New Delhi, May 15 -- The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has granted a sixth extension in the deadline for a Commission of Inquiry to submit its report on Manipur violence by November 20 this year.

In a fresh notification issued late on May 14, the MHA clarified that "the Commission shall submit its report to the Central Government as soon as possible but not later than the 20th November, 2026."

This is the 6th time the tenure of the three-member Commission, set up in 2023 after the May 3 Manipur violence, has been extended. The Commission is led by former Gauhati High Court Chief Justice Ajai Lamba, with retired IAS officer Himanshu Shekhar Das and retired IPS officer Aloka Prabhakar as its members.

The MHA exercised the powers conferr...