Politics / Manipur

IMPHAL, March 31 – Two more candidates filed their nomination papers on Tuesday for the Outer Manipur parliamentary constituency for the ensuing 14th Lok Sabha elections. Manipur will go on polls on April 20 and 26 in two parliamentary constituencies – Outer and Inner seats.

With the two nominations filed on Tuesday morning, altogether six candidates from different parties have filed their nomination papers for the Outer parliamentary constituency.

Sitting MP Holkhomang Haokip of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) submitted his papers to the Imphal West Deputy Commissioner and Returning...

Imphal, Feb. 27: For the second time in a fortnight, president of the BJP Manipur unit Thounaojam Chaoba Singh sought pardon from the banned Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL), which had passed a death sentence on him.

Chaoba Singh issued his first appeal on February 12 after the rebel group set February 15 as the deadline for the BJP to expel him from the party. The KYKL had accused the former Union minister of state for youth affairs and sports of being an agent of the Indian government.

In an advertisement published in all Imphal-based dailies today, the Lok Sabha MP said, ?Once again I would...

Imphal, Feb. 25: The Revolutionary People?s Front (RPF), a banned organisation of Manipur, has rejected the Centre?s offer to rebel groups in the Northeast to hold talks to bring lasting peace in the region. The RPF declared that the offer of peace parleys was nothing but a ploy to crush the region?s struggle.

The RPF, the political wing of the People?s Liberation Army, said in an editorial in the latest issue of its mouthpiece Monthly Collection that Delhi?s offer for talks was meaningless as it has imposed the precondition that there would be no compromise on India?s territorial integrity.

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Imphal, Feb 24: More than 40 people were arrested after they attacked new Christian converts in Imphal West today. A police team has been posted at the village to prevent a backlash. Of the arrested, 34 are women.

The police said villagers attacked the house of Apabi Golmei and her family, who converted to Christianity recently, at 10 am today. However, timely intervention by a police team prevented the mob from harming the family.

Of the 43 arrested, 34 are women. They will be produced before an Imphal court tomorrow. Earlier on Sunday, the police had rescued three missionaries from a mob in...

Imphal, Feb. 21: Both the ruling and the Opposition coalitions of Manipur are finding it difficult to reach a consensus regarding the candidature of the two Lok Sabha seats in the state. The CPI, the partner in the ruling coalition, has decided to field Moirangthem Nara Singh, the arts and culture minister in the Okram Ibobi Singh ministry, in the Inner Lok Sabha constituency as the party candidate.

The Congress, leading the ruling front is unwilling to sacrifice the Inner seat to its partner and has already sent a list of ticket seekers from both the Inner and Outer seats to the AICC high...

Imphal, Feb. 19: A banned militant outfit has accused Manipur family welfare minister Bijoy Koijam and his younger brother of swindling money meant for centrally-sponsored schemes and given them a week to return the amount.

The Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) yesterday charged the family welfare minister with pocketing Rs 15 lakh while saying that his younger brother Warjit Singh had taken Rs 4 lakh out of Rs 50 lakh withdrawn for implementing the schemes in the two hill districts.

The amount withdrawn is part of the Rs 1 crore provided by the Union family welfare ministry under the National...

Imphal, Feb. 18: A students? organisation today imposed a ban on the sale of textbooks in Manipur citing ?mistakes and wrong facts about history? in the editions brought out by the Board of Secondary Education, Manipur.

The Democratic Students Alliance, Manipur, (Desam) war-ned stall-owners across the state against selling textbooks for Classes I to V. The board has taken the responsibility of publishing the textbooks for all the government and private schools, including missionary schools, from this year?s academic session.

The students had served an ultimatum to the Ibobi Singh government...

IMPHAL, Feb 16 ? Manipur Food and Civil Supply Minister Ph. Parijat Singh whose house was attacked yesterday by militants, today alleged that separatist United National Liberation Front (UNLF) had demanded Rs 30 lakhs from him. Singh said the UNLF insurgents had given him an extortion demand notice of Rs 30 lakh about a month ago with a warning of dire consequences if the money was not paid, he told PTI here.

Unidentified militants had attacked Singh's residence yesterday with a powerful grenade which did not explode. It was later defused by the experts. Singh said his family members received...

IMPHAL, Feb 15 ? With the Lok Sabha election round the corner, the political parties in this tiny State which have only three MP seats in the both houses of the parliament particularly the major partners of the Manipur Opposition Democratic People's Alliance (DPA) BJP, Manipur People's Party (MPP) and Federal Party of Manipur (FPM) are most planning to field their own candidates . Similarly the same story holds true for the two years old ruling Secular Progressive Front (SPF) coalition, whose two partners, the CPI and the Congress are also intent on fielding their own candidates. In short...

Imphal, Feb. 15: The security ring around the BJP?s Manipur unit president and Lok Sabha MP Thounaojam Chaoba Singh was tightened as the banned Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup?s (KYKL) deadline for the party to expel him ended today.

Meting out the ?death sentence? against Chaoba Singh for his alleged activities against the KYKL, the militant organisation asked the BJP state unit on January 29 to expel him from the party by February 15.

The outfit has warned that it would target all the BJP leaders if they failed to expel Chaoba Singh within the deadline.

Security for all the four BJP legislators has...