Manipur

A massive violence took place during a 'Tribal Solidarity March' on Wednesday to protest the demand of Meiteis for Scheduled Tribe(ST) status in Torbung area in Manipur's Churachandpur district, due to which the trains scheduled to Manipur have been cancelled, a Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) spokesperson said here on Friday. “The only two trains that connect Manipur have been cancelled for two days from Friday,” NFR CPRO Sabyasachi De told PTI.The decision on resuming the service will be taken after evaluating the situation, he said. The Agartala Khongsang Jan Satabdi Express, which runs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and the…

In a bid to empower India’s youth and encourage more trainers to join the Skill India Mission, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has honoured trainers and launched four new trades at a digital conclave organized on the third edition of Kaushalacharya Awards.At the event, 41 trainers from Skill India’s several initiatives and training programmes — Directorate General of Training (DGT), Apprenticeship, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), Jan ShikshanSansthan (JSS) and Entrepreneurship — were felicitated for their contribution towards creating a future-ready skilled workforce and ensuring that capacity-building is a continued endeavour.Of the 41 trainers who were…

Journalist Kishorechandra Wangkhem was on Friday, 23 July, released from Imphal Central Jail. This comes after Manipur High Court had, earlier in the day, directed his interim release, saying, as per Bar and Bench, that his detention would be as much a "violation of Article 21 of the Constitution." Wangkhem had been detained under the National Security Act (NSA) for a post on his Facebook wall after a BJP leader died due to COVID, commenting that “cow dung, cow urine did not work." This comes a day after his wife, Ranjita Elangbam, wrote a letter to the Manipur High Court,…

The COVID-19 recovery rate in the state is 68.68 per cent, the bulletin added. Meanwhile, the District Magistrate of Thoubal, Bandana Devi imposed curfew in the entire district to prohibit movement of people to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The DM also declared three areas of Thoubal district as containment zones to prevent the spread of the virus and also to facilitate intensive contact tracing and house to house surveillance and testing of primary contacts, officials said. The containment zones are Thoubal Khunou, Moijing Gram Panchayat areas and Heirok Part III. Earlier, the DM had ordered all the main markets…

An earthquake of moderate intensity hit Manipur on Sunday, according to the Earth Science Department of Manipur University.The earthquake of 5.1 magnitude hit Manipur at 4.16 pm, it said, adding that the epicentre of the quake is located 9 km from Ngopa area of neighbouring state of Mizoram. The tremor was also felt in the state capital of Meghalaya, the official said. There was no report of any casualty or damage to property in the any of the states. The Meghalaya police said there was no immediate report of any casualty or damage to property in the state.The Manipur DGP…