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Did Change Of Word Alter Manipur's Future? Row Over Gazette vs Assembly "Discrepancy"
Former Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh has pointed out a discrepancy between a notification published in the Gazette of India and the state assembly's published rules on governance in Manipur's hill areas.
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Tension Flares Up Between 2 Manipur Tribes After Militants Assault Village Chief
Tension flared up between two tribes in Manipur today after a village chief was allegedly assaulted by suspected militants over a land dispute, officials said.
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"Baseless Allegation, Flared Up Emotions": Kuki Village Chief Denies Woman Assaulted Over Land In Manipur
A village chief from the Kuki tribes has termed as "baseless" an allegation by a woman that Kuki villagers assaulted her when she tried to build a house in Manipur's K Lungwiram Naga village in Kangpokpi district.
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"Condemn Indiscriminate Firing By Kuki Militants": Manipur Chief Minister After 2 Injured
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has condemned what he called "indiscriminate firing by Kuki militants on two villages in Imphal East district" on Friday.
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Get Ready For Combing Ops, Manipur Government Tells Police: 10 Points
Intermittent firing began at 5.30 am in an area between Imphal West district's Sekmai and Kangpokpi district's Phailen village today, sources said. The state government has ordered the police chief to conduct combing operations along the foothills.
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Myanmar Nationals In Shelter Homes Outnumber Locals In 8 Villages: Manipur MLA
An MLA in Manipur has written to Chief Minister N Biren Singh alleging the number of "illegal" Myanmar nationals living in shelter homes in eight villages "have outnumbered" the locals, leading to insecurity among the locals.
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"996 New Villages, Poppy Cultivation, Forest Cover Loss": Manipur Chief Minister On Illegal Immigrants
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has doubled down on the state government's claim that a major factor behind the ethnic crisis in the border state was the "massive influx of illegal immigrants from Myanmar".
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Manipur Looks At One Last Step To End Hereditary Chieftainship
The Manipur government will take "appropriate steps" to enforce a law that will end the system of hereditary chieftainship in the hills areas of the state, BJP MLA Rajkumar Imo Singh said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
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"Self-Proclaimed Village Chief's Claim On Protected Site Fabricated, Concocted": Manipur Government
The Manipur government has intervened to put to rest claims and counter-claims by two tribes that the sacred Thangjing hill near the lakeside Moirang district belongs to them.
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29 Naga Village Chiefs In Manipur Allege Their Signatures Forged In Demand For Separate Administration
Twenty-nine Naga village chiefs have written a complaint to the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes alleging forgery of their signatures in a rejoinder submitted to the commission on Manipur separate administration.
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Human Rights Body Notice To Manipur Top Cop, Government Over Latest Killings
The NHRC has issued notices to the Manipur government and the state's police chief over reports that at least 13 people were killed in a gunfight in Leithao village in the Tengnoupal district, officials said on Friday.
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Area Where Manipur Mass Burial Planned Is Government's Sericulture Farm, Eviction Notice Shows
The Manipur government sent an eviction notice to a village chief in May 2022 to remove encroachments from state land in Bishnupur district's Torbung village - the same site where hill-majority Kukis on Thursday planned a mass burial.
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Manipur Chief Minister At The Spot After 3 Killed In Pre-Dawn Violence
At least three villagers were shot dead in fresh violence in Manipur, which is still on the boil since ethnic violence broke out between the valley-majority Meitei and the hill-majority Kuki tribe two months ago, said police sources.
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1 Dead In Nagaland Poll Violence, Turnout Low In Meghalaya: 10 Points
One person has been killed and two injured in poll-related clashes in Nagaland's Zunheboto district where voting was underway along with Meghalaya today. The two tribal-Christian-majority north-eastern states have 60 seats and elections are being held for 59 seats. The BJP, which is already in power in Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh, hopes to...
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Mamata Banerjee's All-Night Vigil in Office as Flood Batters West Bengal
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee spent Sunday night in office to monitor the flood situation in the state in the aftermath of Cyclone Komen which has hit large parts of Bengal, Odisha and Manipur. Around 70 people - 48 of them in Bengal alone - have died so far.
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Did Change Of Word Alter Manipur's Future? Row Over Gazette vs Assembly "Discrepancy"
Former Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh has pointed out a discrepancy between a notification published in the Gazette of India and the state assembly's published rules on governance in Manipur's hill areas.
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Tension Flares Up Between 2 Manipur Tribes After Militants Assault Village Chief
Tension flared up between two tribes in Manipur today after a village chief was allegedly assaulted by suspected militants over a land dispute, officials said.
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"Baseless Allegation, Flared Up Emotions": Kuki Village Chief Denies Woman Assaulted Over Land In Manipur
A village chief from the Kuki tribes has termed as "baseless" an allegation by a woman that Kuki villagers assaulted her when she tried to build a house in Manipur's K Lungwiram Naga village in Kangpokpi district.
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"Condemn Indiscriminate Firing By Kuki Militants": Manipur Chief Minister After 2 Injured
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has condemned what he called "indiscriminate firing by Kuki militants on two villages in Imphal East district" on Friday.
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Get Ready For Combing Ops, Manipur Government Tells Police: 10 Points
Intermittent firing began at 5.30 am in an area between Imphal West district's Sekmai and Kangpokpi district's Phailen village today, sources said. The state government has ordered the police chief to conduct combing operations along the foothills.
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Myanmar Nationals In Shelter Homes Outnumber Locals In 8 Villages: Manipur MLA
An MLA in Manipur has written to Chief Minister N Biren Singh alleging the number of "illegal" Myanmar nationals living in shelter homes in eight villages "have outnumbered" the locals, leading to insecurity among the locals.
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"996 New Villages, Poppy Cultivation, Forest Cover Loss": Manipur Chief Minister On Illegal Immigrants
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has doubled down on the state government's claim that a major factor behind the ethnic crisis in the border state was the "massive influx of illegal immigrants from Myanmar".
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Manipur Looks At One Last Step To End Hereditary Chieftainship
The Manipur government will take "appropriate steps" to enforce a law that will end the system of hereditary chieftainship in the hills areas of the state, BJP MLA Rajkumar Imo Singh said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
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"Self-Proclaimed Village Chief's Claim On Protected Site Fabricated, Concocted": Manipur Government
The Manipur government has intervened to put to rest claims and counter-claims by two tribes that the sacred Thangjing hill near the lakeside Moirang district belongs to them.
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29 Naga Village Chiefs In Manipur Allege Their Signatures Forged In Demand For Separate Administration
Twenty-nine Naga village chiefs have written a complaint to the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes alleging forgery of their signatures in a rejoinder submitted to the commission on Manipur separate administration.
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Human Rights Body Notice To Manipur Top Cop, Government Over Latest Killings
The NHRC has issued notices to the Manipur government and the state's police chief over reports that at least 13 people were killed in a gunfight in Leithao village in the Tengnoupal district, officials said on Friday.
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Area Where Manipur Mass Burial Planned Is Government's Sericulture Farm, Eviction Notice Shows
The Manipur government sent an eviction notice to a village chief in May 2022 to remove encroachments from state land in Bishnupur district's Torbung village - the same site where hill-majority Kukis on Thursday planned a mass burial.
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Manipur Chief Minister At The Spot After 3 Killed In Pre-Dawn Violence
At least three villagers were shot dead in fresh violence in Manipur, which is still on the boil since ethnic violence broke out between the valley-majority Meitei and the hill-majority Kuki tribe two months ago, said police sources.
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1 Dead In Nagaland Poll Violence, Turnout Low In Meghalaya: 10 Points
One person has been killed and two injured in poll-related clashes in Nagaland's Zunheboto district where voting was underway along with Meghalaya today. The two tribal-Christian-majority north-eastern states have 60 seats and elections are being held for 59 seats. The BJP, which is already in power in Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh, hopes to...
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Mamata Banerjee's All-Night Vigil in Office as Flood Batters West Bengal
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee spent Sunday night in office to monitor the flood situation in the state in the aftermath of Cyclone Komen which has hit large parts of Bengal, Odisha and Manipur. Around 70 people - 48 of them in Bengal alone - have died so far.
