Manipur New Districts

Four people were shot dead and several others injured in fresh violence in Manipur on New Year's day, following which curfew was reimposed in the five valley districts of the state.

At a relief camp in Thoubal district of Manipur, which shelters 210 people, some women are engrossed in learning a new art.

An unruly mob vandalised and set on fire on Thursday night around 9 pm, the venue where Chief Minister N Biren Singh is scheduled to attend a programme the next day at New Lamka in Churachandpur district.

The centre has told all states and union territories that the power to administer the new rules on digital media publications has not been delegated to them, a day after the Union government overturned a Manipur district magistrate's order issued under the recently implemented guidelines.

On Monday hours after a Manipur journalist was served a notice under the controversial new rules to regulate digital content, including that on news websites, it was withdrawn and, on Tuesday it emerged the centre had pointed out the issuing authority - a district magistrate - had no authority to send the notice

The administration in Manipur's Jiribam district today imposed prohibitory order in the region under section 144 of CrPc, in the wake of protests against a bill that seeks to "protect the identity of indigenous people" of the state, an official said.

An economic blockade in Manipur led by the United Naga Council, which had crippled the state's supply lines for over 130 days, has been lifted - a day ahead of Chief Minister Biren Singh's crucial floor test to prove his majority in the Manipur assembly today.

Manipur's 100-day roadblock and its trigger -- the creation of seven new districts - are expected to be the key deciding factors when the state goes to polls on March 4. The two issues have polarised voters as never before, setting plains against hills and tribe against tribe. And it might help the ruling Congress, say locals.

With the economic blockade in Manipur imposed by United Naga Council over the creation of seven new districts completing 70 days, the ruling Congress government in the state as well as the BJP are ready to turn the blockade into the main election issue. Manipur will go to polls in March.

Assembly elections in Manipur will be held in two phases -- on March 4 and 8 -- in which a bitter tussle is expected between the ruling Congress and the BJP. The BJP, which won the elections in Assam last year, is hoping to unseat the Congress. Ahead of the elections, the state has witnessed largescale unrest over issues including the inner-line pe...

Violence erupted in Manipur's capital Imphal this afternoon when protesters angry over the ongoing economic blockade in the state and a series of terrorist attacks on security forces earlier this week, resorted to violence. A curfew has been imposed in Imphal till 4 pm on Monday.

Militants ambushed a team of Manipur Police personnel on road patrol duty in two different areas in the state's Chandel district, killing four personnel and injuring four others.

New Collectors and police Superintendents were named on Friday after the cabinet decided overnight to form seven new districts in Manipur.

Repolling may be ordered in 33 polling booths in five hill districts of Manipur that saw violence, Chief Electoral Officer P.C. Lawmkunga said on Tuesday. He said the state election department had made the request to the Election Commission. Seven people were killed in election-related violence in Manipur on Jan 28 when people voted to pick a new a...

Four people were shot dead and several others injured in fresh violence in Manipur on New Year's day, following which curfew was reimposed in the five valley districts of the state.

At a relief camp in Thoubal district of Manipur, which shelters 210 people, some women are engrossed in learning a new art.

An unruly mob vandalised and set on fire on Thursday night around 9 pm, the venue where Chief Minister N Biren Singh is scheduled to attend a programme the next day at New Lamka in Churachandpur district.

The centre has told all states and union territories that the power to administer the new rules on digital media publications has not been delegated to them, a day after the Union government overturned a Manipur district magistrate's order issued under the recently implemented guidelines.

On Monday hours after a Manipur journalist was served a notice under the controversial new rules to regulate digital content, including that on news websites, it was withdrawn and, on Tuesday it emerged the centre had pointed out the issuing authority - a district magistrate - had no authority to send the notice

The administration in Manipur's Jiribam district today imposed prohibitory order in the region under section 144 of CrPc, in the wake of protests against a bill that seeks to "protect the identity of indigenous people" of the state, an official said.

An economic blockade in Manipur led by the United Naga Council, which had crippled the state's supply lines for over 130 days, has been lifted - a day ahead of Chief Minister Biren Singh's crucial floor test to prove his majority in the Manipur assembly today.

Manipur's 100-day roadblock and its trigger -- the creation of seven new districts - are expected to be the key deciding factors when the state goes to polls on March 4. The two issues have polarised voters as never before, setting plains against hills and tribe against tribe. And it might help the ruling Congress, say locals.

With the economic blockade in Manipur imposed by United Naga Council over the creation of seven new districts completing 70 days, the ruling Congress government in the state as well as the BJP are ready to turn the blockade into the main election issue. Manipur will go to polls in March.

Assembly elections in Manipur will be held in two phases -- on March 4 and 8 -- in which a bitter tussle is expected between the ruling Congress and the BJP. The BJP, which won the elections in Assam last year, is hoping to unseat the Congress. Ahead of the elections, the state has witnessed largescale unrest over issues including the inner-line pe...

Violence erupted in Manipur's capital Imphal this afternoon when protesters angry over the ongoing economic blockade in the state and a series of terrorist attacks on security forces earlier this week, resorted to violence. A curfew has been imposed in Imphal till 4 pm on Monday.

Militants ambushed a team of Manipur Police personnel on road patrol duty in two different areas in the state's Chandel district, killing four personnel and injuring four others.

New Collectors and police Superintendents were named on Friday after the cabinet decided overnight to form seven new districts in Manipur.

Repolling may be ordered in 33 polling booths in five hill districts of Manipur that saw violence, Chief Electoral Officer P.C. Lawmkunga said on Tuesday. He said the state election department had made the request to the Election Commission. Seven people were killed in election-related violence in Manipur on Jan 28 when people voted to pick a new a...