A joint delegation comprising representatives of 14 civil society organisations (CSOs), representing the Naga, Kom and Meitei Pangal communities, left for New Delhi from Imphal on Thursday, to raise the demand for National Register of Citizens (NRC) update before Census with the Central government.The delegation is scheduled to meet Central leaders in New Delhi and…
Normal life remained disrupted across Manipur’s Imphal Valley for the second consecutive day on Wednesday as the 48-hour statewide shutdown called by the Campaign for Just and Fair Delimitation (JFD) continued in support of the demand for updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC) before the Census-2027. Shops, markets, educational institutions, government offices and business…
The Manipur Government on Tuesday reiterated its stand that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) updation should be taken up in the State citing concerns over demographic changes, demographic imbalance and illegal migration. Addressing a media conference held at the Auditorium of the Directorate of Information and Public Relations (DIPR), Nityaipat Chuthek, Imphal, Government spokesperson…
Senior BJP legislator from Meghalaya AL Hek has appealed to the West Bengal government to send a fact-finding team to investigate the cause of the hotel fire at Tarapith in Birbhum district, in which eight people, including five from Meghalaya, were killed. The fire broke out at a hotel in Tarapith in the early hours…
Taking part in a Partition Horrors Remembrance Day event, Manipur Chief Minister Y Khemchand Singh on Friday said the occasion “also reminded us of the pain of displacement and the anguish of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Manipur”.“We solemnly remembered the victims and survivors of the Partition of 1947, honouring their immense loss and suffering….
Tensions have risen among hundreds of truck drivers stranded along Manipur’s National Highway 37 after a goods vehicle driver was found dead inside his truck near Labankhal in Jiribam district on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Nageena Kumar Mahto, a resident of Narayanpur in Bihar. Fellow truckers said Mahto had been stranded on…
The Manipur Cabinet decided to recommend to Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla that the state Assembly be summoned for a session beginning September 2. The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister N. Biren Singh. Deputy Chief Minister Losii Dikho and Arts and Culture Minister Khaidem Lokesh Singh, along with Chief Secretary…
NEROCA FC came from behind to beat nine-man FC Raengdai 3-1 and end their group-stage campaign on a winning note in the 135th IndianOil Durand Cup at the Khuman Lampak Main Stadium in Imphal on Wednesday. FC Raengdai took the lead in the 19th minute through Jonah Kamei, but NEROCA restored parity eight minutes later…
Apollo TeleHealth, in partnership with the Government of Manipur, has demonstrated the role of digitally enabled primary healthcare in improving maternal care in remote areas by detecting and treating syphilis in a 25-year-old pregnant woman during a routine antenatal check-up. The woman, from Miran village in Manipur, visited an Apollo TeleHealth-supported Primary Health Centre for…
The Kuki Inpi Manipur, the apex body of the Kuki tribes, has urged the authorities to introduce special measures to ensure that internally displaced persons (IDPs) are not excluded from the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Manipur. In a memorandum submitted to the Governor and the Chief Electoral Officer of Manipur,…
