New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) The Congress on Thursday extended greetings to people across the country on the occasion of multiple spring festivals, including Gudi Padwa, Chaitra Navratri, Ugadi, Sajibu Cheiraoba, Chetti Chand, and Navreh. The party conveyed its wishes for happiness, prosperity, and new beginnings on these auspicious occasions. Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, took to social media platform X to greet citizens. He said, “Wishing a very happy Gudi Padwa, Cha…
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Imphal, Feb 8 (IANS) The Kuki-Zo Council (KZC), the apex body of Kuki-Zo communities, on Sunday advised and cautioned all state and Central government employees, as well as private sector employees belonging to the community, against travelling to or accepting postings in Meitei-dominated areas at present.Non-tribal Meitei community members largely inhabit five to six districts of the Imphal Valley region, including the state capital, Imphal.Stating that the conflict between the Kuki-Zo people a…
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 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) Ending months of uncertainty and prolonged parleys over government formation in Manipur, the BJP on Tuesday announced that former Assembly Speaker Yumnam Khemchand Singh will be the state’s next Chief Minister.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 …
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…
Imphal, Jan 23 (IANS) The Manipur government on Friday announced an ex gratia of Rs 10 lakh for the next of kin of Mayanglambam Rishikanta Singh, who was kidnapped and later killed by suspected United Kuki National Army (UKNA) militants in Manipur’s Churachandpur district. Commissioner-cum-Secretary (Home) N. Ashok Kumar said the state government is deeply concerned over the abduction and killing of Singh, also known as Ginminthang (29), who was abducted along with his wife, Chingnu Haokip, fr…
Imphal, Jan 22 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Meitei community’s apex body Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), and several other organisations on Thursday strongly condemned the killing of a Meitei man, asserting that acts of violence have no place in a civilised society.Fresh tension escalated on Thursday in Manipur’s Imphal valley region, inhabited by the Meitei community, after police recovered the body of a 38-year-old man a day after he and his wife were …
Imphal, Jan 22 (IANS) Fresh tension escalated in Manipur’s Imphal valley on Thursday after police recovered the body of a 38-year-old man, a day after he and his wife were kidnapped by suspected United Kuki National Army (UKNA) militants in Manipur’s Churachandpur district, officials said.The victim has been identified as Mayanglambam Rishikanta Singh, who belonged to the Meitei community.He was married to Chingnu Haokip, a member of the Kuki tribal community.After the marriage, Singh had adopte…
Imphal, Jan 14 (IANS) Thousands of tribals belonging to the Kuki-Zo community on Wednesday organised a massive rally in Manipur’s Churachandpur district, demanding an early political solution to long-standing issues faced by the tribal community.Organised by Kuki-Zo Council (KZC) and the Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum (ITLF), thousands of men and women marched for over 4 km in the Churachandpur district headquarters town, raising slogans and holding placards demanding political solutions to t…