Insurgency / Manipur

NEW DELHI, April 25 (PTI): Army has forwarded to the Union Home Ministry two receipts from a banned militant outfit acknowledging it had received Rs 3 lakh from Nipamacha Singh and Chandramani, Lok Sabha was informed today. This was stated by Defence Minister Jaswant Singh in response to a written question about reports that political stalwarts of Manipur including former Chief Minister W Nipamacha Singh and former Assembly Speaker L Chandramani Singh had donated huge amounts to the United National Liberation Front (UNLF). In one of its reports, the army forwarded two receipts from UNLF, the...

IMPHAL, April 25: After burning their school text books yesterday students of Catholic School, Canchipur today began dharna at the school gate demanding resumption of classes which have been remaining closed for the past one month. Catholic Schools in the valley reported money demand served by a militant organisation. While Little Flower resumed classes yesterday others remained closed. Hundreds of Catholic School students were provoked yesterday when their school was still found locked up and they burnt their books in protest against it at the school gate. Students of class VIII to X in their...

IMPHAL, April 24: The apex body of the students' community in Manipur the All Manipur Students' Union (AMSU) alongwith the parents and guardians of over 15,000 students in eight different Catholic schools in and around Imphal called upon the authority concerned to reopen the Catholic schools on or before April 30 in the interest of the future generations. A decision has also been taken by the AMSU in this regard during a joint meeting of the executive members of the AMSU and parents or guardians of the school children studying in Catholic schools. The AMSU while asking the school authorities...

IMPHAL, April 24: At least seven army jawans of the 15 JAT Regiment were reported to be seriously wounded when a powerful bomb exploded near the foothill of Lamprai Ching along NH 39 at Khonghampat Awang Leikai under Sekmai police station around 3.45 pm today. In the follow up action, the army personnel allegedly thrashed five civilians who were grinding stones at a nearby place. The incident happened when the convoy of the 15 JAT Regiment in four vehicles were going towards Leimakhong from Imphal. The bomb which was believed to have been activated by using a remote device exploded after two...

IMPHAL, April 24: Irate students of Catholic School, Canchipur gathered at the school gate today and made a bonfire of their school text books in protest against the closure of the school for the last one month. Police were called in and they had to resort to a mild lathi charge to disperse the students. Mission schools located in the valley had closed down for the last one month following monetary demands served on them by an underground outfit. According to reports the students numbering around 500 gathered at the gate of the school at about 9 am and forced open the gate which was kept under...

NEW DELHI, April 24: In a development that may raise the hackles of the human rights bodies, the Minister of Home Affairs (MHA) has identified the Assam based Manab Adhikar Sangram Samiti (MASS) as among six Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) having links with the militant outfits. The fall out of the move is that all the state governments in the Northeastern Region have been alerted not to release any government funds to any NGO in the region without proper verification. It has been decided that the Union government would release funds to NGOs in the region only after physical verifications...

IMPHAL, April 23: An intelligence officer who recently returned to Imphal after serving a long time in Ukhrul was today shot down by a lone assailant at Dingko road Dewlahland in broad daylight. Deputy field officer of Special Bureau (SB) Imphal branch, BK Mishra 35 of Bihar was coming out of a privately owned telephone booth at Chingmeirong when the assailant who came in a three wheeler got down and shot him two times before leaving the scene without much ado towards Lamlong bazar. Mishra received a bullet on his head and another on his back. The incident took place at around 2:15 this...

IMPHAL, April 23: The four persons reported missing after they had been picked up by the BSF in Churachandpur district have been handed over to the police. This information was given by the Director General of Police DS Grewal to the Manipur Human Rights Commission which took up a case of the missing persons. The commission yesterday asked the DGP to find whereabouts of the four persons including a woman within 24 hours. The four persons were reportedly picked up by the BSF from Hengtam village under Singhat police station on April 14. In his report to the Commission, which was delivered today...

IMPHAL, April 22: Consequent upon the attack carried out by underground cadres on a BSF convoy at Kwakta yesterday that claimed the life of a jawan, a combined force of security forces allegedly released their ire on the villagers of Liklai village and set seven houses aflame. Liklai village is in Churachandpur district and is located about 7 kms from Kwakta. Villagers who had to bear the brunt of the security personnel's ire and angst said the combined force came to their village at about 5 pm and fired four 2-inch mortar towards the village. Terrified villagers fled the scene thereafter. The...

IMPHAL, April 22: The All Manipur Students' Union (AMSU) has called upon the authorities who run catholic schools in and around Imphal to reopen their schools on or before April 30 in the interest of the students. A joint meeting of the executive members of the AMSU and parents of over 15,000 students studying in the seven catholic schools was also held at the hall of Dhanamanjuri College of Arts here this morning. One Nilakomol, a guardian of a student of Little Flower School, was the chief guest and secretary general of AMSU headquarters, Premananda Yumnam presided over the gathering. The...