List of Meitei-language newspapers

See also: Meitei Language Day

The Meitei language (officially known as Manipuri language) has a long history of literature and culture. Meitei language newspapers are either printed in Meitei script or in Bengali script or even in both. The following are some of the notable Meitei language newspapers published and circulated across Manipur, Assam and Tripura states of Northeast India as well as across some parts of Bangladesh and Canada.

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All Manipuri language newspapers will be using the Meitei script (Meitei: Meetei Mayek) instead of Bengali script from 15 January 2023; 2 years ago (2023-01-15), according to a joint meeting consensus of the "Meetei Erol Eyek Loinasillol Apunba Lup" (MEELAL), "All Manipur Working Journalists’ Union" (AMWJU) and "Editors' Guild Manipur" (EGM) in Imphal.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Newspapers	Website(s)	Area(s) of publication	Established	Writing system(s) (Meitei script/Bengali script/Both)[a]	Online version (E-paper) available[b]	Physical paper available	Note(s)
Bangladesh
Enaat	enaat.net	Sylhet, Bangladesh		Bengali script	Yes	No	The entire publication is in Bengali script.
Canada
Manipuri Mirror	manipurimirror.com	2227 Rue Dollard, Longueuil, Quebec, J4K 4P1, Canada		Bengali script	Yes	No	Bengali language version is also published, beside the Manipuri language version. Both the languages use Bengali script and not the Meitei script (but their logo uses the Meitei script).
India
Arambai		Guwahati, Assam		Bengali script	No	Yes
E-PAO (Manipuri news)	e-pao.net	Global (online newspaper)		Meitei script	Yes	No	The entire Meitei language edition is in Meitei script.
Hueiyen Lanpao	hueiyenlanpao.com hueiyenlanpao.com/meeteilon/	SEGA ROAD, THOUDA BHABOK LEIKAI, IMPHAL-795001, Manipur		Both	Yes	Yes	[6][7][8]
Ichel Express	ichelexpress.org	Manipur	2015	Both	Yes	Yes	Morning daily[9][10][8]
Ireibak	ireibak.in	Konung Lampak, Imphal - 795001, Manipur	2003	Both	Yes	Yes	Daily newspaper[11][12][13][8]
Janata		Manipur		Bengali script	No	Yes	[6]
Kangla Pao	kangla-pao.business.site	Manipur	1991	Bengali script	No	Yes	An evening news paper[14]
Kangleipakki Meira		Manipur	1979	Bengali script	No	Yes	It began as a weekly paper in 1979 and later converted into a daily paper.[15][16]
Khollao		Imphal, Manipur		Bengali script	No	Yes	[17][18][19][20][6]
Mannaba	mannaba.in	Manipur		Bengali script	No	Yes	[21]
Marup		Agartala, Tripura		Bengali script	No	Yes	First Manipuri weekly newspaper in Tripura[22][23][24]
Matam		Manipur		Bengali script	No	Yes	[6]
Matamgi Yakairol		Manipur		Bengali script	No	Yes	Daily newspaper circulated mainly in Imphal area of Manipur[25]
Meeyam		Manipur	1985	Bengali script	No	Yes	An evening daily newspaper[26][27]
Naharolgi Thoudang	naharolgithoudang.co.in	Manipur		Both	Yes	Yes	[7]
Ngasi		Manipur		Bengali script	No	Yes	[6]
Ningtam Lanpao		Manipur		Bengali script	No	Yes	[28][29][30]
Nongalakpa		Manipur		Bengali script	No	Yes	[6]
Pandam		Manipur		Bengali script	No	Yes	Monthly publication[31][32]
Pandam Daily		Manipur	2013	Bengali script	No	Yes	Daily newspaper[33][34]
Paojel		Manipur		Bengali script	No	Yes	[6]
Paonilkhon (Paonilkhol)		Manipur	1990	Bengali script	No	Yes	Imphal based evening daily newspaper[35][36][37][38]
Poknapham (also known as, "The People's Chronicle")	www.poknapham.in epaper.poknapham.in	Manipur	1975	Both	Yes	Yes	[6][7][8]
Prajatantra		Imphal, Manipur		Bengali script	No	Yes	[39][40][6]
Punshi		Manipur	1982	Bengali script	No	Yes	An evening daily newspaper[41][42]
Samantra Patrika		Manipur		Bengali script	No	Yes	[6]
Sanaleibak	sanaleibak.in	Manipur		Bengali script	Yes	Yes	[7]
Sangai Express (Manipuri edition)	www.thesangaiexpress.com/manipuri/ epaper.thesangaiexpress.com	Sega Road, Thouda Bhabok Leikai, Imphal – 795001, Manipur		Both	Yes	Yes	[7][8]
Thoudok Wathok		Manipur		Bengali script	No	Yes	Imphal based weekly newspaper[43][28][44][45]
Toknga		Imphal, Manipur		Bengali script	No	Yes	[46]

See also

• India portal
• Journalism portal
• Media portal
• News portal
• Technology portal

• Directorate of Language Planning and Implementation
• List of Meitei-language television channels
• List of Meitei-language films
• Meitei Language Day
• Imphal Free Press

Footnotes

1. There are many cases in which the logos are in Meitei script but the news contents are in Bengali script
2. The screenshot versions uploaded in Facebook should not be considered as their E-paper versions