New Delhi/Imphal, Feb 23 (IANS) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday assured Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh of all assistance from his ministry in every endeavour of the state government. The Manipur Chief Minister, who has been in New Delhi since Saturday, on Monday also separately met BJP National President Nitin Nabin and the party’s National General Secretary (Organisation) B L Santhosh.An official of the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) in Imphal said that Rajnath…
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New Delhi/Imphal, Feb 22 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh, accompanied by his two Deputy Chief Ministers — Nemcha Kipgen and Losii Dikho, on Sunday, held a meeting with the Union Home Minister Amit Shah and discussed various issues, including the rehabilitation of violence-affected Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), officials said. A senior official in Imphal said that the Union Home Minister discussed with the three Manipur leaders the steps taken by the new state governm…
Imphal, Feb 17 (IANS) Amid ongoing tensions between the Naga and Kuki communities, the Manipur Police have evacuated 51 students belonging to the Kuki tribal community from a school in the state’s Naga-dominated Ukhrul district as a precautionary measure, following clashes and subsequent violence, officials said on Tuesday.Attacks and counter-attacks, along with heightened tension, have continued between members of the Tangkhul Naga tribe and the Kuki community in Ukhrul since February 7. More t…
Imphal, Feb 14 (IANS) Fresh firing was reported on Saturday at the Litan Sareikhong area in Manipur’s Ukhrul district, allegedly by Tangkhul Naga village volunteers, triggering panic and tension among local residents, police said. The Manipur Police appealed to both the Kuki and Naga tribal communities in and around Litan village to refrain from hostilities and the spread of rumours to prevent any further escalation of the situation.In a statement, the police said that approximately 12 rounds …
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 9 (IANS) Tension continued to prevail in different parts of Manipur’s Ukhrul district on Monday following intermittent clashes and the burning of at least 20 houses belonging to members of the Naga and Kuki tribal communities, officials said.A police official in Imphal said that suspected armed militants reportedly torched several houses at Litan Sareikhong village in Ukhrul district on Sunday night after a member of the Tangkhul Naga community was “severely assaulted” by a gro…