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Imphal Free Press
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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] It is considered as one of the "good quality" newspapers, among approximately 40 papers in the state of Manipur.[3]
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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]
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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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