Delhi has to admit it has failed and accordingly take up the needed steps to put Manipur on the track of normalcy. Violence erupted in the evening of May 3, 2023. Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived here on May 29, 2023 and left for Delhi on June 1, 202..

Not that Manipur is disillusioned or satisfied with the present President’s Rule, but any talk on how long the present arrangement will continue invariably evokes keen interests amongst the people. And so it is that the report that a popular Governm..

This is unacceptable and responsibility should be fixed, pronto. Two weeks after The Sangai Express published a news article in quick succession on April 4 and 5, came the news that the question of disposing bio-medical wastes at JNIMS has not been addres..

Keeping aside the ongoing Kuki-Meitei clash which is galloping towards the two years mark, Manipur still has miles to go on all other fronts. And it has been like this for decades, meaning the 15 years rule of the Congress did nothing worthwhile to put Ma..

Ban on single use plastic (SUP) to come into force from April 15, 2025, but till late into the evening no credible information was received on whether any crackdown or drive against SUP has been taken up or not. It was on April 6 that the Principal Secret..

Two months since President’s Rule was imposed on February 13 and the question doing the round is whether things have taken a turn for the better or whether it has only emboldened the radical elements on the side of the Kuki-Zo community to come out..

To slightly twist the tongue in cheek comment of Oscar Wilde, ‘Giving up smoking is easy, I have done it a hundred times,’ one may say ‘Banning single use plastic is easy, we can ban it many times in a year or in a couple of years,’..

Phamba Challadi Hippa Challi (Channaba Touee) or something along this line, a rough translation of which will come close to the understanding of ‘Give them an inch and they will demand a mile’ and this is the line that has been maintained by t..

The obvious but unstated would not have blown over the consciousness of Delhi. Even as representatives of the All Manipur United Clubs’ Organisation (AMUCO) and Federation of Civil Society Organisations (FOCS) have proceeded to Delhi for the anticip..

Three preconditions and that too qualified by the term ‘non-negotiable’ and one is left wondering whether the Kuki-Zo civil society organisations are actually serious about ceasing hostilities. Or is this a ploy to strike a tough stand and be..

What is the way forward ? More importantly, has any tangible steps been taken up to put Manipur on the road to normalcy ? For now, let’s look at the steps taken up so far, after Manipur came under President’s Rule on February 13. The first and..

Not exactly a rap on the knuckle but it is something definitely more than a nudge and why not ? N Biren put in his paper as the Chief Minister of Manipur on February 9 and President’s Rule followed and the Assembly was kept under a state of suspende..

Connect the dots and the complete picture should emerge. Even as Delhi has committed itself to the task of fencing the 1643 kilometre long Indo-Myanmar border, strong voice of concern has been raised over the delimitation proposal and with good reasons. T..

Nuisance on the road and the tragedy is, no one seems to have realised the immense nuisance value they carry. One wish the ‘street or road heroes and heroines’ take time off to listen to some of the sage words that have come from responsible p..

It is a historical fact and an undeniable reality, even if some people don’t want to accept it, that Manipur has always been a multi-ethnic state. Manipur has been a common home to diverse ethnic groups since ages, though of late, this pluralistic i..

Backs regulating movement across the India-Myanmar border but opposes border fencing as well as the decision to do away with the Free Movement Regime. Back in 2024, the Mizoram Assembly passed a resolution opposing the decision of the Centre to fence the..

Delhi should take note, take note of not only how the Kuki-Zos are hell bent on derailing any initiative taken to put Manipur on the track of normalcy but also how the people who matter here abysmally failed to read the situation and connect it to how the..

Interesting as well as intriguing and dangerously so for the North Eastern States, particularly Manipur which has been reeling under an ethnic violence for 22 months now. Even as Union Home Minister Amit Shah issued strict instructions to ensure free move..

Solution first, peace later. This was the slogan coined by the Kangpokpi based Committee on Tribal Unity (CoTU) and which was quickly lapped up by the Chura-chandpur based Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum (ITLF). And it is obvious that CoTU is hell..

Things seem to be moving fast and with a purpose. Chief Minister N Biren asked to  step down on February 9. President’s Rule imposed on February 13. Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla comes out with an open notification on February 20 asking all to sur..

A firm stand and this is exactly what Raj Bhavan has demonstrated and so far there is nothing much to complain. After Chief Minister N Biren Singh put in his paper on February 9, New Delhi did not lose much time in rolling up its sleeves and came calling ..

The Meitei Alliance has a point, a solid point and it has verbalised the felt but unexpressed sentiments of the people. In reminding Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla of the indispensability of applying the drive to collect all illegal arms equally across the St..

Obvious that former Union Home Secretary and now Governor of Manipur Ajay Kumar Bhalla has the opportunity to write history, a sort of history that would go down as perhaps the first ever meaningful steps that Imphal has taken after May 3, 2023.  Sho..

‘Actual population needs to be worked out’ and muscled this up with the observation, ‘Census key to address Manipur situation.’ This was former Union Home Secretary GK Pillai at a Delhi do held under the theme, Manipur Ki Baat. Kya..

February 9, 2025-N Biren Singh ‘convinced’ to put in his paper as Chief Minister of Manipur. February 13, 2023-President’s Rule imposed and the State Assembly kept under suspended animation. In between there was trouble shooter Sambit Pa..