Manipur Ambush: Eye on China, 4 Steps India Must Take to Fight Insurgency, Narco-terrorism
3 years, 1 month ago

Manipur Ambush: Eye on China, 4 Steps India Must Take to Fight Insurgency, Narco-terrorism

News 18  

Manipur is one of the most vibrant states of Northeast India, which shares borders with Myanmar. United National Liberation Front, People’s Liberation Army of Manipur, People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak and Kangleipak Communist Party are some of the many insurgent groups operating in Manipur. Fighting Narco-terrorism, Arms Smuggling Besides the local Manipur issues, the activities of National Socialist Council of Nagaland in the hill areas of Manipur have often been the cause of violence in the state. Cross-border support from Myanmar’s militant groups through the porous Indo-Myanmar border keeps insurgency alive because militants can escape whenever Indian security forces undertake intense operations. The Four Much-needed Steps To take Manipur from an insurgency infested to an economically developed state, it needs transformational steps which break the vicious cycle of the poor state of ‘law and order’ leading to insurgency and corruption, which in turn results in lack of accountability in governance.

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INDIA bloc parties write to PM Modi, urge him to visit Manipur
2 weeks, 5 days ago

INDIA bloc parties write to PM Modi, urge him to visit Manipur

New Indian Express  

GUWAHATI: Ten INDIA bloc parties from Manipur on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit the ethnic violence-hit state before the end of the year. In a letter addressed to Modi, they wrote that the people of Manipur had been eagerly waiting for his presence in the state since May 3 last year to express their voices of helplessness. …

Manipur's endless unrest: A tragedy of mistrust, mayhem and missed leadership
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1 month 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 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: BJP deliberately wants State to burn, says Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge
1 month, 1 week ago

Manipur violence: BJP deliberately wants State to burn, says Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge

The Hindu  

With a spate of violence in Manipur, the Congress renewed its attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party of “deliberately” keeping Manipur burning. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, in a long post on X said, Manipur, since May 2023 has undergone “unimaginable pain”, “division and simmering violence” which has destroyed the future of its people. …

'BJP deliberately wants Manipur to burn': Kharge
1 month, 1 week ago

'BJP deliberately wants Manipur to burn': Kharge

New Indian Express  

Kharge said at least 17 people have lost their lives since November 7, adding new districts are being added to the list of strife-torn regions and the fire is spilling over to bordering northeastern states. Even if you visit Manipur in future, people of the state will never forgive or forget that you left them to fend for themselves, and …

‘Peace talks on with both Manipur groups’: Amit Shah
3 months, 1 week ago

‘Peace talks on with both Manipur groups’: Amit Shah

Hindustan Times  

Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the government is talking to both the Meitei and Kuki communities in strife-torn Manipur to restore normalcy and has begun fencing the country’s border with Myanmar to check infiltration. Barring three days of violence last week, the overall situation in Manipur has been calm and the government has been working to restore …

Explainer | Why Manipur is back on the edge
3 months, 1 week ago

Explainer | Why Manipur is back on the edge

New Indian Express  

GUWAHATI: Violence returned to Manipur after four months, with armed groups changing the dynamics by using drone bombs for the first time, deepening the ethnic divide. The Kukis cannot go to Meitei-majority Imphal Valley and the Meiteis cannot go outside the state as two arterial highways — the state’s lifelines — pass through Kuki areas. All 10 Kuki legislators, including …

Can India Salvage its Interests in Myanmar and Avoid Another Bangladesh-like Fiasco?
3 months, 1 week ago

Can India Salvage its Interests in Myanmar and Avoid Another Bangladesh-like Fiasco?

The Hindu  

Published : Sep 14, 2024 18:06 IST - 9 MINS READ The surprise ouster of the Sheikh Hasina government in Bangladesh has forced India to reassess its neighbourhood policy, particularly with regard to Myanmar. Reports, however, suggest that the army is fast losing territory and control to armed ethnic groups and forces owing allegiance to the National Unity Government, a …

Manipur News: Unrest Continues in Manipur—Eye-Witness Report from Imphal’s Streets | ABP News
3 months, 1 week ago

Manipur News: Unrest Continues in Manipur—Eye-Witness Report from Imphal’s Streets | ABP News

ABP News  

Manipur is once again engulfed in violence, with the recent surge of unrest bringing peace in the region under severe threat. The origins of the violence trace back to early 2023 when the Manipur High Court urged the state government to consider including the Meitei community in the Scheduled Tribe list. The demand for Scheduled Tribe status for the Meitei …

Three injured in fresh drone attack in Manipur for secnd day in row
3 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Relapse of violence in Manipur is troubling
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Relapse of violence in Manipur is troubling

Hindustan Times  

A fresh spell of violence in Manipur is a disturbing development, not least because the militants used drones to drop explosives, a first of its kind bombing in the restive border state. This shows that the lull in clashes over the past three months was temporary and not a portent of soothing tempers, and that local authorities have done little …

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 …

Manipur: Four UNLF militants, involved in firing incident, arrested in Imphal West
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Manipur: Four UNLF militants, involved in firing incident, arrested in Imphal West

India TV News  

The Manipur Police arrested four militants of the United National Liberation Front from Imphal West district, according to an official statement. The four were arrested from the Chingmeirong area of the district on Friday and were involved in a firing incident, assault of civilians, and outraging the modesty of a woman, the statement issued by the police control room said. …

Northeastern View | Demands for ILP in Meghalaya capture a complicated history of “insider-versus-outsider” tensions
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Northeastern View | Demands for ILP in Meghalaya capture a complicated history of “insider-versus-outsider” tensions

Hindustan Times  

In recent weeks, the Khasi Students’ Union, a powerful civil society organisation in Meghalaya, has been agitating to demand the extension of the Inner Line Permit regime to the state. Conrad Sangma, the Meghalaya chief minister, has all but echoed the KSU’s demands by urging the Centre to introduce the ILP in the state, which is currently applicable in Mizoram, …

Manipur going via tough phase, will lay path for betterment of society: CM
6 months ago

Manipur going via tough phase, will lay path for betterment of society: CM

Business Standard  

Speaking at the state-level International Yoga Day function at Khuman Lampak Sports Complex, Singh said the current situation in Manipur is a turning point for indigenous people and their future. Noting that ethnic strife-torn Manipur was going through a difficult phase, Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Friday asserted that his government will lay the path for betterment of the …

Manipur conflict is not about Kuki and Meitei tensions, armed Chin-Kuki narco-terrorists are up against the govt: COCOMI
6 months ago

Manipur conflict is not about Kuki and Meitei tensions, armed Chin-Kuki narco-terrorists are up against the govt: COCOMI

Op India  

On 18th June, given the recent high-level meeting chaired by Home Minister Amit Shah in connection with Manipur violence, the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity asserted that the real issue in the state is not Meiti-Kuki conflict but the problem of Chin Kuki narco-terrorists. COCOMI spokesperson Khuraijam Athouba criticised HM Shah’s approach suggesting that the minister is “evading” the core …

With Elections Over, Ending Manipur Violence Must Be PM Modi's Priority
6 months, 1 week ago

With Elections Over, Ending Manipur Violence Must Be PM Modi's Priority

ABP News  

It has been more than a year since the northeastern state of Manipur has been waiting for the return of normalcy after it was rocked by ethnic violence between the Meiteis and Kuki-Zomis in May of last year. It should be mentioned that the Jiribam district — with a diverse population of Meiteis, Muslims, Kuki-Zomis, Hmars, Hindu Bengalis, and Bishnupriya …

Peace eludes India’s Manipur even after defeating BJP over ethnic violence
6 months, 1 week ago

Peace eludes India’s Manipur even after defeating BJP over ethnic violence

Al Jazeera  

In the riot-hit remote state, hopes of a change following the governing party’s defeat are shortlived as deadly clashes continue. ‘Suffered under BJP rule’ As India concluded its weeks-long general election on June 4, which saw Prime Minister Narendra Modi return to power for a record third term, tensions in the remote Manipur state remain at a boil. The BJP …

Northeastern View | NIA blaming NSCN-IM for destabilising Manipur could create new friction points at multiple places
7 months, 1 week ago

Northeastern View | NIA blaming NSCN-IM for destabilising Manipur could create new friction points at multiple places

Hindustan Times  

On May 15, the National Socialist Council of Nagaland – Isak-Muivah, the most influential and powerful among all Naga armed groups in India, angrily dismissed reported insinuations made by the National Investigative Agency in a chargesheet filed on March 7. The chargesheet alleged that the group was involved in a certain “China-Myanmar module” to destabilise Manipur and wage war against …

Manipur violence accounted for 97% of displacements in South Asia in 2023: Report
7 months, 1 week ago

Manipur violence accounted for 97% of displacements in South Asia in 2023: Report

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Conflict and violence triggered 69,000 displacements in South Asia in 2023, with Manipur violence alone accounting for 67,000, according to a new report.The report by the Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre termed it the highest number of displacements triggered by conflict and violence in India since 2018. On May 3, 2023, a 'Tribal Solidarity March' was organised in …

Manipur violence accounted for 97% of displacements in South Asia in 2023: IDMC report
7 months, 1 week ago

Manipur violence accounted for 97% of displacements in South Asia in 2023: IDMC report

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Conflict and violence triggered 69,000 displacements in South Asia in 2023, with Manipur violence alone accounting for 67,000, according to a new report. The report by the Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre termed it the highest number of displacements triggered by conflict and violence in India since 2018. On May 3, 2023, a 'Tribal Solidarity March' was organised …

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 …

Manipur: CM N. Biren Singh shares video on state's war on drugs, says narcotics worth Rs 60,000 crores have been seized
8 months ago

Manipur: CM N. Biren Singh shares video on state's war on drugs, says narcotics worth Rs 60,000 crores have been seized

Op India  

Manipur’s chief minister, N. Biren Singh, uploaded a video on 25th April demonstrating how his administration has been effectively combating the state’s severe drug problem. Only to… pic.twitter.com/v3CWnj70AZ — N.Biren Singh April 24, 2024 The chief minister also attached a 2:19-minute clip titled “Turning the Tides: Manipur’s Resolute War on Drugs” briefly describing how drug trafficking and illicit poppy production …

Govt’s priority to restore peace in Manipur keeping the state united: Amit Shah
8 months, 1 week ago

Govt’s priority to restore peace in Manipur keeping the state united: Amit Shah

Hindustan Times  

Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday said that the priority of the next government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be to restore peace in strife-torn Manipur by talking to all sides and keeping the state united. Union home minister Amit Shah speaks at a public rally ahead of the Lok Sabha polls in Manipur’s Imphal on Monday. “I …

Manipur violence to 5-G connectivity: 10 things PM Modi said about Northeast ahead of Lok Sabha polls 2024
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Manipur violence to 5-G connectivity: 10 things PM Modi said about Northeast ahead of Lok Sabha polls 2024

Live Mint  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Northeast emerged as New India’s greatest success story in the past decade since his Bharatiya Janata Party government came to power at the Centre. Here are 10 things the prime minister said in the interview: New India’s greatest success story The Northeast, the prime minister said, has been transformed into an abundant region from …

Manipur | Is the Legislative Assembly Even Trying for Peaceable Reconciliation?
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Manipur | Is the Legislative Assembly Even Trying for Peaceable Reconciliation?

The Quint  

The successful ‘appropriation’ of the state by utilising groups like the Arambai Tenggol, has enabled proponents of Meitei supremacism to ‘legitimise’ a selective history of Manipur, in a stance that terms itself ‘post-colonial’. So, are we then to consider even the very rebirth of Manipur as a kingdom, then as a princely state, and then as a state in the …

Manipur Police accuse radical outfit Arambai Tengol of extortion, assault
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Manipur Police accuse radical outfit Arambai Tengol of extortion, assault

The Hindu  

In its first official confirmation of the criminal havoc being caused by a popular and radical Meitei group, the Manipur Police on Thursday said that Arambai Tenggol is engaged in many “anti-social activities”, such as assaulting civilians, snatching vehicles from the public and government officials, and extortion from businessmen. Two days after Arambai Tenggol members attacked a senior police officer, …

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 …

Northeastern View | India’s relationship with Myanmar’s Arakan Army — it’s complicated
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Northeastern View | India’s relationship with Myanmar’s Arakan Army — it’s complicated

Hindustan Times  

On February 6, India’s ministry of external affairs issued an advisory for Indian nationals to not travel to western Myanmar’s Rakhine State. “Operation Leech” was likely undertaken at the behest of the Myanmar military, but for India, it severely dented India’s relationship with the Arakanese revolutionaries. In fact, according to the South Asia Terrorism Portal, which keeps track of such …

Manipur violence: Two killed, five injured in fresh clashes between rival ethnic groups
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Manipur violence: Two killed, five injured in fresh clashes between rival ethnic groups

India TV News  

The unrest in Manipur persisted on Tuesday as two individuals lost their lives and a minimum of five sustained injuries in renewed gunfire exchanges between two opposing ethnic groups. Prolonged conflict Manipur has been experiencing prolonged ethnic clashes between the Meitei and Kuki communities since early May, resulting in a tragic toll of over 200 lives. Peace agreement in November …

Letting Manipur slip into anarchy
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Letting Manipur slip into anarchy

Hindustan Times  

The attendance at the meeting called by Arambai Tenggol in Imphal on Wednesday points to the intractable situation in Manipur, where ethnic relations have nosedived since violence broke out in May last year. The legislators signed a pledge that included Arambai’s key demands, among them abrogation of the Suspension of Operations agreement with Kuki militants, deportation of refugees from Myanmar …

Manipur government has submitted its authority to armed militia: ITLF
11 months ago

Manipur government has submitted its authority to armed militia: ITLF

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI The Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum has slammed the Union and Manipur governments for letting the Arambai Tenggol, a Meitei “armed militant group”, to dictate terms to the State’s MPs and MLAs. On Wednesday, two MPs and MLAs from the Meitei-dominated Imphal Valley assembled at the historic Kangla Fort in Imphal, the State capital, after the Arambai Tenggol summoned them …

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 …

Amid recent flare-up, Manipur body calls for national focus on ‘Kuki extremists’
11 months ago

Amid recent flare-up, Manipur body calls for national focus on ‘Kuki extremists’

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI The Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity, an Imphal Valley-based socio-cultural organisation, has sought national focus on the increasing involvement of Kuki extremists in a series of attacks on security forces in Moreh area bordering Myanmar. The organisation said New Delhi should take serious note of the escalation of violence along the India-Myanmar border following an update of the Moreh …

Manipur: Commando shot dead, 3 IRB personnel wounded in attack by Kuki terrorists in Tengnoupal district
11 months, 1 week 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 …

Manipur: Gunfight between security forces, militants continues for day 2
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Manipur: Gunfight between security forces, militants continues for day 2

Live Mint  

The exchange of gunfires between security personnel and militants continued for the second day on Tuesday near Manipur’s border town Moreh. "Many Meitei militant groups are also posing as commandos or security forces and attacking the Kuki villages," Haokip said. Yesterday, Kuki women held protests in Moreh and Kangpokpi, demanding the exit of Manipur police commandos from their villages. On …

At least 13 bodies found in Manipur; another Meitei outfit joins peace talks
1 year ago

At least 13 bodies found in Manipur; another Meitei outfit joins peace talks

The Hindu  

The Assam Rifles on December 4 found the bodies of at least 13 men in Tengnoupal district of Manipur, close to the Myanmar border, a defence source said. An Assam Rifles team rushed to the spot around 10.30 a.m. after receiving intelligence inputs about an intense gunfight between two groups at Leithao village in Tengoupal, a Kuki-dominated area, the source …

Peace pact with UNLF shows Modi government is moving in right direction in Manipur
1 year ago

Peace pact with UNLF shows Modi government is moving in right direction in Manipur

Firstpost  

The signing of a peace agreement by the Pambei faction of the UNLF can be viewed as the first bold step by the Government of India in the direction of ushering peace in the sensitive border state Strife-torn Manipur sighed a sense of relief when one of the strongest factions of the oldest Valley-Based Insurgent Group, the United National Liberation …

Union govt and Manipur govt sign peace agreement with the United National Liberation Front (UNLF)
1 year ago

Union govt and Manipur govt sign peace agreement with the United National Liberation Front (UNLF)

Op India  

In a historic development, the Government of India and the Government of Manipur signed a Peace Agreement with the United National Liberation Front, the oldest valley-based Meitei armed group of Manipur in New Delhi today, 29 November. Modi govt’s relentless efforts to establish permanent peace in the Northeast have added a new chapter of fulfilment as the United National Liberation …

Manipur Govt in Peace Talks with Imphal Valley Insurgent Group: Biren Singh
1 year ago

Manipur Govt in Peace Talks with Imphal Valley Insurgent Group: Biren Singh

Deccan Chronicle  

IMPHAL: Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Sunday said his government was holding talks with an Imphal Valley-based insurgent group, and a peace accord will be signed soon.Speaking to PTI-Video, Singh said the talks were at an advanced stage, even though he stayed away from naming the underground organisation. The Meiteis account for about 53 per cent of Manipur's …

Manipur govt in peace talks with Imphal Valley-based insurgent group: CM N Biren Singh
1 year ago

Manipur govt in peace talks with Imphal Valley-based insurgent group: CM N Biren Singh

Hindustan Times  

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Sunday said his government was holding "peace talks" with an Imphal Valley-based insurgent group. This was for the first time that there was an official confirmation about such talks being held by the government, since ethnic violence broke out on May 3. More than 180 people have been killed since the violence broke …

Manipur riots will end if arms seized: Army
1 year, 1 month ago

Manipur riots will end if arms seized: Army

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati: The Eastern Command chief of the Indian Army Lieutenant General Rana Pratap Kalita has said that ongoing violence and unrest in trouble-torn Manipur needs a political solution as sporadic incidents of violence continue to rock north-eastern states due to sharp polarisation between two communities. Lt Gen. Kalita also asserted that the violence will not stop unless around 4,000 weapons, …

Manipur Violence FIR Against Tribal Outfit Leader For 'Waging War' Against India
1 year, 1 month ago

Manipur Violence FIR Against Tribal Outfit Leader For 'Waging War' Against India

ABP News  

The Manipur police have registered a First Information Report against Muan Tombing, the General Secretary of the Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum, a conglomerate of recognised tribes in Manipur, on charges of allegedly conspiring for “waging a war” against the government of India. The FIR was filed against Tombing after the Officer in charge of Churachandpur police station inspector N. Thangzamuan …

India may need to reconsider its engagements in Myanmar
1 year, 1 month ago

India may need to reconsider its engagements in Myanmar

Hindustan Times  

Fresh fighting erupted between the military junta and resistance forces on November 13 in the border regions displacing around 5,000 persons into India. Increasing tensions in this region due to escalating crisis in Myanmar and continued ethnic conflict in Manipur pose grave security threat to India’s national security, with possibilities of greater destabilisation by insurgent groups. India-Myanmar military cooperation sought …

Mint Explainer: Myanmar civil war spurs 5K refugees into India. What's at stake?
1 year, 1 month ago

Mint Explainer: Myanmar civil war spurs 5K refugees into India. What's at stake?

Live Mint  

As Myanmar's civil war intensifies, with the military junta clashing fiercely against rebel militias, India has witnessed a surge of refugees crossing into its borders. The background The military coup of February 2021 marked the resurgence of a longstanding civil war in Myanmar, with ethnic militias, notably the Three Brotherhood Alliance, engaging in armed resistance against the ruling junta. Implications …

Myanmar ethnic alliance fighters attack border outposts as civilians flee
1 year, 1 month ago

Myanmar ethnic alliance fighters attack border outposts as civilians flee

Al Jazeera  

Arakan Army says it seized military posts in western Rakhine state as people in neighbouring Chin state flee to India. An ethnic armed group has carried out attacks on border guard outposts in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state, and fighting has erupted in neighbouring Chin state, sending thousands of people across the border into India. Myanmar’s generals are facing their biggest …

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 …

Violence in Manipur has been caused by the expansion of Hindutva to north-eastern India, says social activist
1 year, 2 months ago

Violence in Manipur has been caused by the expansion of Hindutva to north-eastern India, says social activist

The Hindu  

Terming the violence and atrocities on Kukis by Meiteis in Manipur as State- He was addressing a seminar on the tragic tale of Manipur organised by Karnataka State Dalit Sangharsh Samithi at S.M. Comparing the Manipur violence with the Gujarat violence of 2002, Mr. Shivasundar said that the Gujarat carnage and the Manipur violence have one thing in common, which, …

Why Manipur ethnic conflict is a unique episode in India
1 year, 2 months ago

Why Manipur ethnic conflict is a unique episode in India

Firstpost  

Violence and inter-community strife are not uncommon to India’s northeast. A functionary of a civil society organsation in Imphal Valley who hails from the Meitei community claimed on condition of anonymity that the police armouries were targeted by mobs ‘only out of desperation’ as weapons were necessary to counter the militant groups among the Kuki-Zo who were armed with sophisticated …

Manipur's perilous path: Navigating violence, deep ethnic divisions and the quest for elusive peace
1 year, 2 months ago

Manipur's perilous path: Navigating violence, deep ethnic divisions and the quest for elusive peace

Firstpost  

As time passes without resolution, the divide deepens, leaving it contingent on how much bloodshed the Kuki-Zomi and Meitei communities are willing to endure before reaching peaceful terms Peace is fragile and elusive in Manipur, and with even a small spark, unrest spreads like wildfire. Tabulated statements by the state and Central government in the past have indicated that the …

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