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    MNF has 10
    North East

    MNF has 10 'safe' seats, will retain power in next Mizoram assembly polls:...

    Aizawl, Aug 19: Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga exuded confidence that his party MNF will retain power in the next assembly polls and has 10 "safe" seats where the opposition's strength is "negligible". The polls for the 40-member assembly are due later this year. "As of now, we have 10...
    Over 200 Meiteis who crossed over to Myanmar to escape violence in Manipur return to state: CM
    North East

    Over 200 Meiteis who crossed over to Myanmar to escape violence in Manipur...

    Imphal, Aug 19: More than 200 Meiteis who had crossed over to neighbouring Myanmar to escape the ethnic violence in Manipur have safely returned to the state after more than three months, Chief Minister N Biren Singh said, while lauding the role of the Army in bringing them back. More than 160...
    Five NLFT militants surrender before police in Tripura
    North East

    Five NLFT militants surrender before police in Tripura

    Agartala, Aug 19: Five militants of the outlawed National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) BM group surrendered before police in Tripura's Dhalai district, a senior police officer said on Saturday. The five militants identified as Kanta Mohan Tripura (45), Nakshatra Debbarma (32), Emang...
    RS chairman refers bills to replace IPC, CrPC, Evidence Act to standing committee, seeks report within 3 months
    National

    RS chairman refers bills to replace IPC, CrPC, Evidence Act to standing...

    New Delhi, Aug 19: Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar has referred the three proposed laws that will replace the IPC, CrPC and the Evidence Act to the Standing Committee on Home Affairs for examination and asked it to submit its report within three months.The bills — the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita,...
    North East

    'Everyone entitled to speak freely': Manipur CM on Kuki MLAs letter to PM

    Imphal, Aug 18: Days after Kuki MLAs of Manipur requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a separate chief secretary and DGP for the Kuki-dominated hills areas in the northeastern state, Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Friday asserted that everyone was entitled to speak freely in a democracy. ...
    Manipur govt seeks report from Churachandpur district admin over display of firearms at
    North East

    Manipur govt seeks report from Churachandpur district admin over display of...

    Imphal, Aug 18: The Manipur government has sought a report from the Churachandpur deputy commissioner and superintendent of police over the display of sophisticated firearms by a group of people at an "unofficial" Independence Day parade, a senior official said on Friday. State security...
    Man dies of snake bite in Sikkims Soreng Chakung
    North East

    Man dies of snake bite in Sikkim's Soreng Chakung

    Gangtok, Aug 18: A 22-year-old man died of a snake bite in Sikkim's Soreng Chakung district, police said on Friday. The man identified as Sandeep Lepcha was bitten by the snake in his home in Kartok village on Thursday night. Lepcha was immediately rushed to Soreng district hospital from...
    3 more members of newly floated militant organisation arrested in Meghalaya
    North East

    3 more members of newly floated militant organisation arrested in Meghalaya

    Shillong, Aug 18: Three more members of the newly floated militant organisation – National Liberation Council of Nongkyndong - were arrested from Meghalaya's West Jaintia Hills district, a senior police officer said. Meghalaya Police busted the newly floated militant organisation by arresting six...
    3 killed in Manipur in renewed violence
    North East

    3 killed in Manipur in renewed violence

    Imphal, Aug 18: In a fresh round of violence in ethnic strife-torn Manipur, mutilated bodies of three youths were found following heavy gunfire at Kuki Thowai village in Ukhrul district on Friday, officials said. Sounds of heavy gunfire were heard from the village, which falls under Litan...
    Landslides block highway in Manipur, at least 500 trucks stranded
    North East

    Landslides block highway in Manipur, at least 500 trucks stranded

    Imphal, August 17: Heavy rains triggered massive landslides in Manipur’s Noney district, blocking the Imphal-Silchar highway due to which at least 500 goods vehicles are stranded, officials said on Thursday. The landslides happened on the National Highway 37 between Irang and Awangkhul part 2,...
    PM didn’t think Manipur important enough to visit: Sharad Pawar
    North East

    PM didn’t think Manipur important enough to visit: Sharad Pawar

    Mumbai, August 17: NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not think the situation in Manipur important enough to visit the state. “Modi government has been a mute spectator to the goings on in the (Manipur) region,” Pawar told reporters ahead of his public...
    There can be no peace in Manipur till 6,000 looted weapons are recovered: Gogoi
    Guwahati

    There can be no peace in Manipur till 6,000 looted weapons are recovered: Gogoi

    Guwahati, Aug 16: There can be no peace in Manipur till 6,000 sophisticated arms and 6 lakh rounds of ammunition are recovered, deputy leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi said on Wednesday. Speaking to journalists here, Gogoi said these arms and ammunition, which were looted from...
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