Manipur violence
- India
‘We felt scared, but college campus was safe’: BTech students on return from Manipur
New Delhi: Haryana native Sewak Ram, pursuing BTech at a leading engineering college in Imphal, heaved a sigh of relief after landing in Delhi from violence-hit Manipur on Tuesday. “We felt scared,…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad Solidarity Forum condemn Manipur violence wearing black masks
Hyderabad: In solidarity with violence-hit Manipur, the Hyderabad Solidarity Forum gathered near the Nampally Exhibition Grounds on Tuesday wearing black masks and holding placards. The Hyderabad Solidarity Forum released a statement describing…
- India
New chief secretary appointed in violence-hit Manipur
Imphal: The Manipur government on Sunday appointed Dr Vineet Joshi as the new chief secretary of the state which has been rocked by violence for the past few days, an official order…
- India
Supreme Court to hear on Monday pleas on Manipur violence
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will on Monday hear a batch of pleas on the Manipur situation including one by a ruling BJP MLA challenging the high court order on the issue…
- India
Manipur violence: AAI helps stranded passengers at Imphal airport
New Delhi: Amid unrest in parts of Manipur, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has taken various measures to help air passengers while airlines have waived rescheduling and cancellation charges for flights to…
- India
Manipur relaxes curfew in Churachandpur for few hours to allow people buy essentials
Imphal: The total curfew that prohibited the movement of any person outside their homes will be relaxed for three hours in violence-hit Manipur’s Churachandpur district on Sunday morning to allow the people…
- India
‘Don’t know what our fault was’: Survivors’ ordeal in Manipur-hit violence
Imphal: Forty-two-year-old Angom Shanti shares space with hundreds of others in a temporary relief shelter in Manipur’s Bishnupur district where they lack basic facilities like mattresses, mosquito nets, electricity or even separate…
- Telangana
Telangana to airlift its citizens from violence-hit Manipur
Hyderabad: As the situation in Manipur reaches its peak, the state government has decided to airlift Telangana students and people currently living in the northeastern state to safety. According to a press…
- India
Efforts on to evacuate Bengal people stranded in strife-torn Manipur: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said efforts are underway to evacuate people of the state stranded in violence-hit Manipur. Expressing concern over the violent clashes in the northeastern…
- India
Drones, Army choppers pressed into service in ethnic violence-hit Manipur
Imphal: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Army helicopters have been pressed into service for aerial surveillance in ethnic violence-hit Manipur, while the Army, Assam Rifles, and other Central paramilitary forces are on…
- India
NEET-UG postponed in violence-hit Manipur, fresh date to be announced soon
New Delhi: Medical entrance exam NEET-UG scheduled on May 7 has been postponed in Manipur in view of the law-and-order situation there, the National Testing Agency announced Saturday. The exam date for…
- India
54 dead in Manipur violence, Imphal Valley returning to normalcy
Imphal: The death toll in the ethnic violence which has engulfed Manipur increased to 54, officials said even as unofficial sources placed the figure at several scores dead and more than 150…
- India
Government doing all it can to contain Manipur trouble: Kiren Rijiju
New Delhi: The Indian government is taking all necessary steps to restore order in the violence-hit Manipur, Union minister Kiren Rijiju said on Saturday. The Union Home Minister himself was monitoring the…
- India
Sporadic violence reported in Manipur; 13,000 rescued as more forces arrive
Imphal: The Imphal Valley in Manipur which remained peaceful for most of Friday witnessed sporadic clashes later in the day as more security forces were rushed in from other states by road…
- India
Manipur violence: Govt issues shoot at sight orders for ‘extreme cases’
Imphal: Manipur government on Thursday issued a shoot at sight order in “extreme cases” to contain spiralling violence in the state between tribals and the majority Meitei community which has displaced over 9,000…
