Manipur, Mizoram differ on Myanmar ‘refugees’
1 year, 2 months ago

Manipur, Mizoram differ on Myanmar ‘refugees’

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI The Mizoram government has decided against collecting the biometrics and biographical data of ‘refugees’ from Myanmar while its Manipur counterpart has sought more time from the Centre in view of the ongoing Kuki-Meitei conflict to complete the exercise. A Mizoram Home Department official said on Thursday that the State Cabinet decided on Wednesday not to proceed with the proposed collection of biometric and biographical data of the people from Myanmar taking shelter in the hill State. “A team from the National Crime Records Bureau, deputed by the MHA, has been assisting us at the Foreigners’ Detention Centre at Sajiwa in the Imphal East district,” a Manipur official said. The Manipur government said several thousand people from Myanmar have sneaked into the State and have scattered across the hills, presumably those dominated by the Kuki-Zo people.

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A Mizoram lifeline for 4 Myanmar Army rebels
3 weeks, 6 days ago

A Mizoram lifeline for 4 Myanmar Army rebels

Hindustan Times  

At around 2pm on Monday, four men entered India secretly after a two-day journey — first on foot and later in a van — from Myanmar’s Hakha province to Zohkhawthar, a village in Mizoram along the Indo-Myanmar border. Over the last three years, after the 2021 military coup, around 30,000 Myanmar nationals have entered India and are living in Mizoram. …

Manipur CM reminds Mizoram counterpart of State’s integrity
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Manipur CM reminds Mizoram counterpart of State’s integrity

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI Two months after Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma called for the reunification of the Kuki-Zo people across three countries, his Manipur counterpart Nongthombam Biren Singh said anyone challenging India’s integrity would be given a befitting reply. Speaking at a programme of the Kuki-Zo diaspora in the United States in September, Mr. Lalduhoma said the community does not accept boundaries between …

Northeastern View | Behind an error by the North East Council, a complicated colonial history of territorial divisions
4 months ago

Northeastern View | Behind an error by the North East Council, a complicated colonial history of territorial divisions

Hindustan Times  

On August 17, Manipur chief minister, N Biren Singh, took to social media to announce that the Indian government’s North East Council had withdrawn its ‘Vision Plan 2047’ after he pointed out an error in one of its chapters, which had referred to the Kukis of Manipur as belonging to the so-called “Chin State of Manipur”. Why has a supposedly …

Cannot push back Bangladeshi refugees, Mizoram CM tells PM Modi
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Cannot push back Bangladeshi refugees, Mizoram CM tells PM Modi

Deccan Chronicle  

Aizawl: Urging the Centre to understand the position of Mizoram in giving shelter to Zo refugees from neighbouring Bangladesh, Chief Minister Lalduhoma has told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that his government would not be able to push them back, an official statement said. An official of the state home department said that nearly 2,000 Zo ethnic people from Bangladesh have …

‘Cannot push back Bangladeshis…’: Mizoram CM tells PM Modi as nearly 2,000 Zo refugees take shelter in NE state
5 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Cannot push back Bangladeshis…’: Mizoram CM tells PM Modi as nearly 2,000 Zo refugees take shelter in NE state

Live Mint  

Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma informed PM Modi that his government can't push back Zo refugees from Bangladesh, seeking understanding from the Centre. Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma told Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday that his government would not be able to push back or deport Zo refugees from neighbouring Bangladesh. Nearly 2,000 people from the community have taken refuge in …

Can't Push Back Or Deport Bangladeshi Immigrants, Mizoram CM Lalduhoma Tells PM Modi
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Can't Push Back Or Deport Bangladeshi Immigrants, Mizoram CM Lalduhoma Tells PM Modi

ABP News  

Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma has urged the Centre to understand the state's position in giving shelter to refugees from neighbouring Bangladesh, according to an official statement. Nearly 2,000 people from the Zo ethnic community in Bangladesh have taken refuge in Mizoram since 2022, said an official of the state home department. During a brief meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi …

Mizoram awaits Centre's nod to initiate biometric enrollment for 33,000 Myanmar refugees
6 months ago

Mizoram awaits Centre's nod to initiate biometric enrollment for 33,000 Myanmar refugees

Hindustan Times  

The Mizoram government is waiting for instruction from the Centre to initiate biometric enroll:ment for over 33,000 Myanmar refugees in the northeastern state, a home department official said. Mizoram waiting to start biometric enrollment for 33,000 Myanmar refugees, The official said that a new biometric enrollment portal has already been prepared. In April last year, the Union Ministry of Home …

Tribal people of Jiribam separated from the Meitei community following recent violence, says Manipur tribal body
6 months, 1 week ago

Tribal people of Jiribam separated from the Meitei community following recent violence, says Manipur tribal body

The Hindu  

Days after fresh violence in Manipur’s Jiribam district displaced hundreds of Meitei, and Kuki-Zo and Hmar people, many even to Assam, the Indigenous Tribes Advisory Council, a civil society organisation of tribal communities in Jiribam and Pherzawl districts, on June 11 said that the Hmar-Kuki-Zomi tribal people of Jiribam had been totally separated from the Meitei community in the district …

Northeastern View | Resurgence of Zo reunification demand bares the high costs of New Delhi’s border closure decision
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Northeastern View | Resurgence of Zo reunification demand bares the high costs of New Delhi’s border closure decision

Hindustan Times  

On May 16, the Zo Reunification Organisation, a Mizoram-based civil society organisation, organised a unique public rally in the state’s Champhai district, bordering Myanmar, to protest the Indian government’s decision to fence the India-Myanmar border and suspend the Free Movement Regime. Two years later, a different set of Zo leaders spawned another congruent organisation – “Zomi Reunification Organisation ” – …

Over 1000 more refugees enter Mizoram as Myanmar fighting intensifies
7 months ago

Over 1000 more refugees enter Mizoram as Myanmar fighting intensifies

Hindustan Times  

SILCHAR: Over 1,000 people from Myanmar have taken refuge in Mizoram’s border district of Champhai after fighting intensified between Myanmar’s rebel forces and the ruling junta, the district administration said on Thursday. Champai: People take part in a rally against scrapping of the Free Movement Regime, at Indo-Myanmar Friendship Gate, at Zokhawthar village along India-Myanmar border, Mizoram, on May 16 …

Rallies held in Manipur, Mizoram against fencing of Indo-Myanmar border
7 months, 1 week ago

Rallies held in Manipur, Mizoram against fencing of Indo-Myanmar border

The Hindu  

A large number of people belonging to the Kuki Zo tribal community organised rallies in Manipur and Mizoram on May 16 to denounce the government’s decision to cancel Free Movement Regime with Myanmar and fencing of the international border with the neighbouring country. “Hundreds of Kuki Zo tribal people organised a rally in the headquarters town of Manipur’s Tengnoupal district, …

Thousands rally in Mizoram against Centre's decision to fence India-Myanmar border
7 months, 1 week ago

Thousands rally in Mizoram against Centre's decision to fence India-Myanmar border

India TV News  

In a show of dissent, thousands of individuals gathered in rallies across Mizoram to voice their opposition to the Indian government's move to fence the India-Myanmar border and revoke the free movement arrangement with Myanmar. Demands for continuation of free movement and ethnic unity Protesters waved and exchanged slogans across the India-Myanmar Friendship Gate, emphasising their opposition to the government's …

Northeastern View | Fresh influx of refugees into southern Mizoram reveals new complications in western Myanmar
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Northeastern View | Fresh influx of refugees into southern Mizoram reveals new complications in western Myanmar

Hindustan Times  

On May 7, The Mizoram Post, citing sources, reported that more than 40 Myanmar nationals had entered a village in southern Mizoram’s Lawngtlai district on 30 April from Paletwa in southern Chin State. However, the Mizoram government and civil society remain wary of the asylum situation, which has put additional stress on the state’s limited finances and public service infrastructure, …

5,457 ‘illegal’ migrants found in Manipur’s Kamjong district: Biren Singh
7 months, 2 weeks ago

5,457 ‘illegal’ migrants found in Manipur’s Kamjong district: Biren Singh

The Hindu  

Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh on Wednesday said that his government had detected 5,457 illegal immigrants in Kamjong district of the State as of May 7, out of which biometric data has been collected for 5,173. “We have been giving humanitarian aid to all the illegal immigrants who were detected so far,” Mr. Singh said. In his public posts …

Discussion on one year of Manipur violence
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Discussion on one year of Manipur violence

The Hindu  

In this discussion, we are joined by Deputy Editor Vijaita Singh and Senior Reporter Abhinay Lakshman along with A. Bimol Akoijam, Associate Professor, JNU, Centre for Study of Social Systems and Dr. Chinkhanlun Guite, Assistant Professor, Delhi University, St, Stephen’s College. One year ago today, Manipur descended into an ethnic conflict — between the valley-based majority Meitei people and the …

Mizoram Assembly passes resolution to oppose Myanmar border fencing
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Mizoram Assembly passes resolution to oppose Myanmar border fencing

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI The 40-member Mizoram Assembly on Wednesday adopted a resolution against the Centre’s decision to fence the India-Myanmar border and scrap the Free Movement Regime agreement with the civil war-torn neighbouring country. Reconsider move In the resolution moved by Mizoram Home Minister K. Sapdanga, the Centre was urged to reconsider its decision and take steps instead to ensure the Zo …

Indians living along the border with strife-torn Myanmar protest restrictions on movement
10 months ago

Indians living along the border with strife-torn Myanmar protest restrictions on movement

Associated Press  

GUWAHATI, India — Hundreds of people living in a remote northeastern Indian state bordering strife-torn Myanmar on Wednesday protested the Indian government’s decision to scrap a limited free border movement between the countries. Indian officials in November estimated that thousands had entered northeastern states to flee heavy fighting in Myanmar’s western Chin state, where Myanmar’s ruling military government has been …

Mizoram: NGOCC protest in Aizawl against scrapping of FMR, fencing India-Myanmar border
10 months ago

Mizoram: NGOCC protest in Aizawl against scrapping of FMR, fencing India-Myanmar border

India TV News  

Aizawl: A civil society group in Mizoram on Wednesday staged a peaceful demonstration in protest against the Centre's proposal to erect a fence along the India-Myanmar border and terminate the Free Movement Regime with the neighbouring country. NGOCC opposed to the move to construct fence Speaking at the rally, NGOCC chairman and CYMA president Lalhmachhuana the firm opposition of the …

Reconsidering the free movement regime | Explained
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Reconsidering the free movement regime | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: At a passing out parade of the Assam police commandos in Guwahati on January 20, Home Minister Amit Shah said the 1,643 km India-Myanmar border would soon be fenced. He also said the Free Movement Regime agreement with Myanmar would be reconsidered to stop border residents from moving into each other’s country without any paperwork. Over …

Mizo student body urges Centre to reconsider its decision to fence Indo-Myanmar border
11 months ago

Mizo student body urges Centre to reconsider its decision to fence Indo-Myanmar border

The Hindu  

Mizoram's apex student body Mizo Zirlai Pawl has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reconsider the Centre's decision to fence the Indo-Myanmar border and scrap the Free Movement Regime. In the letter sent through State Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, the MZP expressed concern and Opposition to the Centre's decision to fence the Indo-Myanmar border. Urging the Centre to reconsider its …

Fencing out a people, history
11 months ago

Fencing out a people, history

Hindustan Times  

Union home minister Amit Shah announced Sunday that the government will fence the 1,643 km long international border with Myanmar and the free movement regime agreed upon by the two countries will be stopped. Following the 2021 military coup, a civil war has been raging in Myanmar and thousands have fled to India — over 30,000 people are lodged in …

Over 150 Myanmar soldiers flee to Mizoram village after rebel forces capture camps; some critically injured
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Over 150 Myanmar soldiers flee to Mizoram village after rebel forces capture camps; some critically injured

Hindustan Times  

As many as 151 Myanmar soldiers fled to Mizoram's Lawngtlai district after their camps in the neighbouring country were overrun by an armed ethnic group, news agency PTI reported citing an Assam Rifles officer said on Saturday. The Myanmarese Army personnel, also known as the ‘Tatmadaw’, fled with their arms and approached the Assam Rifles at Tuisentlang in Lawngtlai district …

A refugee chink in Look East policy
1 year ago

A refugee chink in Look East policy

Hindustan Times  

It is heartening to hear the Mizoram chief minister designate Lalduhoma saying that the Chin refugee influx in the state is a humanitarian issue and there will be no change in Aizawl’s policy towards them. The Indo-Myanmar border actually extends across the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, and Manipur on the Indian side, the Sagaing region and the Chin state …

Why are people fleeing Myanmar for Mizoram? | Explained
1 year, 1 month ago

Why are people fleeing Myanmar for Mizoram? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: In a spillover of the civil war in Myanmar, 1,500 nationals of India’s neighbouring country, took refuge in Mizoram’s Champhai district early on November 13 following an intense gunfight between the Myanmar Army, and pro-democracy militias in the country’s western Chin State abutting Mizoram. The attacks in Chin State coincidentally followed a major coordinated attack on …

Myanmar Nationals Take Shelter In Mizoram's Champhai After Airstrike
1 year, 1 month ago

Myanmar Nationals Take Shelter In Mizoram's Champhai After Airstrike

ABP News  

Following the recent airstrike by the Myanmar army in the bordering areas along the Indo-Myanmar border, around 5000 Myanmarese who fled from their country have now taken shelter in the Zokhawthar area of Mizoram's Champhai district. #WATCH | Champhai, Mizoram: Myanmar nationals take shelter in the Zokhawthar area after they fled Myanmar following a recent airstrike by the Myanmar army …

Vantage | Why fires of rebellion in Myanmar wont's leave India unscathed
1 year, 1 month ago

Vantage | Why fires of rebellion in Myanmar wont's leave India unscathed

Firstpost  

In the tumultuous landscape of Southeast Asia, Myanmar finds itself entangled in a complex web of conflict. Mizoram, Inspector General of Police, Lalbiakthanga Khiangte, said, “This morning again we still captured two Myanmar army and apart from that another one is also injured, that is already admitted in Champhai Civil Hospital yesterday evening itself. Humanitarian crisis The crisis intensifies as …

Over 5,000 Myanmar nationals enter India amid clashes - Here’s what is happening
1 year, 1 month ago

Over 5,000 Myanmar nationals enter India amid clashes - Here’s what is happening

Live Mint  

More than 5,000 people from Myanmar – including army personnel – have crossed into Mizoram over the past two days amid an intense gunfight. Locals breached the international border on Sunday evening after the People's Defence Force attacked two military bases in Chin state and prompted retaliatory airstrikes. “More than 5,000 people took refuge in two Mizoram villages along the …

Over 2,000 Refugees Flee Into Mizoram As Fresh Armed Struggle Breaks Out In Myanmar
1 year, 1 month ago

Over 2,000 Refugees Flee Into Mizoram As Fresh Armed Struggle Breaks Out In Myanmar

ABP News  

Thousands of Myanmar nationals have entered Mizoram's Champhai district through the international border, following a fresh airstrike by the Myanmar army in the bordering areas along the Indo-Myanmar border. Officers of the Assam Rifles held a key meeting with Mizoram village chiefs and leaders of the Young Mizo Association to discuss the ongoing refugee situation along the border villages, reported …

Myanmar refugees want ration, kids education from new Mizoram government
1 year, 1 month ago

Myanmar refugees want ration, kids education from new Mizoram government

The Hindu  

A decent two-time meal and good education for children are the expectations of a group of Myanmar citizens, who fled their country and are now taking shelter in Mizoram, from the new government in the northeastern State, where assembly polls are scheduled on November 7. "The expectation from the new Mizoram government is that they continue providing us the ration …

Manipur, Myanmar shadow on Mizo polls
1 year, 2 months ago

Manipur, Myanmar shadow on Mizo polls

Hindustan Times  

At 79, life has come full circle for Zoramthanga, the chief of Mizo National Front, who is fighting to retain office in Aizawl. If he wins, it will be a record fourth term as chief minister for Zoramthanga, who started his political career in the Mizo nationalist movement in the 1960s as an activist of MNF, then an underground outfit. …

Mizoram contest animated by distant thunder in Myanmar and Manipur
1 year, 2 months ago

Mizoram contest animated by distant thunder in Myanmar and Manipur

The Hindu  

Nowhere in India are elections as bland as in Mizoram, where the influential church – mostly Presbyterian – and community-based NGOs issue stricter dos and don’ts than the Election Commission of India. Mizoram Seat Sharing In the 2018 election, Mizo National Front emerged as the single largest party with 27 seats with a vote share of 37.7% INC won 4 …

Fence Mizoram-Myanmar border to check illegal migrants: Manipur MLA to Amit Shah
1 year, 2 months ago

Fence Mizoram-Myanmar border to check illegal migrants: Manipur MLA to Amit Shah

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI A Manipur BJP legislator has appealed to Home Minister Amit Shah to fence Mizoram’s border with Myanmar in view of the Mizoram government’s decision not to collect the biometrics of refugees from the civil war-torn neighbouring country. In his letter on October 3, Rajkumar Imo Singh said Manipur needs to be shielded from “illegal migrants” with the involvement of …

Mizoram emerges as an island of peace, provides shelter to hapless people, says CM Zoramthanga
1 year, 3 months ago

Mizoram emerges as an island of peace, provides shelter to hapless people, says CM Zoramthanga

India TV News  

Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga said that amidst turmoil in certain parts of the northeast region and around it, his state emerged as an island of peace. Around 35,000 Myanmar nationals, including children and women, have taken shelter in Mizoram since February 2021 after the Myanmar military, following a coup, took over the governance there. Over 1,000 tribals have also taken …

40,000 Kukis from Myanmar in Mizoram since 2021, never created any problem: Mizoram MP counters Amit Shah
1 year, 4 months ago

40,000 Kukis from Myanmar in Mizoram since 2021, never created any problem: Mizoram MP counters Amit Shah

The Hindu  

Countering Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement in Parliament last week that Kukis from Myanmar contributed to the present ethnic tension in Manipur, K. Vanlalvena, a Rajya Sabha member from Mizoram said that though his State had sheltered more than 40,000 “refugees” from the neighbouring country since 2021, they had never created any problems. I was asked by our Chief Minister …

Over 8,000 children of Manipur IDPs, Myanmar, Bangladesh refugees enrolled in Mizoram schools | READ
1 year, 4 months ago

Over 8,000 children of Manipur IDPs, Myanmar, Bangladesh refugees enrolled in Mizoram schools | READ

India TV News  

Mizoram news: More than 8,000 children of refugees from Myanmar and Bangladesh and internally displaced people from strife-torn Manipur are receiving education in schools in Mizoram, its School Education Minister Lalchhandama Ralte said. Ralte said the students are receiving free school uniforms, textbooks as well as mid-day meals like local pupils. The minister said that enrollment in government schools has …

Clipped Video Viral as Meitei Woman Praising Modi Government in Manipur
1 year, 4 months ago

Clipped Video Viral as Meitei Woman Praising Modi Government in Manipur

The Quint  

This led us to the longer version of the video shared on 29 July 2023. The woman labelled as a 'Manipur violence eyewitness' says, “Due to the actions taken by the state government, like the implementation of NRC and illegal immigrants to have defected since they were staying in reserved forest areas. More than 15,400 acres of land in Manipur …

Mizoram CM’s stake in Manipur conflict
1 year, 4 months ago

Mizoram CM’s stake in Manipur conflict

The Hindu  

The ruling Mizo National Front suffered a setback in central Mizoram in April. Ethnic affiliation is said to have made Mr. Zoramthanga vocal about the Kuki-Meitei ethnic conflict in Manipur that killed some 150 people and displaced about 60,000 since May 3. Zoramthanga’s gain But the strongest of his critics acknowledged that Mr. Zoramthanga stole a march over his rivals …

Over 700 refugees yet to be repatriated to Myanmar from Manipur
1 year, 4 months ago

Over 700 refugees yet to be repatriated to Myanmar from Manipur

The Hindu  

A day after the Manipur government asked the border-guarding force Assam Rifles to “push back” 718 Myanmar nationals, including 301 children, an official on Tuesday said the “illegal migrants” were yet to be repatriated to the neighbouring country. Some sections, including Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh have blamed “illegal migrants” for the ongoing violence in the State. After a …

Mizoram CM joins solidarity march for Kuki-Zo people in Manipur
1 year, 4 months ago

Mizoram CM joins solidarity march for Kuki-Zo people in Manipur

The Hindu  

Thousands of men and women took to the streets across all urban centres in Mizoram on July 25 to express solidarity with the violence-hit Kuki-Zo tribal people and demand the restoration of normalcy in Manipur. Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga, his deputy Tawnluia, several Ministers, and many MLAs cutting across party lines took part in the ‘Solidarity March’ organised by the …

Manipur asks Assam Rifles to push back 718 refugees from Myanmar
1 year, 4 months ago

Manipur asks Assam Rifles to push back 718 refugees from Myanmar

The Hindu  

The Manipur government on July 24 asked the Assam Rifles to immediately “push back” 718 Myanmar nationals, including 301 children, who entered the State illegally on July 22 and 23. The State government also sought a detailed report from the border guarding force on how the “refugees” were allowed to “enter illegally.” The Assam Rifles had informed the Deputy Commissioner …

Imphal civil society body COCOMI writes to European Parliament on Manipur
1 year, 5 months ago

Imphal civil society body COCOMI writes to European Parliament on Manipur

The Hindu  

An umbrella body of Imphal Valley-based civil society organisations has asked the European Parliament not to let Manipur become the “new Golden Triangle” of drug trade by projecting the violence between what it called “immigrant Chin-Kuki narco-terrorists” and indigenous Meitei people in the State as a religious conflict. The COCOMI lauded the EP for passing the first-ever resolution on Manipur, …

Are Meiteis leaving Mizoram over Manipur row? Govt assures safety amid ‘exodus’
1 year, 5 months ago

Are Meiteis leaving Mizoram over Manipur row? Govt assures safety amid ‘exodus’

Live Mint  

Members of the Meitei tribe living in Mizoram have reportedly opted to flee the state amid growing unrest in neighbouring Manipur. Reports suggest that a large number of Meiteis are fleeing Mizoram amid growing outrage over the naked parading and molestation of two women in strife-torn Manipur. More than 160 people have lost their lives and several have been injured …

As tensions rise, Meiteis forced to leave Mizoram
1 year, 5 months ago

As tensions rise, Meiteis forced to leave Mizoram

The Hindu  

Meitei people living and working in Mizoram started exiting the northeastern State on July 22 following a diktat by an organisation of former extremists to leave “for their own safety”. The Peace Accord MNF Returnees’ Association had issued a statement on Friday saying Mizoram was no longer safe for the Meiteis in view of the mounting tension following the “barbaric …

Nagaland subdivision bars Aadhaar update for people from Manipur
1 year, 5 months ago

Nagaland subdivision bars Aadhaar update for people from Manipur

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI The authorities of a subdivision in Nagaland’s Chümoukedima district have instructed the common service centre operators not to let the Kuki people displaced from Manipur change their addresses in their Aadhaar cards. “It has come to the notice of the undersigned that some displaced Kukis from Manipur had approached CSC operators for change of address in their Aadhaar,” P. …

Mizoram to raise funds for Manipur-displaced
1 year, 5 months ago

Mizoram to raise funds for Manipur-displaced

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI The Mizoram government has decided to seek donations from the people to support some 12,000 internally displaced persons who sought refuge in the State after fleeing ethnic violence in Manipur. Mizoram’s Home Secretary, H. Lalengmawia told Aizawl-based news portal ZoramChronicle that fundraising has become necessary as the Centre has not provided any financial or humanitarian aid for the IDPs. …

Mizoram now home: Manipur’s refugees say nothing left behind
1 year, 5 months ago

Mizoram now home: Manipur’s refugees say nothing left behind

Hindustan Times  

Harried and bedraggled, 45-year-old Thangma and seven members of his family arrived at a transit camp in Aizawl, Mizoram on June 18. On May 27, more than three weeks after the beginning of intermittent waves of violence that have left at least 131 dead, 419 injured and 50,000 displaced, Thangma said that a group of armed men came arrived in …

Profile | Who are the Kukis, in Manipur, fighting for land and identity?
1 year, 6 months ago

Profile | Who are the Kukis, in Manipur, fighting for land and identity?

The Hindu  

June 18, 2023 02:47 am | Updated June 19, 2023 06:26 pm IST In 1870, Captain T.H. Other accounts of Kuki origins also describe the Kukis as groups inhabiting “both sides of the mountains dividing Assam and Bengal from Burma”. The Kukis are an ethnic group including multiple tribes originally inhabiting the Northeastern States of India, including Manipur, Mizoram and …

Nine killed as ethnic violence continues to grip India’s Manipur
1 year, 6 months ago

Nine killed as ethnic violence continues to grip India’s Manipur

Al Jazeera  

Since May 3, at least 100 people have died and 40,000 have been displaced in the northeastern state governed by the BJP. At least nine people have been killed in the latest clashes between members of rival ethnic groups in India’s northeastern state of Manipur, police said, as security forces pressed on with a hunt for illegal weapons. Violence between …

Refugee influx into Mizoram from all around and new concerns
1 year, 6 months ago

Refugee influx into Mizoram from all around and new concerns

The Hindu  

In the last couple of years, Mizoram has seen an influx of refugees from Myanmar and recently from Bangladesh and now Manipur, adding to the internal security situation there. As per the State Government, in all around 40,000 Myanmar nationals who have crossed into the border districts of Mizoram since the Military takeover there. Narcotics smuggling Three Assam Rifles Battalions …

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