Imphal Free Press

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Imphal Free Press
File:Imphal Free Press logo .jpg
Type Daily Newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) Mayengbam Satyajit Singh
Editor Irengbam Arun
Founded April, 1996
Political alignment Centre-left
Language English
Headquarters Imphal, Manipur, India
Circulation 285,579
Website Imphal Free Press

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, 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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