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Manipur journalist succumbs to Covid-19

Posted on June 6, 2021 - 8:35pm by UT News Service
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COVID-19 has claimed the life of another journalist in Manipur on Sunday.  Saikhom Shantikumar (51), who worked as sub-editor of Ireibak, a daily newspaper based in Imphal, succumbed to COVID-19 related complications at a hospital in Chandigarh where he was … Continue reading →

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Manipur Journalist Wangkhem, Activist Erendo Arrested Over ‘Derogatory’ Facebook Posts

Posted on May 15, 2021 - 8:43pm by UT/NET News Desk
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Imphal-based journalist Kishorechandra Wangkhem and activist Erendro Leichombam have been arrested by the Manipur police for their respective Facebook posts which were allegedly against the state BJP president Saikhom Tikendra Singh who succumbed to COVID-19 on May 13 evening. The … Continue reading →

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CM Biren announces Journalists in Manipur as ‘frontline COVID warriors’

Posted on May 6, 2021 - 8:31pm by UT News Service
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Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh has announced on Thursday that the state government would declare working journalists of the state as ‘frontline COVID warriors’, and they would be vaccinated on priority. The Chief Minister said that the government is … Continue reading →

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Editors Guild of India condemns Journalist arrest in Manipur

Posted on January 19, 2021 - 1:11pm by UT Desk
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The arrest of The Frontier Manipur, English news portal editor-in-chief, Sadokpam Diren, executive editor, Paojel Chaoba and writer M. Joy Luwang under anti-terror laws for an article, Revolutionary journey in a mess, written on January 8, analysing politics in Manipur … Continue reading →

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Journalist Kishorchandra Wangkhemcha granted bail

Posted on December 8, 2020 - 11:54am by UT Desk
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The Court of Sessions, Judge, Senapati on Tuesday granted bail to Manipur TV journalist, Kishorchandra Wangkhemcha. Journalist, Kishorchandra was booked for sedition and promoting enmity between different communities on racial grounds, over responding to a viral social media post made … Continue reading →

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Manipur journalist Kishorchandra Wangkhem writes from Sajiwa prison

Posted on December 5, 2020 - 5:44pm by UT Desk
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Kishorchandra Wangkhem wrote this letter on December 2, 2020 to editors of news media houses about his unjust incarceration at Sajiwa Central Jail. He was arrested on September 29, 2020 on charges of sedition and promoting enmity between different communities … Continue reading →

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Amid Arnab Goswami’s Arrest, Manipuri Journalist Jailed over 1 Month Comes to Limelight

Posted on November 6, 2020 - 5:12pm by UT/NET News Desk
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While the entire nation is voicing their opinion on Republic TV Editor-in-Chief, Arnab Goswami’s arrest in the 2018 Anvay Naik Case, Kishorchandra Wangkhemcha, a Manipuri TV journalist, who has been in an Imphal prison for over a month now, charged … Continue reading →

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