Manipur Agitation

The Army and Assam Rifles were deployed to control the situation in the northeastern state where violence broke out during a tribal agitation on Wednesday.

Acting vice-chancellor of the Manipur University K Yugindro Singh has apologised to Governor Najma Heptulla for stating that she extended "overt support" to agitators during a recent stir at the varsity, a Raj Bhavan official said Wednesday.

The Manipur University's acting Vice Chancellor's remarks that state Governor Najma Heptulla extended "overt support" to agitators during a recent stir at the varsity has not gone down well with Raj Bhavan authorities who termed the comments as "unfortunate".

The Manipur Government ordered the suspension of all telecom services except voice calls for five days in the wake of escalating protest demanding the ouster of Manipur University Vice-Chancellor Adya Prasad Pandey. Last night there was an agitated confrontation between the student protestors and the police.

Chief Minister N Biren Singh today said an underground group has demanded Rs 5 crore from Manipur University Vice-Chancellor (VC) Adya Prasad Pandey even as the agitation by students and teachers, demanding the VC's removal, entered its 43rd day.

In Manipur, crippled by an economic blockade for over the three months, the agitating United Naga Council (UNC) and the ruling Congress have drawn swords at each other. With Manipur Congress Legislature Party (CLP) writing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare UNC, the top body of Nagas living in Manipur, as an "unlawful organisation", the UNC...

The central government has decided to rush additional 4,000 paramilitary personnel to Manipur in its efforts to reopen a national highway which has been blocked for nearly two months by a Naga group. With this, a total of 17,500 central security personnel have been deployed in the state to assist the local administration in maintaining law and orde...

Two Manipur legislators - Jaikishan Khumukcham from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and L Ibomcha of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) - on Wednesday joined the ruling Congress party in the state.

Long queue of vehicles outside petrol pumps due to rationing of fuel in Manipur's Imphal, has led to many people spending hours, waiting for their turn late into the night. Fuel shortage is the latest crisis to hit the state capital, which is just emerging from months of agitation and shutdown over restriction of entry to outsiders in the state.

For over a week now, schools in Manipur's capital city Imphal have remained closed because of an agitation to restrict the entry of outsiders in the state. School children, in fact, have been at the forefront of this agitation.

Curfew has been extended for the fourth consecutive day in Imphal today, following violent clashes between students and the police in which a Class 9 student was killed on Wednesday.

Protests turned violent as police burst tear gas shells to disperse agitated locals during the first day of the indefinite statewide bandh called by a film body demanding the arrest of an NSCN-IM ultra who allegedly molested a Manipuri film actress at a public function.

While the rest of the country agonises about paying Rs 2 more for petrol, Manipur's crisis is worsening. With both highways blocked by the agitating Naga group, fuel is running out in the state capital Imphal.

A 93-day old economic blockade on Manipur's main national highway was lifted at midnight on Monday after the state government signed an agreement with the agitating group demanding a separate Kuki tribe dominated district to be carved out of hill areas near Imphal.

The city is paralysed under curfew and a heavy security deployment patrols the streets.

The Army and Assam Rifles were deployed to control the situation in the northeastern state where violence broke out during a tribal agitation on Wednesday.

Acting vice-chancellor of the Manipur University K Yugindro Singh has apologised to Governor Najma Heptulla for stating that she extended "overt support" to agitators during a recent stir at the varsity, a Raj Bhavan official said Wednesday.

The Manipur University's acting Vice Chancellor's remarks that state Governor Najma Heptulla extended "overt support" to agitators during a recent stir at the varsity has not gone down well with Raj Bhavan authorities who termed the comments as "unfortunate".

The Manipur Government ordered the suspension of all telecom services except voice calls for five days in the wake of escalating protest demanding the ouster of Manipur University Vice-Chancellor Adya Prasad Pandey. Last night there was an agitated confrontation between the student protestors and the police.

Chief Minister N Biren Singh today said an underground group has demanded Rs 5 crore from Manipur University Vice-Chancellor (VC) Adya Prasad Pandey even as the agitation by students and teachers, demanding the VC's removal, entered its 43rd day.

In Manipur, crippled by an economic blockade for over the three months, the agitating United Naga Council (UNC) and the ruling Congress have drawn swords at each other. With Manipur Congress Legislature Party (CLP) writing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare UNC, the top body of Nagas living in Manipur, as an "unlawful organisation", the UNC...

The central government has decided to rush additional 4,000 paramilitary personnel to Manipur in its efforts to reopen a national highway which has been blocked for nearly two months by a Naga group. With this, a total of 17,500 central security personnel have been deployed in the state to assist the local administration in maintaining law and orde...

Two Manipur legislators - Jaikishan Khumukcham from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and L Ibomcha of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) - on Wednesday joined the ruling Congress party in the state.

Long queue of vehicles outside petrol pumps due to rationing of fuel in Manipur's Imphal, has led to many people spending hours, waiting for their turn late into the night. Fuel shortage is the latest crisis to hit the state capital, which is just emerging from months of agitation and shutdown over restriction of entry to outsiders in the state.

For over a week now, schools in Manipur's capital city Imphal have remained closed because of an agitation to restrict the entry of outsiders in the state. School children, in fact, have been at the forefront of this agitation.

Curfew has been extended for the fourth consecutive day in Imphal today, following violent clashes between students and the police in which a Class 9 student was killed on Wednesday.

Protests turned violent as police burst tear gas shells to disperse agitated locals during the first day of the indefinite statewide bandh called by a film body demanding the arrest of an NSCN-IM ultra who allegedly molested a Manipuri film actress at a public function.

While the rest of the country agonises about paying Rs 2 more for petrol, Manipur's crisis is worsening. With both highways blocked by the agitating Naga group, fuel is running out in the state capital Imphal.

A 93-day old economic blockade on Manipur's main national highway was lifted at midnight on Monday after the state government signed an agreement with the agitating group demanding a separate Kuki tribe dominated district to be carved out of hill areas near Imphal.

The city is paralysed under curfew and a heavy security deployment patrols the streets.