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TopicN. Biren Singh

Topic: N. Biren Singh

BJP ally NPP withdraws support to Biren Singh-led govt in Manipur. ‘Cannot tolerate any more’

Meghalaya CM and NPP chief Conrad Sangma wrote to BJP national president Nadda conveying party’s decision. NPP local unit says ‘will go as per the wishes of the people in Manipur’.

Two ‘abducted’ Meitei men released as police hands over 11 Kuki detainees on bail to Kuki groups

Manipur Security Adviser Kuldiep Singh confirmed that the exchange took place in Saparmeina. The 11 prisoners had already been granted bail, but were kept in Imphal jail due to safety concerns.

Manipur CM says working for ‘safe release’ of two Meitei men missing since 27 September

Both Meitei youths were headed to SSC General Duty military recruitment rally in Imphal West. A 3rd man travelling with them was rescued by Assam Rifles & handed over to Manipur Police.

Manipur is grappling with ethnic strife & a fractured system. CM, police, Army at odds with each other

Lack of coordination between Biren govt and security forces adding to Manipur’s woes, it is learnt, even as stakeholders insist work is happening despite different styles of functioning.

Biren Singh critic arrested for ‘instigating violence’ in Manipur, several others picked up

The development comes barely a day after a PhD scholar was granted interim bail by a court in Imphal West, following her criticism of the state’s internet ban on Facebook. 

BJP’s Northeast policy has lit new fires & reopened old wounds. And it still won’t blink

Manipur represents BJP’s unique ideological approach to governing Northeast by playing identity politics jiu-jitsu. It hasn’t gone well yet, is getting worse, but the party insists on continuing.

Arson, stone pelting in Manipur’s Thoubal. Students want central forces, CM to go

Police use tear gas shells to disperse crowds; five students and one officer have been injured in clashes.

Manipur DGP forms panel to probe drone bombing, CM Biren Singh calls attack ‘act of terrorism’

Committee to submit its report by 13 Sept. This comes after 'Kuki militants' deployed rocket-propelled grenades using high-tech drones Sunday.

‘Act of terrorism’: Manipur CM Biren Singh condemns drone attacks on civilians in Imphal West district

Singh's comments followed two separate drone bomb attacks in Koutruk and Senjam Chirang in Imphal West district, which killed two persons, including a woman, and injured 12 others.

CM Biren’s peace emissary says situation in Manipur not fit for talks, seeks ‘decisiveness’ from Centre

BJP MLA Dinganglung Gangmei's remarks came hours after fresh violence gripped the strife-torn state, and days after Biren Singh asserted that peace will be restored within 6 months.

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This era has made journalistic independence harder than ever: New York Times publisher

Journalist Arthur Gregg Sulzberger delivered the Reuters Memorial Lecture on 4 March last year.

Inflation plunges to a 10-yr low of 0.25% in October. Here’s why

Record-low inflation gives RBI room to ease rates. Food prices have something to do with it.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.