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No-confidence motion in Parliament: Should Modi govt worry?

The Opposition has proposed a no-confidence motion against the Modi-led government in Lok Sabha due to the recent ethnic clashes in Manipur. Should the Modi govt worry? Watch the video to know.

Central govt allots Rs 363.14 crore to Manipur for projects under MDoNER

Regular meetings with the state governments/implementing agencies (IAs) are being held to monitor the progress of the projects, including pace of expenditure

INDIA block Oppn MPs to visit Manipur on July 29, 30 to assess situation

MPs from the Opposition alliance INDIA will visit Manipur on July 29 and 30 to assess the situation in the north eastern state which is riven with ethnic violence since May 3. A delegation of over 20 opposition members of parliament will visit Manipur this weekend and will take a first-hand account of the situation in the state, Congress whip in Lok Sabha Manickam Tagore told PTI. The opposition leaders have been seeking to visit the violence-hit state for sometime but were denied permission in view of the situation there. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, however, had visited a few places in Manipur earlier. Several MPs of the 26-party alliance INDIA will be part of the delegation. They have been demanding a discussion in both houses of Parliament on Manipur, and also a statement from the Prime Minister on the current situation there.

Plea on Manipur violence: SC asks petitioner to mention it before CJI

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked a petitioner, who has sought the constitution of an independent committee under a retired apex court judge to inquire into the incidents of sexual assault and violence in Manipur, to mention his plea for listing before a bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud. The matter was mentioned for listing before a bench of Justices S K Kaul and Sudhanshu Dhulia. CJI Chandrachud is not holding court on Thursday. Advocate Vishal Tiwari, who has filed the petition, told the bench that pending pleas raising the issue concerning Manipur violence are listed for hearing on Friday. He requested that his plea be also listed for a hearing on Friday along with the connected matter. "Why one more (plea) is required for this purpose?" the bench said, adding, that the top court is already seized of the pleas on the issue. "Everybody around the country wants to have a say in that," it observed, adding, "Mention tomorrow before the chief (CJI)." In his plea, Tiw

Lok Sabha adjourns till 2 pm amid opposition protests on Manipur issue

Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 2 pm on Thursday as Opposition parties continued to protest on the Manipur issue. Members from various opposition parties sought to raise the issue as soon as the House met for the day. Some members shouted slogans and displayed placards in the Well of the House. Speaker Om Birla reminded them that it was not appropriate to do so, saying it was against the decorum of the House. "We have been elected and sent here by people to discuss their issues," he said and urged the members to have good discussions. The whole country is watching and there is a good tradition in the House, Birla said and added that he will give time to discuss the issues. However, the opposition members continued with their protests. Amid the din, the Speaker adjourned the proceedings in less than seven minutes till 2 pm while one question was taken up during the Question Hour. Since the start of the Monsoon Session on July 20, Parliamentary proceedings have been disru

Manipur issue to be solved; BJP making inroads in Tripura tribal belt: Saha

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha who led the BJP to power in Tripura earlier this year believes that the problems in the neighbouring state of Manipur will be solved in due course. In an exclusive interview to PTI, Saha also claimed the BJP has been making inroads into the tribal belt in the state which till now has been in the iron grip of a tribal outfit Tipra Motha, which he feels is suffering from its own problems. It (troubles) has happened before in Manipur. I do believe in due course the matter (ethnic clashes) will be solved, said the 70-year-old chief minister. His own state, which has a long history of tribal insurgency and massacres, earlier this week witnessed demonstrations by Kuki and other tribes in the Jampui hills protesting the ongoing violence in Manipur. The four-year-old Tipra Motha led by Prodyut Manikya Debbarma, a scion of the former ruling family of the state, and by Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl, a former militant, has been in talks with the Tripura government a

INDIA alliance MPs to wear black clothes to protest over Manipur issue

Congress and other opposition parties have been demanding a detailed discussion on the situation in Manipur and a statement from Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Lok Sabha adjourned after passing forest conservation bill amid oppn uproar

Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned for the day amid continued protests by opposition members on Wednesday over the ethnic violence in Manipur. Earlier, the House had to be adjourned twice due to protests by the opposition. During the day, Congress moved an opposition-backed no-confidence motion against the government which was admitted by Speaker Om Birla. It has set the stage for a showdown between the opposition and treasury benches over Manipur and other burning issues. While six bills were introduced in quick succession, the House passed a bill to amend the Forest (Conservation) Act. When the House met for the day, protests began soon after members paid tributes to soldiers who had died in the Kargil war. Opposition members sought to raise the issue of violence in Manipur with some displaying placards during Question Hour. The second adjournment came after the no-confidence motion was moved and six bills, including the one to amend the registration of births and deaths Act,

Monsoon Session: Lok Sabha nod to Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill

Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed a bill that seeks to exempt land within 100 km of the country's borders from the purview of the forest conservation laws and permit setting up of zoos, safaris and eco-tourism facilities in forest areas. The Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill-2023 was passed after a brief debate which was responded to by Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav. Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day after the passage of the bill, which amends the Forest (Conservation) Act, amid continued protests by opposition members over the ethnic violence in Manipur. The bill exempts certain types of land from the provisions of the Act such as forest land along a rail line or a public road maintained by the government providing access to a habitation, or to a rail, and roadside amenity up to a maximum size of 0.10 hectare. Forest land that will also be exempted includes land situated within 100 km along the international borders, Line of Control, or Line of Actual Control, proposed to

Lok Sabha adjourned till 2 pm amid opposition protests on Manipur issue

Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 2 pm on Wednesday after six bills were introduced amid opposition parties continuing their protest over the violence in Manipur. After the House met at 12 noon and papers were laid on the table, Speaker Om Birla said he has received a notice from Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi for moving a no-confidence motion against the government. He said the time of the debate would be fixed by him and conveyed to the House. The speaker asked members supporting the admission of the motion to stand. Members of the opposition alliance INDIA, including Congress parliamentary party chief Sonia Gandhi and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah, stood up for a head count. Birla then admitted the motion. When the papers were being laid, opposition members raised the issue of the notice for the no-confidence motion, to which Birla said the House will work according to procedure and rules. He also ticked off some members of the Congress, saying they should ...

'Shocked and horrified' by video of extreme attack on women in Manipur: US

The US is "shocked and horrified" by the video of an extreme attack on two women in Manipur and supports the Indian Government's efforts to seek justice for them, a senior Biden administration official has said. The video showing two women being paraded naked and molested by a group of men on May 4 in Kangpokpi district surfaced on July 19, attracting condemnation countrywide. We were shocked and horrified by the video of this extreme attack on two women in Manipur. We convey our profound sympathies to the survivors of this act of gender-based violence and support the Indian Government's efforts to seek justice for them, Vedant Patel, Deputy Spokesperson of the State Department, told reporters at his daily news conference on Tuesday. Patel was responding to a question asked by a Pakistani reporter on the violence in Manipur. Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself noted that such violence against women is shameful in any civilised society, Patel said. "And as we have previously state

Manipur govt partially withdraws internet ban; phone data remains suspended

The Manipur government on Tuesday lifted the suspension on broadband internet conditionally in a "liberalised manner", nearly three months after it was banned due to the ethnic violence in the state. However, mobile internet will remain suspended, the Home Department said in a notification. "Connection will be only through static IP and that the subscriber concerned shall not accept any other connection other than allowed for the time being [TSP/ISP shall be held responsible for non-compliance of this condition]," it said. "No Wifi Hotspots shall be allowed from any of the routers and systems using the connection at any cost by the subscriber concerned," it said. The government has considered the suffering of the people as the internet ban affected offices and institutions, and people working from home, besides mobile recharge, LPG cylinder booking, payment of electricity bills, and other online services, the order said. It said the suspension on broadband internet has been lifted

Reckoning in Manipur

Crimes by mobs highlight deep institutional failures

Shah writes to Kharge, Adhir on Manipur; urges to rise above party lines

Seeking to break the current logjam, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday sought "invaluable cooperation" of the opposition to discuss the Manipur issue in Parliament and asked them to rise above party lines to find a "permanent" solution to the embroglio in a "harmonious" way. In identical letters in Hindi to opposition leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Shah said the people of Manipur want that MPs of all political parties give them confidence that the lawmakers are united and committed to the peace of Manipur. Kharge is the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and Chowdhury is the Congress leader in Lok Sabha. Shah said the government is ready to discuss the Manipur issue and urged all to cooperate, rising above party lines. He said Manipur was experiencing a new era of peace and development during the last six years of the BJP rule but some court orders and some incidents resulted in violence in Manipur during May. The home minister said some "shameful .

BSF suspends jawan on charges of molesting a local woman in Manipur

The Border Security Force (BSF) has suspended a jawan on charges of molesting a local woman at a grocery store in restive Manipur last week, an official said on Tuesday. A CCTV captured video of head constable Satish Prasad, allegedly abusing the woman donning his combat uniform and carrying an INSAS rifle, was also shared widely over social media. A BSF officer said the incident was reported on July 20 in the Imphal West district and after the paramilitary force received a complaint, the allegation was checked and subsequently the trooper was suspended on the same day. A Court of Inquiry proceeding has been initiated against the head constable who belongs to the number 100 battalion of the force that was sent to the state as an ad-hoc unit for security duties in the wake of the ethnic violence in the northeastern state, the officer said. The BSF has zero tolerance for such acts and a fair investigation will be conducted in this incident, he said. More than 160 people have lost th

RS faces another adjournment, Oppn demands discussion on Manipur violence

Soon after the House reassembled at 12 noon following the first adjournment earlier, the Opposition leaders raised their demand. Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar proceeded

DCW chief Maliwal meets families of women stripped, paraded in Manipur

The two women paraded naked in Manipur are yet to receive any counselling or compensation from the state and are in deep trauma, DCW chief Swati Maliwal, who met the families of the two survivors, said on Tuesday while slamming the state government for the violence. Maliwal, who is on a tour of the northeastern state, said she was informed by the families that neither the state chief minister, nor any cabinet minister, nor a senior officer from the state bothered to meet the DCW members. Maliwal along with member Vandana Singh travelled to Churachandpur in Manipur on Monday and met the mother and husband of the sexual assault survivors whose assault video had gone viral, the Delhi Commission of Women (DCW) said in a statement She travelled to Churachandpur, Moirang and Imphal districts and visited relief camps and interacted with the survivors of violence. The panel alleged that the Manipur government did not extend any support to Maliwal to travel there or meet with the survivors

Civil organisations in Mizoram stage demonstrations over Manipur violence

Civil society organisations staged demonstrations across Mizoram on Tuesday to express solidarity with the Zo people in ethnic strife-torn Manipur. Mizos of Mizoram share ethnic ties with Kukis of Manipur, Kuki-Chins of Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh and Chins of Myanmar. They are collectively identified Zo. NGO Co-ordination Committee, a conglomerate of five major civil society organisations including the Central Young Mizo Association (CYMA) and Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP), organised rallies in different parts of Mizoram, including state capital Aizawl. Thousands of people participated in the rallies with placards and posters, decrying the violence in the neighbouring state. The offices of the ruling MNF were closed to extend support to the programme. MNF workers also took part in the rallies. Besides MNF, opposition BJP, Congress and Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) also kept their offices shut in support of the solidarity rallies. Security was beefed up across the state in view

Make comprehensive statement in both houses on Manipur violence: Kharge

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make a "comprehensive" statement in both houses of Parliament on the violence in Manipur. He said the situation in the northeast was fragile and the repercussions of the Manipur violence seem to be spilling over to other states too, asserting that it was not good for the country's sensitive border states. Kharge said 83 days of unabated violence in Manipur require that the prime minister make a comprehensive statement in Parliament. "Stories of absolute horror are now slowly trickling down. INDIA demands answers from the Modi Government on Manipur violence," he said on Twitter. Kharge said it was high time that Modi sheds his "ego" and takes the country into confidence on Manipur. "PM Modi must tell what his government is doing to improve the situation and when will normalcy return in Manipur," he said. The opposition has been demanding a statement from the prime minister in both houses of ...

Central Railways' send 6 wagons carrying onions to Manipur from Maharashtra

The Central Railway has sent six wagons loaded with onions to Manipur from Manmad in Maharashtra's Nashik district, a CR official said on Tuesday. In the wake of the prevailing law and order situation in Manipur leading to scarcity of essential items, the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) in co-operation with the state's transport department on Sunday sent the first goods trains carrying essential commodities to the violence-hit north-eastern state, officials said on Monday. The inaugural goods train reached Khongsang railway station in Manipur's Tamenglong district from Guwahati on Monday. Talking to PTI, Central Railway's chief public relations officer Dr Shivraj Manaspure said onions were loaded in 22 wagons at Ankai goods shed near Manmad station in Nashik for Changsari station near Guwahati in Assam, from where six wagons were sent to Khongsang station in Manipur. "A total of six wagons reached Khongsang station on Monday," he said. A local trader had booked the wagons from A