Imphal: Three months after two teenaged girls went missing in Manipur, they were spotted at a training camp in Myanmar. The two girls - one 14 and another 15 - were being trained by Manipur's banned rebel outfit Revolutionary People's Front.
These children are being trained for war. A verified video of a Revolutionary People's Front training camp in Myanmar shows the child soldiers of the North-East.
In March 2013, 15 year-old Sanahanbi left home without a trace. Her mother is still in grief. Khaidem Sana said, "I miss her. I don't know what to do."
Banned militant outfit Revolutionary People's Front has informed her that Sanahanbi has joined them voluntarily. She and her daughters clutch to memories, clueless how to get Sanahanbi back. Sanahanbi's sister said, "I want to tell her, please come back."...
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08:39 AM, Jun 13, 2013
Imphal: A powerful bomb exploded near a police station in Ukhrul district of Manipur, officials said on Tuesday. The bomb exploded near Ukhrul police station at about 8.30 pm on Monday night, but no one was injured. The bomb might have been planted by militants, they said. Ukhrul, a Naga dominated district, was once a stronghold of Naga militant outfit NSCN-IM, but it has been peaceful for the past many...
11:19 AM, Jun 04, 2013
Imphal: Right To Information Activist Kumar Satyajit is on a mission. His only focus is to find answers to the acute electricity problems that stares Manipur on the face. Imphal is perhaps the only Indian city that doesn't get electricity for more than five hours a day. At a stretch, electricity supply doesn't exist for more than two hours in a 24 hour cycle. People are forced to buy inverters...
08:24 AM, Jun 03, 2013
Three days after the mysterious death of a 21-year-old Manipuri girl, students and activist have come out in large numbers demanding a fair probe in the case. The girl was found dead in her rented apartment in Chirag Dilli, she was lying in a pool of blood. Police registered a case of suicide which is now being challenged by her relatives and friends. The girl was working in a Saket...
09:08 PM, Jun 01, 2013
The controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act is in place in Manipur for the last 55 years. While the forces claim it is impossible to improve the security situation without it, its frequent abuse has led to the death and disappearance of many youths, it has led to rape of women by security force personnel. While Irom Sharmila's marathon fast has kept the focus on the issue, 55 years is...
05:57 PM, May 23, 2013
Imphal: It has been 55 years since the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) was first introduced. The longest demonstration against it has been on in Manipur with Irom Sharmila on a fast for over 12 years now. This April, Rashida Manjoo, the United Nations envoy on Violence Against Women listened to a group of 40 women, including the mother of Manorama Devi. In 2004, Manorama, a 32-year-old was...
08:41 AM, May 23, 2013
New Delhi: Three youths from Manipur sustained minor injuries after they were allegedly beaten up by their neighbour and his son for "spitting" in front of their house, police said. The incident was reported from south Delhi's Munirka on Tuesday afternoon where Ronny, 25, Seijan Guite, 23, and Samson, 25, were thrashed by their neighbour Adarsh Kumar, his son Ashish and some others. Ronny told police that he had accidentally...
05:20 AM, May 08, 2013
Imphal: Two Assam Rifles personnel were injured when three Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), planted at a roadside by militants, exploded at interior Yairipok area in Imphal East district of Manipur, police said on Monday . The three IEDs exploded simultaneously by using remote-controlled device when personnel of 40th Assam Rifles battalion were passing through Yairipok, 25 km south-east of here, at 7 pm on Monday. Havildar Anand Singh and a...
02:27 PM, Apr 29, 2013
Imphal: Militants lobbed a powerful grenade at the residence of Manipur Irrigation and Flood control Minister Ngamthang Haokip in the heart of Imphal town but it failed to explode, officials said on Saturday. The grenade was hurled by two militants at Haokip's house at New Chekon area, amid tight security deployment in Imphal West district, at around 7 pm on Friday but it did not explode. The militants escaped under...
10:19 AM, Apr 27, 2013
New Delhi: A Supreme Court appointed committee probing six cases of alleged extra-judicial killings in Manipur informed the court on Thursday that these were not genuine encounters and the victims, including a 12-year-old boy, did not have any criminal records. A bench comprising Justices Aftab Alam and Ranjana Prakash Desai perused the committee's report which said none of the six cases qualify as encounters and they are fake. The committee,...
01:30 PM, Apr 04, 2013
A young Manipuri, serving as a Lieutenant in the British Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service, Khwairakpam Robin Singh, will receive the Star of Gallantry and the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross from the United Kingdom, for his exceptional bravery in week long fierce battle against the Al Qaeda in interior Afghanistan in 2011. The 27-year-old lead scout was part of a 47 member special force team, including 40 commandos, called in as a...
07:58 AM, Mar 25, 2013
Four personnel of Assam Rifles were on Friday injured when a powerful bomb exploded at Monjang area in Manipur's interior Chandel district bordering Myanmar. The blast occurred when the personnel of 9th Assam Rifles battalion were patrolling Imphal-Moreh National Highway No 39 at Hotel Point Monjang area, about 120 Kms south-east of here, at around 7.30 am, officials said. ...
11:26 AM, Mar 15, 2013
Activist Irom Sharmila Chanu, who on Monday was charged with attempting suicide for her fast unto death here in 2006 while demanding repeal of controversial AFSPA, said she is following Mahatma Gandhi's principle of non-violence and should not be "discriminated" against. ...
06:00 PM, Mar 04, 2013
In an interview to CNN-IBN, Irom Sharmila said that she loved life and was only using fast as a means of protest. ...
05:42 PM, Mar 04, 2013
Will Irom Sharmila's fast bear fruit, will AFSPA be repealed? Pradip Phanjoubam, editor of Imphal Free Press joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...
05:37 PM, Mar 04, 2013
Demanding revocation of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, (AFSPA) over 30 supporters of Manipur's "Iron Lady" Irom Sharmila Chanu gathered outside Patiala House Court Monday morning and raised slogans in support of her campaign. The renowned rights activist has been on an indefinite hunger strike since Nov 2, 2000 in Manipur, demanding the withdrawal of AFSPA from the state after witnessing the killing of 10 people by the army...
01:01 PM, Mar 04, 2013
A Delhi court has framed charges against anti-AFSPA activist Irom 'Chanu' Sharmila 'for attempting to commit suicide' under Section 309 of IPC on March 4, 2013. Sharmila has refused to plead guilty to the charges. ...
12:00 PM, Mar 04, 2013
Irom Sharmila, Manipur's "iron lady", appeared in New Delhi's Patiala Court on Monday in an attempt to suicide case. Sharmila has been on a fast-unto-death stir against the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA). ...
11:00 AM, Mar 04, 2013
Social activist Irom Sharmila, who has been on a hunger strike for about 12 years demanding repeal of the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), will be produced before a Delhi court on Monday. ...
06:13 AM, Mar 04, 2013
Manipuri activist Irom Sharmila will be brought to New Delhi on Sunday for a court appearance. The court has summoned her in connection with her fast unto death stir against the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act. ...
08:12 AM, Mar 03, 2013
