scorecardresearch
Monday, August 11, 2025
TopicManipur

Topic: Manipur

Manipur’s deputy CM, three ministers, 5 MLAs resign from BJP-led govt

The total strength against CM N Biren Singh in the 60-seat Manipur assembly is now 28, which includes 20 Congress MLAs.

Mizoram minister Robert Romawia Royte carries boulders to help rebuild neighbour’s house

Snippets from the vibrant Northeast that capture politics, culture, society and more in the eight states.

Manipur principal travels 120 km, trekking via forests, to conduct parent-teacher meetings

Snippets from the vibrant Northeast that capture politics, culture, society and more in the eight states.

Manipur is upset its traditional leirum phee is being sold as ‘Modi gamcha’ in UP

Snippets from the vibrant Northeast that capture politics, culture, society and more in the eight states.

Manipur village builds 80 quarantine huts in a day, complete with toilets and electricity

Snippets from the vibrant Northeast that capture politics, culture, society and more in the eight states.

Poachers strike Kaziranga after 13 months, kill adult rhino using AK-47

Snippets from the vibrant Northeast that capture politics, culture, society and more in the eight states.

Passengers screened, borders closed, tough quarantine — 4 states & a UT halt Covid-19 march

Mizoram detected its first case on 25 March and there has been no new case since then. Manipur and Goa haven't seen any new case since 3 and 4 April respectively. 

One each from Manipur, Arunachal who attended Nizamuddin event test positive for Covid-19

A 31-year-old man is the first case of coronavirus from Arunachal Pradesh, while the number of cases in Manipur went up to 2 after a 65-year-old man tested positive.

‘Corona’ is not just a virus. Indians are using it as a slur against people from northeast

Several people from northeast India are facing racial attacks. A woman from Manipur was spat on and called 'corona' by a man in Delhi.

Woman in Manipur tests positive for coronavirus, first case in Northeast

The 23-year-old woman had recently returned from the UK to Imphal via Delhi and Guwahati airports.

On Camera

MBBS guidelines for students with disabilities reduce a life to a limb

The guidelines ask whether a student can climb stairs, but not whether the college has a ramp. They ask whether a student can bear weight, but not whether the system can bear the weight of its own prejudice.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.