New Delhi, Dec 31 :With barely a week for the poll dates in Manipur to be announced, BJP is trying to make inroads into the North Eastern State by reaching out to world champion boxer Mary Kom to lead its campaign in the State election. Sources in the party said that the Olympian met party […]
New Delhi, Dec 31 :With barely a week for the poll dates in Manipur to be announced, BJP is trying to make inroads into the North Eastern State by reaching out to world champion boxer Mary Kom to lead its campaign in the State election. Sources in the party said that the Olympian met party […]
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The entire State of Manipur excluding the areas covered by Imphal Municipal Corporation has been declared as ‘disturbed area’ under Section 3 of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act 1958 for a period of one year with effect from December 1, 2016.
The entire State of Manipur excluding the areas covered by Imphal Municipal Corporation has been declared as ‘disturbed area’ under Section 3 of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act 1958 for a period of one year with effect from December 1, 2016.
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New Delhi: The controversial Afspa has been extended by six months in entire Assam and the 20km-wide belt in Meghalaya bordering the state with the Centre declaring that the “disturbed area” status, which has been in force since 1990, will continue. In a gazette notification, the Home Ministry said the law and order situation in […]
New Delhi: The controversial Afspa has been extended by six months in entire Assam and the 20km-wide belt in Meghalaya bordering the state with the Centre declaring that the “disturbed area” status, which has been in force since 1990, will continue. In a gazette notification, the Home Ministry said the law and order situation in […]
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New Delhi: The controversial Afspa has been extended by six months in entire Assam and the 20km-wide belt in Meghalaya bordering the state with the Centre declaring that the “disturbed area” status, which has been in force since 1990, will continue. In a gazette notification, the Home Ministry said the law and order situation in […]
New Delhi: The controversial Afspa has been extended by six months in entire Assam and the 20km-wide belt in Meghalaya bordering the state with the Centre declaring that the “disturbed area” status, which has been in force since 1990, will continue. In a gazette notification, the Home Ministry said the law and order situation in […]
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Imphal, Nov 2: The 16th anniversary of the Malom Massacre of November 2, 2000, held today at site of the incident at Malom Makha Leikai roadside along Imphal Tulihal Airport Road was mournfully remembered where 10 civilians, including a 62-year-old woman, were killed in an indiscriminate firing by personnel of the 8th Assam Rifles. “Today […]
Imphal, Nov 2: The 16th anniversary of the Malom Massacre of November 2, 2000, held today at site of the incident at Malom Makha Leikai roadside along Imphal Tulihal Airport Road was mournfully remembered where 10 civilians, including a 62-year-old woman, were killed in an indiscriminate firing by personnel of the 8th Assam Rifles. “Today […]
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The Chief Judicial Magistrate, CJM Imphal West, Lamkhanpau Tonsing, today acquitted Irom Chanu Sharmila of the charge of attempting to suicide case under Section 309 IPC registered against her. “Irom Chanu Sharmila is found not guilty of the charge of attempt to commit suicide under Section 309. The accused Irom Chanu sharmila is therefore acquitted […]
The Chief Judicial Magistrate, CJM Imphal West, Lamkhanpau Tonsing, today acquitted Irom Chanu Sharmila of the charge of attempting to suicide case under Section 309 IPC registered against her. “Irom Chanu Sharmila is found not guilty of the charge of attempt to commit suicide under Section 309. The accused Irom Chanu sharmila is therefore acquitted […]
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The Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign, which was started in the year 2009 and was working for repeal of AFSPA through highlighting struggle of Irom Sharmila and to spread voice of Irom Sharmila throughout the country has decided to dissolve itself, informed a statement of the campaign. It said the campaign was started with the fact […]
The Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign, which was started in the year 2009 and was working for repeal of AFSPA through highlighting struggle of Irom Sharmila and to spread voice of Irom Sharmila throughout the country has decided to dissolve itself, informed a statement of the campaign. It said the campaign was started with the fact […]
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IMPHAL, Sep 30 : Anti AFSPA crusader Irom Chanu Sharmila has stressed on the necessity to lay the ground work for a mass based people’s movement against the continued imposition of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Manipur and the North East. Sharmila said this while speaking at a seminar organised by the […]
IMPHAL, Sep 30 : Anti AFSPA crusader Irom Chanu Sharmila has stressed on the necessity to lay the ground work for a mass based people’s movement against the continued imposition of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Manipur and the North East. Sharmila said this while speaking at a seminar organised by the […]
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IMPHAL, Sep 30 : Anti AFSPA crusader Irom Chanu Sharmila has stressed on the necessity to lay the ground work for a mass based people’s movement against the continued imposition of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Manipur and the North East. Sharmila said this while speaking at a seminar organised by the […]
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IMPHAL, Sep 30 : Anti AFSPA crusader Irom Chanu Sharmila has stressed on the necessity to lay the ground work for a mass based people’s movement against the continued imposition of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Manipur and the North East. Sharmila said this while speaking at a seminar organised by the […]
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Soon after she broke her 16-year fast on August 9, expressions of solidarity for Irom Sharmila’s cause started pouring in: From the National Association of People’s Movements (NAPM), Naga People’s Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR), women’s groups, human rights and civil society groups across the country. During that time of intense churning, I spent a […]
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Soon after she broke her 16-year fast on August 9, expressions of solidarity for Irom Sharmila’s cause started pouring in: From the National Association of People’s Movements (NAPM), Naga People’s Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR), women’s groups, human rights and civil society groups across the country. During that time of intense churning, I spent a […]
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“Mizoram should know about its past and history, about insurgency and there should be records on the phase of the Mizo people’s history,” said the Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla” Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla on Wednesday said he had supported Irom Sharmila of Manipur for her 16-year-long hunger strike protest against the Armed Forces Special […]
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“Mizoram should know about its past and history, about insurgency and there should be records on the phase of the Mizo people’s history,” said the Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla” Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla on Wednesday said he had supported Irom Sharmila of Manipur for her 16-year-long hunger strike protest against the Armed Forces Special […]
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AFSPA 1958 haibasi British singna India freedom struggle gi saruk ama oireba Quit India movement bu namthanabagi damakta chatnahanlamba ordinance amakhakni adubu leibak thirebade Indiana maning makha tamlaba matung 1958 ta AFSPA asi mathou kaya haptuna Indiagi parliament da pass touduna NorthEast state sing amade Jammu Kashmirgi mafam sing asida houkjikmak thamlibaasini. AFSPA 1958 na […]
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AFSPA 1958 haibasi British singna India freedom struggle gi saruk ama oireba Quit India movement bu namthanabagi damakta chatnahanlamba ordinance amakhakni adubu leibak thirebade Indiana maning makha tamlaba matung 1958 ta AFSPA asi mathou kaya haptuna Indiagi parliament da pass touduna NorthEast state sing amade Jammu Kashmirgi mafam sing asida houkjikmak thamlibaasini. AFSPA 1958 na […]
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At the Cheirap Court Complex, Imphal (West), a group of people stand, waiting for their turn. They are families of some of the 1,528 victims of extra-judicial killings in Manipur in the last 30 years. Since July 2016, in accordance with the directive of the Supreme Court after a writ petition filed by Manipur NGOs […]
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At the Cheirap Court Complex, Imphal (West), a group of people stand, waiting for their turn. They are families of some of the 1,528 victims of extra-judicial killings in Manipur in the last 30 years. Since July 2016, in accordance with the directive of the Supreme Court after a writ petition filed by Manipur NGOs […]
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I am humbled to be invited to speak on the 29th Harendra Nath Barua Memorial Lecture, whose legacy as a true nationalist, a freedom fighter, fearless journalist, social crusader, and noted intellectual is something we all crave to follow yet find extremely difficult. Today’s generation has a lot to learn from the values that leaders […]
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I am humbled to be invited to speak on the 29th Harendra Nath Barua Memorial Lecture, whose legacy as a true nationalist, a freedom fighter, fearless journalist, social crusader, and noted intellectual is something we all crave to follow yet find extremely difficult. Today’s generation has a lot to learn from the values that leaders […]
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Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), 1958 was almost unheard of to the masses until Ms. Irom Chanu Sharmila launched her ‘fast unto death’ protest in November 2000 demanding revocation of this ‘draconian’ law. Crimes against the local populace committed by the ‘Armed Forces’ misusing the legal immunity presented by AFSPA, 1958 would have largely remained the gallantry award winning actions of counter-insurgency operations if Ms. Sharmila had not given teeth to the Anti-AFSPA movement.
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Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), 1958 was almost unheard of to the masses until Ms. Irom Chanu Sharmila launched her ‘fast unto death’ protest in November 2000 demanding revocation of this ‘draconian’ law. Crimes against the local populace committed by the ‘Armed Forces’ misusing the legal immunity presented by AFSPA, 1958 would have largely remained the gallantry award winning actions of counter-insurgency operations if Ms. Sharmila had not given teeth to the Anti-AFSPA movement.
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NEW DELHI, Sep 2: Apart from stating that the integration of all Naga inhabited areas under one administrative unit is a legitimate right of the Nagas, the Government of India has also agreed in principle that the Armed Forces Special Powers Act is not the best option to solve problems. This was stated by Naga […]
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NEW DELHI, Sep 2: Apart from stating that the integration of all Naga inhabited areas under one administrative unit is a legitimate right of the Nagas, the Government of India has also agreed in principle that the Armed Forces Special Powers Act is not the best option to solve problems. This was stated by Naga […]
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Guwahati, Sep 1 (PTI): Manipur’s Iron lady Irom Sharmila may have withdrawn her fast but her anti-Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) struggle has not gone waste and the issue remains as pertinent as before, noted Manipur journalist Yumnam Rupachandra said.
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Guwahati, Sep 1 (PTI): Manipur’s Iron lady Irom Sharmila may have withdrawn her fast but her anti-Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) struggle has not gone waste and the issue remains as pertinent as before, noted Manipur journalist Yumnam Rupachandra said.
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Have you ever been nose-fed for 16 days let alone 16 years? For those who are comatosed and terminally ill, it’s a different matter. The irony is that after all the pain and sufferings Irom Sharmila Chanu had endured for 16 years at a stretch for us, she’s being looked down upon with scorn and […]
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Have you ever been nose-fed for 16 days let alone 16 years? For those who are comatosed and terminally ill, it’s a different matter. The irony is that after all the pain and sufferings Irom Sharmila Chanu had endured for 16 years at a stretch for us, she’s being looked down upon with scorn and […]
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On 9th August, another history was created. ‘Another’, because first was created in 1942 during Quit India Movement when Gandhi along with his companions was arrested by British. On this 9th August, here in Manipur, Irom Sharmila who moved on the path of non violence (Gandhi was also a follower of non violence) for 16 […]
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On 9th August, another history was created. ‘Another’, because first was created in 1942 during Quit India Movement when Gandhi along with his companions was arrested by British. On this 9th August, here in Manipur, Irom Sharmila who moved on the path of non violence (Gandhi was also a follower of non violence) for 16 […]
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It will be interesting to accentuate that most of our friends honestly admitted that they came to know about the AFSPA, 1958 only after Irom Chanu Sharmila’s protest against it. It was her continuous protest against this Act that made us go through the background and contents of the AFSPA, 1958. Prior to Ms. Sharmila’s […]
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It will be interesting to accentuate that most of our friends honestly admitted that they came to know about the AFSPA, 1958 only after Irom Chanu Sharmila’s protest against it. It was her continuous protest against this Act that made us go through the background and contents of the AFSPA, 1958. Prior to Ms. Sharmila’s […]
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