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‘Kazan beckons but sadly Manipur still awaits’: Congress takes dig at PM ahead of BRICS summit

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh urged PM Modi to visit Manipur, where ethnic violence first broke out on May 3 last year. File | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA Ahead of the BRICS Summit in Russia, the Congress took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (October 21, 2024) and said Kazan certainly beckons but sadly Manipur still awaits. Prime Minister Modi will attend the BRICS summit in the Russian city of Kazan this week. He will pay a two-day visit to Kazan beginning Tuesday (October 22, 2024) to attend the BRICS summit following an invitation by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Congress has repeatedly urged PM Modi to visit violence-hit Manipur, stressing that it would help restore peace and normalcy there. In a post on X, Congress general secretary in-charge communicati...
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The Hindu Morning Digest, September 16, 2024

A police officer directs traffic near Trump International Golf Club after the apparent assassination attempt of Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump in West Palm Beach, Florida on September 15, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Donald Trump safe after Secret Service opens fire at suspected person with firearm near his golf clubDonald Trump was the target of “what appears to be an attempted assassination” at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, the FBI said, just nine weeks after the Republican presidential nominee survived another attempt on his life. The former president said he was safe and well, and authorities held a man in custody. U.S. Secret Service agents posted a few holes up from where Trump was playing noticed the muzzle of an AK-style rifle sticking throug...
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Centre asks probe panel to summit report on Manipur violence by Nov 20 – Times of India

New Delhi: The Centre on Friday put a definite time-limit on proceedings of the Justice Ajai Lamba commission set up in June last year to probe the causes and associated factors of the ethnic violence that broke out in Manipur on May 3, 2023, asking it to submit its report latest by November 20.Amending its notification dated June 4, 2024 setting up the three-member commission of inquiry — which also comprises retired IAS officer Himanshu Shekhar Das and ex-IPS officer Aloka Prabhakar — the home ministry, in a fresh notification issued on Friday, stated: “The Commission shall submit its report to the Central Government as soon as possible but not later than the 20th November, 2024.”The original notification had capped the term of the commission at six months.However, the order to regulate ...
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Army has found no evidence of drones dropping bombs in Manipur, say top defence officials
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Army has found no evidence of drones dropping bombs in Manipur, say top defence officials

New Delhi: The Army has found no evidence of drones dropping bombs in Manipur, a state which has seen continuous ethnic clashes since May last year, resulting in the death of over 200 people. Videos and photographs on social media which show drones releasing or carrying small explosives like grenades or mortar are from Myanmar and Palestine, top sources in the defence establishment said. Asked about the Manipur Police’s claim that minority Kuki groups were using drones to launch rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs), a source said: “Don’t want to get into who has said what. As far as the situation on the ground is concerned, the Army has found no evidence of drones being used by any side.” Show Full Article The source also said what was in use were crude weapons, d...
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Top news of the day: September 10, 2024

Manipur students attempt to march to Raj Bhavan, 40 injured in clashes with policeOver 40 students were injured on Tuesday (September 10, 2024) following clashes with security forces when they attempted to march towards the Raj Bhavan in Imphal to press for their demands to remove the DGP and security advisor to the State government, police said. Thousands of students and women demonstrators tried to march towards the Raj Bhavan on BT Road in Imphal, but were stopped by security forces near the Congress Bhavan, they said. Meanwhile, the Manipur Government imposed a temporary Internet ban in the State, along with prohibitory orders in five districts. An indefinite curfew, preventing people from coming outside their houses, was clamped in Imphal East and West districts, while prohibitory ord...
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Ex-Havildar lynched, tribal woman killed as Manipur on boil again | India News – Times of India

GUWAHATI: Hundreds of enraged students clashed with police in Imphal Monday following the killing of a retired havildar and a woman the night before in a resurgence of violence that has claimed 11 lives since Sept 1. The unrest in the state escalated into large-scale protests, shifting the epicentre of violence to Manipur's Raj Bhavan as students demanded action against those responsible and called for the resignation of top officials.Police fired tear gas shells, leading to several injuries. Protesters retaliated with stones, resulting in injuries to cops and security personnel.A security source confirmed that the body of ex-havildar Limkholal Mate, of Motbung in Kangpokpi district, was found in Sekmai, Imphal West. He was suspected to have been beaten to death. Nengjakhol Haokip (50) was...
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Students protest over violence in Manipur, call for resignation of DGP and security advisor – Times of India

NEW DELHI: A large group of students took to the streets in Manipur's Imphal protesting against the recent escalation of violence in the state and demanded the removal of the DGP and security advisor. The students denounced the indiscriminate use of drone bombs and missile strikes by extremist outfits.The demonstration followed a day after chief minister N Biren Singh along with 18 MLAs, convened a meeting on with governor L Acharya amidst the recent outbreak of violence.In response, security forces have deployed anti-drone systems in the fringe areas of Manipur to counter potential threats from rogue drones. Additionally, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is bringing in more anti-drone guns to bolster security measures in the state.“The AR has deployed several anti-drone systems in ...
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Video | Manipur Ruling Alliance’s 8-Point Demand List For Centre To End Violence

In a significant development in strife-torn Manipur, a section of MLAs of the ruling BJP and its allies has requested the Centre to take concrete steps that they have suggested in an eight-point memorandum, including handing over control of the Unified Command that oversees security operations in the state bordering Myanmar, sources have said. The Unified Command is currently handled by a security adviser.Source link
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Manipur Violence: Casualties Mount To 7, Security Forces Use Anti-Drone System — Video

At least seven people have been killed, and 15 others were injured as a fresh spate of violence erupted in Manipur's Jiribam district. As per police, suspected Kuki insurgents attacked Nungchappi village in the district, killing a 63-year-old man identified as Yurembam Kulendra Singha. The attack came a day after an elderly man from the valley-dominant Meitei community was killed while offering prayers, in a rocket-propelled bomb attack by Kuki insurgents in Manipur's Moirang town. The five others were reportedly also killed in a gunfight between armed groups of the Meitei community and the hill-dominant Kuki tribes. Amid violence, Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh met Governor L. Acharya on Saturday evening and briefed him on the situation. CM's meeting with LG came after an emergency ...
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‘Mute spectators’: Manipur BJP MLA asks Amit Shah to withdraw central forces from state | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Manipur BJP MLA and son-in-law of chief minister N Biren Singh, Rajkumar Imo Singh, in a letter on Monday requested the centre to withdraw central forces from the state if they are unable to effectively halt the ongoing violence on Monday. Singh, who wrote the letter to union minister Amit Shah, argued that the presence of around 60,000 central forces in Manipur has failed to establish peace in the state. He also suggested that the centre should allow state security personnel to take charge in an effort to restore normalcy in the ethnic strife-hit state."The presence of around 60,000 central forces in Manipur is not yielding peace, thus it's better to remove such forces which are mostly present as mute spectators," he wrote.Acknowledging the recent action taken to withdraw certa...
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Manipur Police accuse radical outfit Arambai Tengol of extortion, assault

Assam Rifles and Manipur Police recovered arms, ammunition during a search operation in Thoubal on February 28, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI In its first official confirmation of the criminal havoc being caused by a popular and radical Meitei group, the Manipur Police on Thursday said that Arambai Tenggol is engaged in many “anti-social activities”, such as assaulting civilians, snatching vehicles from the public and government officials, and extortion from businessmen.The group, which enjoys the support of the Meitei people in the State’s valley areas, gained prominence after ethnic riots between the Meitei and the tribal Kuki-Zo people erupted in the State on May 3, 2023. Also read | Manipur Chief Minister using cadres of United National Liberation Front as his proxy army: Kuki-Zomi-Hmar le...
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