Imphal, April 10 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Friday emphasised the need for balanced and inclusive development across the state, asserting that Manipur cannot progress unless all districts advance alongside the capital city, Imphal. During his maiden visit to the Naga-inhabited Senapati district, the Chief Minister advocated equal development and higher per capita income across all regions, stating that such progress would foster mutual understanding and harmony am…
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Imphal, Feb 23 (IANS) The body of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Manipur, Vungzagin Valte, who died at a private hospital in Gurugram late last week, was brought to Lengpui Airport in Mizoram’s capital Aizawl and later taken by road to his native district of Manipur’s Churachandpur, officials said. Officials on Sunday added that the family members and relatives received Valte’s body at Lengpui Airport in Aizawl before escorting it by road to the Churachandpur district.A Kuki-Zo community …
Imphal, Feb 11 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh, on Wednesday, during a visit to violence-hit Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Jiribam district, urged inmates to forget past hostilities and jointly work towards peace and development. In his maiden visit to the mixed-population Jiribam district, bordering southern Assam, the Chief Minister said: “Let us consider the last two years as a nightmare. Let us forget it and have the courage to move forward towards peace and d…
Imphal, Feb 9 (IANS) In a significant development aimed at rebuilding confidence amid ethnic division, Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Monday announced that the state government would take responsibility for ensuring the safety of people belonging to the Kuki-Zo community when they visit Imphal, including for medical treatment. The Chief Minister made the assurance while flagging-off the work of strengthening the Imphal-Kakching Lamkhai section of the existing National Highway-1…
Imphal, Feb 8 (IANS) Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Vungzagin Valte, who belongs to the Kuki-Zo community and sustained grievous injuries during the May 2023 ethnic violence in Imphal, was on Sunday, airlifted from Imphal to New Delhi for advanced medical treatment, officials said. An official said that the 62-year-old tribal legislator had been staying in the Kuki-Zo-dominated Churachandpur district after undergoing prolonged medical treatment in Delhi following the violent attack on …
Imphal, Feb 6 (IANS) Normal life in Manipur’s Churachandpur district was badly affected on Friday as several tribal organisations observed a total shutdown in the Kuki-Zo inhabited hill district to protest the participation and involvement of MLAs from their community in the formation of the state government, officials said.Protest rallies were also organised on Friday on the same issue in Tengnoupal and other mountainous districts of the state. A police official in Imphal said that agitators,…
Imphal, Feb 5 (IANS) At least five people were injured on Thursday evening after a mob clashed with security forces in Kuki-Zo tribal-dominated Churachandpur district of Manipur amid protests against MLAs from the community joining the BJP-led government, officials said. A police official in Imphal said that protesters, mostly youths, gathered at Tuibong Bazaar, torched heaps of discarded materials and burnt tyres while raising slogans against Deputy Chief Minister Nemcha Kipgen, a BJP MLA belon…
Imphal, Feb 5 (IANS) A day after assuming office, Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Thursday underscored that restoring peace and normalcy in the violence-hit state is a collective responsibility of all stakeholders, including elected representatives. Addressing the Assembly, Singh referred to Manipur’s history of ethnic conflicts and recalled the devastating Kuki-Naga clashes that began in 1993, which claimed over 1,000 lives. Terming such violence as deeply unfortunate, he sai…
Imphal, Feb 4 (IANS) The Centre on Wednesday withdrew President’s Rule from Manipur, paving the way for the formation of the Yumnam Khemchand Singh-led NDA government in the state, officials said. “In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2) of Article 356 of the Constitution, I, Droupadi Murmu, President of India, hereby revoke the Proclamation issued by me under the said article on the 13th day of February, 2025, in relation to the State of Manipur, with effect from the 4th day of Febr…
Guwahati/Imphal, Jan 13 (IANS) A crucial meeting of Kuki-Zo community MLAs, leaders of the Kuki-Zo Council (KZC), and representatives of Kuki-Zo armed groups under the Suspension of Operations (SoO) was held on Tuesday. The meeting urged the Central government to resolve its political demands before the Manipur Assembly elections scheduled for 2027. Since the outbreak of ethnic violence in Manipur in May 2023, all Kuki-Zo tribal organisations, including their apex body KZC, the ten MLAs belongin…