Imphal Mar 20 PTI Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Union Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju arrived at Imphal on Sunday to attend a meeting with newly elected BJP MLAs in the state party sources saidSitharaman has been appointed as the central observer and Rijiju as co-observer for the election of the BJP legislature party leaderSitharaman is also scheduled to meet BJP workers in Manipur a state party leader saidThe two central ministers were accompanied by caretaker Chief Minister N Biren Singh and legislators Th Bishwajit and Y Khemchand who had gone to New Delhi on SaturdayUnion Labour Minister Bhupendra Yadav Manipurs titular king and BJPs Rajya Sabha MP Leishemba Sanajaoba and party national spokesperson Sambit Patra also arrived with themThe BJP has returned to power in Manipur by winning 32 seats in the 60-member House in the recent assembly elections in the state PTI COR ACD ACD

Imphal Feb 28 PTI A Manipur Police personnel who was on poll duty on Monday was killed in a suspected case of accidental firing from his service rifle during the first phase of assembly elections to 38 seats in the northeastern state Chief Electoral Office CEO Rajesh Agarwal said The incident took place in Tipaimukh assembly constituency in Churachandpur district The police personnel was identified as Naorem Ibochouba a resident of Kakching district he said Agarwal condoled the death of the police personnel and said that his body has been airlifted to Imphal and sent to a state-run hospital for autopsy the officer added PTI COR ACD ACD

Imphal Jan 27 PTI Seeking to defeat the BJP-led government in Manipur Congress on Thursday joined hands with five other political parties to form a pre-poll alliance the name and common minimum programme of which will be announced soon Congress will work together and share responsibility with CPI CPIM RSP JDS and Forward Block in the forthcoming assembly elections MPCC president N Loken told reporters He said that the parties have joined hands with a common goal to defeat the BJP Congress Legislative Party leader O Ibobi addressing the press conference at Congress Bhavan said that barring Kakching where the grand old party is likely to have a friendly contest with CPI the alliance has decided to put up common candidates in the remaining 59 assembly seats He said that the Congress has decided not to field any candidate in Khurai and instead support CPI in the constituency CPI state secretary L Sotinkumar said that the name of the alliance and its common minimum programme will soon be announced PTI COR ACD ACD

Imphal Jan 18 PTI Manipur MLA Kh Joykisan Singh was expelled from Congress on Tuesday for anti-party activities The action was taken as per recommendations of the Disciplinary Action Committee of the Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee an official order issued by MPCC general secretary administration Hareshwar Goswami said Kh Joykisan Singh ceases to be a primary member of the Indian National Congress with immediate effect it said He was elected as an MLA from Thangmeiband constituency in the 2017 elections PTI COR ACD ACD

Imphal Nov 28 PTI An RPG launcher and shell an M-16 UBGL and various AK variants were among a huge cache of arms and ammunition seized in Manipurs Imphal East district on Sunday police said A UNLF militant and two others were arrested for allegedly concealing the weapons inside a 500-litre water tank buried underneath a cowshed a police officer said Acting on a tip-off police commandos conducted a door-to-door search in Huikap Awang Leikai Chonga Loukol in Andro police station area in the afternoon when one person suspiciously tried to run away on seeing the law enforcers he said The police personnel chased the man and nabbed him He turned out to be a 43-year-old United National Liberation Front UNLF insurgent identified as L Prafullo Singh the officer said Based on information provided by him a 500-litre plastic water tank buried underneath a cowshed was dug out and a large quantity of arms and ammunition was found in it he said Thirteen AK-56 rifles a rocket propelled grenade RPG launcher and shell one AK-81 rifle with three magazines an AK-86 rifle with three magazines one M-16 rifle with a magazine one M-16 A-4 under barrel grenade launcher UBGL with a magazine 200 cartridges of 762x39 mm calibre and 10 cartridges of 556 mm calibre were seized the officer said Two other persons identified as L Kumar Singh and W Tompok Singh were also arrested for allegedly helping the militant in concealing the weapons he added PTI COR ACD ACD

Imphal Sep 25 PTI Four insurgents of the proscribed Kuki National Front Mangkholam Kipgen faction outfit have been arrested in Manipurs Kangpokpi district and arms and ammunition seized from their possession police said on Saturday Acting on a tip-off a joint team of Manipur Police and Assam Rifles raided a forest near Gopibung village and nabbed the four militants Two country-made 9mm pistols and four cartridges were seized from their possession an officer said A case was registered and legal action will be taken against the arrested people he added PTI COR ACD ACD