Manipur Relief Camps

Families living in a relief camp in Manipur's Kangpokpi district want to return home, provided there is guarantee of their safety, a senior officer of the central paramilitary force CRPF told news agency ANI.

Over 120 students living in Manipur's relief camps and who - despite the difficult circumstances - passed Class 10 and 12 exams were honoured with awards by a group of scientists and academicians from the Meitei community.

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Thursday distributed benefits to more than four lakh beneficiaries under various government schemes.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had a message of "peace" for the people of Manipur after he visited relief camps in the violence-hit state.

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

Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi is likely to visit Manipur on July 8, party sources said.

The members of the Delhi Meitei Forum (DMF), an independent civil society group of Manipur's Meitei community living in the national capital, donated the medicines to be sent to Heirok in Thoubal district, and Jiribam district.

A Delhi-based top civil society group of the Meitei community from Manipur has embarked on a huge drive to donate school bags to children living in relief camps in the ethnic violence-hit state.

Manipur's Jiribam district bordering Assam had remained untouched by the ethnic crisis for over a year. Until Saturday last, when the mutilated body of a 59-year-old man from the Meitei community was found.

Over 93 per cent students in Manipur passed the Class 10 exam of the state board despite a difficult academic year due to the ethnic tensions. Many of the students are still in relief camps, officials said.

Manipur chief electoral officer PK Jha has sought reports from returning officers detailing vandalism and violence in polling booths and where all re-polling would be needed.

"Why should I vote to elect a representative of a place which is no longer mine ... elections mean nothing to us," says a distraught Nobi, who lost her home 11 months ago to ethnic violence in Manipur and is living in a relief camp.

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.

Lok Sabha elections: Displaced after violence hit Manipur's Churachandpur last year, Nganthoibi Mutum and her family have been living in a relief camp at Imphal uncertain of when they will return home.

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.

Families living in a relief camp in Manipur's Kangpokpi district want to return home, provided there is guarantee of their safety, a senior officer of the central paramilitary force CRPF told news agency ANI.

Over 120 students living in Manipur's relief camps and who - despite the difficult circumstances - passed Class 10 and 12 exams were honoured with awards by a group of scientists and academicians from the Meitei community.

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Thursday distributed benefits to more than four lakh beneficiaries under various government schemes.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had a message of "peace" for the people of Manipur after he visited relief camps in the violence-hit state.

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

Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi is likely to visit Manipur on July 8, party sources said.

The members of the Delhi Meitei Forum (DMF), an independent civil society group of Manipur's Meitei community living in the national capital, donated the medicines to be sent to Heirok in Thoubal district, and Jiribam district.

A Delhi-based top civil society group of the Meitei community from Manipur has embarked on a huge drive to donate school bags to children living in relief camps in the ethnic violence-hit state.

Manipur's Jiribam district bordering Assam had remained untouched by the ethnic crisis for over a year. Until Saturday last, when the mutilated body of a 59-year-old man from the Meitei community was found.

Over 93 per cent students in Manipur passed the Class 10 exam of the state board despite a difficult academic year due to the ethnic tensions. Many of the students are still in relief camps, officials said.

Manipur chief electoral officer PK Jha has sought reports from returning officers detailing vandalism and violence in polling booths and where all re-polling would be needed.

"Why should I vote to elect a representative of a place which is no longer mine ... elections mean nothing to us," says a distraught Nobi, who lost her home 11 months ago to ethnic violence in Manipur and is living in a relief camp.

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.

Lok Sabha elections: Displaced after violence hit Manipur's Churachandpur last year, Nganthoibi Mutum and her family have been living in a relief camp at Imphal uncertain of when they will return home.

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.