Imphal, March 28 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh said on Saturday that 143 villages along Manipur’s international border with Myanmar will be developed under the Vibrant Villages Programme–II, with a focus on infrastructure, livelihood opportunities, and essential services. Manipur shares a 398-km-long unfenced international border with Myanmar, making development in these frontier areas strategically and economically significant.The Chief Minister was speaking at a one-da…
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Imphal, Feb 10 (IANS) To prevent the escalation of violence, the Manipur government on Tuesday suspended internet services in two more hill districts — Kangpokpi and Kamjong — which are adjoining the violence-hit Ukhrul district, officials said. A police official said that fresh incidents of firing and arson were reported from Litan Sareikhong village in Ukhrul district, a day after two Tangkhul Naga organisations restricted the movement of Kuki people in Ukhrul and neighbouring Kamjong distri…
Imphal, Feb 3 (IANS) Sportsman-turned-politician and senior BJP leader Yumnam Khemchand Singh, 61, will become the 13th Chief Minister of Manipur since the Northeastern state attained full statehood on January 21, 1972. After being elected as the BJP Legislature Party leader, Singh expressed his gratitude to BJP National President Nitin Nabin, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Taking to his official X account, Singh said: “I express my sincere gratitude to …
New Delhi/Imphal, Feb 3 (IANS) Manipur Assembly’s former Speaker Yumnam Khemchand Singh will be the state’s next Chief Minister, it was announced on Tuesday.The BJP legislature party, after a meeting in New Delhi, announced that Khemchand Singh has been elected as the party’s Legislature Party Leader and will take over as Chief Minister of Manipur, where President’s Rule has been in force since February 13 last year following the resignation of then-Chief Minister N. Biren Singh amid prolong…