An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale rocked India's northeast, Myanmar and Bangladesh on Monday, triggering panic among people.

The tremor was felt at 8.47 a.m. in most parts of Assam, Nagaland, and Manipur, besides in Bangladesh and Myanmar.

Imphal, 27 Oct: Winged guests migrating to Manipur as well as countless fishes who swim across from bordering Burma for breeding now have to look elsewhere.

IMPHAL, Oct 12 – The draft report on the Manipur State Action Plan on Climate Change, covering sectors like ecosystem, bio-diversity and livelihood sustainability, water resources, agriculture, health, forest, energy, urban planning, resource and development, human resource development, etc., is likely to be published soon.

To finalise the State Action Plan to be implemented with Environment and Ecology Wing of the Government of Manipur as nodal agency, a State-level consultative workshop was held at Hotel Classic here recently.

IMPHAL, Oct 9 – Keibul Lamjao, the country’s only floating National Park which is also the only habitat of the endangered brow-antlered deer (locally known as ‘Sangai’) in Manipur, might be most vulnerable to extinction if the temperature continues to rise due to climate change.

“The rise in temperature might increase decomposition rate of the Phumdi materials of the park and it will help in reducing the thickness and subsequent dying of the lake,” Dr NC Talukdar, Director of Institute of Bio-resources and Sustainable Development (IBSD), Imphal, predicted.

A pilot survey has already been conducted in Amritsar, Imphal and Mumbai, will soon reach to other places.

For the first time, the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) plans to conduct a nationwide survey to assess the extent of drug abuse in various parts of the country.

IMPHAL, April 11

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Imphal, March 13: A severe water crisis is staring Manipur in the face that could affect the State

A new directive of the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MEF) report has categorised Northeastern States and three other regions

An 11 year old Class V student of Catholic School, Canchipur, Baby Lalrilu was sick and hospitalised at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) Hospital here on June 27 following a complaint of high fever and unconsciousness.

But unfortunately Baby Lalrilu, the only daughter of a young Rongmei widow Luma, 39, a resident of Langthabal Chingkhong village in Imphal West district, passed