Noting the unabated sectarian violence in Manipur, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Friday said that despite Union Home Minister Amit Shah's four-day visit to the northeastern state the situation did not change.
Senior Member of Parliament from the All India Trinamool Congress, Derek O'Brien has written a letter to the chairman of the Standing Committee for Home Affairs demanding a discussion urgently on the situation of violence in Manipur.
MoS Rajkumar Ranjan Singh speaking on the violence in Khamenlok area, Imphal East said, "...There are about 14 designated camps. Let the monitoring agency should monitor whether all of those activists are in their designated camp and whether their weapons are deposited or not..."
"Operations, in the presence of magistrates where applicable, continue across the state with due diligence to avoid unnecessary hardships for locals. 22 weapons, mostly automatics, were recovered in the past 24 hours," Tweeted SpearCorps.IndianArmy.
The central government, meanwhile, constituted a Peace Committee in Manipur under the chairpersonship of the Manipur Governor, which is aimed at facilitating the peacemaking process among various ethnic groups there, read a statement by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
The situation in Manipur remained peaceful and under control as no incident of violence is reported in the last 48 hours in the hill state, Kuldiep Singh, Advisor (Security) to Manipur Government said on Thursday.
"There appears to be no let-up in the violence that has engulfed Manipur for the past several weeks. The home minister visited the state belatedly, after a month since the violence erupted. Why is the Prime Minister still silent on the violence? Why doesn't he visit the state and try to brin
The Centre on Sunday constituted a three-member Commission of Inquiry, headed by former chief justice of the Gauhati High Court Ajai Lamba, to investigate into the incidents of violence in Manipur which started in early May.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a series of meetings with Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh and representatives of Meitei and Kuki communities as well as other stakeholders to review the measures taken for restoring peace in the state, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Monday.<
According to the sources, Army and Assam Rifles became the first responders to the request by the state government in maintaining law and order. Despite being deployed outside the municipal limits of Imphal town due to the non-applicability of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), mul