Politics / Manipur

IMPHAL, July 19: The United National Liberation Front, UNLF, has once again sought the forgiveness of the families of the victims of its mistaken ambush on a Tata Sumo passengers on June 25 in which ten people were killed. In a press released by the central Committee of the organisation, the UNLF said as much as it is an incident which the bereaved families will find difficult to forget, it will also leave a scar that will not easily heal on the UNLF. Explaining the circumstances that led to the unfortunate attack, the UNLF said it had laid an ambush on the vehicle mistakenly identifying it as...

IMPHAL, July 19: A high powered central team led by former Union Home Secretary NN Vohra today reviewed the situation in Manipur with high ranking state officials in the context of escalation in insurgent activities. The nine-member Central 'task force on internal security' discussed the situation in the state with Chief Minister W Nipamacha Singh soon after arriving in Imphal this morning by a special plane. The discussion covered issues related to law and order, the threat posed by the activities of the underground groups to India's internal security and help extended to the UGs by foreign...

IMPHAL, July 19: The Opposition today rapped rural development and panchayati raj minister N Bihari Singh for alleged illegal appointments in his department. Opposition leaders O Joy Singh, Rishang Keishing and Nimaichand Luwang accused the minister of violating the ban on recruitment imposed by the state government. Discussing the rural development and panchayat department's demands today in the Assembly, former Congress Chief Minister Rishang Keishing alleged that the department was not able to acquire funds allocated by the Centre over the past two years. Terming the minister as inefficient...

IMPHAL, July 17: Manipur People's Party (MPP) president and sitting MLA Okram Joy has decided to file a disqualification case against four MPP MLAs who had joined the ruling Manipur State Congress Party (MSCP) in an indecent haste. Sources said that this imminent court is without any prejudice to the ongoing hearings in the tribunal headed by chairman and Speaker Sapam Dhananjoy Singh against the 9 MLAs. The defeated Speaker Karam Badudhon Singh had 'recognised' the split of the parties despite the fact that he had no power to do so. However, the merger order had been signed by the in cumbent...

IMPHAL, July 16: The Imphal East police has cracked down on a shady NGO by the name of German Indo Benevolent for agricultural and Industrial Rural development, GIBARD, located at Hatta Golapati, closing down its office and arresting six of its central committee members yesterday, according to a reliable source. According to the sources, GIBARD has been giving gullible people the impression that it is a German-funded registered body with a net of Rs 100 crore German investments in it already. Using this guise, the NGO has been roping in educated unemployed youths promising them jobs after...

IMPHAL, August 26: All efforts by political parties to combine forces against the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate in Manipur during the coming Lok Sabha elections have failed and a multi-cornered contest appears unavoidable, since, according to them, the Congress wanted other parties to support its own candidates. Following failure of talks to forge a unity among all anti-NDA forces, the Secular Democratic Front (SDF) and the Congress declared their respective list of candidates for the Inner and Outer Manipur constituencies. Khaidem Mani Singh of the Manipur People's Party (MPP)...

IMPHAL, August 24: The Secular Democratic Front (SDF), comprising four political parties, would put up Manipur People's Party (MPP) leader Khaidem Mani from the prestigious Inner Manipur Lok Sabha constituency. The former director of state education department, TS Gangte, will be fielded by the four-party front - the Manipur People's Party (MPP), the Communist Party of India (CPI), the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Janata Dal (United) from the Outer Manipur Lok Sabha seat, SDF leaders told a press conference here yesterday. Mani and Gangte, who will be contesting on a CPI ticket...

IMPHAL, August 18: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has finally arrived at a decision for a common candidate for the coming Lok Sabha polls with the announcement of the name of T Chaoba, former member of Parliament. Chaoba will contest the Inner Manipur seat. The Congress has announced the name of Nimaichand Luwang as its candidate for Inner Manipur.

IMPHAL, August 8: Most political leaders in Manipur have engaged their time to find a common candidate for the ensuing Lok Sabha elections. Both the Opposition and ruling parties of the state are yet to decide the consensus candidate. According to Manipur People's Party (MPP) president, Okram Joy Singh, parleys were on to reach an agreement among the six Opposition parties to jointly fight the National Democratic Alliance candidate. He also said that a final decision would be taken on August 9 next. However, MPP has decided to put the party's candidate in the fray in the Inner Manipur...

DELHI, August 1: The Manipur government has moved the Supreme Court detailing the differences between Bishnupriyas and Manipuris over the recognition of Bishnupriyas as Other Backward Classes (OBCs) by the states of Assam and Tripura. The Manipur government has challenged the decision of the Guwahati High Court to include Bishnupriya Manipuris in the State list of OBCs saying the court has given the direction without going into the question whether such a community existed at all. The petitioner said the decision of the states of Assam and Tripura allowing prefixing or suffixing of the word...