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11 suspected Kuki militants were shot dead in an encounter with CRPF in Manipur New Delhi/Imphal: At least 11 suspected Kuki insurgents were shot dead in an encounter with the security forces in Manipur’s Jiribam district today, sources said. The situation is fluid and more details are awaited. Some Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) soldiers…
Women who were honoured at the Ningol Chakouba event in Chadong village, Manipur Imphal: Last year, in solidarity with the victims of the ethnic conflict in Manipur, women from the Meitei community did not celebrate Ningol Chakouba, the biggest festival of the community. Ningol Chakouba, which the Meitei community celebrates after Diwali, is similar to…
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Jantar Mantar: Participants at a protest calling for unity and peace in Manipur New Delhi: The central and the state governments must restore peace in violence-hit Manipur quickly and rebuild the destroyed homes of internally displaced people, according to students from the northeast who participated at a peaceful protest in Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on Tuesday….
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The prohibitory orders will be in effect from 6 PM of Wednesday (Representational) Churachandpur: The authorities in Manipur’s Churachandpur district imposed prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Samhita in the district headquarter town for three days from Wednesday evening to prevent possible violence, according to an official order. The office of…
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Violence in Manipur has claimed the lives of more than 220 individuals. (File) New Delhi: The Congress on Monday claimed that its Manipur unit chief K Meghachandra has received summons from the Enforcement Directorate and slammed the development as politics of vendetta aimed at covering up the Union government’s “colossal failures” in the state. Congress…
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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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The state government’s Home Department said the extension will come into effect from October 1 (File) Imphal: The government on Monday extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) by another six months in Manipur excluding 19 police station areas falling under the Imphal valley and a region that shares its boundary with Assam. In…
Manipur: N Biren Singh said the two men were kidnapped by “Kuki militants” Imphal/Guwahati/New Delhi: Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh today called a meeting of all MLAs to discuss the situation in the violence-hit state and the rescue of two men kidnapped by who he claimed were “Kuki militants”. A video has been shared…
Imphal/Guwahati/New Delhi: The Manipur Security Adviser today said intelligence received from “different quarters” about infiltration by 900 Kuki militants from Myanmar could not be substantiated on the ground, and so “there is no basis currently to believe in any such input.” The statement comes amid a shutdown called by Kuki groups in all Kuki-dominated areas…
Kuki Inpi Manipur in a statement refuted the allegations of infiltration from Myanmar Imphal/Guwahati: The Kuki-Zo tribes in Manipur have asked their community to be vigilant between September 26 and 29, days after the Manipur Security Adviser confirmed in a press conference that some “900 Kuki militants” trained in jungle warfare and use of weaponised…
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