The Supreme Court on Monday cautioned the counsels representing the Meitei and Kuki groups to refrain from levelling allegations and using the court as a platform to escalate the volatile situation in Manipur.
According to the sources, Additional Border Security Forces (BSF) were inducted to enforce the cessation of violence as columns of the Indian Army and Assam Rifles move to the general area of Songdo.
After Eric Garcetti condemned the Manipur violence, adding that he was ready "to assist in any way" if asked, Congress Leader Jairam Ramesh on Friday said External Affairs Minister Jaishankar should tell the US Ambassador to India that he had no role to play in the Northeast state and the
A joint delegation of the Communist Party of India (CPI) and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) consisting of three MPs from the CPI and two MPs from the CPI(M) is on a three day (6-8 July) visit to Manipur to express solidarity with the Manipuri people and share the grief of victims of
The situation is tense in some parts with sporadic incidents of firing, but is normal in most districts in Manipur, said an official statement from Manipur police.
Pointing out that there was rampant gun violence in the US, the Congress MP said, "We never told the US to learn from us as to how to rein that in. US faces riots over racism. We never told them that we will lecture them."
"I don't think it's about strategic concerns. I think it's about human concerns. I think all of us, you don't have to be Indian to care when children or individuals die in the sort of violence that we see. And we know that peace is the precedent for so many other good things," Garcetti said
A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices PS Narasimha and Manoj Misra asked the petitioner's counsel to approach the Manipur High Court as a similar matter is pending there.
According to the official notification, this order shall be in force for another five days with immediate effect from the time this suspension order becomes operational till 3:00 PM on July 10.
The schools under the Department of Education (Schools) of the Manipur government on Wednesday reopened and resumed their normal classes for Class 1-8 after more than two months of closure due to ethnic violence that erupted in the hilly state on May 3.
A joint delegation of MPs from the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Communist Party of India (CPI) will visit violence-scarred Manipur for three days, starting from Thursday, to express solidarity with the affected people, study the situation on the ground and talk to all stakehold