Imphal | At least six Assam Rifles personnel were injured after a soldier in their camp opened fire at them before shooting himself to death in Manipur’s Chandel district along India-Myanmar border on Wednesday, police said. A police official in Imphal said that a jawan of the Assam Rifles opened fire on his colleagues injuring […]
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Soldier on leave kidnapped from his home, bullet-riddled body found
Imphal | The body of an Indian Army soldier, who was kidnapped by some armed men on Saturday, was found in Imphal East district on Sunday, police said. The soldier was at home on leave. Police officials said that three armed men abducted Serto Thangthang Kom, 49, of the Defence Service Corps (DSC), from his […]
While Manipur is burning, PM Modi is cracking jokes, laughing in Parl: Rahul
New Delhi | A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke on the no-confidence motion in Parliament, former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday criticised him saying that instead of talking about the violence in Manipur, he was cracking jokes and laughing while his party leaders indulged in sloganeering. Addressing a press conference at the […]
Maybe PM doesn’t want to see my face: Rahul jibe at PM Modi
New Delhi | Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday took a pot shot at Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that he may not want to see his face on television but he keeps referring about his videos. He made the remarks while referring to the Sansad TV showing him for only 14 minutes out of […]
BJP’s politics has murdered India in Manipur: Rahul Gandhi on no-confidence motion
New Delhi | During the ongoing discussion over the no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the BJP’s politics has “murdered India in Manipur” while sharing the ordeal of the two women he met during his visit to the northeastern state. “BJP’s politics has murdered our country in Manipur. […]
Over 700 Myanmar nationals enter Manipur; Assam Rifles asked to push them back
Imphal | As many as 718 Myanmar nationals, including 301 children and 208 women, have entered into Manipur’s Chandel district due to the ongoing clashes between the Army and the civil forces in the country, an official said on Monday. The state government has asked the Assam Rifles to push back the Myanmar nationals, Manipur […]
Manipur horror: Freedom fighter’s 80-year-old wife burnt alive amid attack
Imphal | In another horrifying case of ongoing ethnic violence reported from Manipur after the parading of two naked women in Kangpokpi district on May 4, the octogenarian widow of a freedom fighter was locked inside her house and it set on fire by an armed group in Manipur’s Kakching district. Belonging to Meitei community, […]
Manipur Video: “I fought for the nation in Kargil but am deeply upset that I could not save my wife from humiliation and molestation”, says husband of one of those women who were molested
Imphal | A mob of women burnt down the house of the main accused in a case pertaining to parading of two disrobed women by a group of people in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district on May 4, police said on Friday. A mob of women set fire to the house of Huirem Herodas Singh (Meitei) at […]
Two Manipur women paraded naked: One arrested, CM says will consider capital punishment
Imphal | Manipur Police on Thursday arrested one person in connection to the ghastly incident of two women being paraded naked while being groped by a mob and their subsequent gang rape in Thoubal district on May 4, Chief Minister N. Biren Singh said, adding the government will consider capital punishment for the accused. Confirming […]
World War II vintage bomb safely detonated in Manipur
Imphal | Security forces on Saturday destroyed a World War II vintage bomb, found during digging, in eastern Manipur, defence officials said. Defence spokesman Lt Col A.S. Walia said that the bomb was recovered by locals during digging work in Kamjong district, bordering Myanmar. On receipt of the information, security forces, with the assistance of […]