“Four militants of different Imphal Valley-based proscribed outfits were arrested in separate operations,” police said on Friday (March 14, 2025.) A member of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) was arrested from her house in Sagolband Sayang Kurao Makhong in Imphal West district on Thursday (March 13, 2025.) “She was identified as Thokchom Ongbi Anita Devi […]
The Kuki-Zo Council (KZC) ended the community’s shutdown of the national highways passing through Manipur’s hill districts on Thursday (March 13, 2025), following the burial of a protestor who was killed in violent clashes on March 8. The movement of commercial vehicles resumed on both NH-2 and NH-37 on Thursday evening. However, the apex body […]
A civil society organisation of Meiteis on Thursday (March 13, 2025) claimed that MHA Advisor for North East A.K. Mishra has told them that the Centre has prepared a roadmap for peace in ethnic strife-hit Manipur. Federation of Civil Society (FOCS) Spokesperson Ngangbam Chamchan Singh told reporters here on Thursday that Mr. Mishra told them […]
Amid the clamour across the northeast for tighter control to weed out non-citizens, Arunachal Pradesh has approved a family-based identification system ostensibly to streamline public welfare distribution. Introduced by the State’s Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein on March 6, the Arunachal Pradesh Arun Parivar Authority Bill was passed by voice vote in the 60-member Assembly […]
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) officials separately met Kuki-Zo and Meitei civil society groups in Manipur on March 11 and 12 respectively amid blockade of national highways by the Kuki-Zo groups since March 8 violence in the strife-torn State. A.K Mishra, adviser, MHA, Northeast and other officials on March 11 met members of the Kuki-Zo […]
The 13th Tripura Legislative Assembly’s Budget session for the 2025-26 financial year will get underway on March 21. The session, which has seven business days, will conclude on April 1. The days and period for the session were finalised at a meeting of the Business Advisory Committee at the Assembly Secretariat here on Wednesday (March […]
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) officials separately met Kuki-Zo and Meitei civil society groups in Manipur on March 11 and 12 respectively amid blockade of national highways by the Kuki-Zo groups since March 8 violence in the strife-torn State. A.K Mishra, adviser, MHA, Northeast and other officials on March 11 met members of the Kuki-Zo […]
GUWAHATI Mizoram is feeling the pressure of influx from civil war-hit Myanmar, an Aizawl-based activist’s letter to Home Minister Amit Shah has revealed. Unlike adjoining Manipur, Mizoram has welcomed waves of refugees from Myanmar after a military coup in February 2021 made the country spiral into chaos. More than 30,000 refugees — mostly Chins ethnically […]
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) officials arrived in Churachandpur on Tuesday (March 11, 2025), as the Kuki-Zo dominated district was reopened for economic activities, three days after the violent clashes of March 8. The MHA team is in the hill district to hold a dialogue with the Kuki-Zo Council in order to find a solution […]
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday (March 11, 2025) announced a corpus of ₹500 crore to establish a contingency fund in strife-torn Manipur. “We are providing all possible financial assistance for the faster recovery of the Manipur economy,” she said replying to a discussion on ‘The Manipur Appropriation Bill, 2025’ and ‘The Manipur Appropriation (Vote […]
