Manipur News

Imphal: Tension escalated along the Assam-Manipur border as nearly 1,500 stranded truckers and tanker drivers protested at the Jiribam police station on Tuesday. The situation arose after security forces initially dispatched only one convoy instead of the two requested, leaving thousands of people stranded along National Highway 37, which connects Imphal with Silchar via Jiribam. […]

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Imphal: A local court in Imphal on Tuesday convicted 58-year-old Md. Abdul Halim for the 2013 murder of his wife at their rented home in Golapati Maning Leikai Tangki Makhong in Manipur’s Imphal East district. The judgment was delivered after final arguments were heard on June 24, concluding a long-running legal battle led by the […]

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Imphal: Armed miscreants torched at least 12 kutcha houses and a church in separate attacks in fringe areas of Manipur’s Kangpokpi district, leaving residents shaken amid escalating tensions. No casualties were reported. Armed attackers opened fire and set fire to around nine houses at Tokpa Liangmai Naga village near Tumnoupokpi Thangal. Local sources alleged that […]

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Imphal: A 50-year-old man was arrested by the Manipur Cyber Crime Police Station for allegedly uploading a digitally morphed and objectionable image of Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh and Deputy Chief Minister Nemcha Kipgen, the state’s first woman Deputy Chief Minister, on Facebook. Laishram Mangibabu Singh, a resident of Moirang Khunou Mamang Sabal in Bishnupur […]

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Imphal: The Coordination Committee (CorCom), an apex coalition of six banned underground organisations in Manipur, has announced a total general strike and boycott of India’s Independence Day on August 15. The shutdown will remain in effect from 1 am to 6:30 pm, bringing normal life, public transport and commercial establishments across the state to a […]

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