Imphal, July 21 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Tuesday said that the state had enjoyed peace and communal harmony before the ethnic violence erupted on May 3, 2023, with people living together peacefully in both the valley and hill regions. He said the strife fuelled gun culture in Manipur.Addressing a ‘Homecoming Ceremony’ organised for the surrender of militants at the Mantripukhri Garrison, the headquarters of Assam Rifles (South) in Imphal East district, the Chief Mi…
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Imphal, July 8 (IANS) Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla, Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh, and other dignitaries on Wednesday paid their last respects to the two Assam Rifles personnel who were killed in an ambush in Ukhrul district, even as massive search operations to track down the attackers entered the third day.The two Assam Rifles personnel — Warrant Officer Balwant Singh and Havildar Chandra Mohan Singh — were killed after a suspected Naga armed group ambushed an Assam Rifles vehi…
Imphal, April 25 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Saturday appealed to the family members of the two children killed in a bomb attack in Bishnupur district to accept their bodies, which have remained in a morgue for the past 19 days. A 5-year-old boy and his 6-month-old sister were killed, while their mother sustained serious injuries, when suspected Kuki militants hurled a powerful bomb at their home in Tronglaobi village in Bishnupur district on April 7 as the victims…
Imphal, April 19 (IANS) Manipur Home Minister Konthoujam Govindas Singh said on Sunday that additional Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) would be deployed in the state after the conclusion of elections in West Bengal and other poll-bound states. Around 88 companies of central forces had earlier been withdrawn from Manipur for Assembly election duties in states, including West Bengal, Assam, and Tamil Nadu, the Home Minister told the media. He added that the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)…
Imphal, April 7 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Tuesday announced that the state government has decided to hand over the investigation into the deadly bomb attack in Bishnupur district, which claimed the lives of two children, to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).Meanwhile, a police official said that two protesters were killed and three others injured in firing after a mob stormed a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp in Bishnupur on Tuesday.Strongly condemnin…