Tag: Manipur

Trucks Carrying Essentials Set On Fire In Manipur, Rongmei Nagas Call Boycott

November 13, 2024 admin

One of the trucks set on fire on National Highway 37 in Manipur Guwahati: Two trucks carrying essential items including vegetables were set on fire on National Highway 37 in Manipur today, police sources said. NH-37 connects the state capital Imphal with Jiribam, 210 km away near the interstate border with Assam. The trucks were…

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2 Babies Among 6 Missing After Manipur’s Jiribam Encounter Between Kuki Insurgents And CRPF, Meitei Community Unites In Solidarity

November 12, 2024 admin

Three women and three children from the Meitei community are missing New Delhi: Hundreds of members of Manipur’s Meitei community came out on the streets in Delhi and other cities in a silent candlelight protest, seeking the safety of six people who have been missing since an encounter broke out between suspected Kuki militants and…

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Kuki Groups Allege “Barbaric Actions” By Central Force, Day After 10 Killed In Manipur “Encounter”

November 12, 2024 admin

Members of the Kuki tribes at a silent protest over the Jiribam incident Guwahati/New Delhi: Several civil society groups and student organisations of the Kuki tribes have condemned what they call “barbaric actions” of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), a day after 10 men from the Kuki tribes were killed in Manipur’s Jiribam district….

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11 Suspected Kuki Militants Killed In Gunfight With Security Forces In Manipur Jiribam: Sources

November 11, 2024 admin

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…

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10 Kuki-Zo MLAs Say Never Met Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh Since May 2023

November 10, 2024 admin

Manipur is yet to see normalcy over a year since ethnic violence began in May 2023 New Delhi: The 10 Kuki-Zo MLAs in Manipur who have been calling for a separate administration carved out of the state in a statement on Monday termed as a “blatant lie” a top government lawyer’s submission to the Supreme…

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Day After Woman Allegedly Raped, Killed In Manipur, Another Shot Dead Today

November 9, 2024 admin

A video grab of a suspected Meitei insurgent in Manipur’s Jiribam Imphal/Guwahati/New Delhi: Two women were killed in fresh rounds of violence in Manipur in the last two days. In the first incident, a woman from the Hmar tribe was allegedly shot, raped and set on fire in Jiribam district by suspected Meitei insurgents on…

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Condemn Death Threats By Ceasefire-Linked Kuki Insurgents, Says Thadou Tribe Body

November 7, 2024 admin

Kuki National Front’s (KNF) threat to Thadou leaders violated SoO rules, Thadou leaders said Imphal: A global body of the Thadou tribe from Manipur has condemned what it called death threats allegedly made by a Kuki insurgent group that had signed a ceasefire deal with the Centre and the state government. The Kuki National Front’s…

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In Crisis-Hit Manipur, ‘Ningol Chakouba’ Festival Brings Communities Together

November 1, 2024 admin

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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More Funds For Hill Than Valley Areas In Manipur, Say Officials

November 1, 2024 admin

Higher amount of funds was sanctioned for hill than valley areas in Manipur, officials said Imphal: Days after Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh announced that the state government undertook equal efforts for the development of both valley and hill areas, top government officials said a higher amount of funds was sanctioned for hill than…

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Northeast Students Hold Protest In Delhi, Call For Peace, Unity In Manipur

October 29, 2024 admin

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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