Manipur

Friday, Apr 26, 2024 | Last Update : 05:26 AM IST

AA Edit | Get a grip on Manipur law and order quickly

India is the most populous country in the world and boasts of maintaining the second largest standing army

07 Aug 2023 12:00 AM

Children displaced due to ongoing ethnic violence in Manipur at an exclusive relief camp for children whose parents are guarding their villages, at Lamsang in Imphal West district, Tuesday. (Image: PTI)

AA EDIT | Act Before Manipur Fire Engulfs All of Northeast

The idea of unity in diversity is not a dream; it’s the bedrock on which the Indian nation state has been built and sustained

26 Jul 2023 12:00 AM

The Army and Assam Rifles were deployed to control the situation in Manipur where violence broke out during a tribal agitation (Twitter/@MangteC)

Patricia Mukhim | What will happen in N-E if Manipur civil war spreads?

The Meiteis believe they are wronged by a system which deprives them of their rights as Manipur’s indigenous people.

12 Jul 2023 1:14 AM

AA Edit | Manipur crisis worsening, Centre cannot duck issue

Prime Minister Narendra Modi seems stubbornly silent on the volatile situation in the northeastern state

27 Jun 2023 12:05 AM

People in large numbers take part in a torchlight vigil in response to the ongoing violence in Manipur, in Bishnupur, Manipur, (PTI)

Pradip Phanjoubam | Shared destiny challenge for Kukis, Nagas, Meiteis

The mayhem has claimed over 120 lives and an estimated 45,000 people are now living in community-run relief camps.

21 Jun 2023 12:05 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing BJP workers. (PTI File Photo)

Aakar Patel | ‘Inaction is also a form of action’: Does Modi follow the Rao mantra?

Manipur has been in flames since May 3, meaning for 45 days. The Prime Minister has done little about it.

20 Jun 2023 12:10 AM

The government must realise that the country earned global notoriety by imposing Internet shutdown 84 times in 2022, the highest for a nation. (Representational Image)

AA Edit | Manipur’s Net shutdown is excessive and uncalled for

The SC had in 2020 ruled that indefinite shutdown of Internet is curtailment of fundamental rights, an abuse of power and not permissible

07 Jun 2023 12:10 AM

Union Home Minister Amit Shah addresses a press conference, in Imphal, Manipur, Thursday, June 1, 2023. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Shah sends right signals; Manipur probe welcome

What is still unclear is what kind of political steps are being envisaged by the Centre

02 Jun 2023 12:05 AM

Imphal: Vehicles in flames after violence broke out during the 'Tribal Solidarity March' called by All Tribal Student Union Manipur (ATSUM), in Imphal, Thursday, May 4, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Pradip Phanjoubam | Heal Manipur ethnic rifts, or tinderbox may re-erupt

The undercurrents of tension are still palpable, considering that there are still an estimated 45,000 displaced people

22 May 2023 12:10 AM

Patralekha Chatterjee | Shutting down Internet: Govts need to do rethink

This is a worrying trend and one we ignore at great risk

13 May 2023 12:10 AM

Monideepa Banerjie | Manipur smoke signals were ignored by Delhi

Such was the scale of the violence that 24 hours or so later, the Centre felt it must step in

08 May 2023 12:05 AM

AA Edit | Douse Manipur tribals’ anger, or N-E may burn

Thousands have been rendered homeless in the mayhem and have had to be moved by the Army to less risky locations

06 May 2023 12:15 AM

Union Home Minister Amit Shah during the inauguration of a 122 feet Marjing polo statue, at the Marjing Polo Complex in Imphal. Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh is also seen. (Photo PTI)

BJP freed Manipur from terrorism, bandhs: Amit Shah

Shah said the BJP-led government at the Centre has invested Rs 3.45 lakh crore in the Northeast in less than eight years

07 Jan 2023 7:04 AM

The Territorial Army soldiers keep a vigil on the hills for safe train movement at the vital railway project in Manipur. (Photo by arrangement)

Terriers, the unsung heroes of key rail project in Manipur

The arrival of the train in the remote location brought cheers to the entire people of South East region of Manipur

20 Oct 2022 1:27 PM

Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh speaking during the function to commemorate Athuan Abonmai in Imphal. (DC/AA)

A year after peace activist's murder in Manipur, remembrance held for justice

The victim was Athuan Abonmai, a popular figure from Zeliangrong community and the former president of apex Zeliangrong Baudi

25 Sep 2022 2:22 PM

As per the ministry’s decision, the law, at present in force in all districts of Assam, Nagaland, Manipur and some districts of Arunachal Pradesh, will be lifted in 36 districts of the trouble-torn northeastern states. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

AA Edit | AFSPA’s removal marks a good beginning in N-E

It must now extend the process to rest of the areas in the Northeast as well as in the Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir

01 Apr 2022 11:40 PM

BJP appoints election in-charges for poll-bound Uttar Pradesh and other states

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has been appointed as the election in-charge for Uttar Pradesh

08 Sep 2021 12:29 PM

Hours after BJP wins trust vote in Manipur, six Congress MLAs quit party

About reasons for resigning, they all have cited lack of trust in the leadership of Ibobi Singh

11 Aug 2020 6:36 PM

BJP government in Manipur in minority after 9 MLAs resign ahead of Rajya Sabha polls

Those who quit included Deputy Chief Minister Y JoyKumar Singh.

18 Jun 2020 1:25 AM

Kolkata hospitals in a spot as nurses quit jobs. (PTI Photo)

Kolkata hospitals in a spot as nurses quit jobs, leave city amid covid19 crisis

A nurse, who left for Manipur earlier this week, said safety concerns and parental pressure were the two main reasons she quit her job

17 May 2020 9:01 PM

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