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Thursday, April 25, 2024
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Topic: Imphal

Imphal on high alert after blast at DM university kills 1, civil society bats for political solution

A hand grenade was thrown at All Manipur Students’ Union office within Dhanamanjuri University campus, it is learnt. The blast, which also injured 1 person, sparked incidents of violence.

7 killed in 48 hrs — protest in Imphal, air assets in Moreh amid fresh spell of violence in Manipur

Internet services remain suspended in parts of Manipur & curfew is in place in Thoubal. One company of BSF, two columns of Army have been sent to Moreh to assist security personnel.

Manipur police convoy headed to Moreh after cop’s murder ambushed by suspected Kuki insurgents

Incident took place near Senam village in Tengnoupal around 4 pm. Family of police officer shot dead earlier in the day has refused to accept his body. Joint action committee formed.

‘CBI must find bodies of our children’ — families of 2 missing Manipur students plead for closure

Hijam & Phijam, missing from strife-torn Imphal since July, were identified in viral photos & are believed to have been killed. Kin ask, 'How can we get peace without doing last rites?’

Imphal mob ‘vandalises property, attempts to set police homes on fire over arrest of armed Meiteis’

Police say tensions escalated after security personnel lobbed teargas shells & used lathicharge to disperse crowd. The 5 Meiteis were allegedly caught posing as police.

Parents of Imphal teen couple missing for weeks fear the worst — ‘just kids who went for a ride’

CCTV footage shows the 2 leaving the girl's tuition centre on a bike on 6 July. The families initially hoped they had eloped but now fear they may have fallen victim to ongoing violence.

In Imphal school, Meitei kids who fled violence get by with a little help from new friends

Children displaced by the unrest between the Kuki & Meitei communities in Manipur are being accommodated in schools near relief camps. Though struggling to cope, many have found new friends.

Two injured as security forces, mobs clash in Imphal; attempts at torching houses of BJP leaders

Imphal/Kolkata: Two civilians were injured as mobs clashed with security forces overnight in Imphal town and attempts were made to torch the houses of...

‘Law & order has failed,’ says Union Minister Rajkumar Singh after mob torches his home in Manipur

A mob in Imphal's Kongba set fire to Union Minister Rajkumar Ranjan Singh's house on Thursday night, while he and his family were away.

8-year-old boy, his mother & relative killed after mob sets ambulance on fire in Manipur

The incident occurred at Iroisemba area when the boy was being taken to a hospital by his mother and their relative in Imphal after he sustained a bullet injury in his head.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.