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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicManipur govt

Topic: Manipur govt

‘Skilled hit units’ or ‘militants in uniform’? Why ‘unofficial’ Manipur Commandos are praised & hated

The appointment of Col Nectar Sanjenbam (Retd) to ‘strengthen’ Manipur Commandos has incensed Kuki groups, who want the counter-insurgency unit to be 'disbanded'.

‘Protect homes of displaced people for resettlement’ — Manipur human rights panel tells state govt

Led by Justice U.B. Saha (Retd), Manipur Human Rights Commission wrote a letter of observations & recommendations Friday, based on field visits.

Manipur govt clashes with SC panel’s lawyer, calls submission on poor relief camp conditions ‘false’

Biren Singh govt has disputed claim from SC-appointed panel’s lawyer about food shortages and outbreak of measles and chicken pox in relief camps. Lawyer calls it a ‘direct attack' on her.

Meghalaya CM Sangma’s appeal to Modi govt on Manipur — ‘balanced approach, consider all options’

Modi govt must weigh its options carefully, says NPP chief & BJP ally Conrad Sangma. Ex-dy CM Joykumar adds 'people of Manipur are angry as things only seem to worsen by the day'.

Manipur to invoke ‘no work no pay’ rule for employees skipping office without authorised leave

The state's general administration dept has been asked to furnish details of employees who are not able to attend their official work due to the prevailing situation in the state.

‘They came with 6 JCBs’— How eviction of a tiny village sparked fires across Manipur

State authorities bulldozed Kuki settlement of K. Songjang on 20 Feb because it purportedly encroached on protected forest land, but incident fuelled a series of protests and conflict.

20,000 evacuated to camps under army protection in violence-hit Manipur

Manipur's top police official P. Doungel said the situation is not fully under control but it is gradually improving.

Ethnic conflicts to ‘dissent from within’, Manipur CM Biren Singh is fighting many fires

As ethnic tensions roil Manipur & central govt takes over state's security, here is a closer look at the mounting challenges confronting CM Biren Singh, including from other BJP MLAs.

On Camera

Savitribai Phule made space for radical women misfits. She pioneered Satyashodhak modernity

The distinctiveness of her writing is evident in her compositions—women, shudras, and atishudras are at the center. Her poetry challenges the aesthetics of 'modern' Marathi literature.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.