Category Archives: Politics

Manipur Speaker accepts resignation of five of six Congress MLAs

Posted on August 11, 2020 - 8:29pm by Times
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UT News Service | IMPHAL, Aug 11: The strength of the 60-member Manipur Legislative Assembly has been reduced to 47 as the Speaker of the Assembly accepted the resignations of five of the six Congress MLAs on Tuesday. In a … Continue reading →

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Watch this Interview with V Horam by ThePrint

Posted on August 11, 2020 - 2:45pm by Times
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V Horam, an executive member of the NSCN IM steering committee speaks to ThePrint reporter. The 2015 framework peace agreement between the Centre and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) seems to have hit a roadblock, with the NSCN accusing … Continue reading →

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BJP’s Biren Singh wins floor test, gets support of 28 MLAs

Posted on August 10, 2020 - 8:54pm by UT Desk
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CM Biren Singh’s BJP-led government has won the confidence motion by a voice vote in the 11th session of the 11th Manipur Legislative Assembly which began at 11am Monday.  The Nongthombam Biren Singh government secured 28 votes in favour in … Continue reading →

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NSCN IM – Centre Talks & Media hype

Posted on August 10, 2020 - 1:58pm by Times
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UT News Service | August 10: While peace talk is likely to resume between the Centre and NSCN IM in the capital New Delhi, highly placed source said media outlets rounds of speculations suggesting, a final outcome before August 14, … Continue reading →

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Assembly Trust Vote today: Manipur

Posted on August 10, 2020 - 9:55am by Times
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UT News Service | Imphal, August 10: On July 28 the Opposition Congress submitted a notice of no confidence against the BJP-led coalition government in the Manipur Legislative Assembly for failure to hand over the high-profile drug seizure case involving … Continue reading →

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NAGA TALKS of August 7, postponed

Posted on August 8, 2020 - 4:21pm by Times
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UT News Service | Guwahati, August 8: The final round of the Centre-NSCN(IM) negotiations to hammer out “Naga settlement” by Independence Day was at the last minute postponed from Friday to next week, triggering speculation that the outfit’s group against … Continue reading →

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Asymmetric federalism and the role of the Governor of Nagaland: NPMHR

Posted on August 7, 2020 - 11:45am by Times
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UT News Service | August 7: The 16th Morung Dialogue by Naga People’s Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR), Delhi through a webinar themed, “Asymmetric federalism and the role of the Governor of Nagaland” was held on 5th August 2020 as a follow-up … Continue reading →

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On Delimitation, ATSUM irked

Posted on August 6, 2020 - 9:01pm by UT Desk
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The All Tribal Students’ Union, Manipur (ATSUM) is irked on how members of the Delimitation Committee are nominated in Manipur. In a press statement issued on Thursday, the ATSUM alleged that the sentiment of the hill people was ignored while … Continue reading →

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Framework Agreement Framed in Uncertainty

Posted on August 2, 2020 - 9:44pm by Times
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UT News Service | DIMAPUR, August 2: With uncertainty looming to the vexed Naga political issue, the Framework Agreement signed between the Government of India and the NSCN-IM completes five years on August 3, 2020. The NSCN-IM issued a lengthy … Continue reading →

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Major Ralengnao (Bob) Khathing – The Remarkable Statesman Who Won Tawang Without a Drop of Blood

Posted on July 17, 2020 - 6:52am by UT News Service
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Shekhar Gupta, founder and the current editor-in-chief of ThePrint, one of the senior most Indian journalists in his Cut the Clutter episode talks about soldier, diplomat and civil servant, Major Ralengnao (Bob) Khathing. The not much known, and Incredible story … Continue reading →

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