Politics / Manipur

Imphal, January 25: Mass protest rallies under the banner of the Committee Against Tipaimukh Dam taken out simultaneously at Tamenglong Headquarters, Luangba (Nungba) and Luangmai (Noney) yesterday denounced the MoU signed between the Government of Manipur and the North East Electrical Power Corporation (NEEPCO) for construction of the Hydro Electrical Project at Tipaimukh along Manipur-Mizoram border. Nearly 650 villagers including school students, non-Manipuri shopkeepers took part in the rally held at Luangmai (Noney). They carried placards and banners with imposing wordings like 'We oppose...

Imphal, January 25: The majority community the Meitei living in Manipur should play an important role in safeguarding the territorial integrity of the state the Chief Minister O Ibobi today said after returning from New Delhi. He expressed unhappiness over the incident which occurred during Gaan-Ngai and at Nagaram. It was not a civilized act he said. He further said during a football match foul language were used during a match with a team from Churachandpur. Stop using derogatory words he said. The delegation of political parties which went to Delhi had a series of discussions with central...

IMPHAL, Jan 25 ?Chief Minister Okram Ibobi today reiterated that Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee had assured a team of all political parties of Manipur that Centre had no plan to re-draw the territorial boundary of Manipur. Chief Minister Ibobi who returned here this afternoon along with leaders of the political parties after camping in New Delhi for more than five days while quoting the Prime Minister said : ?Prime Minister had told us that there is no commitment on the issue of territorial integrity of Manipur?.

Highlighting the political parties face-to-face meeting with a number of...

Dimapur, Jan. 24: A day after its leaders wrapped up their maiden talks on Indian soil, the NSCN (I-M) today said issues relating to Manipur ? a grey area in the entire peace process ? were only a part of the ?Indo-Naga problem?.

Speaking out for the first time on the recent meeting between Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and the Manipur delegation led by chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh, NSCN (I-M) leader V. Horam today said the Indo-Naga issue should be ?looked in its totality?.

?We don?t want to waste time splitting hairs on the Manipur-Nagaland or Nagaland-Assam issues. We are not...

Imphal/Guwahati, Jan. 24: Two Manipur ministers and a deputy inspector-general of police survived an ambush by suspected Kuki rebels in Thoubal district while the Ulfa claimed to have killed nearly 15 CRPF jawans in Assam?s Barpeta district today.

Assam director-general of police Hare Krishna Deka dismissed the Ulfa claim, saying a lone CRPF jawan died in an encounter while a militant was killed in the gunbattle.

Manipur DGP S. Bimolchandra Singh told The Telegraph that the minister of state for social welfare D.K. Korungthang and minister of state for agriculture K. Ranjit Singh (both with...

IMPHAL, Jan 24? Kuki militants have freed Additional Chief Engineer, Irrigation department K. Ibotomba Singh who was kidnapped from Singhat area in Churachandpur district on January 20, official sources said today, reports PTI.

Militants belonging to Kuki National Army released Singh at an interior place in the district yesterday, the sources said.

Meanwhile, the Food Corporation of India (FCI) deputy manager R Sadasivam and a businessman were still in the custody of the Kuki militants-United Kuki Liberation Front (UKLF), the official sources said.

The UKLF had demanded a huge sum for the...

IMPHAL, Jan 23 ? A huge rally across Tamenglong district of Manipur would be taken out tomorrow to protest against the proposed construction of multi-crore Tipaimukh dam at the trijunction of Manipur, Mizoram and Assam, Committee Against Tipaimukh Dam (CATD) said today, reports PTI.

The CATD said in a statement that rally, public meetings and processions would be organised in the district to protest against the proposed dam for which a memorandum of understanding had been signed by the Manipur Government and North Eastern Electrical Power Corporation recently.

In another statement...

Imphal, Jan. 22: All Food Corporation of India (FCI) godowns in Manipur and the adjoining states have been shut down following the abduction of FCI deputy director Sadashivam by suspected militants along the Imphal-Moreh route yesterday.

The FCI has suspended all operations in the town indefinitely in protest against the incident.

Director-general of police S. Bimolchandra Singh told The Telegraph today that the United Kuki Liberation Front might be behind the kidnapping. However, there has been no demand for ransom, he added.

The nine persons were waylaid yesterday while travelling in two...

New Delhi, Jan. 22: The NSCN (I-M) today appeared peeved at Manipur chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh?s claim that Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had assured him of not altering the state?s boundary, seeking a clarification from New Delhi on the issue.

However, the talks, which were extended by a day, remained unaffected.

The fact that the negotiations did not fall through was a breather for both sides, indicating that they were committed to a negotiated settlement. The NSCN (I-M) leaders, however, were not at all charitable to Ibobi Singh?s claim on the Prime Minister?s assurance.

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Imphal, January 22: Zeliangrong Students' Union, Manipur (ZSUM) has registered its strong opposition to the construction of Tipaimukh dam by contending that the proposed dam would harm the land and the people for generations come. 'We, the Zeliangrong Students' Union, Manipur and the whole community do not want our land and our future to be annihilated in the name of development,' ZSUM secretary Thuanrei Phaomei said. He questioned, 'If the Govt of India and the State Government do not take the confidence of our people now how can we trust that the proposed Tipaimukh dam will be for our...