Imphal Free Press is an English-language daily published in Manipur, India. Alongside the Sangai Express, it is one of the two most widely read newspapers of Manipur.[1][2][3] The two papers are known as Manipur's only "good quality" newspapers, among approximately 40 papers in the state.[3]
History
The original Imphal Free Press was owned by Sapam Nishikanta.[4] In 1996 its editor Pradip Phanjoubam walked out with the name and started a new Imphal Free Press.[4][5] Phanjoubam edits and owns the new Imphal Free Press ever since.[6] Sapam Nishikanta continued publishing under the names Manipur Free Press that turned into the Sangai Express, now the main competitor of the Imphal Free Press.[1]
In 2006, a faction of the Kangleipak Communist Party forced a ban of three months on the Imphal Free Press.[7] On 11 November 2008 an Imphal Free Press editor, Konsam Rishikant, was assassinated.[8][9]
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- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Media under Siege. Media Functioning in an Armed Conflict Situation: A Case Study of Manipur.. Social Action({Template:Year).
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- ↑ Where the Sun Rises when Shadows Fall: The North-East{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Oxford University Press(2006). ISBN 0195682815
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- ↑ Burning Bright Irom Sharmila{{#if:Mehrotra|, Mehrotra}. Penguin Books(2009). ISBN 978-8184751536
- ↑ Freedom in the World 2009: The Annual Survey of Political Rights & Civil Liberties{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Rowman & Littlefield(2009). ISBN 978-1442201224