Manipur cut off from rest of India as crucial Barak Bridge collapses
India | July 17, 2017 17:22 ISTBarak bridge located along the National Highway-102 collapsed this morning, cutting off land-locked Manipur from rest of the country.
Barak bridge located along the National Highway-102 collapsed this morning, cutting off land-locked Manipur from rest of the country.
Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh of the Congress party won in Thoubal constituency, defeating rights activist Irom Sharmila, who got fewer than 100 votes.
As many as eight people were injured in a bomb blast near Kasturi Bridge in Imphal on Wednesday. The blast took place around 6:15 PM at the bridge, which is located in the Imphal
Manipur’s ‘iron lady’ Irom Sharmila, who fasted for 16 years to demand the repeal of AFSPA, has announced that she will take on Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh in the upcoming assembly polls.
One person was killed in a powerful bomb blast, suspected to have been planted by unknown militants in Manipur capital on Sunday.
Imphal: Women activists today tried to storm the offices of the ruling Congress and the BJP here in Manipur demanding to know the two parties' stand on the Inner Line Permit (ILP) row. Police in
Imphal: Rights activist Irom Sharmila, who has been on a 15-year-long hunger strike to press for the abrogation of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, has said she would continue her fast unto death.At the
Imphal: Ethnic tension being fanned by rival groups over the past two months at Aimol village in Manipur's Chandel district has been successfully defused by the Assam Rifles.Following inter-factional killing of late Walunglua Aimol on
Imphal: A class XI student was today killed after school students demanding implementation of Inner Line Permit system in Manipur confronted the police, following which an indefinite curfew was clamped in Greater Imphal area.Sapam Robin
Imphal: A bomb exploded at the office complex of Moreh police station in Chandel district of Manipur, close to Indo-Myanmar border, this evening, official sources said.No casualty has been reported so far, they said.The explosion
Imphal: At least 20 Indian Army jawans were killed and several others were injured when suspected militants ambushed their convoy in Manipur's Chandel district, an official said.A team of 6 Dogra Regiment was on a
Imphal: Four persons were killed on the spot and at least 23 have suffered serious injuries, when a powerful bomb exploded at Imphal market complex here this evening, official sources said.The blast took place in
Kolkata: Even after her release from detention, rights activist Irom Chanu Sharmila has decided to keep her vow of neither entering her house nor meeting her mother till the government repeals AFSPA. Sharmila, 42, is
Imphal: Unidentified gunmen opened fire at the house of a journalist, who was allegedly beaten up by the personnel of India Reserve Battalion recently, in Imphal West district of Manipur, police said today. Some persons
Chennai: Gujarat Chief Minister and BJP's PM candidate Narendra Modi today addressed a rally in Chennai. Earlier, BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi today replied to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's charge that people who spent
Imphal: Four persons were today injured when militants exploded a powerful bomb in a market complex here, police said.The bomb exploded near Bheirodan School in Khwairamband market complex, about one km away from the official
Imphal: A powerful bomb exploded at Ukhrul district headquarters of Manipur but no casualty was reported, police said today.The bomb, which was planted on the roadside by suspected militants at Phungreitang area in the heart
Imphal: A 20-year-old woman was allegedly raped by six personnel of the village defence force (VDF) in interior Tamenglong district of Manipur. The incident occurred on September 21 last while the woman was returning to
Imphal: Militants on August 15 night set fire to Maha Union govt higher secondary school in Japhou, the lone government school at Chandel district headquarters gutting the entire building causing loss of nearly Rs 24
Imphal, July 17: Militants exploded a powerful grenade in the complex of the Regional Institute of Medical Science and Hospital (RIMSH) in Imphal West district of Manipur but no casualty was reported, police said today.
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