Manipur: 3 bodies found days after 6 people were abducted in Jiribam
1 month, 1 week ago

Manipur: 3 bodies found days after 6 people were abducted in Jiribam

Hindustan Times  

Silchar/Imphal: The decomposed bodies of two children, including an infant, and a woman were found near the Manipur-Assam border on Friday, officials aware of the matter said, days after six members of a family were abducted by suspected militants in Jiribam. On Tuesday, bodies of two civilians were recovered from a Jiribam village a day after security officers gunned down 10 suspected militants after a group of armed men attacked a CRPF post. On Friday, two separate protests over the killing of 10 tribal people in the Jirbam gunfight and the reimposition of Armed Forces Act, or Afspa in areas under the jurisdiction of six police stations rocked Manipur. Targeting state chief minister, N Biren Singh, Nganbi said: “If you don’t have the strength to protect Manipur’s people, step down from your post.” Th Ramani, president of woman outfit Nupi Samaj said: “The people of Manipur want PM Modi to address the violence rather than remain silent.”

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2 migrant labourers from Bihar shot dead in Manipur's Meitei-dominated district
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1 week, 2 days ago

2 migrant labourers from Bihar shot dead in Manipur's Meitei-dominated district

India Today  

Unidentified gunmen shot dead two migrant labourers from Bihar in the Meitei-dominated Kakching district of Manipur on Saturday, police said. The incident took place in Keirak area at around 5.20 pm on Saturday, and the victims have been identified as Sunalal Kumar and Dasharat Kumar, from Bihar's Gopalganj. Upon receiving information of the incident, the labourers were rushed to a …

Relatives of 6 Jiribam victims killed by Kuki Militants demand death penalty for perpetrators
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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Relatives of 6 Jiribam victims killed by Kuki Militants demand death penalty for perpetrators

Op India  

Six people from the Meitei community, including three children, were kidnapped and killed in Manipur’s Jiribam district by Kuki militants in November this year. Addressing a Press Conference, the relatives of the killed Meiteis said, ““While seeing the deceased bodies of my 6 family members including my wife and children, they were signs of torture, sexually assaulted and I suspected …

Manipur: Kuki-Zo organisation demands judicial probe into killings of 10, bodies laid to rest
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Manipur: Kuki-Zo organisation demands judicial probe into killings of 10, bodies laid to rest

New Indian Express  

GUWAHATI: The Kuki-Zo organisation Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum petitioned Union Home Minister Amit Shah, demanding a judicial probe into the November 11 killings of 10 Kuki-Zo tribals by the CRPF and the police in Manipur’s Jiribam district. “In light of the available facts, we demand a judicial inquiry into the deaths of the 10 Kuki-Zo volunteers so that justice is …

Manipur violence: Eight arrested for arson, attacks on Police and legislators' properties
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Manipur violence: Eight arrested for arson, attacks on Police and legislators' properties

India TV News  

In the violence-hit state of Manipur, incidents of arson targeting police stations and the residences of legislators have come to light, resulting in the arrest of eight individuals. One of the key arrests was made on Thursday, when Chongtham Thoicha, a resident of Kiym Mamang Leikai in the Patsoi Police Station area of Imphal West district, was apprehended about the …

Manipur: Eight arrested over attacks on police station, MLAs' residences
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3 weeks, 3 days 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 …

Missing Eyeballs, Crushed Head, Chopping Wound: Autopsy Of 3 Others Killed In Manipur Reveals Chilling Details
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Missing Eyeballs, Crushed Head, Chopping Wound: Autopsy Of 3 Others Killed In Manipur Reveals Chilling Details

ABP News  

Autopsy reports of six persons, whose bodies were found floating in a river in Manipur, have revealed chilling details about the Meitei family that was allegedly kidnapped and killed by Kuki-Zo militants in Jiribam district. The report says that the eyeballs of a 10-month-old and that of a woman were missing, while several bullet injuries were found on an eight-year-old …

Manipur: 9 bodies of Jiribam victims sent back from Assam hospital amid tight security
1 month ago

Manipur: 9 bodies of Jiribam victims sent back from Assam hospital amid tight security

Hindustan Times  

Bodies of nine Jiribam residents, killed between November 11 and 17 during the recent violence, were taken back to their home district in Manipur amid tight security after Assam’s Silchar Medical College and Hospital handed over their mortal remains to family members on Friday morning. People escape as smoke and flames billow from vehicles that were set on fire during …

Manipur murders: Autopsy of all six bodies done; families not ready to accept them for last rites
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1 month ago

Manipur murders: Autopsy of all six bodies done; families not ready to accept them for last rites

Hindustan Times  

Even after completion of the post-mortem of all the bodies of the six missing persons from Manipur's Jiribam district, the corpses remain at the morgue of the Silchar Medical College and Hospital in Assam as family members are unwilling to take them back for last rites, sources said on Thursday. Members of Kuki organisations hold a rally carrying mock 'coffins' …

5 tribal villages at epicentre of the unending ethnic conflict
1 month ago

5 tribal villages at epicentre of the unending ethnic conflict

Hindustan Times  

Imphal/Churachandpur Muolvaiphei, Valpakot, Ngurte, Thenmol and Khawpuibing are non -descript Hmar dominated tribal villages in Manipur’s Churachandpur district, nearly 65 km away from the state capital, Imphal. The state government and security forces are convinced the five villages are home to militants who travelled almost 250km to Jiribam, a town bordering Manipur-Assam, attacked security forces on November 11, and killed …

Manipur violence: Kuki groups to hold ‘coffin rally’ to honour 10 slain ‘militants’
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1 month 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 violence: One more body recovered from Barak River in Assam
1 month ago

Manipur violence: One more body recovered from Barak River in Assam

Hindustan Times  

One more body was retrieved from the Barak River in Assam on Monday, taking the toll to six over the past week, intensifying concerns that these deaths may be linked to the wave of violence in neighbouring Manipur. Many fear that the bodies may belong to the six women and children reportedly abducted by suspected Kuki militants during a violent …

Bodies found in Assam river amid renewed Manipur violence
1 month ago

Bodies found in Assam river amid renewed Manipur violence

Deccan Chronicle  

The bodies of an unclothed woman and a young girl stuffed into a gunny sack were found on Sunday in the Barak River in south Assam. The discovery comes just hours after mob violence erupted in neighboring Manipur over six corpses suspected to be of three women and three children reported missing from a relief camp in violence-hit Jiribam. Violence …

Morning briefing: Bodies of six abducted in Jiribam found; Kerala CM and UDF leaders argue over BJP defection, and more
1 month ago

Morning briefing: Bodies of six abducted in Jiribam found; Kerala CM and UDF leaders argue over BJP defection, and more

Hindustan Times  

Tensions in Manipur's Imphal have escalated after the bodies of six people, including three children, were recovered from Jiribam district, prompting authorities to suspend internet services in several districts. Dig Deeper Activists and supporters of Women's Wing Delhi Meetei Co-ordinating Committee and Manipur Students' Association Delhi hold placards during a protest in New Delhi Barbs flew between chief minister Pinarayi …

Manipur: Headless body of boy and grandmother’s corpse found in River, Kuki militants suspected behind killings
1 month ago

Manipur: Headless body of boy and grandmother’s corpse found in River, Kuki militants suspected behind killings

Live Mint  

Two days after six members of a Meitei family were reportedly killed following their abduction, the bodies of a 60-year-old woman and a two-and-a-half-year-old child were recovered from a river near Jiribam on Sunday. Herojit’s son’s headless body was found tangled in tree branches in the river, while his grandmother’s semi-naked body was discovered floating face-down nearby, according to witness …

Bodies of Jiribam encounter victims airlifted to Manipur from Assam
1 month, 1 week ago

Bodies of Jiribam encounter victims airlifted to Manipur from Assam

Hindustan Times  

The bodies of 10 Manipur residents, who were killed in an encounter with the Central Reserve Police Force in Jiribam on November 11, have been airlifted to Churachandpur in the state from Assam’s Silchar Medical College and Hospital, where they were brought on November 12 for postmortem. Police lathi-charged the protesters at the premises of Assam’s Silchar Medical College and …

Manipur news: 6 bodies suspected to be of Meitei hostages found, Home Ministry warns strict action
1 month, 1 week ago

Manipur news: 6 bodies suspected to be of Meitei hostages found, Home Ministry warns strict action

Live Mint  

Amid the security scenario remained 'fragile' in the past few days in Manipur, the Union Home Ministry on Saturday directed all the security forces deployed in the state to take necessary steps to restore order and peace. The latest order was issued following the Manipur government imposed AFSPA in the entire state on October 1, barring 19 police station areas …

Family members of killed militants clash with police in Manipur
1 month, 1 week ago

Family members of killed militants clash with police in Manipur

Deccan Chronicle  

Police resorted to lathi charge outside the Silchar Medical College Hospital on Saturday as family members of 10 militants killed in a gunfight with security personnel in Manipur's Jiribam district, clashed with the forces demanding that the bodies be handed over to them, officials said. Family members of the 10 militants killed in a gunfight with CRPF personnel on Monday, …

Manipur: Protesters take to streets in Imphal after 3 bodies found in Jiribam
1 month, 1 week ago

Manipur: Protesters take to streets in Imphal after 3 bodies found in Jiribam

Hindustan Times  

Hundreds of people took to the streets in various parts of Imphal Valley on Saturday after three bodies, believed to be those of six missing individuals, were discovered in Jiribam district, reported news agency PTI. Students from various schools and colleges took part in a candlelight vigil organised by Democratic Students' Alliance of Manipur The protesters, who were mostly women, …

Protest breaks out in Manipur after three bodies found in Jiribam
1 month, 1 week ago

Protest breaks out in Manipur after three bodies found in Jiribam

Deccan Chronicle  

Imphal: Hundreds of people protested in different parts of Imphal valley on Saturday after three bodies suspected to be of six persons missing were found from Jiribam district. The protesters mostly women blocked the main roads in Kwakeithel area in Imphal West district, Sagolband Tera in Imphal West district by burning tyres to prevent vehicular movement, police said. At Khwairamband …

Morning briefing: 3 bodies found near Manipur-Assam border; India speaks for Global South at COP29, and more
1 month, 1 week ago

Morning briefing: 3 bodies found near Manipur-Assam border; India speaks for Global South at COP29, and more

Hindustan Times  

On Friday, the decomposed bodies of two children, including an infant, and a woman were discovered near the Manipur-Assam border, following the abduction of six family members by suspected militants in Jiribam. Dig Deeper Manipur community women stage a candle protest for the safe release of six abducted individuals During key discussions at COP29, India highlighted the historic opportunity for …

Three bodies found near Assam-Manipur border suspected to be of missing persons, tension builds up
1 month, 1 week ago

Three bodies found near Assam-Manipur border suspected to be of missing persons, tension builds up

New Indian Express  

GUWAHATI: Three bodies suspected to be of six persons missing from Jiribam district were found near the confluence of the Jiri river and Barak river along the Manipur-Assam border, officials said on Saturday. The bodies of a woman and two children were found around 16 km from Borobekra in Jiribam district on Friday night from where the six persons went …

Curfew imposed, internet suspended in 7 Manipur districts amid protests over kidnapping, killings
1 month, 1 week ago

Curfew imposed, internet suspended in 7 Manipur districts amid protests over kidnapping, killings

India TV News  

Six evacuations have been ordered in Imphal West and Imphal East, as internet services have been suspended in seven districts of Manipur following the discovery of six bodies in Jiribam. Discovery of bodies, the ongoing search for missing persons The bodies of six people were found murdered near a river in remote Jirimukh village on the Manipur-Assam border. The Center …

Manipur: Three bodies suspected to be of missing civilians found in Jiribam
1 month, 1 week ago

Manipur: Three bodies suspected to be of missing civilians found in Jiribam

India TV News  

Three bodies suspected to be of six persons missing from Jiribam district were found near the confluence of Jiri river and Barak river along Manipur-Assam border, officials said on Saturday. The bodies of a woman and two children were found around 16 km from Borobekra in Jiribam district on Friday night from where the six persons went missing on Monday, …

Manipur: Bodies of woman, 2 children found amid hostage crisis in Jiribam: Sources
1 month, 1 week ago

Manipur: Bodies of woman, 2 children found amid hostage crisis in Jiribam: Sources

India Today  

Three of the six people who went missing from a relief camp days ago, following a gunfight between Kuki militants and security forces, have been found dead near the Manipur-Assam border, sources said on Saturday. While retreating, the militants allegedly kidnapped three women and three children from a relief camp near the police station. On November 7, a Hmar tribal …

Manipur: Mother of 3 tortured before being set on fire in Jiribam, finds autopsy: Report
1 month, 1 week ago

Manipur: Mother of 3 tortured before being set on fire in Jiribam, finds autopsy: Report

Hindustan Times  

The autopsy report of a 31-year-old tribal woman, who was killed in Manipur's conflict-torn Jiribam district, revealed signs of third-degree torture before she was allegedly raped and her house was set on fire, The Times of India reported. An autopsy performed on the woman's body by Assam's Silchar Medical College could not ascertain if the woman was raped, as her …

Six missing, 2 bodies found day after attack on Jiribam camp
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1 month, 1 week ago

Six missing, 2 bodies found day after attack on Jiribam camp

Hindustan Times  

The bodies of two civilians were recovered while six others were missing in Manipur’s Jiribam district a day after 10 armed militants were killed by security forces when they tried to storm a Central Reserve Police Force camp and attack a police station, officials said on Tuesday. “During a further search after yesterday’s incident, dead bodies of two civilian IDPs …

Manipur: Kukis, Meiteis Protest After 10 Militants Killed In Jiribam Gunfight, Search On For 6 Missing Civilians
1 month, 1 week 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 violence: 2 civilians found dead; 6, including 3 children, missing
Top News
1 month, 1 week ago

Manipur violence: 2 civilians found dead; 6, including 3 children, missing

Hindustan Times  

A day after ten suspected armed militants were killed in an encounter with security forces, the bodies of two civilians were found and six others, including three children, were found missing in strife-torn Manipur’s Jiribam district on Tuesday, according to police. “During a further search after yesterday ’s incident, bodies of two civilian IDPs were found at Jakuradhor village,” inspector …

3 women, 3 children missing after 10 ‘militants’ killed during encounter in Manipur’s Jiribam, parts of state shut down
1 month, 1 week ago

3 women, 3 children missing after 10 ‘militants’ killed during encounter in Manipur’s Jiribam, parts of state shut down

Live Mint  

The bodies of two elderly civilians were recovered from the Jiribam district of Manipur on Tuesday following a gunfight between suspected militants and security forces. Suspected militants had set several shops on fire while others fired indiscriminately at a police station and an adjacent CRPF camp on Monday. About 10 militants were found dead, two senior persons were found burnt …

Manipur: 2 men found dead day after Jiribam encounter; 6 missing
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1 month, 1 week ago

Manipur: 2 men found dead day after Jiribam encounter; 6 missing

Hindustan Times  

Two men were found dead in Manipur's Jiribam on Tuesday morning, a day after 10 militants were killed in an encounter in the district. The bodies of two men – Laishram Balen and Maibam Kesho – were recovered from the debris in the Jakuradhor Karong area, where militants set fire to some shops on Monday. A shutdown has been observed …

Manipur Tense After Gunfight Leaves 11 Dead, 6 Missing
1 month, 1 week 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, 1 week 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 …

2 bodies found, search for 6 civilians underway amid shutdown in parts of Manipur
1 month, 1 week ago

2 bodies found, search for 6 civilians underway amid shutdown in parts of Manipur

India Today  

Three women and three children have gone missing in Manipur's Jiribam, a day after 10 Kuki militants were killed after a clash with security forces in the area. Jiri Apunba Lup, the apex Meitei body in Jiribam, claimed the six missing persons were of the same family, news agency PTI reported. Police are conducting search operations to locate the missing …

Three women, three children missing after Jiribam gunfight; Meiteis and Kukis hold bandhs in Manipur
1 month, 1 week ago

Three women, three children missing after Jiribam gunfight; Meiteis and Kukis hold bandhs in Manipur

New Indian Express  

An uneasy calm prevailed in Jiribam district on Tuesday as police patrolled vulnerable areas amid a rescue operation launched for the missing civilians, with prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC still in effect since Monday. Police said purported photographs of the six missing persons in captivity of militants doing the rounds on social media could not be confirmed, …

Manipur Police launches search operation to trace six missing civilians after Jiribam encounter
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1 month, 1 week ago

Manipur Police launches search operation to trace six missing civilians after Jiribam encounter

India TV News  

The Manipur Police on Tuesday informed that their search is ongoing to trace six civilians who have been reported missing since the encounter that broke out between security forces and insurgents in the state's Jiribam district yesterday. According to the information released, the police provided details of the search operation being carried out in the region to trace three women …

Manipur Violence: Militants killed in encounter with security forces in Manipur’s Jiribam district
1 month, 1 week 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 …

11 suspected militants killed in encounter with security forces in Manipur’s Jiribam; curfew imposed
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1 month, 1 week ago

11 suspected militants killed in encounter with security forces in Manipur’s Jiribam; curfew imposed

Live Mint  

Manipur News: At least 11 suspected militants were killed in an encounter with the CRPF personnel in Manipur's Jiribam district on Monday. The firing took place after armed militants torched several shops located in Borobekra sub-division of Jiribam district earlier in the day. The militants fired several rounds towards Borobekra police station around 2.30pm and proceeded towards Jakurador Karong and …

Manipur: Woman killed in Vishnupur district amid ongoing communal violence
1 month, 2 weeks 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 …

Manipur: Forces recover a huge cache of arms in Jiribam amidst renewed hostilities
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Manipur: Forces recover a huge cache of arms in Jiribam amidst renewed hostilities

Op India  

On 7th September, a large search and rescue effort to find Kuki terrorists was underway in Manipur a day after fresh violence in the Jiribam district claimed the lives of at least six people due to drone and rocket assaults. Meanwhile, on 8th September Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren Singh visited Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya at Rajya Bhavan for the second …

4 militants, 1 civilian killed in fresh violence in Manipur
3 months, 2 weeks ago

4 militants, 1 civilian killed in fresh violence in Manipur

Hindustan Times  

Four militants and a civilian were killed in a fresh wave of violence that was reported from Manipur’s Jiribam district on Saturday morning, according to the district administration. Rockets attack in Manipur Friday’s attack is the first known use of rockets in the state since the conflict erupted 17 months ago, said officials, just six days after drones were first …

133 Manipur villagers displaced by ethnic conflict in Jiribam return home
4 months, 2 weeks ago

133 Manipur villagers displaced by ethnic conflict in Jiribam return home

The Hindu  

In joint efforts led by the district administration of Manipur’s Jiribam, along with the security forces posted in the area, 133 Meitei villagers returned to their homes in Mongbung village, where last month a Central Reserve Police Force constable was killed in a gunfight, officials said on Tuesday night. Superintendent of Police, Jiribam, M. Pradip Singh told The Hindu, “After …

Northeastern View | Manipur crisis spillover into Assam needs a humanitarian, not securitised, response from the govt
5 months ago

Northeastern View | Manipur crisis spillover into Assam needs a humanitarian, not securitised, response from the govt

Hindustan Times  

In the late hours of July 16, police in Assam’s Cachar district killed three Hmar individuals close to the hilly jungles bordering Manipur’s Jiribam district. Manipur crisis spills over Manipur’s Jiribam district, bordering Assam to the West, had been relatively calm since the conflict began in May last year. Last month, it even conducted a door-to-door survey in the district …

943 persons internally displaced so far in aftermath of violence in Manipur’s Jiribam
6 months, 1 week ago

943 persons internally displaced so far in aftermath of violence in Manipur’s Jiribam

Hindustan Times  

As many as 943 people in Manipur were internally displaced in the aftermath of the violence in Manipur’s Jiribam district, official reports said. On Wednesday, as many as 73 IDPs joined the relief camps opened in and around Jiribam town, 220km west of Imphal while eight IDPs left the relief camps, people aware of the development said. Violence erupted in …

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 …

30 houses, two police outposts torched in Manipur’s Jiribam district
6 months, 2 weeks ago

30 houses, two police outposts torched in Manipur’s Jiribam district

The Hindu  

Suspected militants torched nearly 30 houses and two police outposts in Jiribam district of Manipur on Saturday. Chief Minister N. Biren Singh said additional police personnel and Central security forces have been rushed to the district following arson and violence. The Manipur Police said in a statement that in the violence that broke out following the murder of the farmer, …

Soon after making distress call,couple found dead in Amroha
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Soon after making distress call,couple found dead in Amroha

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW Hours after making a distress call to the emergency police response centre UP-112, the bodies of a couple were found barely 500 metres from their house in Amroha district on Wednesday morning, said police officials. They said the man’s body was found hanging from a ‘machan’, a platform built on a tree, with feet touching the ground while the …

Discussion on one year of Manipur violence
7 months, 2 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 …

Fresh violence in Manipur, 2 Killed
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Fresh violence in Manipur, 2 Killed

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati: Despite all the efforts of the security forces, the ongoing hostilities between the two communities have failed to die down, with at least two persons from the Meitei community killed after heavy firing in Kadangband and Koutruk areas of Manipur’s Imphal West district, close to the border with the Kuki-Zomi-dominated Kangokpi district on Tuesday night. Security sources said that …

Manipur: Commando shot dead, 3 IRB personnel wounded in attack by Kuki terrorists in Tengnoupal district
11 months ago

Manipur: Commando shot dead, 3 IRB personnel wounded in attack by Kuki terrorists in Tengnoupal district

Op India  

Fresh violence broke out in Manipur as security personnel and Kuki terrorists engaged in gunfire in the border town of Moreh in the Tengnoupal district on the morning of 17th January. A police commando identified as Wangkhem Somorjit Meetei from Malom in Imphal West district died while three members of the India Reserve Battalion sustained injuries as a result of …

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