Activist Irom Chanu Sharmila took part in a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR) at Sir Puttanna Chetty Town Hall here on Sunday.
Read MoreHuman rights activist Irom Sharmila, who had a disastrous debut in the Manipur Assembly polls, on Monday said people of her home state are "hypnotised" by money and muscle power of electoral politics.
Read MoreManipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh won Thoubal seat, defeating BJP's Leitanthem Basanta Singh by 10,400 votes and rights activist Irom Sharmila even as the Congress and the BJP were locked in a close contest in the state.
Read MoreThough women voters outnumber men in the electoral rolls in Manipur, only a small number of them have featured in the candidate lists of political parties in the upcoming state Assembly elections.
Read MoreWhile quoting Rabindranath Tagore at the beginning of the Union Budget 2021, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday marked the start of post COVID world in her budget speech -- she termed as the ''dawn of a new era".
Read MorePakistan and India need to consolidate the process of de-escalation and stabilise the ties against further shocks, Pakistani envoy Sohail Mahmood said Friday, hoping that the "long winter" in bilateral relations would come to an early end.
Read MoreA week after he was called back for consultations amid raging row between India and Pakistan over harassment of diplomats, Pakistan High Commissioner to India Sohail Mahmood will return from Islamabad, officials said on Thursday.
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