Manipur Film

Taking a jibe at Congress's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, which was launched in Manipur's Thoubal on Sunday, senior BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya said that this is just a ploy to launch Rahul Gandhi time and again and this film always gets flop.

An Imphal-based civil society organisation has barred actor Soma Laishram from acting in films for three years after she participated in a beauty pageant, in defiance of an appeal by the group to boycott such events in view of the Manipur crisis.

A Hindi film was screened publicly in Manipur's Churachandpur on Independence Day, over two decades after insurgents banned Bollywood movies in the state.

A bill to curb piracy to help the film industry and simplify licensing procedure was passed by Rajya Sabha on Thursday after the opposition staged a walkout over its demand for a discussion on the Manipur situation.

Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Thursday appeared to question the need for a visit of the National Commission for Women member Khushbu Sundar to Udupi to inquire into alleged "washroom filming case" at a paramedical college.

The BJP on Sunday announced candidates for all 60 assembly seats for the upcoming election in Manipur. Chief Minister N Biren Singh will seek re-election from the Heingang constituency.

In yet another story that highlights the wonders of the Internet, a Manipuri man, who went missing 40 years ago, has finally returned home. The joyous reunion is all thanks to a viral YouTube video of him singing a Hindi film song. Photos and videos of Khomdram Gambhir Singh, 66, being welcomed home have touched a chord with many.

Forty years after he went missing, a 66-year-old Manipuri man is all set to be reunited with his family -- thanks to his fondness for Hindi film songs and a video clip posted on YouTube.

A union minister was shouted at by a furious woman passenger at the Imphal airport whose flight had been delayed by two hours because of VVIP movement. The passenger, Dr Nirala Singh, was filmed yesterday venting her frustration at union minister KJ Alphons.

Hindi films are not being shown in Manipur for the last few years reportedly due to threats by some militant outfits

Boxer MC Mary Kom is one of India's biggest sporting icons. Back home in Manipur, her story is one of grit and perseverance, and one where, in between attending school, caring for her younger siblings, and training to be a boxer in the insurgency ridden state, Mary Kom went on to become an Olympic medalist, a five-time world amateur boxing champion...

Two American women, one a critically acclaimed director and the other an Academy-Award winning actress, have come together to make a movie that they say "explores the power" of the game for "people in a troubled, distant place."

Indefinite curfew was on Monday imposed in the entire Manipur valley as roads were blocked and tyres set ablaze as part of protests against the alleged molestation of a film actress by a Naga militant and the killing of a journalist in police firing, official sources said.

A journalist was killed in police firing on the second day of the indefinite strike in Manipur called by a film body demanding the arrest of a Naga militant for allegedly molesting a film actress.

Protests turned violent as police burst tear gas shells to disperse agitated locals during the first day of the indefinite statewide bandh called by a film body demanding the arrest of an NSCN-IM ultra who allegedly molested a Manipuri film actress at a public function.

Taking a jibe at Congress's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, which was launched in Manipur's Thoubal on Sunday, senior BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya said that this is just a ploy to launch Rahul Gandhi time and again and this film always gets flop.

An Imphal-based civil society organisation has barred actor Soma Laishram from acting in films for three years after she participated in a beauty pageant, in defiance of an appeal by the group to boycott such events in view of the Manipur crisis.

A Hindi film was screened publicly in Manipur's Churachandpur on Independence Day, over two decades after insurgents banned Bollywood movies in the state.

A bill to curb piracy to help the film industry and simplify licensing procedure was passed by Rajya Sabha on Thursday after the opposition staged a walkout over its demand for a discussion on the Manipur situation.

Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Thursday appeared to question the need for a visit of the National Commission for Women member Khushbu Sundar to Udupi to inquire into alleged "washroom filming case" at a paramedical college.

The BJP on Sunday announced candidates for all 60 assembly seats for the upcoming election in Manipur. Chief Minister N Biren Singh will seek re-election from the Heingang constituency.

In yet another story that highlights the wonders of the Internet, a Manipuri man, who went missing 40 years ago, has finally returned home. The joyous reunion is all thanks to a viral YouTube video of him singing a Hindi film song. Photos and videos of Khomdram Gambhir Singh, 66, being welcomed home have touched a chord with many.

Forty years after he went missing, a 66-year-old Manipuri man is all set to be reunited with his family -- thanks to his fondness for Hindi film songs and a video clip posted on YouTube.

A union minister was shouted at by a furious woman passenger at the Imphal airport whose flight had been delayed by two hours because of VVIP movement. The passenger, Dr Nirala Singh, was filmed yesterday venting her frustration at union minister KJ Alphons.

Hindi films are not being shown in Manipur for the last few years reportedly due to threats by some militant outfits

Boxer MC Mary Kom is one of India's biggest sporting icons. Back home in Manipur, her story is one of grit and perseverance, and one where, in between attending school, caring for her younger siblings, and training to be a boxer in the insurgency ridden state, Mary Kom went on to become an Olympic medalist, a five-time world amateur boxing champion...

Two American women, one a critically acclaimed director and the other an Academy-Award winning actress, have come together to make a movie that they say "explores the power" of the game for "people in a troubled, distant place."

Indefinite curfew was on Monday imposed in the entire Manipur valley as roads were blocked and tyres set ablaze as part of protests against the alleged molestation of a film actress by a Naga militant and the killing of a journalist in police firing, official sources said.

A journalist was killed in police firing on the second day of the indefinite strike in Manipur called by a film body demanding the arrest of a Naga militant for allegedly molesting a film actress.

Protests turned violent as police burst tear gas shells to disperse agitated locals during the first day of the indefinite statewide bandh called by a film body demanding the arrest of an NSCN-IM ultra who allegedly molested a Manipuri film actress at a public function.