The foundation stone for the Film City was laid on February 4, 2020, by then Art and Culture Minister L. Jayantakumar Singh, in the presence of Chingai MLA Khashim Vashum, Art and Culture Commissioner M. Joy Singh and Manipur State Film and Television Institute Director Prof Nilotpal Majumdar.
Both the chairman of the Hill Areas Committee and the MP from Outer Manipur are constitutionally elected Nagas. They are not outsiders; they are our own. That is why their voice is crucial, their silence is more painful, and their responsibility to do much more is non‑negotiable.
Like in most countries around the world, water bodies in Manipur – lake, marshes, rivers, paddies and ponds – are more or less dominated by introduced fish species such as Asian carps, some of which have since become invasive by nature.
Michael Meiphami Shaiza writes about Naga existential threat, the Manipur catastrophic crisis, and the urgent imperative of NRC, census and constitutional justice.
The Nepal disaster is a potential recipe for neighboring country Bhutan, another of the Himalayan nation state perched precariously amongst fragile mountain landscape that is fast deteriorating from climate change impacts, in particular receding glaciers and increasingly evident glacial lake formation.
The Bailey bridge across the Namban River — which connects Kamjong to Sahamphung subdivision via Chatric Khullen and Chatric Khunou — was demolished in a powerful explosion on the intervening night of 21–22 July 2026.
The Kuki militants’ intrusion and abortive abduction were an inevitable outcome of the pre-planned search and combing operation carried out by the combined security forces.