Imphal West district tense, with arson reported in certain areas Thursday afternoon. Earlier, Governor gave nod to shoot-at-sight order in the Northeast state.
The violence broke out on Wednesday during 'Tribal Solidarity March' in Torbung area of Churachandpur district to protest demand of non-tribal Meiteis for ST status.
CRPF's Bastariya Battalion has inducted women from Maoist insurgency-hit areas of Chhattisgarh. Manipur is not an active combat area and women personnel oversee law & order.
District saw clashes Friday after tribal bodies’ shutdown call over evictions. Day later, roadblocks were cleared & troops sent to quell protests were called back. Section 144 in place.
Shashi, a CRPF soldier in J&K, loves donning the ghoonghat when she’s at her in-laws’. She defends India’s terrains with the same gusto with which she guards her children.
Churachandpur district is currently under Section 144, but clashes between locals & security forces have been reported in areas like Tuibong, Sielmat and New Lamka Friday.
Among those who attended it were leaders who submitted resignations from various govt posts. CM claims meeting was to review arrangements for 100th episode of Mann Ki Baat.
Three Manipur legislators step down from administrative posts within a week. There is no clarity yet on whether CM N. Biren Singh has accepted their resignations.
Manipur Police have been on lookout for KIA’s self-styled commander-in-chief & his men on charges of looting arms from a ‘Suspension of Operation’ camp on 8 April.
The dogs will survive whatever orders are passed. But institutions are more fragile than we imagine. Once lost, the trust they embody takes generations to rebuild.
With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.
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.
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.
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