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Two shot dead, houses burnt by armed assailants in Manipur’s Kamjong

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Two shot dead, houses burnt by armed assailants in Manipur’s Kamjong

Suspected armed assailants attacked a village in Manipur’s Kamjong district on Thursday (June 11, 2026), gunning down two persons and burning several houses, police said. The incident took place a day after the bodies of six Naga civilians were recovered in Kangpokpi district. It is suspected that the mortal remains belonged to those held hostage…

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Biren Singh Signs Off With “Demographic Shift” Post

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Biren Singh Signs Off With “Demographic Shift” Post

Imphal/Guwahati: N Biren Singh, who resigned as Chief Minister of violence-hit Manipur days before President’s Rule with the assembly under animated suspension was imposed, in a long post on X today said the shift in Manipur’s demographic balance is not speculation, but “happening before our eyes.” The Kuki tribes, who are dominant in some areas…

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‘Some Consistently Seeking New Justifications To Sustain Unrest In Manipur’: Meitei Body

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‘Some Consistently Seeking New Justifications To Sustain Unrest In Manipur’: Meitei Body

Imphal: The umbrella body of civil society organisations of the Meitei community in Manipur has alleged statements issued by its Kuki counterparts in recent times show they want “to create circumstances that validate their long-standing demand for a separate administration.” The Coordination Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) in a statement said even when the Manipur…

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Top Naga Body Holds Tripartite Talks On Rollback Of 7 New Districts In Manipur

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Top Naga Body Holds Tripartite Talks On Rollback Of 7 New Districts In Manipur

Imphal/Guwahati: A key tripartite meeting was held on Thursday between the Centre, the Manipur government, and the United Naga Council (UNC) over the Naga body’s demand for rollback of “arbitrarily created” seven districts. A senior Manipur Home Department officer said that after the threadbare discussion in the meeting, it was mutually agreed that a proposal…

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Meitei Apex Body Condemns Killing Of Man Allegedly By ‘Arambai Tenggol’ Members

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Imphal/New Delhi: An umbrella body of civil society groups of Manipur’s Meitei community has condemned the kidnapping for ransom and murder of a man in the violence-hit state. The Meitei Alliance, an apex body of civil society groups of the valley-dominant community, in a statement said it is “crucial to keep legal issues free from…

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Curfew In Manipur’s Kangpokpi Amid Tension Between Naga, Kuki-Zo Communities

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Curfew In Manipur’s Kangpokpi Amid Tension Between Naga, Kuki-Zo Communities

Imphal: Curfew was clamped in a sub-division in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district on Saturday following tension between the Naga and Kuki-Zo community people while in a separate incident in Kamjong district, a mob on Saturday destroyed a makeshift camp of the Assam Rifles, officials said Officials in Imphal said that tension has been prevailing for the…

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Hand Grenade Found At Gate Of Missing Man’s House In Manipur

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Hand Grenade Found At Gate Of Missing Man’s House In Manipur

Imphal: A hand grenade was on Thursday found outside the house of Laishram Kamalbabu Singh, who went missing allegedly from the Leimakhong Military Station in November, triggering panic in the area, police said. The grenade was found near the gate of Singh’s house at Loitang Khunou in Imphal West district, they said. Police later retrieved…

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Free Movement Limit On Indo-Myanmar Border Tightened To 10 Km, With Pass

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Free Movement Limit On Indo-Myanmar Border Tightened To 10 Km, With Pass

Guwahati/New Delhi: The Centre has tightened the rules for movement of people from either side of the border in India and Myanmar, sources said. The new rules further restrict movements of people from 16 km under the free movement regime (FMR) to 10 km now, on either side. The FMR, which in its current form…

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