The Iron Lady of Manipur, Irom Sharmila will soon get married to her long-term partner Desmond Coutinho, who is a British citizen, said reports. Sharmila is known for her fierce resistance against the Armed Forces Act in Manipur. Human rights activist Sharmila, on 5 November 2000, began a hunger strike[Read More…]
Tag: Manipur
Manipur crisis: Fresh flood threats in low lying areas of Manipur
Flash flood may hit Manipur again amidst the already existing food crisis in the wake of torrential rains as major rivers started to overflow out of their course, forcing people living near its banks to shift to safer areas on Wednesday. Due to heavy rainfall, Iril, Imphal and Thoubal rivers[Read More…]
Torrential rains floods Manipur
Many parts of Manipur have been flooded due to heavy in the past two days. The Imphal Valley has been affected by the torrential rains. As per reports, a part of the Imphal riverbank collapsed at Bashikhong in Imphal East district creating panic among the people, said officials of flood[Read More…]
Manipur blast kills Assam Rifles jawan, injures three others
A blast claimed the life of one Assam Rifles jawan and injured three others in the mishap. The incident happened on Friday morning. The bomb blast took place at the security checking point of Ramva AR post, under Shangshak Police Station of Ukhrul District. The security forces have cordoned off[Read More…]
Spousal violence: Manipur tops the list with 53% cases; Bihar, Andhra Pradesh are no less
Although marriage is said to be a sacred institution, the alarming numbers of spousal violence in India have another story to convey. A statistics of National Family Health Survey, suggests that nearly 29 per cent of married women in the country faced spousal violence in 2015-16. The figure is indeed[Read More…]
Narendra Modi is a messenger of God: N Biren Singh
To mark three years of Narendra Modi-led NDA government, Chief Minister, N Biren Singh, inaugurated a three-day State-wide publicity campaign ‘MODI fest’ at Iboyaima Entangle, Imphal. While according a status of God to PM, he said, “Narendra Modi is a messenger of God who implemented various developmental and welfare schemes[Read More…]
SC lawyer fighting case against Manipur CM’s son gets death threats from militants
A Supreme Court lawyer has been allegedly threatened by the militants as he was legally assisting the family, whose son was murdered allegedly by the son of Manipur CM N Biren Singh. Utsav Singh Bains, the SC lawyer, has written a letter to the Union Home Secretary to provide him with adequate[Read More…]
Manipur: 2 Army jawans killed in IED attack
The man who destroyed the Congress in its last safe bastion
As most of India were hooked to their TV screens watching the results of the five-state assembly elections on the afternoon of 11th March, 2017; Himanta Biswa Sarma landed quietly at Imphal airport with a small team of trusted protégés. There was a palpable tension in Imphal city as the[Read More…]
Manipur: Four more Congress MLAs join BJP
Four Congress MLAs from Manipur quit the party on Friday and joined BJP in yet another setback to the Congress. The four leaders who joined the BJP include Y Surchandra, Ngamthang Haokip, O Lukhoi and S Bira. All the leaders were felicitated by CM N Biren Singh and state unit[Read More…]
SC trashes govt’s plea to recall verdict on Manipur fake encounter probe
Manipur: Congress MLA Ginsuanhau Zou, 14 others join BJP
A Congress MLA from the Singngat Assembly seat in Churachandpur district joins BJP along with 14 members of the Congress Autonomous District Council from Chandel district. Ginsuanhau Zou and others were felicitated at an event at the state BJP office in Imphal by CM N Biren Singh. “Day after day,[Read More…]
Manipur health minister resigns from month-old govt led by BJP
Just a month after being sworn in as the minister in the new Manipur government, state health and family welfare minister Langpoklakpam Jayentakumar Singh resigned from his post citing ‘interference’ to his authority.’ The news came into the light that the NPP leader resigned after the copy of his resignation[Read More…]
Don’t observe Digital India Day on Good Friday: BJP ally writes to PM
Lok Sabha MP from Tura in Meghalaya and key ally of the BJP in the northeast, Conrad Sangma, has written a letter asking Prime Minister to defer the central government’s plan to observe April 14 as Digital India Day, as it falls on Good Friday. “I have come to learn[Read More…]
IED explosion at Manipur border town
Manipur CM allots portfolios to ministers
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Saturday distributed portfolios to his council of ministers. Biren Singh has retained majority of portfolios including home department, transport, general administration, sericuluture, tourism, IT, and vigilance, a statement by Chief Secretary O Nabakishore said. Deputy Chief Minister Y Joykumar Singh will look after[Read More…]
Manipur CM Biren Singh wins floor test
Manipur blockade lifted from Sunday midnight after over four months
Just ahead of its floor test in the assembly on Monday, the BJP-led coalition government managed to convince the United Naga Council (UNC) to lift its almost four-month-long economic blockade on the Imphal-Dimapur and Imphal-Silchar highways. The UNC lifted the blockade that had left Manipur teetering on the edge, from[Read More…]
Open letter to Manipuris: A response to Irom Sharmila’s defeat
“I want to stay alive. I want to live. I want to marry, I want to love, but before I can do that, I want the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act removed from Manipur,” this was Irom Sharmila Chanu’s demand for which she went on an epic fast against AFSPA for 16 years. Sharmila decided to[Read More…]
BJP used money to win power in Manipur, Goa: Rahul Gandhi
GST council meet today: May clear key legislations
The GST council may approve two vital legislations at its meeting on Thursday including the state GST (SGST) and the union territory GST (UTGST) bills. It will give a push to the government’s determinations to crush the ambitious indirect tax reform from July 1. The government is also expected to[Read More…]
Money and muscle power helped BJP to usurp power in Manipur, says Irom Sharmila
Irom Sharmila on Wednesday alleged that BJP has usurped power in her home state Manipur with the help of money and muscle power. Sharmila said the BJP’s assuming of power in the north-eastern state would further erode its fragile socio-political equilibrium, already vitiated by the special powers enjoyed by the[Read More…]
Congress destroys Congress: Priya Dutt
Reacting on poll debacle in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Congress leader and sister of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, Priya Dutt on Wednesday said that the party suffers from auto immune disease. “Congress has shown repeatedly that it suffers from an autoimmune disease… Congress destroys Congress… We need to be treated[Read More…]
Governor went against constitutional convention in Goa
There is no doubt that the Indian National Congress (INC) party has had a significant role in the making of post independent India. In 1947 an India reeling from the tragedy of partition transitioned under the leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Patel amongst others to become the world’s largest[Read More…]
