Politics / Manipur

Imphal, May 30: The Union home ministry has made it tougher for foreigners to visit Manipur, where militants had taken a German national hostage two months ago.

The ministry recently issued a new set of guidelines on granting protected area permits, which every foreigner must obtain before entering the state. The whole of Manipur is a ?protected area? under the Foreigners (Protected Areas) Order, 1958.

Foreigners are allowed to visit only a few places, including this capital town, Loktak lake, the memorial to Indian National Army soldiers at Moirang, Keibul Lamjao National Park, Waithou lake...

Guwahati, May 23: The agitation against the Tipaimukh dam in Manipur has finally reached the United Nations.

The UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, during its second session, which ended today in New York, discussed the threat posed by the Rs 1,078-crore multipurpose project to local tribals.

Raising the issue in the UN forum, representatives of the Centre for Organisation Research and Education (CORE) told the forum, ?The dam will mean virtually the total destruction of the worlds of the Hmar and Zeliangrong tribes and also have a long-term impact on many other indigenous tribals in...

AIZAWL, May 17 ? The Kuki National Army (KNA) has expressed willingness to come to the negotiating table in-lieu of a formal recognition of its demands by the Government of India. KNA Commander-in-Chief Vipin Haokip said here that the outfit is open to talks provided the Centre recognizes its long standing demand for a separate homeland for the Kukis who inhabit a substantial part of Manipur?s three hill districts.

Referring to the historical background of the Kukis, the KNA chief said, ?The Kukis were discriminated against since the colonial days. The foremost account of our tribe described...

Jotsoma (Kohima), May 16: In what could come as a surprise to states like Manipur, the Naga Hoho today struck a chord on accommodation and love for neighbours.

Speaking at a function of the Naga National Council (Panger) here today, a senior Hoho leader Krurovi Peseyie said reconciliation is the key for settling the Naga political issue. ?We should be accommodative towards the interests of neighbouring states,? he said, without naming the states. Peseyie said love, combined with a sincere approach, can resolve any problem.

The demand for the integration of all the Naga-inhabited areas under...

AIZAWL, May 13 — Vipin Haokip, self-styled chief of the Kuki National Army (KNA), the armed wing of Kuki National Organisation (KNO), today said his outfit was willing to negotiate with the Centre on its demand for a separate state for the Kukis, reports PTI. The negotiations should lead to an amicable settlement by establishment of tripartite arrangement to accommodate Meiteis, Nagas and Kukis, Haokip told PTI.

KOHIMA, May 8 – The National Socialist Council of Nagalim (IM) said it was committed to “peaceful means for solution” to the more-than-half-a-century old Indo-Naga political problem but lamented that “Indians’ commitment leaves much to be desired despite assurances” reports NEPS. In an exclusive interview to a Netherlands based national daily that made available to North East Press Service Tuesday, General Secretary of the NSCN (IM) Thuingaleng Muivah, however, asserted that the unification of “Naga territories” and their national identities were “non-negotiable. “In other words, the...

IMPHAL, May 5— Proscribed Kanglei Yawal Kanna Lup (Kykl) has decided to ban all forms of bandhs and general strike from May 15 onwards, in Manipur. The outfit also warned the teachers community in the state not to take up any ceasework strike in the days to come. The outfit in a four-page statement signed by secretary of publicity and research Lanngamba Mangang stated that from May 15 no organisation or groups of people will be allowed to impose bandh and general strikes in the state.

Besides, employees of the education department and the teachers community in the state have been warned not...

IMPHAL, May 1—Contrary to the predictions and speculations, the much-awaited allocation of the portfolios to the newly-inducted ministers was effected after a gap of eleven days late Wednesday evening. The portfolios to the newly-inducted ministers were allocated soon after the arrival of the Governor, Ved Marwah from New Delhi on Wednesday. However, the government notification was made available to the press late in the evening.

Mention may be made here that nine ministers of state were elevated to the Cabinet rank while two other MLAs were inducted into the Council of Ministers of the...

IMPHAL, April 25 – Four militants of Kuki Liberation Army (KLA), including a person involved in the recent kidnapping of German national Heinrich Wolfgang, have been arrested in Manipur, official sources said on Friday, reports PTI. Acting on a tip-off, police forces conducted search operations at Kamu and Koireng villages in interior Thoubal district and nabbed KLA militant Letkhohao Misao and three others on Thursday.

Misao was involved in the recent kidnapping of Heinrich Wolfgang who came here to inspect the functioning of some NGOs funded by some German agencies and also in the abduction...

Imphal, April 24: Manipur police have arrested one of the Kuki Liberation Army (KLA) militants who had abducted German social worker Heinrich Wolfgang on March 23 and senior telecom official J. Lunkim the previous month.

The militant was arrested along with three other members of the same outfit during a special operation last night at Kamu Koireng under Yairipok police station of Thoubal district. The district superintendent of police led the operation.

The arrested militants were identified as Letkhohao Misao, alias Haopu, of Chandel district, Genlal Vaiphei, Thianminboi Vaiphei and Behma...