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Congress seeks postponement of Census in Manipur, cites displacement

August 20, 2026 admin

Security deployed during the campaign for Just and Fair Delimitation’s (JFD) call, demanding the National Register of Citizens (NRC) updation before the Census 2027, in Imphal. | Photo Credit: ANI The Congress on Thursday (August 20, 2026) sought the postponement of the Census exercise in Manipur, citing continuing violence and the displacement of thousands of…

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Assam Rifles apprehend key accused in 2023 abduction-murder of two Meitei students

May 24, 2026 admin

The accused, identified as Nokjaging Baite Kuki, alias Tiger (38), was apprehended on May 22 from Ngathal village in Churachandpur. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Assam Rifles have apprehended a key member of the United Kuki National Army (UKNA), an insurgent group active in Manipur’s Churachandpur, who is wanted for the alleged abduction and…

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Kuki groups demand justice for woman who died 2 years after being gang-raped in Manipur violence

January 19, 2026 admin

File photo of Kuki tribal groups protesting against Manipur violence. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma Various organisations demanded justice for a Kuki woman from Manipur who died recently from illness allegedly linked to the trauma she suffered after being gang-raped during the early phase of the ethnic violence in the State in 2023. The…

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NIA To Probe Suspected Kuki Militant ‘Tiger’ Who Claimed Attack On CRPF, Burned Homes In Manipur

December 31, 2024 admin

Guwahati: A special court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has accepted evidence submitted by the NIA of a suspected Kuki militant commander saying he and his men attacked the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and set fire to homes in Manipur. The NIA told the court that a viral video on a YouTube channel…

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Manipur Chief Minister’s Apology For Clashes

December 31, 2024 admin

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh today said “sorry” for the unfortunate developments in the northeastern state due to the ethnic clashes that started last year. The Chief Minister, however, said the year ends on an optimistic note and that he hoped that normalcy will return to the state in 2025. “This entire year has…

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Manipur Panel Began Identifying Immigrants 5 Weeks Before Clashes Began In May 2023

December 10, 2024 admin

Proposed site of shelter home at Holenphai village, Tengnoupal, Manipur, on March 26, 2023 Imphal/Guwahati/New Delhi: Five weeks before the Manipur ethnic clashes began in May 2023, a cabinet subcommittee comprising ministers from the three major communities visited three villages to make an assessment of the situation on “identification of Myanmarese immigrants/refugees”, reports submitted by…

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Manipur Chief Minister vs P Chidambaram On Militancy

November 19, 2024 admin

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh shows an old photo of Congress’s P Chidambaram Imphal/New Delhi: Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh today blamed “some vested interests” for reigniting a new cycle of violence in the state, after having been relatively peaceful for three-four months, and criticised Congress leader P Chidambaram as someone who “created…

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Suspected Kuki Insurgents Launch Attack On Police Station In Manipur’s Jiribam

October 19, 2024 admin

A screengrab of a video taken from Borobekra police station in Manipur’s Jiribam Imphal/Guwahati: Suspected Kuki insurgents fired at a police station in Manipur’s Jiribam district today, police sources in the district’s Borobekra subdivision said. The suspected Kuki insurgents began firing at 5.30 am at Borobekra police station, some 30 km from the Jiribam district…

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Ethnocentric Homeland Demand Untenable And Obsolete, Say Manipur Academics At UN Event

October 5, 2024 admin

Activists and academics from India-Bangladesh region speak at a side event of the UNHRC Imphal: The demand for an ethnocentric homeland is untenable and obsolete in Manipur, where at least 35 communities co-exist, a group of activists and academics from the violence-hit state bordering Myanmar has said at a side event of the 57th session…

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European Manipuri Association Shares Concerns With Indian High Commission In UK, Submits Memorandum

July 28, 2024 admin

Manipur is yet to see normalcy over a year since ethnic violence began in May 2023 New Delhi: A civil society group of people from Manipur living in Europe has requested the Indian High Commission in the UK to convey their concerns to leaders back home over the ethnic tensions in the state bordering Myanmar….

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