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Chinese coach trains Wushu players in Manipur (Thaindian News)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:33:51 GMT

Imphal, July 5 (ANI): Youth in Manipur were recently given the benefit of being trained by a Chinese Wushu (martial) expert Liang Dong here. The eight-day camp was primarily used to brush up their technical skills. The camp was held at the Khuman Lampak Sports Complex. The idea of procuring the services of a foreign coach for [...]

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Rebels face little militants (The Telegraph India)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:21:53 GMT

Imphal, July 5: When Sacred Heart School in Manipur's Thoubal district received an extortion demand from militants a month ago, all it could think of doing was hold a mass prayer and hope for divine intervention.

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Manipur: 9 militants gunned down (rediff News)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:33:46 GMT

Police said in Imphal on Wednesday that three militants were shot dead on Monday and another six militants were gunned down Tuesday. Three suspected militants were shot dead at Langol, Imphal, on Tuesday by a team of Manipur police commandos and 32 Assam Rifles.

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Electoral rolls for Manipur published (Timpu)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:24:36 GMT

Imphal, Jul 1: The draft consolidated and integrated Photo Electoral Rolls (PER) for all 60 Assembly Constituencies of Manipur have been published by the concerned Electoral Registration Officers (EROs). Click Here To Read the Full Post

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Two militants shot dead in Manipur (Timpu)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:24:35 GMT

Imphal, Jul 1: Two suspected militants were shot dead by security forces in two separate encounters here. Click Here To Read the Full Post

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Manipur once again goes without newspapers (Timpu)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:06:27 GMT

Imphal, Jun 26: For the third day in this month (June), no newspaper was published in Manipur today (June 26) after the decision not to publish dailies came from the entire journalist fraternity on the prevailing situation in the state for the last few days. Click Here To Read the Full Post

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Red alert sounded in Manipur districts (Daily News Analysis)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:58:00 GMT

Close on the heels of the killing of four non-Manipuri labourers by unidentified militants, a red alert has been sounded in Imphal East and Imphal West districts of Manipur.

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Four migrants killed in Manipur (The Telegraph India)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:13:02 GMT

Imphal, June 24: Unidentified men killed four Hindi-speaking labourers and injured two others in near-simultaneous attacks in Manipur's Imphal East and Imphal West districts, in a chilling reminder of the March massacre of migrant workers.

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Stranded Manipuri youth set to go home (Hindu)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:11:18 GMT

BANGALORE: There is now a silver lining for the 40 young people from Manipur who were stuck in the city since June 20. They are now scheduled to board the Chennai-Howrah train on June 26. The group, which included 20 women, had come to ...

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Village youth defy militants (Hindu)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:51:09 GMT

IMPHAL: Despite grim warnings by two major underground organisations, the United National Liberation Front (UNLF) and the Kanglei Yawol Kunna Lup (KYKL) 300 youth of Heirok in Thoubal district of Manipur have got themselves appointed as ...

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Lalu Prasad’s RJD is now national political party (Thaindian News)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:26:55 GMT

New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) Railway Minister Lalu Prasad’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) was Tuesday granted the status of a national political party by the Central Election Commission. “Since the RJD has got more than six percent votes in four states, namely, Bihar, Jharkhand, Nagaland and Manipur, in the last assembly elections, we had written [...]

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Railway services, food supply hit in parts of northeast (India eNews: Top Headlines)

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:01:23 GMT

The supply of essential items, including food grain, was sevrely affected in the three northeastern states of Tripura, Mizoram and Manipur and parts of Assam due to disruption of railway services in the region for one and a half months, officials said here Monday.

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Railway services, food supply hit in parts of northeast (Thaindian News)

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:41:50 GMT

Agartala, June 23 (IANS) The supply of essential items, including food grain, was sevrely affected in the three northeastern states of Tripura, Mizoram and Manipur and parts of Assam due to disruption of railway services in the region for one and a half months, officials said here Monday. “The Tripura government has asked the Northeast [...]

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Prepak spreads network (The Telegraph India)

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:31:55 GMT

Bangalore, June 21: Five arrested militants of the Manipur-based People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (Prepak) had rented houses here in the guise of software professionals to set up a financial base for the group.

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Manipur youth team left high and dry (Hindu)

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:30:12 GMT

BANGALORE: A group of 40 young people from Manipur, who had come to Karnataka to participate in a youth cultural exchange programme, have been forced to overstay here. The 40-member team, including 20 women, is stranded in the city after ...

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Three Manipuri militants remanded to police custody (Hindu)

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:15:49 GMT

BANGALORE: The three suspected militants associated with Manipur-based People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK), who were nabbed in a joint operation by the Military Intelligence and City Crime Branch (CCB) police on Friday, ...

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Borderland travails (The Telegraph India)

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:45:31 GMT

Earlier this year, I spent ten days travelling through three states of northeastern India. My journey began in Manipur, where, on my first night, I had dinner with a bunch of academics and journalists.

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Five suspected terrorists held in Bangalore (NDTV)

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:33:27 GMT

Five suspected terrorists from Manipur have been picked up in Bangalore by the city police and the military intelligence.

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Manipur villagers refuse to join as SPOs (Hindu)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:21:32 GMT

IMPHAL: People of Heirok village in Thoubal district of Manipur on Friday spurned the government offer to recruit 500 Special Police Officers to protect themselves against militants. L. Mandir, general secretary of the joint committee ...

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Heirok people and JAC have a difficult choice to make (Naxal Terror Watch)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:23:00 GMT

The Imphal Free Press Imphal, Jun 19: It seems the public of Heirok are caught between the devil and the deep sea on the issue of establishment of SPOs in their village, said L Mandir, the general secretary of the JAC Heirok during a press conference held this afternoon at the Manipur Press Club in Imphal. On the other hand, in order to bring an amicable solution to the matter the JAC will be...

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