths, who were killed in an alleged gunfight with CRPF, will not be conducted till their post-mortem reports were handed over to the families, a leading organisation representing the community sa...
17 Nov 2024
IMPHAL — Irate mobs set fire to the residences of three more BJP legislators, one of whom is a senior minister, and a Congress MLA in various districts of Imphal Valley even as security forces foiled the attempt of agitators to storm the ancestral ...
17 Nov 2024
IMPHAL — Hundreds of people protested in different parts of Imphal valley on Saturday after three bodies suspected to be of six persons missing were found from Jiribam district. The protesters mostly women blocked the main roads in Kwakeithel area ...
16 Nov 2024
SHILLONG — Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Thursday attended the seaplane demonstration held in Umiam Lake in Shillong. The event was organised by the Meghalaya government’s transport department in collaboration with the Union governmen...
14 Nov 2024
NEW DELHI/IMPHAL — mid the escalating violence, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Thursday reimposed the stringent Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 six police station areas of five Manipur districts, including the recent violence-hit J...
14 Nov 2024
IMPHAL — Manipur BJP chief Adhikarimayum Sharda Devi on Thursday urged the abductors to release the three women and three children, who were reportedly kidnapped by the militants in Jiribam district on November 11. Terming the abduction of six memb...
14 Nov 2024
IMPHAL — A 24-hour total shutdown imposed by 13 civil society organisations in Manipur to protest the government’s alleged inability to contain the escalating violence in the state since Saturday (November 9) crippled normal life in the state on ...
13 Nov 2024
NEW DELHI — The Centre has rushed 20 additional CAPF companies comprising about 2,000 personnel to Manipur in the wake of fresh attacks and law and order issues in the state, official sources said Wednesday. The sources told PTI that the Ministry o...
13 Nov 2024
AGARTALA/GUWAHATI — The Vande Bharat Express trains would be extended up to Assam’s Silchar and Tripura capital Agartala within the next few months, Rajya Sabha member from Tripura Rajib Bhattacharjee said here on Wednesday. Bhattacharjee, also t...
13 Nov 2024
SHILLONG — The North East Students’ Organisation (NESO) on Tuesday urged Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to intervene in the North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) crisis and sack Vice-Chancellor P S Shukla as demanded by the studen...
12 Nov 2024
CHURACHANPUR — Schools and colleges were closed, markets were shut, and vehicles remained off the roads as the hill areas of Manipur witnessed a total shutdown on Tuesday. The 13-hour shutdown, which began at 5 am, was called by the Kuki-Zo Council...
12 Nov 2024
GUWAHATI — The stage is set for the by-elections in five assembly constituencies in Assam with polling personnel leaving for their respective booths on Tuesday, a senior official said. The polling will take place on Wednesday in Dholai, Sidli, Bong...
12 Nov 2024
IMPHAL — Eleven suspected militants were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Manipur’s Jiribam district on Monday, officials said. Two CRPF personnel also sustained injuries during the heavy exchange of fire that happened at Jakurado...
11 Nov 2024
