N Biren Singh has put in his papers as Manipur chief minister. The move comes 21 months after ethnic violence began in the northeastern state. File image/PTI On May 3, 2023, ethnic violence broke out in the northeastern state of Manipur. Since then, the state has been in the midst of tensions and ... The Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum (ITLF), a leading Kuki-Zo organisation, on Thursday said the National Forensic Science Laboratory’s report submitted to the Supreme Court on the purported audiotapes of former Manipur chief minister N. Biren Singh linked to the ongoing unrest was “deeply troubling”. Twenty-one months since the start of the ongoing ethnic conflict in Manipur, the state’s embattled Chief Minister N Biren Singh submitted his resignation to Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla in Imphal on Sunday evening. Singh had left Imphal for Delhi – the second such trip to the national capital this ... NEW DELHI: Nongthombam Biren Singh , the first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief minister in Manipur, stepped down from the top post in the northeastern state on Sunday.