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FrontlineFight for our cause, Nagas tell Manipur politiciansDaily News & AnalysisBy Prasanta Mazumdar | Place: GUWAHATI | Agency: DNA An influential Naga organisation's diktat to political parties not to field candidates in the 11 Naga-dominated as…

Calls for preserving historical monuments echoes during remembrance of Maharaj …KanglaOnlineThe now fractured Manipuri society and people's love for their country could be restored with the reconstruction of the ancient and historical monuments??…

Indian ExpressSleepless nights for Okram IbobiKanglaOnlineCHURACHANDPUR, January 8 (agencies): Notwithstanding the all-out attacks by the Coordination Committee (corcom) of the seven outlawed underground organisations in Manipur the ruling Congress whi…

Control room set up at 1st MRE-Pao.netImphal, January 09 2012: The Central Election Control Room of Manipur Police Department for the ensuing 10th Manipur Legislative Assembly elections scheduled for January 28 has been established at 1st MR Banquet ha…

Forest cover falling, Manipur tops the list: StudyE-Pao.netMaximum reduction in forest cover has been reported from insurgency-hit Manipur, totaling 190 sq km. Nagaland comes next with at least 146 sq km forest being lost between 2006 and 2008.The tren…

Naga body restrains parties in hillsHindustan TimesA powerful Naga organisation has 'restrained' political parties from contesting in Manipur's Naga-dominated assembly constituencies. The diktat comes almost a week after seven non-Naga mili…

The Position of the Nagas on the 10th Manipur Legislative Assembly 2012 ElectionE-Pao.net… of the Indo-Naga political issue and for integration of all contiguous Naga areas under one administrative roof, will therefore be the bandwagon on which the N…

Manipur militants under SoO seek voting rightsE-Pao.netElection authorities in Manipur are considering for making an alternative arrangement to enable cadres of Kuki based militant outfits to use their adult franchise in the forthcoming election to the…

Insurgent organisations attack Congress offices & candidatesIBNLive.comPTI | 03:01 PM,Jan 09,2012 Imphal, Jan 9 (PTI) Insurgents planted a bomb at the Manipur Congress office here besides lobbing grenades at the house of Congress party candidates a…

Manipur Polls: Insurgents Attack Congress OfficeOutlookPTI | Imphal | Jan 09, 2012 Insurgents planted a bomb at the Manipur Congress office here besides lobbing grenades at the house of Congress party candidates and supporters at many places in the sta…

KanglaOnlineMuch more than a grenade attackE-Pao.netThe media in Manipur and The Sangai Express could have easily escaped the threats and the gift wrapped bomb as well as the pinless/leverless hand grenade if we had gone with the flow of the tide and s…

IBNLive.comManipur elections: anger and apathyIBNLive.comIn a 2009 interview, historian Lokendra Arambam, former President of the Apunba Lup (a conglomerate of 32 civil society organisations in the state of Manipur) told me that when it comes to Manipu…

IED found near Congress office in ImphalTimes of IndiaMembers of the Manipur police bomb squad rushed to the spot, safely retrieved the bomb and detonated it at a safe place. Following the incident, security has been tightened in and around the PCC off…

NCP names 14 candidates for Manipur pollsTimes of IndiaIMPHAL: A day after the ruling Congress named its candidates for the ensuing 10th Manipur assembly polls, the opposition NCP, which is a key member of the pre-poll opposition alliance – People'…

Indian ExpressIn Manipur, Congress well placed for a hat-trickThe HinduThe advancing of the date for the Assembly elections in Manipur to January 28 has caught political parties unawares. Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh, on an inauguration spree of se…

'Cock' symbol cleared for Manipur pollsNagaland PostElection commission of India (ECI) has given the green signal to NPF candidates to use the 'Cock' symbol in the forthcoming 10th Manipur Legislative assembly. Varinder Kumar, secretary…

Manipur polls: Naga People's Front bans all except NPFNagaland PostManipur Pradesh Congress Committee president Gaikhangam, who is a Naga tribesman from Manipur, also feels that in a democracy anyone can canvass or fight elections from anywhere in …

Congress list announced for Manipur pollsAssam TribuneIMPHAL,Jan 8 – All the sitting Congress MLAs, besides two sitting opposition MLAs were given Congress party tickets for the Manipur Assembly elections later this month. The list includes Chief Min…

EC to deploy DIG-level poll observers in ManipurTimes of IndiaIMPHAL: The Election Commission (EC) of India, after replacing the Manipur director general of police (DGP) Y Joykumar Singh ahead of the assembly elections, is now bringing in DIG-level pol…

Manipur and the Greatest Festival of DemocracyE-Pao.netWhen was the last time you voted with Manipur in your mind? For that matter, when was the last time you stood as a candidate with Manipur in your mind? These two questions are central in answering …