Manipur violence | MHA repatriates Pulwama probe IPS officer to State

Manipur violence | MHA repatriates Pulwama probe IPS officer to State

File picture of Senior Superintendent of Police Srinagar Rakesh Balwal | Photo Credit: NISSAR AHMAD The Appointments Committee of the Union Cabinet has approved the Ministry of Home Affairs’ proposal to prematurely repatriate IPS officer Rakesh Balwal, posted as Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Srinagar, from AGMUT cadre to Manipur. The decision comes three months … Read more

NIA arrests one accused in Manipur transnational conspiracy case

NIA arrests one accused in Manipur transnational conspiracy case

A view of National Investigation Agency (NIA), in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a person on the charge of his alleged involvement in a transnational conspiracy by a Myanmar-based leadership of terror outfits to wage a war against the Indian government by exploiting the … Read more

Manipur CM Biren announces restoration of internet services from today

Manipur CM Biren announces restoration of internet services from today

View of a makeshift roadblock placed in the middle of a street by a mob during protests, in Imphal, on June 19, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI The internet services in Manipur which had been suspended from May 23, 2023 were restored from Saturday morning throughout the State. The restoration of the services was announced … Read more

Morning Digest | New Parliament to host session from September 19; Army jawan abducted and murdered in Manipur, and more

Morning Digest | New Parliament to host session from September 19; Army jawan abducted and murdered in Manipur, and more

A view of new Parliament House Complex in New Delhi | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR MPs to move to new Parliament on Tuesday, Opposition asks for Women’s Bill More than three months after the new Parliament House was inaugurated, Members of Parliament will move into the building on Tuesday, the second day of the … Read more

Commission on Manipur violence to hold public hearings in Imphal, Delhi

Commission on Manipur violence to hold public hearings in Imphal, Delhi

The three-member Commission of Inquiry, constituted by the Centre in early June to comprehensively investigate the ethnic conflict underway in Manipur, will hold public hearings at its head office in Imphal and at its camp office in Delhi. The Commission of Inquiry (Manipur Violence) is headed by Justice Ajay Lamba, former Chief Justice of the … Read more

Editors Guild moves SC as Manipur books its journalists

Editors Guild moves SC as Manipur books its journalists

The Supreme Court on September 6, 2023, agreed to hear a plea of the Editors Guild of India (EGI), whose Manipur fact-finding team is facing the risk of arrest from the State.  | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar The Supreme Court on September 6, 2023, agreed to hear a plea of the Editors Guild of … Read more

AILU condemns attacks on advocates in Manipur

AILU condemns attacks on advocates in Manipur

All India Lawyers’ Union (AILU) national vice-president Sunkara Rajendra Prasad and joint secretary Narra Srinivasa Rao have condemned the attacks and intimidation of the advocates who are appearing for Kuki professor Kham Khan Suan Hausing, who is facing a criminal trial for allegedly making objectionable comments on the Meitei community, in the Manipur High Court.  … Read more

One-day Manipur Assembly session on Tuesday, Kuki MLAs likely to skip

One-day Manipur Assembly session on Tuesday, Kuki MLAs likely to skip

Five legislators had applied for their leave to the speaker on Monday, while Social Welfare and Cooperation Minister Nemcha Kipgen, MLA of Kangpokpi, had sent her application on Saturday, an official said. File | Photo Credit: PTI The crucial one-day session of the Manipur Assembly on Tuesday is likely to hold a discussion on the … Read more

Morning Digest | China releases new official map, showing territorial claims; Assam Rifles files defamation suit against Manipur politician, and more

Morning Digest | China releases new official map, showing territorial claims; Assam Rifles files defamation suit against Manipur politician, and more

An Indian Army jawan looking at the India-China border through his telescope in Arunachal Pradesh. File. | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR Assam Rifles files defamation suit against Manipur politician, seeks apology Assam Rifles, the oldest paramilitary force in the country, has slapped a legal notice against a Manipur politician for causing “considerable harm to … Read more

Manipur violence | Supreme Court to pass orders on August 25 to facilitate proper functioning of Justice Mittal panel

Manipur violence | Supreme Court to pass orders on August 25 to facilitate proper functioning of Justice Mittal panel

Women belonging to the ‘Meira Paibis’ (a group representing Meitei Society) hold torches as they stage a demonstration demanding restoration of peace in violence-hit Manipur. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Supreme Court will pass orders on Friday to facilitate the proper functioning of Justice Mittal panel set up to oversee relief for victims of … Read more