75 women rescued from Kuki militants after 2-hour gunfight in Manipur
7 months, 2 weeks ago

75 women rescued from Kuki militants after 2-hour gunfight in Manipur

Hindustan Times  

In a nearly two-hour gunfight, the Army and Assam Rifles rescued 75 Meitei women from an attack by Kuki militants on Friday night, according to officials familiar with the matter. Manipur one year on: Meitei-Kuki couples forced to live apart, contemplate uncertain tomorrow “At around 10:30 p.m., our night vision thermal cameras detected militant movement in the foothills, approaching the women guarding their villages on the road in the buffer zone,” said an Assam Rifles official, adding that the militants had reached within 500 meters of the women. A third team went inside the by lanes of the Meitei villages and roped in village heads to prepare a safe route because armed groups on this side too could mistake security forces and fire at them,” said the Assam Rifles officer, asking not to be named. The Indian Army and Assam Rifles continue staying steadfast in their resolve to bring normalcy in Manipur and maintaining law & order.” An officer who supervised the operation noted that the women’s proximity to the buffer zone at the foothills might have prompted the militants to launch a night attack.

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Kuki women protest deployment of security forces, clash with them in Manipur
1 week, 1 day ago

Kuki women protest deployment of security forces, clash with them in Manipur

India Today  

A major confrontation occurred on Tuesday in the Saibol area of Manipur's Kangpokpi district as women from the Kuki community protested the deployment of security forces in the region where a recent gunfight had taken place. Large groups of women from nearby villages gathered to obstruct operations by joint security forces, including personnel from the Border Security Force, Indian Army …

Tension in Manipur’s Saibol village after 20 women injured in clash with forces
1 week, 1 day ago

Tension in Manipur’s Saibol village after 20 women injured in clash with forces

Hindustan Times  

Around 20 women protesters were injured in a clash with central security forces during an area domination exercise in Kuki-inhabited Saibol village in Manipur’s violence-hit Kangpokpi district on Tuesday, people familiar with the matter said. In a post on X, the Manipur police said a joint team of security forces were deployed in the area to prevent any untoward incidents …

Manipur: Journalist hurt in firing in Imphal East, CM condemns incident
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1 week, 4 days ago

Manipur: Journalist hurt in firing in Imphal East, CM condemns incident

Hindustan Times  

A video journalist was injured in firing by armed men from the hills in Imphal East district of Manipur on Saturday, police said, with chief minister N Biren Singh strongly condemning the latest militant attacks in Thamnapokpi and Sanasabi areas. L Kabichandra, a video journalist of Impact TV, a private television channel, sustained bullet injuries on his left thigh while …

Fresh gunfight in Manipur’s Imphal East; no casualties: Police
1 month ago

Fresh gunfight in Manipur’s Imphal East; no casualties: Police

Hindustan Times  

A fresh incident of gunfire was reported from Manipur’s Imphal East district on Thursday, police said. Police said state forces retaliated with several rounds, resulting in an exchange of fire that lasted for an hour. Meanwhile, the suspension of mobile internet services in nine districts of Manipur has been extended until Saturday, an order issued by the home department on …

Manipur: Eight arrested over attacks on police station, MLAs' residences
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1 month, 1 week ago

Manipur: Eight arrested over attacks on police station, MLAs' residences

New Indian Express  

IMPHAL: Eight people have been arrested in connection with attacks on a police station and residences of MLAs in strife-torn Manipur, a police statement said on Saturday. One person, identified as 20-year-old Chongtham Thoicha, who hails from Kiyam Mamang Leikai in Patsoi police station area in Imphal West district, was arrested on Thursday in connection with arson at the properties …

Tensions escalate in Imphal West after Meitei man goes missing near Leimakhong army camp
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Tensions escalate in Imphal West after Meitei man goes missing near Leimakhong army camp

India TV News  

Tension flared in Imphal West on Tuesday following the disappearance of 55-year-old Laishram Kamalbabu Singh, a member of the Meitei community, who worked at the Leimakhong Army Camp in Kangpokpi, was last seen on Monday when he left his village, Loitang Khunou, to report for duty. The police and Army are currently conducting joint search operations in the area adjoining …

Manipur's endless unrest: A tragedy of mistrust, mayhem and missed leadership
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Manipur's endless unrest: A tragedy of mistrust, mayhem and missed leadership

India Today  

If there was ever a moment when Manipur appeared to be slipping from the national consciousness, the events of November have dragged it back into the spotlight. This triggered violent protests in Imphal, where enraged mobs ransacked the homes of three legislators, including R.K. Imo, chief minister N. Biren Singh’s son-in-law and a BJP MLA. Not surprisingly, one of Biren …

Extorting non-locals, women militia raised to provoke violence in Manipur: Report
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Extorting non-locals, women militia raised to provoke violence in Manipur: Report

Op India  

The violence in Manipur has flared up yet again which has rendered the state in a critical situation. The armed outfits including Kangleipak Communist Party, Kuki National Front and United People’s Party of Kangleipak are hell-bent on burning the state. Additiona lly, it prepared its cadres to collect personal tax from Manipur’s businessmen and target the members of the Bihari …

Manipur violence: Kuki groups to hold ‘coffin rally’ to honour 10 slain ‘militants’
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Manipur violence: Kuki groups to hold ‘coffin rally’ to honour 10 slain ‘militants’

Hindustan Times  

Manipur violence: Manipur’s Kuki organisations have announced a 'coffin rally' in Churachandpur on Tuesday to honour the ‘10 Kuki-Zo youths’ killed in an alleged gunfight with CRPF in Jiribam district. The Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum, a prominent Kuki-Zo community organisation in Manipur, announced on Sunday that the funerals would be delayed until postmortem reports are provided to the families. More …

Manipur: Kukis, Meiteis Protest After 10 Militants Killed In Jiribam Gunfight, Search On For 6 Missing Civilians
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Manipur: Kukis, Meiteis Protest After 10 Militants Killed In Jiribam Gunfight, Search On For 6 Missing Civilians

ABP News  

Warring Meitei and Kuki-Zo groups staged peaceful bandhs in their respective areas of influence in Manipur on Tuesday following the deaths of at least 10 armed men and two civilians in an attack on a police station and a CRPF camp in Jiribam district, and "abduction" of six civilians. The Manipur Police said 10 suspected militants were killed in a …

Manipur Tense After Gunfight Leaves 11 Dead, 6 Missing
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Manipur Tense After Gunfight Leaves 11 Dead, 6 Missing

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati: A day after 11 suspected militants were killed in a gunfight, security forces on Tuesday recovered the bodies of two Meitei men from houses in Manipur’s Jiribam district of Manipur. According to local residents, the two had been staying at a relief camp at Borobekra police station and were among 10 people from the camp to have gone missing …

Manipur: Curfew imposed in Jiribam after 11 militants killed in encounter with CRPF
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Manipur: Curfew imposed in Jiribam after 11 militants killed in encounter with CRPF

Hindustan Times  

District administration in Manipur's Jiribam imposed a curfew on Monday as the Kuki-Zo organisations called for a complete shutdown in hill areas to protest the encounter of 11 suspected militants, news agency PTI reported. Eleven suspected militants were killed in a fierce gunfight with security forces on Monday after insurgents in camouflage uniforms, armed with sophisticated weapons, fired indiscriminately at …

10 militants die in attack on Manipur CRPF camp
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1 month, 4 weeks ago

10 militants die in attack on Manipur CRPF camp

Hindustan Times  

A combined team of paramilitary personnel and state police gunned down 10 militants on Monday in Jiribam district of Manipur after a group of armed men attacked a security camp, underlining the simmering tensions in a state where 230 people have died in clashes that started roughly 18 months ago. In a statement, Manipur Police said that around 3pm, a …

Manipur Violence: Militants killed in encounter with security forces in Manipur’s Jiribam district
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Manipur Violence: Militants killed in encounter with security forces in Manipur’s Jiribam district

The Hindu  

Ten armed militants were killed in Manipur’s Jiribam in “retaliatory fire” after a Central Reserve Police Force post came under attack on Monday, police said. The Manipur police said the extremists attacked a CRPF post located at Jakuradhor and the Borobekra police station around 3 p.m. Arms recovered The police said three AK-47 rifles, four self-loading rifles, 2 INSAS, a …

Manipur: 11 Militants Killed in Encounter with CRPF
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Manipur: 11 Militants Killed in Encounter with CRPF

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati: The security forces on Monday gunned down at least 11 suspected armed militants in a gunbattle in Jiribam district of Manipur. Saying that armed men from the hills in Kangpokpi district opened fire at Saiton area around 3 am, security sources said that while there was immediate retaliation from the local village volunteers, the security forces launched an operation …

10 militants killed in gunfight after attack on CRPF camp in Manipur’s Jiribam
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1 month, 4 weeks ago

10 militants killed in gunfight after attack on CRPF camp in Manipur’s Jiribam

Hindustan Times  

IMPHAL: Suspected Kuki militants on Monday attacked a Central Reserve Police Force camp in Manipur’s Jiribam district which has witnessed a fresh escalation of violence since Friday, people familiar with the matter said. CRPF personnel deployed at Gamgiphai, the Interstate check post border Initial reports indicated that 11 militants died in the gunfight that followed after the CRPF retaliated to …

11 Kuki militants killed in Manipur after attacking Army camp, 1 jawan injured
1 month, 4 weeks ago

11 Kuki militants killed in Manipur after attacking Army camp, 1 jawan injured

India Today  

At least 11 Kuki militants were gunned down in Manipur's Jiribam on Monday after they attacked a CRPF camp around 3.30 pm, sources said. Following the attack on the camp, the CRPF retaliated and eliminated 10 Kuki militants and also recovered several weapons from their possession, sources further added. A jawan from the 4th Mahar Regiment suffered a minor bullet …

Jawan injured as militants attack multiple locations in violence-hit Manipur
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Jawan injured as militants attack multiple locations in violence-hit Manipur

Hindustan Times  

A jawan from the 4th Mahar Regiment sustained a minor bullet injury while retaliating against an attack by armed militants targeting farmers at the Sanasabi paddy field, a Meitei inhabited area, in Manipur’s Imphal East district on Sunday. Police said that suspected Kuki militants launched an attack on farmers harvesting paddy at Sanasabi Loukol and Thamnapokpi around 10am o n …

Second woman killed in Manipur in three days
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Second woman killed in Manipur in three days

The Hindu  

Suspected extremists gunned down a woman, second in three days, in conflict-scarred Manipur on Saturday. “We have launched an investigation into the attack while security measures in the area have been heightened to prevent further violence,” a district police officer said. The incident followed the killing of a Hmar tribal woman by an armed group in the Jiribam district adjoining …

Woman gunned down by militants in Manipur
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Woman gunned down by militants in Manipur

Deccan Chronicle  

Imphal: A woman working in the paddy fields was gunned down by suspected hills-based militants in Manipur's Bishnupur district on Saturday, officials said. The incident took place in Saiton area when the woman, along with other farmers, went to tend to the crops when militants opened fire from hill-based positions on the low-lying farmlands in Imphal Valley. The killing came …

Manipur: Woman killed in Vishnupur district amid ongoing communal violence
2 months ago

Manipur: Woman killed in Vishnupur district amid ongoing communal violence

India TV News  

A woman was shot dead by suspected hills-based terrorists while she was working in paddy fields in Manipur’s Vishnupur district on Sunday. The terrorists reportedly opened fire from hilly areas in the lower Imphal valley, triggering earlier violence among locals who accused the central forces of being ineffective in preventing such attacks. Tension escalated in Jiribam district after the second …

Fresh Gunfight Erupts in Manipur's Jiribam, Leaving Three Houses Destroyed
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Fresh Gunfight Erupts in Manipur's Jiribam, Leaving Three Houses Destroyed

Hindustan Times  

Fresh gunfire erupts in Manipur's Jiribam district, days after peace talks. Three Meitei houses are burned down by suspected Kuki militants, and two more partially damaged by explosives. The exchange of fire continues until 7am, with combined security forces monitoring the situation to prevent further escalation.

Three injured in fresh drone attack in Manipur for secnd day in row
4 months ago

Three injured in fresh drone attack in Manipur for secnd day in row

Hindustan Times  

Grenade-bearing drones bombarded parts of Manipur for the second straight day on Monday, with three people injured during an attack in Imphal West by militants, while an Indian Reserve Battalion bunker was ransacked in Imphal East. The attacks come a day after alleged Kuki militants attacked Koutruk, a Meitei-inhabited village in Imphal West district, with likely the first of drone …

Manipur: Economic blockade supporters block trucks along NH37 in Tamenglong
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Manipur: Economic blockade supporters block trucks along NH37 in Tamenglong

Hindustan Times  

Over 500 goods-laden trucks stranded between Leingangpokpi and Gulathol in Jiribam district in Manipur were forced to return to Jiribam after Kuki villagers blocked National Highway 37 at Tatbung in Tamenglong district on Monday. However, the trucks were halted by indefinite blockade supporters around 9.30am at Tatbung in Tamenglong district, about 1 kilometre from Leingangpokpi Police outpost and about 5 …

Firing reported at Manipur’s Moirangpurel; some Assam Rifles units blocked by Meitei protesters
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Firing reported at Manipur’s Moirangpurel; some Assam Rifles units blocked by Meitei protesters

The Hindu  

With tensions already simmering in Jiribam district in western Manipur after a recent spate of violence there, intermittent firing was reported farther east on Wednesday, in the Moirangpurel area along the border of the Kangpokpi and Imphal East districts. As security forces conducted area domination exercises, some of them were blocked by civilian women’s groups protesting the presence of the …

Two killed in Manipur gunfight as hostilities flare afresh
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Two killed in Manipur gunfight as hostilities flare afresh

Hindustan Times  

Fragile peace maintained over the past month-and-a-half in strife-torn Manipur was rattled with the death of two people on Saturday as a bloody gunfight erupted between two armed groups in a village bordering Kangpokpi and Imphal East districts, marking the first death in clashes in the northeastern state in at least 46 days. Later in the evening, militants disrupted and …

Manipur: Army Called In As Fresh Tension Erupts After Senior Cop Briefly Kidnapped
10 months, 1 week ago

Manipur: Army Called In As Fresh Tension Erupts After Senior Cop Briefly Kidnapped

ABP News  

The Army was called in as fresh tension mounted in Manipur on Tuesday and four columns of the Assam Rifles were deployed in Imphal East after a senior police officer was abducted allegedly by cadres of the Arambai Tenggol, a Meitei organisation, from his residence, officials said. The officer, Additional Superintendent of Police Amit Kumar, posted in the operations wing …

Manipur Violence: Gunmen Target Security Forces In Moreh, 1 Police Commando Injured
1 year ago

Manipur Violence: Gunmen Target Security Forces In Moreh, 1 Police Commando Injured

ABP News  

New Delhi: Unidentified gunmen and police commandos resorted to exchange of gunfire in Manipur’s Moreh on Saturday, news agency PTI reported. According to eyewitnesses, the unidentified gunmen targeted a convoy of police vehicles when they were heading towards a Key Location Point from Moreh town, PTI reported. "One policeman sustained splinter injuries when they come under attack while crossing M …

Tension grips Manipur again as fresh incidents of violence reported from the State
1 year, 2 months ago

Tension grips Manipur again as fresh incidents of violence reported from the State

The Hindu  

Manipur witnessed a fresh spate of violence with multiple incidents across the State, police sources said on Tuesday. In the first of several incidents, unknown persons, driving a car, fired 11 rounds at the residence of L. Deben, director of JN Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal on Monday night at 10:30 p.m. Mr. Deben, who was uninjured in the attack, …

Manipur tribals protest deployment of ‘additional’ police commandos in border town Moreh
1 year, 2 months ago

Manipur tribals protest deployment of ‘additional’ police commandos in border town Moreh

The Hindu  

A section of tribal women in Manipur’s Moreh town bordering Myanmar has been protesting against the deployment of “additional” police commandos for the past few days. “Despite the strong presence of para-military forces and Indian Army manning the buffer zones and securing tranquillity within Moreh, the deployment of additional Meitei police through night choppers is of grave concern,” COTU said …

50 injured as women throng police stations in Manipur’s valley districts
1 year, 3 months ago

50 injured as women throng police stations in Manipur’s valley districts

The Hindu  

At least 50 women suffered minor injuries as Central security forces and the police tried to disperse crowds that had gathered at several locations in the valley districts of Manipur demanding the release of five armed miscreants who were arrested last week, the police said on Thursday. The Rapid Action Force, Centre’s anti-riot police, fired tear gas shells near Singjamei …

Two killed in Manipur amid firing between miscreants, security forces near Kuki-Zo settlement at Pallel
1 year, 4 months ago

Two killed in Manipur amid firing between miscreants, security forces near Kuki-Zo settlement at Pallel

The Hindu  

Two persons were killed and several others injured amid heavy firing between armed miscreants and security forces near a Kuki-Zo settlement at Pallel in Manipur’s Tengnoupal district on Friday. Unidentified armed miscreants fired at the security personnel at the gates of sector headquarters of Assam Rifles in Pallel as a crowd of women blocked the movement of the Central security …

Manipur Violence: Woken From Sleep, Forcefully Moved, Allege Last Kuki Families Shifted From Imphal
1 year, 4 months ago

Manipur Violence: Woken From Sleep, Forcefully Moved, Allege Last Kuki Families Shifted From Imphal

News 18  

The last 10 remaining Kuki families, residing in the New Lambulane locality of Imphal, have been evacuated by the Bharatiya Janata Party -led Manipur government. The evacuation was reported carried out on the intervening midnight of September 1-2, 2023, when these residents were ‘woken’ from their sleep and asked to move, without getting time to even ‘pack their belongings.’ The …

Manipur updates: Meitei woman gangraped by Kuki miscreants, says Report
1 year, 4 months ago

Manipur updates: Meitei woman gangraped by Kuki miscreants, says Report

Live Mint  

Another horrific news has appeared from the ethnic clash-hit Manipur. According to a report by the India TodayNE, an FIR has been registered at Bishnupur women's police station recently in connection with a gangrape that occurred on 3 May in Churachandpur. The FIR was filed on 9 August as a Meitei woman victim filed a report complaining that she was …

Despite Manipur government’s claims, bunkers continue to function in both hills and valley
1 year, 5 months ago

Despite Manipur government’s claims, bunkers continue to function in both hills and valley

The Hindu  

Despite the BJP-led State governments claims of demolished bunkers, villagers in both Meitei and Kuki areas say they are using makeshift bunkers to defend themselves from attack by the other side Two weeks after the Manipur government’s deadline to remove all bunkers across the State, in both the Kuki-dominated hills and Meitei-dominated valley, The Hindu found that though many bunkers …

Buffer Zones Between Kuki-Meitei Camps Offer Panacea for Volatile Manipur as Locals Look for Peace
1 year, 5 months ago

Buffer Zones Between Kuki-Meitei Camps Offer Panacea for Volatile Manipur as Locals Look for Peace

News 18  

Buffer zones have become the reality in violence-hit Manipur as security forces try to maintain calm between Kuki and Meitei groups. In an effort to understand the steps taken by security personnel to restore normalcy in the state, News18 visited both Meitei and Kuki villages around Yaingangpokpi in Manipur’s Imphal East district. The jawans should stay here.” Sources said the …

Manipur ethnic violence | In an armed conflict, the war on women
1 year, 5 months ago

Manipur ethnic violence | In an armed conflict, the war on women

The Hindu  

/ repeat shuffle Reina Haokip, 18, sits by her bedside and ticks the names of the medicines that she has had that day — a few multivitamins, iron capsules, and spoonsful of syrup. Like Haokip, many women have faced sexual violence in Manipur ever since ethnic clashes broke out between the Meiteis, who dominate Imphal Valley, and the Kuki-Zomis, who …

Manipur Video: ‘We Have Expelled Him from Community, But What About Our Women?’ Ask Villagers
1 year, 5 months ago

Manipur Video: ‘We Have Expelled Him from Community, But What About Our Women?’ Ask Villagers

News 18  

As one enters Nongpok Sekmai area where the house of one of main accused in the Manipur video case where two women were paraded naked in the streets by a mob, one can feel something uncanny. As one goes to Nongpok Meira Paibi, Meitei women group keeps a check whoever is entering the village. The Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum alleged …

Kuki women students of Manipur University recount horror of targeted attack by mob
1 year, 5 months ago

Kuki women students of Manipur University recount horror of targeted attack by mob

The Hindu  

For a good six hours on the intervening night of May 3 and 4, four women Ph.D. research scholars of the Manipur University campus in Imphal cowered in a toilet of their hostel building as an armed mob went about systematically locating students, staff and faculty from the Kuki-Zomi community. Since I am a Zoology student, all my samples were …

'Police Drove Kuki Women Towards Meitei Mob': Villagers Recount Manipur Horror
1 year, 5 months ago

'Police Drove Kuki Women Towards Meitei Mob': Villagers Recount Manipur Horror

The Quint  

The woman witness said that the mob told her that "in Lamka area, your people raped my people, therefore, we are going to do the same to you people." "All those people killed, the women, they were told to stay put inside the police vehicle. However, the policemen instead of driving the women to safety, drove towards the mob and …

Woman’s rights body flags grim condition at relief camps in Manipur
1 year, 6 months ago

Woman’s rights body flags grim condition at relief camps in Manipur

The Hindu  

A woman’s rights body said on July 3 that relief camps in Manipur were in a grim condition and were mostly being run with the efforts of well-meaning citizens and civil society groups with very limited support from the State government. After the ethnic violence between the tribal Kuki-Zo and Meitei communities erupted in the State on May 3, nearly …

'Help us to help Manipur', urges Army as women activists block routes, interfere military operations I VIDEO
1 year, 6 months ago

'Help us to help Manipur', urges Army as women activists block routes, interfere military operations I VIDEO

India TV News  

Amid the tense situation in Manipur following community clashes, Indian Armed forces urged local women activities to help it in restoring peace in the Northeastern state. The humble request from Army came after women activists deliberately blocked routes and interfered in operations by security forces in violence-hit Manipur. Women protestors deliberately interfering in security forces operations Notably, the statement came …

Women-led mob forces security personnel to let go of 12 militants in Manipur: Army
1 year, 6 months ago

Women-led mob forces security personnel to let go of 12 militants in Manipur: Army

Hindustan Times  

Security forces said on Saturday that they were forced to let go of the 12 Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup militants they apprehended after a “women-led” mob of around 1,500 surrounded them and thwarted the combing operation in ethnic violence-hit Manipur, officials aware of the matter said on condition of anonymity. An Army spokesperson said that the 12 KYKL members they …

Army says women-led group in Manipur prevented movement of forces as armed miscreants sneaked into villages
1 year, 6 months ago

Army says women-led group in Manipur prevented movement of forces as armed miscreants sneaked into villages

The Hindu  

The Army said on June 23 that a large group of women who were part of a mob prevented the movement of additional personnel in areas bordering Kangpokpi and Imphal East districts in Manipur as “armed miscreants” opened fire at villages. Though no one was killed or injured in the incident, Army said a pattern had emerged in the past …

Armed men fire at villages in Manipur
1 year, 6 months ago

Armed men fire at villages in Manipur

The Hindu  

A group of armed men, who sneaked from Yaingangpokpi in Manipur’s Imphal East district and moved towards the hills on June 23 afternoon, fired from automatic weapons towards Urangpat and Gwaltabi villages, officials said. This comes a day after two soldiers were injured when unknown gunmen fired at them at North Boljang in Imphal West district around 5 a. m. …

Manipur violence | Assam Rifles secures threatened supply route to State’s hill districts
1 year, 6 months ago

Manipur violence | Assam Rifles secures threatened supply route to State’s hill districts

The Hindu  

The Assam Rifles has moved additional troops to secure a bridge on a national highway in south Manipur that is the only route for essential supplies to the tribal district of Churachandpur district in the violence-hit State. A source said that additional columns were moved after security forces picked up chatter from Valley-based Meitei insurgent groups who were planning to …

Manipur women hit the streets for peace
1 year, 6 months ago

Manipur women hit the streets for peace

The Hindu  

Hundreds of women in several districts of Manipur took to the streets on Saturday night to condemn the violence in the state. Meitei women holding fire torches formed human chains on the streets in Imphal East, Imphal West, Thoubal and Kakching districts from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. At Kongba, a Meira Paibi leader Thounaojam Kiran Devi told reporters, "We …

Elderly woman among three killed in attack on Kuki village
1 year, 6 months ago

Elderly woman among three killed in attack on Kuki village

The Hindu  

A 67-year-old woman was among three people killed by “unidentified miscreants” in an attack on a Kuki village in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district early on Friday. A villager and the Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum claimed that “Meitei militants disguised in army and police uniforms” attacked Khoken village, located at the junction of Kangkpokpi and Imphal West. The other two men who …

15 People Injured In Suspected Attack By Kuki Militants In Manipur's Imphal West
1 year, 7 months ago

15 People Injured In Suspected Attack By Kuki Militants In Manipur's Imphal West

ABP News  

At least 15 people got injured during an attack carried out by suspected Kuki militants armed with sophisticated weapons and bombs on two villages in Manipur's Imphal West district. As the firing began, personnel of the state police and Manipur Rifles stationed at the two villages, Phayeng and Kangchup Chingkhong, retaliated which led to an exchange of fire on Friday …

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