Naga Economic Blockade

BJP's N Biren Singh, who took oath as Manipur's Chief Minister on March 15, has to prove his majority in the state assembly today. Despite being the second largest party - with 21 legislators - in the recently-concluded assembly elections, the BJP claims to have the support of 33 legislators with the help of regional parties and independent lawmake...

An economic blockade in Manipur led by the United Naga Council, which had crippled the state's supply lines for over 130 days, has been lifted - a day ahead of Chief Minister Biren Singh's crucial floor test to prove his majority in the Manipur assembly today.

Nearly 57 per cent voting took place till 5 pm in eastern Uttar Pradesh's 49 assembly seats that went to polls in the sixth phase today. The number was higher than last time but much lower than Manipur which voted for 38 of its 60 seats in the first of two phases today, registering an 84 per cent turnout. The north-eastern state is voting in the mi...

Voting is being held in Uttar Pradesh and Manipur today. People of India's most populous state are voting in the penultimate phase for 49 seats, while in Manipur, 38 seats are being contested. Ruling Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh's Lok Sabha constituency - with 10 assembly seats - remains in focus where voting is being held today. In Mani...

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju today alleged that the recent economic blockade in Manipur was the "handiwork" of the state's Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh. Mr Rijiju made the allegations at a 'get together' in the Delhi BJP office for the Manipuri community members living in the capital.

In Manipur, crippled by an economic blockade for over the three months, the agitating United Naga Council (UNC) and the ruling Congress have drawn swords at each other. With Manipur Congress Legislature Party (CLP) writing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare UNC, the top body of Nagas living in Manipur, as an "unlawful organisation", the UNC...

Ahead of the assembly elections in Manipur, scheduled for March 4, the ruling Congress in Manipur has now launched a political campaign over the failure of the second round of talks between the Centre, the state government and the United Naga Council to end the economic blockade, which completed 100-days earlier this week.

People of Manipur were left disappointed on February 7 as the Centre, state government and the United Naga Council failed to reach a consensus in the second round of tripartite talks to break the economic logjam in the state.

With Manipur still reeling under an acute shortage of necessities on the 84th day of an economic blockade imposed by the United Naga Council, the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) today airlifted fuel tankers to Imphal.

With the economic blockade in Manipur imposed by United Naga Council over the creation of seven new districts completing 70 days, the ruling Congress government in the state as well as the BJP are ready to turn the blockade into the main election issue. Manipur will go to polls in March.

The central government has decided to rush additional 4,000 paramilitary personnel to Manipur in its efforts to reopen a national highway which has been blocked for nearly two months by a Naga group. With this, a total of 17,500 central security personnel have been deployed in the state to assist the local administration in maintaining law and orde...

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju today asked the Manipur government to bring back normalcy in the state by removing the economic blockade imposed by a Naga group on its highway as he embarks on a day-long visit to Manipur.

With days to go before Christmas, life remains crippled in Manipur due to a 50-day economic blockade, protests and violence on highways following the state government's decision of creation of seven new districts. As Nagas demanded the imposition of President's Rule in the state, curfew was relaxed in parts of state capital Imphal for nine hours to...

26-year-old Totngam, who works in Delhi, was travelling to Ukhrul in Manipur for Christmas but had to take shelter at a friend's place after the bus they were travelling in was set on fire on Sunday evening. On Monday, their friend drove them to safety to the border of Imphal valley. Imphal continues to be tense two days after the violence broke ou...

Manipur's Imphal East, where violence broke out on Sunday over the economic blockade in the state, will remain under curfew, the state government has decided. Mobile internet in both Imphal East and West has been banned till December 25. However the broadband service of BSNL has been restored. Additional security forces have been rushed to the Imph...

BJP's N Biren Singh, who took oath as Manipur's Chief Minister on March 15, has to prove his majority in the state assembly today. Despite being the second largest party - with 21 legislators - in the recently-concluded assembly elections, the BJP claims to have the support of 33 legislators with the help of regional parties and independent lawmake...

An economic blockade in Manipur led by the United Naga Council, which had crippled the state's supply lines for over 130 days, has been lifted - a day ahead of Chief Minister Biren Singh's crucial floor test to prove his majority in the Manipur assembly today.

Nearly 57 per cent voting took place till 5 pm in eastern Uttar Pradesh's 49 assembly seats that went to polls in the sixth phase today. The number was higher than last time but much lower than Manipur which voted for 38 of its 60 seats in the first of two phases today, registering an 84 per cent turnout. The north-eastern state is voting in the mi...

Voting is being held in Uttar Pradesh and Manipur today. People of India's most populous state are voting in the penultimate phase for 49 seats, while in Manipur, 38 seats are being contested. Ruling Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh's Lok Sabha constituency - with 10 assembly seats - remains in focus where voting is being held today. In Mani...

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju today alleged that the recent economic blockade in Manipur was the "handiwork" of the state's Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh. Mr Rijiju made the allegations at a 'get together' in the Delhi BJP office for the Manipuri community members living in the capital.

In Manipur, crippled by an economic blockade for over the three months, the agitating United Naga Council (UNC) and the ruling Congress have drawn swords at each other. With Manipur Congress Legislature Party (CLP) writing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare UNC, the top body of Nagas living in Manipur, as an "unlawful organisation", the UNC...

Ahead of the assembly elections in Manipur, scheduled for March 4, the ruling Congress in Manipur has now launched a political campaign over the failure of the second round of talks between the Centre, the state government and the United Naga Council to end the economic blockade, which completed 100-days earlier this week.

People of Manipur were left disappointed on February 7 as the Centre, state government and the United Naga Council failed to reach a consensus in the second round of tripartite talks to break the economic logjam in the state.

With Manipur still reeling under an acute shortage of necessities on the 84th day of an economic blockade imposed by the United Naga Council, the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) today airlifted fuel tankers to Imphal.

With the economic blockade in Manipur imposed by United Naga Council over the creation of seven new districts completing 70 days, the ruling Congress government in the state as well as the BJP are ready to turn the blockade into the main election issue. Manipur will go to polls in March.

The central government has decided to rush additional 4,000 paramilitary personnel to Manipur in its efforts to reopen a national highway which has been blocked for nearly two months by a Naga group. With this, a total of 17,500 central security personnel have been deployed in the state to assist the local administration in maintaining law and orde...

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju today asked the Manipur government to bring back normalcy in the state by removing the economic blockade imposed by a Naga group on its highway as he embarks on a day-long visit to Manipur.

With days to go before Christmas, life remains crippled in Manipur due to a 50-day economic blockade, protests and violence on highways following the state government's decision of creation of seven new districts. As Nagas demanded the imposition of President's Rule in the state, curfew was relaxed in parts of state capital Imphal for nine hours to...

26-year-old Totngam, who works in Delhi, was travelling to Ukhrul in Manipur for Christmas but had to take shelter at a friend's place after the bus they were travelling in was set on fire on Sunday evening. On Monday, their friend drove them to safety to the border of Imphal valley. Imphal continues to be tense two days after the violence broke ou...

Manipur's Imphal East, where violence broke out on Sunday over the economic blockade in the state, will remain under curfew, the state government has decided. Mobile internet in both Imphal East and West has been banned till December 25. However the broadband service of BSNL has been restored. Additional security forces have been rushed to the Imph...