Manipur

Election Commission officials are set to visit Goa, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Uttar Pradesh as the poll body steps up preparedness to hold high stakes elections in these states.

O Ibobi Singh condemns the recent killings of civilians and questions security along the porous Myanmar border amid a fresh spate of violence in the state.

Initially, the police suspect that militants from neighbouring Myanmar were behind the killings.

The killings coincided with ‘Sahnit Ni’, or ‘Black Day’, which is observed annually to remember victims of ethnic violence in the state in the 1990s.

Gor discussed US-Manipur relations with the chief minister and visited Kangla Fort and the all-women-run Khwairamband Keithel market.

The Congress leader questions the MHA and Delhi Police after Chongtham Vikram Singh died following an alleged assault outside his home.

The Election Commission released Manipur’s final electoral roll after the Special Intensive Revision, with 19.60 lakh electors, including more women than men.

The violence between the Meitei and Kuki-Zo communities started on May 3, 2023, after a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ was organised in the hill districts.

Chief Minister Y Khemchand Singh described the development as a "positive step toward fostering unity and peace in the state", an official statement said.

Hundreds of villagers from Wabagai, Hiyanglam and surrounding areas took out a 3-km-long protest march on Sunday night.

A private school principal and a village authority chairman were among those killed, while one person was injured in the attack on their vehicle.

Security forces apprehend cadres of different proscribed outfits in separate operations in Imphal East.

On August 8, Chief Minister Y Khemchand Singh announced the reopening of national highways for free movement of people from all communities