''Imphal Free Press'' is an English-language daily published in

Manipur Manipur () ( mni, Kangleipak) is a state in Northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. It is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west. It also borders two regions of Myanm ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

. Alongside the Sangai Express, it is one of the two most widely read newspapers of Manipur. The two papers are known as Manipur's only "good quality" newspapers, among approximately 40 papers in the state.

History

The original Imphal Free Press was owned by Sapam Nishikanta. In 1996 its editor Pradip Phanjoubam walked out with the name and started a new Imphal Free Press. Phanjoubam edits and owns the new Imphal Free Press ever since. 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''. In 2006, a faction of the

Kangleipak Communist Party Kangleipak Communist Party is a Maoist militant group in Manipur, India. Named after Kangleipak, the ancient name of Manipur, it was initially led by the communist ideologues — Ibohanbi and Ibopishak. The Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) had b ...

forced a ban of three months on the Imphal Free Press. On 11 November 2008 an Imphal Free Press editor, Konsam Rishikant, was assassinated.

References

{{Newspapers in India English-language newspapers published in India Imphal Mass media in Manipur 1996 establishments in Manipur Newspapers established in 1996