Manipur Displaced People

The central and the state governments must restore peace in violence-hit Manipur quickly and rebuild the destroyed homes of internally displaced people, according to students from the northeast who participated at a peaceful protest in Delhi.

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Monday told that the state Assembly that 59,564 people were displaced and 11,133 houses gutted in fire in the violence in the state.

The Manipur Police today fired tear gas shells, rubber bullets and lathi-charged hundreds of internally displaced people who held protests in Imphal valley over the government's alleged inaction on working out a plan to send them back home.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today visited a relief camp in Manipur for people displaced by the ethnic violence in the northeastern state.

Suspected insurgents fired at an armoured vehicle of the security forces in Manipur's Jiribam this morning, hours before Congress MP Rahul Gandhi arrived in the district bordering Assam to meet internally displaced people living in relief camps.

The Assam Police have started a door-to-door survey to record the number of internally displaced people living in Cachar district, bordering Manipur's Jiribam.

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking voting facilities for around 18,000 people displaced internally due to the ethnic strife in Manipur for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 In Manipur: Chief Electoral Officer, Pradeep Kumar Jha said over 24,500 displaced people have been identified as eligible to vote.

Ten Kuki-Zo MLAs in violence-hit Manipur have written to the Election Commission requesting arrangements to ensure displaced members of their tribes who have taken shelter across the country can cast their votes in the Lok Sabha election for Manipur.

Thousands of Kuki-Zo community people of Manipur, who have taken shelter in Mizoram following the ethnic violence in their home state, may not be able to exercise their franchise in the Lok Sabha polls, an official said on Tuesday.

Like many relief camps in Manipur, Samurou government high school in Imphal West district has also kept aside some classrooms with mattresses on the floor for internally displaced people to sleep.

Two of 12 trucks and buses set on fire by protesters in Manipur's Churachandpur district on February 15 contained relief material for internally displaced people, the state government said in a statement on Saturday.

After a dark Diwali, Christmas in Manipur will be a sorrowful event this year with a significant number of people having no resources to go to church. Thousands of internally displaced people in Manipur have been in relief camps for almost 8 months.

The Manipur government on Wednesday announced a permanent housing scheme for the displaced families who lost their homes during the ethnic riot that broke out in the state on May 3.

The Manipur government, citing a Supreme Court order, has asked people not to encroach on the properties of those who fled because of the ethnic violence, as this could aggravate the law and order situation.

The central and the state governments must restore peace in violence-hit Manipur quickly and rebuild the destroyed homes of internally displaced people, according to students from the northeast who participated at a peaceful protest in Delhi.

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Monday told that the state Assembly that 59,564 people were displaced and 11,133 houses gutted in fire in the violence in the state.

The Manipur Police today fired tear gas shells, rubber bullets and lathi-charged hundreds of internally displaced people who held protests in Imphal valley over the government's alleged inaction on working out a plan to send them back home.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today visited a relief camp in Manipur for people displaced by the ethnic violence in the northeastern state.

Suspected insurgents fired at an armoured vehicle of the security forces in Manipur's Jiribam this morning, hours before Congress MP Rahul Gandhi arrived in the district bordering Assam to meet internally displaced people living in relief camps.

The Assam Police have started a door-to-door survey to record the number of internally displaced people living in Cachar district, bordering Manipur's Jiribam.

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking voting facilities for around 18,000 people displaced internally due to the ethnic strife in Manipur for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 In Manipur: Chief Electoral Officer, Pradeep Kumar Jha said over 24,500 displaced people have been identified as eligible to vote.

Ten Kuki-Zo MLAs in violence-hit Manipur have written to the Election Commission requesting arrangements to ensure displaced members of their tribes who have taken shelter across the country can cast their votes in the Lok Sabha election for Manipur.

Thousands of Kuki-Zo community people of Manipur, who have taken shelter in Mizoram following the ethnic violence in their home state, may not be able to exercise their franchise in the Lok Sabha polls, an official said on Tuesday.

Like many relief camps in Manipur, Samurou government high school in Imphal West district has also kept aside some classrooms with mattresses on the floor for internally displaced people to sleep.

Two of 12 trucks and buses set on fire by protesters in Manipur's Churachandpur district on February 15 contained relief material for internally displaced people, the state government said in a statement on Saturday.

After a dark Diwali, Christmas in Manipur will be a sorrowful event this year with a significant number of people having no resources to go to church. Thousands of internally displaced people in Manipur have been in relief camps for almost 8 months.

The Manipur government on Wednesday announced a permanent housing scheme for the displaced families who lost their homes during the ethnic riot that broke out in the state on May 3.

The Manipur government, citing a Supreme Court order, has asked people not to encroach on the properties of those who fled because of the ethnic violence, as this could aggravate the law and order situation.