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Centre to Send Inter-Ministerial Team to Assam Today as Flood Toll Holds at 47

An inter-ministerial central team is due in Assam on Saturday to assess the scale of flood damage that has killed 47 people and left eight others missing, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said Friday, after Union Home Minister Amit Shah…

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Skyline of Imphal, the capital of Manipur, at duskManipur

Manipur Police Recover Rifles, Chinese Grenade in Imphal West Arms Haul

Manipur Police said security forces recovered a cache of firearms and a Chinese-made hand grenade from the Akham-Lamdeng stretch under Lamsang police…

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Fact Check: No, Chinese Troops Did Not Advance 60 km Into Arunachal Pradesh’s Taksing Sector

The claim: On the night of June 30, videos began circulating on X and other platforms alleging that the Chinese People’s Liberation…

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Young women footballers in action during the Sub-Junior National Girls Football Championship, Manipur vs Maharashtra, at Kodompokpi Sports Complex, Wangjing, ManipurManipur

Durand Cup Comes Home: Imphal to Host Group D Matches as Trophy Tour Marks Manipur’s Football Legacy

Asia’s oldest football tournament is coming home to one of Indian football’s most storied talent hubs. Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla and…

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Manipuri horsemen playing Sagol Kangjei, the traditional Manipur polo game, in a photograph taken before 1908Culture & Heritage

Sagol Kangjei: The Manipuri Game That Gave the World Modern Polo

Long before “polo” entered the English sporting vocabulary, Manipur had Sagol Kangjei — a game played on horseback with a long-handled stick,…

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Young women footballers in action during the Sub-Junior National Girls Football Championship, Manipur vs Maharashtra, at Kodompokpi Sports Complex, Wangjing, ManipurManipur

Durand Cup Comes Home: Imphal to Host Group D Matches as Trophy Tour Marks Manipur’s Football Legacy

Asia’s oldest football tournament is coming home to one of Indian football’s most storied talent hubs. Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla and…

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Wheelchair basketball players contest a rebound during a Euroleague match, file photoManipur

Bishnupur’s Ritu Chanu Set for Historic Commonwealth Games Wheelchair Basketball Debut

Irengbam Ritu Chanu of Irengbam village, Nambol, in Bishnupur district is set to become the first athlete from Manipur to represent India…

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Skyline of Imphal, the capital of Manipur, at duskManipur

Manipur’s Bhumeshwory Devi Huidrom Wins Bronze in Asian U23 800m

Manipur has another name to add to its short list of international athletics medallists. Bhumeshwory Devi Huidrom, a 22-year-old middle-distance runner from…

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Fact Check

Fact Check

Fact Check: No, Chinese Troops Did Not Advance 60 km Into Arunachal Pradesh’s Taksing Sector

The claim: On the night of June 30, videos began circulating on X and other platforms alleging that the Chinese People’s Liberation…

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Fact Check

Death Toll Figures Shared Online Don’t Match Official Tallies, Here’s What We Know

Figures for the cumulative death toll from Manipur's conflict shared widely on social media in recent days significantly exceed official tallies maint

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Fact Check: Circulating List of ‘Banned Villages’ Traced to Unverified Social Media Post

A list purporting to name villages where members of a particular community are barred from entering has circulated on messaging apps in…

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Opinion

Opinion: Rebuilding Trust Starts With Acknowledging Whose Homes Were Burned

Reconciliation is a word used often in discussions about Manipur's path forward, and rightly so. But reconciliation that skips over specific acknowled

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Opinion

Opinion: Northeast India Cannot Be an Afterthought in National Security Planning

Manipur's conflict has, at various points over the past three years, competed for national attention with other headlines, often losing. This is…

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Opinion

Opinion: What Three Years of Conflict Have Taught Manipur’s Youth

For a generation of young people in Manipur, the conflict that began in May 2023 is not a chapter in a history…

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