Four IDPs Die in Two Days: How Long Must Manipur’s Displaced People Wait to Return Home?
Four internally displaced peoples have died within two days in relief camps in Bishnupur district. Two reportedly died after consuming poison. The four had…
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Manipur Is Moving Again, but Is It Moving Towards Peace?
Highways are reopening, government programmes are reaching communities and efforts to rehabilitate displaced families are underway. However, fresh killings in the hills, including the…
Is BJP MP Sharda Devi Becoming Congress MP Bimol Akoijam’s Biggest Campaigner?
The Rajya Sabha MP from Manipur and the incumbent Manipur BJP President A Sharda Devi’s campaign against the Congress MP Angomcha Bimol Akoijam raises…
Who Will Stop Forest Encroachment and Poppy Cultivation in Manipur?
If the authorities can identify land under illegal poppy cultivation, who is responsible for ensuring that cultivation stops? If forests are being cleared and…
JNIMS Needs a Director, Not Another Political Appointment
There are appointments that can be treated as routine administrative decisions, and there are appointments that determine whether an institution recovers or slips further…
Manipur Government Says It Supports NRC. Why Then Use Force Against Those Asking for the Official Record?
The women who marched through Imphal on September 27 were asking for more than another assurance on the National Register of Citizens. They wanted…
When Khemchand Asked Biren to Resign, He Set a Standard. Now the Question Has Returned
The issue is not whether CM Khemchand Singh should resign, or whether N. Biren Singh was right or wrong. It is about political accountability,…
Who Speaks for Manipur When Politics Speaks for Communities?
There are moments when a political statement matters not because every word in it must be accepted, but because it forces us to confront…
Peace Cannot Be Restored by Compromising Manipur’s Identity
Former Chief Minister N Biren Singh has said that Manipur’s identity must not be compromised in the effort to restore peace and normalcy. At…
When Condemnation Is All That Political Leaders Have Left
A killing takes place in Manipur. Within hours, political leaders issue statements. They are “deeply shocked.” They “strongly condemn” the crime. They demand an…
Biren Singh Gets 58% in Signpost Leadership Poll, Ibobi 15%, Bimol 14%
For one month, from August 15 to September 15, Signpost News asked its readers a simple but difficult question: “Which leadership will heal Manipur…
Manipur Violence: Over 50 Deaths Reported Since New Government Took Office
An open-source register now identifies at least 54 deaths in Manipur violence during Yumnam Khemchand’s government’s tenure since February 2026. The number is provisional.…