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    North East

    'Everyone entitled to speak freely': Manipur CM on Kuki MLAs letter to PM

    Imphal, Aug 18: Days after Kuki MLAs of Manipur requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a separate chief secretary and DGP for the Kuki-dominated hills areas in the northeastern state, Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Friday asserted that everyone was entitled to speak freely in a democracy. ...
    Manipur govt seeks report from Churachandpur district admin over display of firearms at
    North East

    Manipur govt seeks report from Churachandpur district admin over display of...

    Imphal, Aug 18: The Manipur government has sought a report from the Churachandpur deputy commissioner and superintendent of police over the display of sophisticated firearms by a group of people at an "unofficial" Independence Day parade, a senior official said on Friday. State security...
    Man dies of snake bite in Sikkims Soreng Chakung
    North East

    Man dies of snake bite in Sikkim's Soreng Chakung

    Gangtok, Aug 18: A 22-year-old man died of a snake bite in Sikkim's Soreng Chakung district, police said on Friday. The man identified as Sandeep Lepcha was bitten by the snake in his home in Kartok village on Thursday night. Lepcha was immediately rushed to Soreng district hospital from...
    3 more members of newly floated militant organisation arrested in Meghalaya
    North East

    3 more members of newly floated militant organisation arrested in Meghalaya

    Shillong, Aug 18: Three more members of the newly floated militant organisation – National Liberation Council of Nongkyndong - were arrested from Meghalaya's West Jaintia Hills district, a senior police officer said. Meghalaya Police busted the newly floated militant organisation by arresting six...
    3 killed in Manipur in renewed violence
    North East

    3 killed in Manipur in renewed violence

    Imphal, Aug 18: In a fresh round of violence in ethnic strife-torn Manipur, mutilated bodies of three youths were found following heavy gunfire at Kuki Thowai village in Ukhrul district on Friday, officials said. Sounds of heavy gunfire were heard from the village, which falls under Litan...
    Landslides block highway in Manipur, at least 500 trucks stranded
    North East

    Landslides block highway in Manipur, at least 500 trucks stranded

    Imphal, August 17: Heavy rains triggered massive landslides in Manipur’s Noney district, blocking the Imphal-Silchar highway due to which at least 500 goods vehicles are stranded, officials said on Thursday. The landslides happened on the National Highway 37 between Irang and Awangkhul part 2,...
    PM didn’t think Manipur important enough to visit: Sharad Pawar
    North East

    PM didn’t think Manipur important enough to visit: Sharad Pawar

    Mumbai, August 17: NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not think the situation in Manipur important enough to visit the state. “Modi government has been a mute spectator to the goings on in the (Manipur) region,” Pawar told reporters ahead of his public...
    There can be no peace in Manipur till 6,000 looted weapons are recovered: Gogoi
    Guwahati

    There can be no peace in Manipur till 6,000 looted weapons are recovered: Gogoi

    Guwahati, Aug 16: There can be no peace in Manipur till 6,000 sophisticated arms and 6 lakh rounds of ammunition are recovered, deputy leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi said on Wednesday. Speaking to journalists here, Gogoi said these arms and ammunition, which were looted from...
    Music only antidote to Manipur mayhem, say Kuki, Meitei artistes
    North East

    Music only antidote to Manipur mayhem, say Kuki, Meitei artistes

    Kolkata, Aug 16: Echoing Michael Jackson’s famous words “I love great music, it has no colour, it has no boundaries,” musicians from both the warring communities of Manipur want to use the magic of music to heal divides and give peace a chance to get back to “the good old days”. The music...
    150 students from Manipur enrolled in Delhi’s govt schools: CM Kejriwal
    North East

    150 students from Manipur enrolled in Delhi’s govt schools: CM Kejriwal

    New Delhi, August 16: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said 150 students from violence-hit Manipur have been enrolled in Delhi government schools and efforts are being made to help them lead a normal life. Speaking at the Delhi government’s Independence Day event at Chhatrasal Stadium...
    Uri screened in Manipur, first Hindi film to be shown in 23 years
    North East

    'Uri' screened in Manipur, first Hindi film to be shown in 23 years

    Imphal, Aug 16: Cinema returned to strife-torn Manipur after more than 20 years when a Bollywood movie on surgical strikes against Pakistan was screened at a makeshift open air theatre in Churachandpur. Vicky Kaushal-starrer "Uri: The Surgical Strike" was attended by a large number of people at...
    Chandrayaan-3 completes last Moon-bound manouevre, gears up for propulsion and lander module separation
    National

    Chandrayaan-3 completes last Moon-bound manouevre, gears up for propulsion and...

    Bengaluru, Aug 16: India's ambitious Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on Wednesday successfully underwent a fifth and final lunar-bound orbit manoeuvre, bringing it even closer to the surface of the Moon. With this, the spacecraft has completed all of its Moon-bound manouvres, and it will now prepare for...
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