Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh, along with Deputy Chief Ministers Nemcha Kipgen and Losii Dikho, on Sunday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi to discuss the progress of the peace process and rehabilitation in the violence-hit state.
"I urge all sections of society to maintain peace and harmony. Dialogue and restraint are essential to prevent further escalation of tensions..." CM Singh said.
With President's rule in Manipur due to end later this month unless extended by Parliament, former Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has said that NDA partners in the state have been called to Delhi for a meeting.
"I thank Lt Gen Vikas Lakhera, AVSM, SM, DG Assam Rifles, for confirming that biometrics are being collected from illegal entrants crossing the Indo Myanmar border. The very need for such a measure underlines an undeniable truth that the influx of outsiders into our region is real and ong
Manipur's former Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Saturday stated that efforts are being made to find an "amicable solution" and restore peace to the ethnic violence hit Manipur, further stating that meetings were also being held with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and NDA MLAs to form a go
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) to file a fresh report on certain leaked audio tapes which allegedly implicate former Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh for instigating ethnic violence in the state.
Reacting to the resignation of Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi on Monday said that the Opposition's continuous pressure has led to the change but accused the BJP of lacking a concrete plan to restore peace in the state.
The opposition leaders had been coming all guns blazing at the former Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh after he resigned from the position of the head of state on Sunday following the rampant violence that has disrupted normalcy in Manipur for the past two years.