New Delhi- At least seven suspected militants were killed in combat with security forces in India's north-eastern state of Manipur on Sunday, a news report said. A group of heavily armed rebels clashed paramilitary troops in the Imphal East district,...
The manipur government has detained four women under the National Security Act for allegedly burning the Tricolour during a recent protest against Manipur's merger with the Union of India in 1949.
Abhijay Patel - Pakistan Daily - Sept. 26, 2009 It’s interesting to note that while both India and Israel with the help of the US, of course, are bent on the break-up of Pakistan – Israelis with the help of its powerful Jewish Lobby in the US and Britain – are also on their way to establish a second little Zionist entity in India next to Muslim Bangladesh and Buddhist Burma. Of course,...
An India Reserve Battalion jawan allegedly involved in grenade attack at a private hospital in Imphal, has been arrested, official sources said on Saturday.
Mumbai: In order to provide an impetus to the New Area Development Scheme (NADS) the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has awarded a grant of Rs. 50 lakh each to its affiliate members Sikkim, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland and ...
bdnews24.com, Dhaka Hundreds of water bodies and small rivers in the greater Sylhet region are already facing a water crisis during the dry season, according to Bangladesh Water Development Board, even before India has begun construction of the contentious Tipaimukh dam project upstream in Manipur that has triggered widespread environmental fears for the region. WDB officials said a huge shoal emerges...
IMPHAL: The Left parties have decided to boycott the Communist Party of India, a coalition partner of the ruling Congress in Manipur. At a press conference here on Tuesday, CPI(M), RSP and Foward Block leaders said the boycott would ...
IMPHAL: The Communist Party of India (CPI), which has been the ruling coalition partner for the last seven years, has decided to leave the Secular Progressive Front (SPF) Ministry. Sources in the CPI said that Minister of Health and ...
Five secessionist militants outfits based in North East India -- banned United Liberation Front of Asom, Kamatapur Liberation Organisation, Manipur People's Liberation Front, National Democratic Front of Bodoland and Tripura Peoples Democratic Front -- have called upon the people of the North East India to boycott and prevent celebration, in any manner, of India's Independence Day in the region on...
The Indian state of Manipur is reeling after pictures of Chingkham Sanjit, an unarmed 27-year old, being shot and killed by the police surfaced earlier this week. Indian Twitter users react to this incident.
NEW DELHI: The Communist Party of India on Wednesday demanded that the government apologise to the people of Manipur and compensate the victims’ families and institute a judicial inquiry into the recent shooting incident in the ...
New Delhi - An alleged extra-judicial killing by police has sparked off protests and a general strike in India's north-eastern state of Manipur, news reports said Tuesday. Markets, shops and business establishments remained closed after a 48-hour gen...
Staff Reporter The 10-member Parliamentary delegation yesterday made an aerial survey of the proposed Tipaimukh dam site on the Assam-Manipur border as the team failed to land due to inclement weather, according to a news agency in India. Sources said the team, which reached Guwahati on Thursday to visit and study the impact of the proposed dam near Silchar in Barak valley on the availability of the...
Special Correspondent Three activists groups of Manipur - Citizens Concern for Dams and Development (CCDD), Committee on Land and Natural Resources (COLNAR) and Action Against Tipaimukh Dam Project (ACTIP) yesterday urged Bangladesh Parliamentary team now on a visit there to desist any form of agreement with India. "By agreeing to this dam, impacts on the downstream in Bangladesh or in Assam nor...
Staff Reporter The 11-member parliamentary delegation leaves Dhaka for India for talks and to visit the cross-border Tipaimukh Dam site to assess the Indian plan with the project that sparked wide concerns for Bangladesh as a lower riparian country. Environmental pressure groups both in Bangladesh and Manipur state in India have repeatedly voiced their concern over the potential impact of the planned...