Tag: Manipur
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Missing arms case: NIA attaches Manipur MLA’s properties
New Delhi : The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has attached immovable properties of Manipur’s Saikul constituency MLA Yamthong Haokip in a missing arms case, the agency said on Friday. The attached properties included the house of the MLA in Imphal in connection with the case, as this property constituted proceeds of “terrorism as defined in…
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SC to hear plea on AFSPA dilution on September 4
New Delhi : The Supreme Court will hear on September 4 a plea by a group of serving Army officers against the dilution of AFSPA that gives immunity to military personnel from prosecution for their actions in disturbed and insurgency-hit areas. A bench of Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Uday Umesh Lalit will hear…
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Rajnath to meet 3 CMs on framework agreement with NSCN-IM
Imphal : Union Home minister Rajnath Singh is set to meet the Chief Ministers of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur on the contentious issue of framework agreement signed between the Central government and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) in 2015. Meanwhile, normal life was thrown out of gear on Thursday at Thangmeiband in…
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Manipur CM promises loans to women street vendors
Imphal : Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh on Wednesday promised soft loans to thousands of women street vendors who have taken over virtually all the footpaths and other available space in Imphal. “This will enable the women vendors to earn livelihood through some other means of earning, far away from the city,” he said…
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Manipur CM inaugurates India-Myanmar media interaction programme
Imphal : Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh on Monday inaugurated a two-day India-Myanmar media interaction programme here and said his government is trying to introduce a bus service between the two places to bring the people closer. Eleven journalists from Myanmar are taking part in the event. The Chief Minister said such interaction programmes…