Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former state cabinet minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh has been chosen by his party for appointment as the new Chief Minister of Manipur, which has been under President’s rule for nearly a year now. The post has been vacant ever since N Biren Singh resigned on February 9, 2025 … Read more
Manipur’s Meitei Group Firearm Surrender: On Thursday, the last day of the deadline Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla set for surrendering weapons looted from the state’s armouries during the conflict, Imphal saw an unusual procession – a stream of vehicles of the radical armed group Arambai Tenggol packed with guns of varying sizes. The group … Read more
As the President Droupadi Murmu promulgated the central rule, the Army, Assam Rifles and other paramilitary forces intensified vigil against possible troublemakers in the Valley. This, however, prompted organisations representing the Meitei community fear that the President’s rule could push Manipur into further turmoil. Last Updated : 14 February 2025, 14:03 IST Source link
Four days after N Biren Singh resigned as Chief Minister, the Centre Thursday announced that President’s rule had been imposed in Manipur and the state assembly placed under suspended animation. This closes a chapter and opens another in the state roiled by ethnic violence since May 2023. President Droupadi Murmu’s decision, announced hours after the … Read more
The Congress on Sunday termed N Biren Singh’s resignation as “belated” and took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling him a “frequent-flier,” saying he should visit Manipur. Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi during a meeting with party leaders. (Congress-X) The Opposition’s attack came soon after Singh submitted his … Read more
Guwahati: Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has resigned to quell dissidence in the state BJP against his leadership as his government faces the possibility of a Congress no-confidence motion and a floor test. The Chief Minister handed his resignation to the Governor this evening. While the BJP has the numbers despite the withdrawal of … Read more
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Jan 14, 2025 10:16 PM IST N Biren Singh also claimed that Manipur’s two Lok Sabha MPs were not raising the state’s “core issues” in Parliament. It was a “sudden emotional outburst” that made people vote for the Congress on both Lok Sabha seats of Manipur in the general elections last year, N Biren Singh, … Read more
Imphal: A village chief from the Kuki tribes has termed as “baseless” an allegation by a woman that Kuki villagers assaulted her when she tried to build a house in Manipur’s K Lungwiram Naga village in Kangpokpi district. Haopu Vaiphei, the chief of Leilon Khunou village, in a statement said no assault or misunderstanding happened … Read more
Imphal/New Delhi: A village authority and civil society organisations of the Naga tribes in Manipur have condemned an alleged attack by members of the Kuki tribes on a woman over her attempt to build a house on a plot of land in the village, which the village authority says is exclusively a Liangmai Naga village. … Read more