Churachandpur
Place in Manipur, India
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Churachandpur, locally known as Lamka is the second largest town in the Indian state of Manipur and the district headquarters of the Churachandpur District. The name "Churachandpur" was transferred from the earlier headquarters of the district at Songpi to the present location, and honours Churachand Singh, former maharaja of the Manipur princely state. The local people reject the name as a colonial imposition and prefer using the native name "Lamka".
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Manipur: 6 killed as fresh violence erupts, bunkers destroyed in Churachandpur, choppers on patrolAfter the killing, a heavy exchange of fire broke out between armed men of the warring communities in the hills around 7 km from the district headquarters, leading to the deaths of four armed persons,..DNA - Published | |
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Despite losing months to violence, Manipur schools shine in CBSE examsSt Paul’s School in Churachandpur, which was turned into a shelter for the displaced during riots & reopened partially after Aug last year, is among top-performing institutes. It had sheltered over..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Manipur tribal body’s office vandalisedUnidentified armed individuals attacked and ransacked the office of Manipur tribal body Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum (ITLF) in Churachandpur. ITLF condemned the vandalism, stating computers and..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Security forces seize weapons in ChurachandpurA joint security team of Assam Rifles (AR) and Manipur Police on Saturday confiscated a large cache of arms and ammunition and "war-like stores" during a search operation in Churachandpur district's..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Assam Rifles soldier opens fire on colleagues before shooting self in Manipur, 6 injuredAs per the information from the IGAR, all the injured soldiers were non-Manipuris and they were rushed to the military hospital in Churachandpur for further treatment. The jawans have now been reported..DNA - Published | |
IAF airlifts bodies of 64 of 88 Manipur ethnic strife victimsIAF airlifted 64 of the 88 identified but unclaimed bodies of victims of ethnic violence in Manipur to their native places, giving closure to families waiting for administration to arrange..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Earthquake of magnitude 3.1 jolts Manipur's ChurachandpurOn Sunday, a magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck Churachandpur in Manipur, India, at 5:42 pm, with a depth of 30 km. Additionally, earlier in the day, a magnitude 3.6 earthquake occurred at 1 am in..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Popular tribal songwriter, 5 others killed in shelling, firing in ManipurA popular tribal songwriter-composer was among six people killed while 14 others were wounded in an explosion of violence since late Wednesday along Manipur's volatile Bishnupur-Churachandpur border..IndiaTimes - Published | |
2 killed, 7 injured as gunshots shatter Manipur calm; 4 heldTwo village volunteers were killed and at least seven others wounded in gunfights along Manipur’s Bishnupur-Churachandpur border while unidentified assailants fired at a group of farmers working in..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Protests flare in Manipur valley districts after fresh gang-rape claimThousands of women on Friday held sit-ins in five valley districts of Manipur against the alleged gang-rape of a 37-year-old woman in Churachandpur district on May 3. The sit-ins were organised by..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Another Manipur woman reports gang-rape, FIR registeredAnother case of sexual assault has come to light in Manipur after a 37-year-old married woman from Churachandpur district alleged she was gang-raped by a group of men while fleeing her burning house on..IndiaTimes - Published | 23 wounded as fresh violence jolts Manipur; mass burial put off after stirManipur saw a resurgence of lawlessness exactly three months after ethnic strife first erupted on May 3, leaving 23 people wounded on Thursday. The violence centred in Bishnupur, where hundreds of..IndiaTimes - Published |
Manipur steps up security for mass burial of 35 victims todayA delayed mass burial for 35 of the 150-odd victims of the violence raging in Manipur since May 3 is being organised in a village of Churachandpur district on Thursday, prompting a wary security..IndiaTimes - Published | Was Centre sleeping as Manipur burned, asks opposition team on visitA 21-member delegation of the opposition alliance INDIA visited relief camps in the conflict-hit town of Churachandpur and other places in Manipur on Saturday, and accused the BJP-led central..IndiaTimes - Published |
Manipur cops fire at mob trying to loot arms, one deadA 27-year-old man died after police fired at a mob attempting to raid an armoury of the 3rd India Reserve Battalion (IRB) in Manipur's Thoubal district on Tuesday. The incident came hours after..IndiaTimes - Published | Rahul Gandhi takes helicopter to Churachandpur after police halt convoy in ManipurNear Bishnupur, on the way to Churachandpur, police halted Rahul Gandhi's convoy.DNA - Published |
Congress reacts to Rahul Gandhi's convoy being stopped in Manipur, accuses PM Modi of using 'autocratic methods'Rahul Gandhi was stopped on his way to Churachandpur to visit relief camps with police officials saying it was a precautionary measure to prevent the recurrence of violence.DNA - Published | Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to visit violence-hit Manipur on June 29Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will visit violence-hit Manipur on Thursday, party general secretary K C Venugopal announced on Tuesday. "Rahul Gandhi will be visiting Manipur on June 29-30. He will visit..IndiaTimes - Published |
Man killed in Manipur as governor visits relief camp in districtUnidentified gunmen kept the pot boiling in restive Manipur for the sixth consecutive week, killing a 22-year-old man in a village of Churachandpur while governor Anusuiya Uikey was visiting relief..IndiaTimes - Published | After lull, violence in Manipur amid home minister Amit Shah's call for peaceThe arson was concentrated in Imphal East, but gunshots reverberated through the valley and the hills as security forces went after suspected militants targeting civilians at various places, including..IndiaTimes - Published |
Militants kidnap 3 Meiteis, kill a cop in ManipurSuspected Kuki militants killed a cop and allegedly kidnapped three Meiteis in separate incidents Thursday even as the overall situation in violence-hit Manipur improved further with curfew relaxations..IndiaTimes - Published | Indian Army, Assam Rifles rescue 23,000 civilians in violence-hit Manipur; curfew partially relaxed in ChurachandpurIndian Army and Assam Rifles which were called in to curb violence in Manipur have successfully rescued nearly 23,000 civilians so far and moved them to the operating bases, a statement from the Indian..IndiaTimes - Published |
After commando's murder, CRPF asks Manipur-origin personnel on leave in state to report to nearest baseThe commando of the Central Reserve Police Force's CoBRA, who was on leave, was shot dead by armed assailants in his village in Manipur's Churachandpur.DNA - Published | Northeast Diary: How long will the fragile Kuki truce last?Days after the Manipur government decided to pull out of the ceasefire agreement with two Kuki militant groups, a large cache of arms and ammunition was looted from a designated camp housing..IndiaTimes - Published |
Mobile internet suspended in Manipur over communal strifeMobile internet was blocked across Manipur for five days starting Sunday after rioters set ablaze two vehicles along the border between Churachandpur and Bishnupur districts the previous day,..IndiaTimes - Published | |
