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…
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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…
Imphal, Jan 12 (IANS) Hundreds of violence-hit Internally Displaced People (IDP) on Monday staged a protest rally in Imphal, demanding a positive response from Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla on their resettlement.Backed by the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), an apex body of the Meitei community, the IDP organised the rally and demanded that displaced families be allowed to return to their original places with adequate security arrangements.The rally started from Kwakeit…
Imphal, Dec 28 (IANS) After months of prolonged ethnic violence, Manipur has shown signs of a gradual return to normalcy following the promulgation of President’s Rule nearly 11 months ago.The Northeastern state has been under President’s Rule since February 13, four days after N. Biren Singh resigned as the Chief Minister. Since then, no major violent incident has been reported, indicating an improvement in the law and order situation.In a bid to promote peace and development, Prime Minister Na…