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Imphal: Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Tuesday said every misunderstanding should be resolved by discussions and that all recognised tribes of the state should live together. Speaking at 53rd Statehood Day celebrations, Mr Singh appealed to stop engaging or speaking on irrelevant matters, and diverting from issues. Manipur became a full-fledged state on…
New Delhi: Representatives of a Kuki-Zo body from Manipur met Union Home Ministry officials in Delhi and sought a separate administration carved out of the violence-hit state. The members of the Kuki-Zo Council (KZC) also requested the Centre to start a political dialogue to resolve the Manipur crisis. The Kuki-Zo delegation led by KZC chairman…
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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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Imphal: A village chief from the Kuki tribes has termed as “baseless” an allegation by a woman that Kuki villagers assaulted her when she tried to build a house in Manipur’s K Lungwiram Naga village in Kangpokpi district. Haopu Vaiphei, the chief of Leilon Khunou village, in a statement said no assault or misunderstanding happened…
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Imphal/New Delhi: A village authority and civil society organisations of the Naga tribes in Manipur have condemned an alleged attack by members of the Kuki tribes on a woman over her attempt to build a house on a plot of land in the village, which the village authority says is exclusively a Liangmai Naga village….
Imphal/New Delhi: The police chief of Manipur’s Kangpokpi district who was injured in protests by members of the Kuki tribes on Friday had been fighting extortionists and pushing back against a call for a meeting “with all police personnel” by a civil society group, intelligence sources told NDTV. They cited two flash messages sent by…
Imphal/Guwahati/New Delhi: Protesters from the Kuki tribes clashed with central security forces in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district this evening, days after the protesters tried to stop the security forces from dismantling bunkers on the hills. The protesters had been looking to stop transport as part of their economic blockade enforced to demand the withdrawal of central…
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Guwahati/New Delhi: A Kuki organisation has extended a shutdown in all areas in Manipur where the Kuki tribes are settled, days after protesters tried to stop central security forces from dismantling bunkers in the hills. Several protesters were injured. The Kuki-Zo Council said the economic blockade – stopping essential transport on major roads and National…
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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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Guwahati: Chaos was reported from Saibol in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district as Kuki-Zo civil society groups alleged highhandedness by security forces during protests by the women of their community. The protest was against what the women alleged was the forceful occupation of community bunkers by security personnel. Security forces reportedly deployed tear gas shell and used…
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