Imphal, May 12 (IANS) The Kuki National Organisation and the Zomi Reunification Organisation in Manipur have reiterated that their common political goal, adopted after May 3, 2023, remains the demand for a Union Territory with Legislature, and that the position will continue until any further decision is taken. The Kuki National Organisation, an umbrella body of several Kuki-Zo insurgent groups currently under the Suspension of Operations agreement with the government, and the Zomi Reunificat…
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New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) The Northeastern states have always been on the radar of external elements. This explains why insurgency lasted so long in the region. And now, some militant groups are trying to launch drone strikes targeting critical infrastructure in the region. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi government since 2014 has laid plenty of emphasis on the northeastern states and showered it with infrastructure development and inclusion.While a large part of the Northeast has embraced the…
Imphal, Feb 19 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh said on Thursday that sustainable and lasting peace in the state can be achieved only through mutual understanding, dialogue, and cooperation among all communities. Interacting with the ethnic violence affecting Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), the Chief Minister added that Manipur is home to 36 communities and stressed that people in hills and valleys must live unitedly.He said that the Manipur Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) …
Imphal, Feb 6 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Friday appealed to all sections of society to maintain peace and calm and refrain from any form of violence amid protests in Kuki-Zo tribal inhabited districts of the state. Several Kuki-Zo organisations have been staging protests in Churachandpur and other hill districts against the participation and involvement of MLAs from their community in the formation of the state government. The Chief Minister appealed after chairing a…
Aizawl, Dec 22 (IANS) Authorities in Mizoram have so far registered the biometric details of around 70 per cent of nearly 30,900 Myanmar nationals who have taken shelter in the state after fleeing their country in different phases following the military coup in February 2021, officials said on Monday. A Home Department official said that of around 30,900 Myanmar nationals who have sought refuge in Mizoram’s 11 districts, biometric enrolment has been completed for 21,330 persons, accounting for…