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Imphal Chapter of 135th Durand Cup Opens with Grand Ceremony

IMPHAL/UKHRUL: Football fever returned to Manipur on Tuesday as the 135th IndianOil Durand Cup kicked off in Imphal with a grand opening ceremony at...

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Assam CM Announces Flood Relief, Amit Shah Takes Stock

GUWAHATI (SHABD): Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma has announced a series of relief measures for flood-affected people. Families of those who lost...

Casualties Feared in Reported Noney NVG Camp Firing; RJTC Calls Shutdown

UKHRUL: An alleged firing incident at a Naga Village Guard (NVG) training camp in Bitiang village under Tupul subdivision of Noney district has been...

Imphal Chapter of 135th Durand Cup Opens with Grand Ceremony

IMPHAL/UKHRUL: Football fever returned to Manipur on Tuesday as the 135th IndianOil Durand Cup kicked off in Imphal with a grand opening ceremony at...

CBC Chandel Organizes Special Outreach Programme on ‘Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan’...

CHANDEL: The Field Office, Chandel of the Central Bureau of Communication, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, Imphal Region, organized a Special...

NIA Records Statement of UNC President in Pastor Ambush Probe

SENAPATI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday recorded the statement of NG Lorho, President of the United Naga Council (UNC), in Senapati in...

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In Times of Naga-Kuki, Meitei-Kuki Conflict, CSOs Must...

Conflict has a way of changing people. It also changes institutions.The second major Naga-Kuki conflict in a span of just three decades has...

MANIPUR: The Truth Is Catching Up

The brutal killing of six Naga civilians from Konsakhul was not just another tragedy in Manipur's cycle of conflicts. It became a test of...

The Lament of a Silent Tree

THE STORY is derived from Hijan Hirao, a sacred song sung at the end of Lai Haraoba. It is the lament of the tree...

Video of Kuki Woman Allegedly Instructing Mass Reporting...

UKHRUL: A video is circulating on WhatsApp showing step-by-step instructions by a woman in Kuki language allegedly encouraging people to mass report Ukhrul Times...

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Assam CM Announces Flood Relief, Amit Shah Takes Stock

GUWAHATI (SHABD): Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma has announced a series of relief measures for flood-affected people. Families of those who lost their lives in the recent floods will now be eligible for the ₹4 lakh ex gratia on the basis of a Circle Officer's certificate, eliminating the earlier requirement of a post-mortem report. Further, the Government has decided to provide an additional ₹5 lakh from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund, taking the total assistance to ₹9 lakh per deceased.The Chief Minister also said that ₹26.58 crore has been contributed to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund, and the entire amount will be used for flood relief. Compensation will also be provided to families...

As Rains Descent, Assam Flood Situation Improves

GUWAHATI: The intensity of rains in eastern Assam localities has decreased and bright sunshine covers the other parts in the last 24 hours, the flood situation in the State has subsequently improved. However, more than five lakh people remain affected in the districts of Sivasagar, Charaideo, Golaghat, Jorhat and Nagaon till Monday morning and the death toll rises to 68 with some still missing. Over 750 villages remain inundated, where more than 45,000 hectares of cropland damaged and the relief camps, run by the administrations, give shelter to over 37,500 displaced people.The latest wave of flood also washed away hundreds of thousands of domestic animals and damaged over 140 roads and 10 embankments in various...

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