Manipur
- India
BJP central bosses silent as Meghalaya unit, NPP head for splitsville
Shillong: After Manipur, the BJP’s relations with National Peoples Party (NPP), headed by Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma, have been souring rapidly in Meghalaya even as the saffron party’s central leadership remains…
- Politics
Nitish Kumar slams BJP over five JD-U MLAs joining saffron camp in Manipur
Patna: A day after five of the six Janata Dal-United (JD-U) MLAs in Manipur merged with the ruling BJP, Bihar Chief Minister and senior JD-U leader Nitish Kumar on Saturday slammed the…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: IKEA responds after accusations of discrimination
Hyderabad: The city’s branch of Swedish furniture manufacturer, IKEA, has been accused of racism. On Sunday, a journalist from The Reporter’s Collective took to Twitter and discussed the racist treatment metted out…
- India
Manipur govt asks its staff to exit ‘anti-national’, ‘communal’ social media groups
Imphal: The Manipur government has directed its staff to leave social media groups, which are engaged in spreading “separatist”, “anti-national” and”communal” agendas, as per an official document. An office memorandum issued by Special…
- India
Militant outfits call for I-Day boycott in 5 NE states
Guwahati: Banned militant outfits United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) and a Yung Aug-led faction of the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagalim (Khaplang) have called for a ‘total boycott’ of the celebrations…
- India
Mobile internet suspended for 5 days in Manipur amid protests
Imphal: Mobile internet services have been suspended for five days across Manipur, as per an official order. According to the order issued by Special Secretary (Home) H Gyan Prakash on Saturday, some…
- India
Nagaland: Hundreds join solidarity walk for unity and peace
Kohima: Hundreds of Nagas from different states Assam, Arunachal, Manipur and Nagaland on Thursday joined the Global Naga Forum (GNF) organised two-day Naga Solidarity Walk, on the theme One People, One Destiny.…
- India
Climate change adding layer of vulnerability to fragile Himalayas: Experts
New Delhi: Climate change and ill-planned human interventions in the Himalayas have accentuated the vulnerability of the hills to disasters, resulting in a manifold increase in loss of property and human lives,…
- India
Tribal bodies in Manipur urge PM Modi to implement NRC
Imphal: A total of 19 influential tribal organisations in Manipur have stepped up the demand to implement the National Register of Citizens in the state to protect the indigenous people and to…
- India
Manipur landslide: Assam toll at 11; two more bodies cremated
Morigaon: The number of Assam residents killed in a massive landslide in Manipur’s Noney district has reached 11 so far, while at least 10 others from the state are still missing, an…
- India
Death count in Manipur’s Noney district landslide rises to 37
Imphal: The death toll in the landslide at a railway construction site in Manipur’s Noney district rose to 37 on Sunday with the recovery of three more bodies, while search operations were…
- India
Toll in Manipur landslide rises to 24, 38 still missing
Guwahati: The toll in the landslide at a railway construction site in Manipur’s Noney district rose to 24 on Saturday with 38 people still missing, officials said. More teams were deployed at…
- India
Manipur landslide: NDRF says 17 bodies recovered, rescue ops on
New Delhi: Seventeen bodies have been retrieved from the landslide site in Manipur’s Noney district, the NDRF said on Friday, as they continue the efforts are on to rescue those who are…
- India
Manipur: 7 buried alive in massive landslide in Noney dist; rescue on
New Delhi: At least seven persons were killed and 13 others injured, after a massive landslide struck near a railway construction camp in Manipur’s Noney district, officials said on Thursday. Union Home…
- Offbeat
Manipur: 10-yr-old girl attends classes with sister in lap
Imphal: Meiningsinliu Pamei — a 10-year-old girl in Manipur, goes to school while babysitting her sister in lap. A photograph and a video of Pamei — a student of Class 4, attending…
