New Delhi: Manipur-based singer and lyricist Akhu Chingangbam was kidnapped by armed miscreants, India Today North East reported on Friday.
He was picked up by gunmen after his wife and mother were held at gunpoint, the outlet reported quoting sources privy to the matter.
Akhu Chingangbam is from Khurai in Imphal East. He is a singer, lyricist and founder of a folk rock band called ‘Imphal Talkies’.
Notably, Manipur has been witnessing ethnic violence between the Meiteis and the Kukis since May 3
Bhubaneswar: After several Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leaders blamed VK Pandian for the regional party’s…
Mumbai: The Congress-National Conference (NC) alliance which formed the government in Jammu & Kashmir after winning…
New Delhi: It was the last day in office for Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud as Chief…
Cuttack: The Orissa High Court has refused to quash a criminal case against a lawyer…
Bhubaneswar: The cyclonic circulation over southwest Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a…
Bhubaneswar: Activists of the students’ wing of Odisha Congress staged a demonstration and threw eggs…
Bhubaneswar: Mahila Police in Bhubaneswar on Friday detained a Kashmiri Muslim youth, Samir Mansoor, for…
Keonjhar: A woman Revenue Inspector (RI) reportedly fainted after Ghasipura Tehsildar in Odisha’s Keonjhar district…