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Manipur: EVMs destroyed, firing & bogus voting on poll day; 3 arrested
Imphal: Several incidents of violence were reported as Manipur went to polls on Friday, April 20. Incidents of firing at a polling booth, destruction of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and bogus voting…
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BJP, Congress accuse each other of disturbing polling in Manipur
Imphal: Both the BJP and the Congress on Friday accused each other of unleashing violence and breaching the election Model Code of Conduct in Manipur during the polls. BJP’s state unit general…
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Amid sporadic incidents of violence, Manipur’s two LS seats record 68 percent voting
Imphal: Amidst stray incidents of violence, including vandalisation of polling booths, firing, and clashes, around 68 per cent of 15.44 lakh voters cast their votes in two Lok Sabha seats (one partially)…
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Manipur ready for Lok Sabha elections amid tight security
Imphal: Tight security arrangements have been put in place for the first of the two-phased Lok Sabha elections in Manipur, which had been rocked by ethnic violence over the last one year,…
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Home Minister Amit Shah to campaign in Manipur on Monday
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will campaign in ethnic strife-torn Manipur on Monday, besides visiting Tripura and Rajasthan to garner support for BJP candidates in the Lok Sabha polls, sources…
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Fresh violence erupts in Manipur, 2 killed
Imphal: After a lull of several weeks, two persons were killed on Saturday in fresh incidents of violence during a heavy exchange of firing at the tri-junction of Imphal East, Kangpokpi and…
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Incidents of polling officials ‘favouring BJP’ reported in Assam, Manipur
As India gears up for the seven-phased 17th Lok Sabha elections starting on April 19, two incidents of election officials allegedly favouring the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have come forward from…
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Manipur: SC to hear plea for voting facilities for 18k internally displaced people
New Delhi: The Supreme Court said on Monday it will hear a plea seeking voting facilities for around 18,000 people displaced internally due to the ethnic strife in Manipur for the upcoming…
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‘Right to live before right to vote’: Common refrain in Manipur relief camps
Imphal: “Why should I vote to elect a representative of a place which is no longer mine… elections mean nothing to us,” says a distraught Nobi who lost her home 11 months…
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Manipur: Over 24k displaced people to vote from relief camps for LS polls
Imphal: Eleven months of conflict, over 50,000 displaced people and a prevailing anti-poll sentiment in a section – the Election Commission in violence-hit Manipur is gearing up for the challenging task of…
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Army recovers cache of sophisticated arms, ammunition in Manipur
Imphal: Ahead of the Lok Sabha election, the Army, in a joint operation with other security forces, recovered a cache of arms and ammunition from Manipur’s Bishnupur district on Thursday, officials said.…
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LS polls: EC reviews security situation in states, special focus on Manipur
New Delhi: The Election Commission, in its meeting here on Wednesday to assess the law and order situation ahead of the 7-phase Lok Sabha elections beginning from April 19, also reviewed the…
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War of words between Congress, BJP over working day on Easter in Manipur
Thiruvananthapuram: The Manipur government’s decision to declare Easter as a working day there on Thursday led to a war of words between the Congress and the BJP in Kerala which has a…
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Arrange voting for 50,000 displaced tribals outside Manipur, 10 tribal MLAs urges EC
Imphal: Ten tribal Manipur MLAs, belonging to the Kuki-Zomi-Hmar community, have urged the Election Commission to make special arrangements for voting for displaced tribals scattered in different parts of the country after…
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Congress nominates JNU prof, ex MLA for two LS seats in Manipur
Imphal: The Congress has nominated JNU professor Angomcha Bimol Akoijam and former MLA Alfred Kanngam Arthur for the Inner and Outer Manipur Lok Sabha seats respectively in the upcoming polls, an official…
