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731 people died in Manipur camps since ethnic conflict; 43,000 still displaced
IMPHAL: More than 700 internally displaced persons (IDPs), who were taking shelter in relief camps and pre-fabricated housing across Manipur, have died since the outbreak of violence in May 2023, according to information disclosed by the state home department under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. The information was furnished to RTI appellant Hareshwar Goshwami, writer and political activist, on Friday, following directions of the Manipur Information Commission in Appeal Case No. 22 of...
Day after truck driver’s murder, Manipur highway found dug up
Imphal/Churachandpur: A section of NH-202, the Imphal-Ukhrul lifeline, was found dug up on Saturday near Shangkai Kuki village, allegedly using a JCB excavator. Sources said the road was deliberately excavated by Kuki villagers to disrupt vehicular movement along the highway. Meanwhile, Manipur Police said an attack on Friday at Roudei (TM Kasom) village was allegedly carried out by “armed Kuki militants” positioned along the route from the Patleijang hill area.
One month on, 14 hostages freed in Manipur
Guwahati: Fourteen Kuki individuals, who had been abducted nearly a month ago by Naga groups in Manipur’s Senapati district, were handed over to police and the civil administration following facilitation by the United Naga Council (UNC) and Senapati-based civil society organisations. This compassionate act of the Nagas, which has been widely hailed, came despite six men of their community abducted on May 13 still remaining missing. The 14 released on Tuesday were among the 51 people from...
Centre to deploy CoBRA units in Manipur before monsoon
Two units of CRPF's elite CoBRA commandos, the force credited with clearing Chhattisgarh's Bastar of Maoists, are being dispatched to Manipur amid a security overdrive triggered by a fresh spell of ethnic unrest, this time also involving Naga community. State home minister Govindas Konthoujam said on Friday, "There will be some development in 2-3 days." He didn't elaborate beyond saying Union minister Amit Shah had issued orders for "strong action against extremist elements in all areas,...
Buzz of cabinet reshuffle grows: 2 Union ministers don't figure among BJP's 1 1 Rajya Sabha picks
Union ministers Ravneet Singh Bittu and George Kurian do not figure among the 11 Rajya Sabha candidates named by BJP for the June 18 polls, a development that adds to the buzz about a reshuffle in the council of ministers. Kurian, the only Christian minister in the PM Modi-led govt, and Bittu are outgoing MPs from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan respectively and did not find a place in the list from their state. The buzz over the reshuffle has now further grown as two other junior ministers,...
Cabinet reshuffle soon? BJP's organisational rejig, Rajya Sabha nominations hint at changes
Speculation is rife over a possible reshuffle in Union Cabinet after a rejig in BJP's state units and Rajya Sabha ticket allotments. With the completion of 12 years of the BJP-led NDA government and the second year of its third term, Prime Minister Modi may effect a reshuffle in his ministry sometime soon, news agency PTI reported, citing sources. As a new team under party president Nitin Nabin is set to be announced within this month, some leaders holding positions in the government may...
Armed forces prepared for both short and intense conflicts: Army chief Gen Dwivedi
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‘Permanent class of excluded Indians’: Owaisi slams Centre over SIR
As the Election Commission expands its Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across multiple states, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has launched a fresh attack on the exercise, alleging that it could be used to create a “permanent class of excluded Indians” and disproportionately affect Muslims, women, migrants and the poor. In a post on X on Wednesday, Owaisi claimed that the Centre was using a document-based voter verification exercise as a precursor to broader mechanisms for...
Modi surpasses Nehru as longest-serving elected PM: Tracing the road to 4,399 days in 12 charts
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BJP team meets at PM house to finalise RS, MLC poll picks
Ahead of the elections to 24 Rajya Sabha seats and MLC polls in some states, BJP's central election committee (CEC) met at PM Narendra Modi's residence on Sunday to finalise the names of candidates. The CEC includes Union ministers Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh and BJP president Nitin Nabin, and its meeting came a day before the filing of nomination for RS elections begins. Soon after the meeting, BJP released a list of its 10 candidates for MLC elections to 16 seats in Maharashtra, a day...