Manipur

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is shocked at the arrest of a journalist in Imphal after what seems to have been a "sting" operation by the local police. Ahongsangbam Mobi, editor of a local daily, Sanaleibak, was arrested on December 29 and has reportedly been charged under India's Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for alleged contacts with a banned insurgent group, the...

Newspapers in Manipur failed to hit the stands on Friday as publishing houses and journalists decided against bringing out the issues in protest against threat to a scribe by hill-based militants. The All-Manipur Working Journalists' Union (AMWJU) had launched a sit-in protest against the threat and decided to cease work on Thursday. AMWJU took the decision after Singlianmang Guite, a reporter of...

As militant outfits operating in Manipur carry on targeting the media persons and pressurise them to become their mouthpiece, the journalist fraternity here are agitated. Newspaper offices in Imphal recently witnessed a deserted look following a threat by Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) - Military Council, which has split into two factions, Asia News International (ANI) has reported. While one...

Shortly after the death threats issued to journalists of Manipur by a rebel group, which prompted them to launch a two day ceasework , Yumnam Ibomcha, a staff reporter of a local daily, was beaten up by paramilitary troopers in the Collector's office in Imphal West district on Wednesday, the Hindu has reported. The details: [ Link] In an emergency meeting of the All Manipur Working Journalists'...

Journalists in Manipur have been assured of a high-level probe into the killing of a fellow scribe. The state government had lately decided to ask for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe to identify the killers of Konsam Rishikanta. A trainee sub-editor of the Imphal Free Press, an English daily, Rishikanta, was shot dead by miscreants in state capital, Imphal on November 17. The cabinet...

Newspapers in Manipur will suspended publication from Thursday for an indefinite period in protest against the killing of a young trainee journalist by unidentified gunmen in state capital Imphal on Monday. Konsam Rishikanta Singh, 22, a trainee sub-editor with the Imphal Free Press was shot dead at Langol area in Imphal West. His bullet-riddled body was recovered by the police from a deserted...

No newspaper hit the stands in Imphal on Monday as the All-Manipur Working Journalists’ Union and the Editors’ Forum, Manipur, are on strike in protest against the threat by a militant group to kill editors and reporters. The banned outfit has been demanding that press releases by a rival group, which it dubbed “imposters,” be not carried. A decision, taken at a meeting held at the Press...

Following the repeated threats issued on the Editor and staff of the Naharolgi Thoudang by some elements in connection with a news stories at Manipur Bhawan Kolkata, journalists of the State under the aegis of the All Manipur Working Journalists' Union (AMWJU) today highlighted the problem in person to the Chief Minister, the Sangai Express has reported. In a statement, AMWJU said that after the...

Journalists in Manipur have defied the rebels diktats as the state's press and local channels decided to resume operations after closing down for a week following threats from a banned outfit, says an Asia News International (ANI) report. The offices of many newspapers and ISTV channel were shut down on March 21 after threats to four journalists from Omar Farooque’s faction of the People’s...

Imphal, Oct 13: All newspapers and electronic media houses in Manipur remained shut for the third day today since October 11 last after yet another attack on media freedom. On Wednesday last, the outlawed People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK)’s Central Committee sent out a press release regarding its Raising Day celebrations. Later in the night, another faction of the outfit...