Imphal, July 8 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Wednesday stressed the need to build lasting communal harmony, saying a collective effort is required to ensure that people from all communities can live together peacefully in the state. The chief minister visited the residence of the village chief of Taphou Kuki village in Kangpokpi district after returning from a day-long tour of Senapati district. Earlier in the day, Singh visited Naga-inhabited Senapati district before t…
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Imphal, July 8 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Wednesday visited several locations across Senapati district to review ongoing development projects and interact with residents and civil society organisations in the Naga-dominated hill district. As part of the government’s efforts to ensure balanced development across the Imphal Valley and the hill regions, while simultaneously restoring peace and normalcy in the state, the chief minister has, over the past several months, …
Imphal, June 7 (IANS) As many as 20 members of the Naga and Kuki communities remain untraced after being allegedly abducted by armed groups in Manipur’s hill districts, despite intensive joint search operations by central and state security forces for nearly four weeks, officials said on Sunday. A police official said that, to prevent any spillover of the recent violence in Kangpokpi district, security forces carried out surprise joint combing operations in areas around Litan, Mahadev, and Sinak…
Imphal, May 28 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Thursday said that four suspected persons, believed to be involved in the kidnapping of six Naga civilians, have already been arrested by the security forces. The Chief Minister said the state government is treating the incident with utmost seriousness and that intensive search and combing operations are currently underway to trace the whereabouts of the abducted civilians.He further informed that the police and other securit…
Imphal, May 23 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Saturday announced that the case relating to the abduction of six Naga villagers would be handed over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).A senior official of the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said that a six-member delegation of the United Naga Council (UNC) met the Chief Minister and his cabinet colleagues at the CM’s Secretariat to discuss the prevailing law and order situation in the state.During the meeting, the…
Imphal, May 21 (IANS) Kuki Inpi Manipur (KIM), one of the apex bodies of the Kuki tribal community, on Thursday extended the ongoing shutdown across Kuki-Zo inhabited areas by another 48 hours to protest the continued detention of 14 members of their community by rival groups since May 13. KIM Information and Publicity Secretary Janghaolun Haokip said that the extension of the shutdown became necessary due to the continued detention and hostage-taking of Kuki-Zo individuals in Naga-dominated Sen…
Imphal, May 19 (IANS) A day after meeting Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh, a 10-member team of church leaders on Tuesday visited Naga-inhabited Senapati district as part of efforts to defuse the ongoing ethnic tensions between the Naga and Kuki tribal communities. A Manipur government official said that during the visit, the church leaders met representatives of the United Naga Council, the Naga People’s Organisation, and other civil society organisations at the United Naga Counc…
Imphal, May 18 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Monday lauded the proactive role being played by church leaders in efforts to defuse the prevailing ethnic tension following the killing of three church leaders in Kangpokpi district earlier this month.Three church leaders belonging to the Kuki community were killed and four others injured after unidentified militants opened fire at Zero Point between Kotlen and Kotzim villages in Kangpokpi district on May 13. The incident fu…
Imphal, May 18 (IANS) The Kuki Inpi Manipur (KIM), one of the apex organisations of the Kuki community in Manipur, on Sunday extended its total shutdown in the hill areas for another 48 hours in protest against the alleged failure of the government to rescue the detained villagers and fulfil its demands. Normal life continued to remain badly affected across all Kuki-Zo inhabited areas, especially in Kangpokpi district, after the KIM had called a three-day total shutdown from midnight of May 13 f…
Imphal, May 16 (IANS) Hectic discussions are underway among various Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), Manipur government officials and security forces to ensure the safe release of those who are still being held hostage by groups belonging to different communities, officials said on Saturday. A police official said that 30 out of over 38 people belonging to the Kuki and Naga communities, who had been held hostage by various groups in Kangpokpi and Senapati districts, were released on Thursday …