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Imphal, August 24, 2026: Manipur University Vice-Chancellor (In-charge), Prof. R.K. Hemakumar Singh, on Monday warmly received and felicitated Dr Pukhrambam Lilabati Devi, Assistant Professor…
A six-day Capacity-Building Programme on “Ethnic Conflict, Land, Resources and Development in North East India” commenced at Manipur University on Monday, bringing together academics, researchers and experts from diverse disciplines for sustained deliberations on conflict, identity, land, demographic change, governance, peace-building and sustainable development in the Northeast, with particular reference to Manipur.
The debate over a National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Manipur is often framed as a political confrontation between communities. That framing misses the more fundamental issue. Manipur has a historical citizenship-documentation problem. Government of India records show that people crossed into Manipur from Burma decades ago, that the nationality of some of those migrants was difficult to establish, and that relief and rehabilitation proceeded even while questions over their precise status remained.
The three-day Akhil Bharatiya Samanvay Baithak of RSS-inspired organisations concluded near Visakhapatnam after discussing drug abuse among youth, demographic changes, Artificial Intelligence, environmental conservation, skill development and social challenges.
Dr. Pavan Kumar Yadavalli, Professor and Head, Department of Teacher Education, Manipur University, has received the “Research Era Excellent Paper Award” at the International Conference on Education and Social Science (ICESS–2026), held in Singapore on August 21.
The placement of nine Manipur University alumni among the 16 candidates heading to Japan, together with the University’s observance of World Entrepreneurship Day, underscores the importance of connecting higher education with vocational skills, entrepreneurship, language training and international exposure.
The claim that remoteness may have left substantial indigenous hill populations outside the 1951 Census deserves examination. But Manipur’s documentary history stretches well before 1951, while the 1948 election provides another important pre-cut-off record. If mass exclusion is the argument against 1951, the historical evidence of that exclusion should be produced.
Northeast India must be placed at the centre of India’s engagement with Southeast Asia, with shared religious and cultural traditions serving as the foundation for stronger economic cooperation, speakers said at an international seminar held at Manipur University on Thursday.
Imphal, August 20, 2026: More than 100 students registered for the Viksit Bharat Young Leaders Dialogue 2026 – Young Professional Roundtable, organised jointly by…
N. Biren Singh has already met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and placed Manipur’s NRC and Census concerns before him, verbally and in writing.
Now another ruling BJP delegation is preparing for Delhi while students and civil society organisations demanding NRC before Census continue their protests in Imphal.
Mirabai’s tears on the medal podium were celebrated as national pride. The tears of Meitei girl students after police action at DM College of Teacher Education must not be dismissed as disorder. Both come from the same brave and indigenous root.
On the day Manipur remembered Pebam Chittaranjan and the anti-AFSPA struggle, another generation of students alleged excessive police force while protesting over the deferment of census and implementation of NRC. The two events are different, but together they raise an enduring question about state power, accountability and democratic rights.