Manipur is banking on an international film festival to rebuild its image sullied by months of ethnic conflict. The State’s capital Imphal is scheduled to host the second edition of the Eikhoigi Imphal International Film Festival from February 6 to 9. The biennial event started in April 2022 but could not be held in 2024 […]
A new study has revealed that a section of the eastern Himalayas in Arunachal Pradesh lost 110 glaciers in 32 years. The study by a quartet of researchers also found that these glaciers covering an area of 309.85 sq. km disappeared at a retreat rate of 16.94 sq. km during the study period from 1988 […]
Opposition parties on Monday (February 3, 2025) took on the National Democratic Alliance government over issues ranging from caste census to Centre-State relations while participating in the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address in the Lok Sabha. However, NDA allies such as the Telugu Desam Party, countered that it was the […]
Even as the Supreme Court awaits a forensic analysis of the audio tapes purported to implicate Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh for his alleged role in the State’s ethnic conflict by a government laboratory, an analysis conducted by Truth Labs Forensic Services, a private non-profit, has said that comparisons with samples of Mr. Singh’s […]
The Supreme Court of India on Monday (February 3, 2025) decided to wait for a report from the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) on the veracity of alleged audio recordings “establishing complicity” between Chief Minister N. Biren Singh-led Manipur Government and the ethnic violence in the northeastern State which led to the loss of many […]
As civil war rages in Myanmar, security agencies are verifying the reports of death of a Manipuri youth in the neighbouring country and keeping a close watch on its impact on ethnic-strife hit Manipur. From January 27, 2025, around 260 Myanmar refugees have taken shelter in India along the Moreh border in Manipur, a defence […]
The Tripura government will take up the issue of rebuilding an embankment by the Bangladesh authorities, some portions of which are falling on the ‘zero line’ along the international border, in the upcoming meeting of the Joint Rivers Commission between the two countries, an official said. Also Read | India, Bangladesh discuss Ganga, Teesta and […]
Security forces have arrested three members of Meitei radical outfit Arambai Tenggol for allegedly being involved in extortion in Manipur’s Imphal West district, police said on Sunday (February 2, 2025). They were apprehended from Keithelmanbi in the district on Saturday (February 1, 2025) as they were accused of “issuing challan for collection of money to […]
GUWAHATI A Himalayan tsunami generated by the collapse of a huge mass of rock, ice, and sediment into a glacial lake triggered the 2023 Sikkim flood that killed 55 people and destroyed a 1,200-megawatt hydropower dam on the Teesta River, a new study has revealed. Also Read | What caused the flood in Sikkim? | […]
Tripura police have launched an investigation after a complaint was registered at a police station regarding attempts to molest girl students during an educational excursion. The State government has suspended three female teachers from their positions for their alleged dereliction of duty in view of the sensational incident. The students of Champaknagar Government Higher Secondary […]
