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Topic: Manipur

BJP announces sixth list of three candidates for Lok Sabha polls from Rajasthan and Manipur

In Rajasthan, the party has fielded Kanhaiya Lal Meena from the Dausa constituency while Indu Devi Jatav has been fielded from Karauli-Dholpur.

Refugees’ group urges Manipur not to repatriate Myanmar nationals ’till they can safely return’

Burma Refugees Committee - Kabaw Valley expresses concern about repatriated people being handed over to Myanmar junta. Manipur govt plans to send 77 people back in the coming days.

First batch of ‘Myanmar nationals who illegally entered India’ deported, says Manipur CM

In a video posted on X, Manipur CM N Biren Singh said the number of those who ‘illegally entered India’ is high & the state government is following legal procedures to deport them one by one.

Army JCO abducted from his home in Manipur, security forces launch joint search operation

Konsam Kheda Singh was on leave when some people barged into his home Friday and bundled him in a vehicle and fled. This is the 4th incident since Manipur conflict began last May.

With show of strength, Manipur cops send message to Arambai Tenggol — ‘attacks will be taken seriously’

Outfit is garnering false support from public in garb of protecting them but is engaged in many anti-social activities & criminal acts, police statement adds.

Senior police officer thrashed, abducted by ‘armed miscreants’ in Imphal, rescued after 2-hr op

Culprits suspected to be from radical armed Meitei group Arambai Tenggol, who wanted to put pressure on Manipur Police to release some arrested members of outfit.

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.

How Manipur is planning for LS polls — ‘vulnerability mapping’, booths for displaced voters

Training was held in January for district officials & election officials from Manipur and a preliminary report on vulnerable areas has been sought by 29 February, it is learnt.

‘Prepared to deport all Meiteis to Manipur’ — Mizoram students’ body cautions Biren Singh govt

Biren Singh-led Manipur govt has said that it intends to ‘identify & deport’ all those who entered state post-1961 — a proposition MSU believes is meant to target Kuki-Zo settlers.

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India is going to have its least free & fair election in 2024. See these 5 indicators

So far what we have seen of the 2024 elections is enough to indicate that the continuous slide of democratic standards is headed toward breaching the minimum threshold of an electoral democracy.

Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.