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Has Manipur Reverted Back to Union Territory Status by the Choice of its Elected Leaders
Manipur is in the midst of another avoidable leadership crisis. Despite the fact the BJP won a clear though thin majority of 32 in a

Abnormal Behaviour is Normal in an Abnormal Society: Socialisation as a Means to Usher in Ethical Voting Practice
Psychologists and biologists try to explain deviant behaviour in terms of psychological and biological abnormality. They consider that the person who is deviant is either

BJP Legislators Still Unable to Elect a Leader From Among Themselves in Disregard of State Electorate’s Mandate
Despite disruptions in the conduct of the 12th Manipur Legislative Assembly Election 2022, the votes through the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) has mandated the ruling

Filmmakers Associated With Northeast Campaign to Have MIFF 2022 Showcase Late Maipak’s Works
A campaign is on by film makers from the Northeast and others intimately familiar with the film making enterprise in the region to have the

Russia-Ukraine Crisis Brings World to Brink of New Cold War and WW3 Nightmare
War is an organised murder and nothing else –by Harry Patch, last surviving soldier of World War I. Everywhere there is politics to gain or

Nuclear Winter Should Chill Every Leader to the Bone
By Simone Turchetti, University of Manchester in Manchester The consequences of a nuclear war have been well-explored by science. Beyond immediate death and destruction, a

59 Elected Members Take Oath, S. Rajen is Protem Speaker, KPA to Support BJP, MPCC Embark on Membership Drive as President Loken Resigns
Fifty-nine of the 60 newly elected members of the 12th Manipur Legislative Assembly on March 14 took oath at the Manipur Assembly Hall in Imphal.

Elections Results are Another Indication Manipur’s Electoral Politics is Yet to Acquire the Depth of its Grassroots Gut Level Politics
Two things are stark in the results from the elections to five state assemblies declared on March 10. One is that the BJP continues to

Problems and Prospects of “First-Past-The-Post” as Determinant of People’s Mandate
Humans have come a long way. They had roamed, gathered, hunted for their survivals. However, the ever-evolving human brain capacity led him to make rational