Guwahati: The Assam govt on Wednesday told the assembly that suspected members of the NSCN (Nikki) allegedly attempted to collect ‘house tax’ and ‘census tax’ from villagers in Golaghat district along the inter-state border with Nagaland, but said no money was ultimately collected.Replying to a discussion, parliamentary affairs minister Pijush Hazarika said two persons from…
Kuki-Zo Council leaders addressing media at Churachandpur on Thursday Guwahati: In a first public expression of remorse in violence-scarred Manipur, where relations among the Meitei, Naga and Kuki-Zo communities remain deeply strained, the Kuki Zo Council (KZC) Thursday apologised for killing six abducted Naga civilians, describing the incident a “grave mistake” driven by emotion.The apology…
Imphal: Three injured Kuki youths, whose admission to the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Imphal had triggered protests, were shifted out of the hospital shortly after midnight on Wednesday under tight security.Sources said they have been transferred to the surgical ward of Churachandpur district hospital.While other Kuki patients have undergone or are undergoing…
Imphal: Three Kuki youths were critically injured in a fresh bout of firing in Kangpokpi district on Monday morning, reigniting tensions in Manipur.The incident occurred at around 6 am between Leilon Vaiphei and Konsakhul villages. The injured — Genlenmang Vaiphei (18), Lunliandan Vaiphei (20), and Paogoulal (18) — were rushed to RIMS in Imphal for…
Guwahati: A 58-year-old man from Naga community was shot dead inside a forest in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district on Monday when he had gone there to collect firewood.CM Yumnam Khemchand Singh has expressed profound anguish over the killing of an innocent civilian, Chunjanglung Panmei of Pongringlong Part-I, Rongmei Naga Village.The chief minister’s office stated, “The chief…
Imphal: With tensions running high over the recent hostage incidents involving members of both the Naga and Kuki communities, new Manipur director general of police (DGP) Mukesh Singh on Sunday visited Kangpokpi and Senapati districts to assess the security situation and engage with community leaders in the hill areas.The visit, Singh’s first field tour since…
Imphal: Several people were injured when Assam Rifles personnel resorted to tear gas shelling, blank firing and lathi charge to disperse protesters objecting to the setting up of an ‘unauthorised’ Assam Rifles outpost in the New Heaven area of Shokvao village in Ukhrul district on Sunday.According to local sources, around 20 people, mostly women, were…
Imphal: The Manipur high court on Thursday directed the state government to submit an Action Taken Report (ATR) on the abduction of six Naga villagers from Leilon Vaiphei village in Kangpokpi district, whose whereabouts remain unknown more than three weeks after the incident.The direction came during the hearing of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking…
Imphal: The newly formed Native Peoples’ Committee Manipur (NPCM) — a joint civil body comprising Meitei and Naga communities — in its first convention on Tuesday demanded abrogation of the suspension of operation (SoO) agreement with Kuki militant groups, replacement of Assam Rifles with the Border Security Force (BSF) in the state, and updating of…
Guwahati: Manipur govt on Saturday appointed former Ladakh DGP, Mukesh Singh as the state’s new DGP and head of the force. His appointment comes at a time when the state’s Manipur’s three-year-old ethnic conflict has spread across the Meitei, Kuki and Naga communities, bringing renewed unrest.The state govt also simultaneously carried out a top-level reshuffle,…
