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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 …

Imphal: At least six houses were torched and residents of a tribal village were attacked by a group of armed militants in ethnic strife-torn Manipur's Jiribam district, police said on Friday. The incident occurred on Thursday evening in Zairon Hmar village after the group of militants set the houses on fire, a senior officer said. The violence erupted on May …

Armed extremists shot, captured, and burned a tribal woman to death apart from torching at least a dozen houses in Manipur’s Jiribam district on Thursday night. Robinsun Singh sought the District Magistrate’s permission to conduct an autopsy on 31-year-old Zosangkim Hmar at the Silchar Medical College and Hospital in southern Assam’s Cachar district. The Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum, a Kuki-Zo …

“Shots were fired and an abandoned house was torched in Manipur’s Jiribam, triggering fresh tensions within a day of the Meitei and Hmar communities reaching an agreement to make efforts to restore normalcy in the district,” officials said on August 3. Representatives of the Meitei and Hmar communities reached an agreement in a meeting held at a CRPF facility in …

Shots were fired and an abandoned house was torched in Manipur's Jiribam, triggering fresh tensions within a day of the Meitei and Hmar communities reaching an agreement to make efforts to restore normalcy in the district, officials said on Saturday. Representatives of the Meitei and Hmar communities reached an agreement in a meeting held at a CRPF facility in adjoining …

Manipur: Hmar apex body terms agreement with Meiteis to restore peace 'null and void'

A day after an agreement was signed between Hmar and Meitei representatives to restore peace in ethnic violence-hit Jiribam district of Manipur, the apex body of the Hmar community said that the pact stood "null and void". The Hmar Inpui, the apex body of the community, claimed that its affiliated units signed the agreement without the knowledge of the general …

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Meitei, Hmar communities agree to make efforts for restoring peace in Manipur's Jiribam

Representatives of Meitei and Hmar communities agreed to make full efforts to restore normalcy in violence-hit Jiribam district of Manipur. "The meeting resolved that both sides will make full efforts to bring normalcy and prevent incidents of arson and firing. Both sides shall give full cooperation to all the security forces operating in Jiribam district. More than 200 people have …

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 …

A day after three people from the Hmar community, identified as “militants” by the Assam Police, were killed in a gun-battle near the Bhuban Hills of Cachar district in Assam, family members of one of the deceased, 35-year-old Joshua, have told The Hindu that they believed he was killed in an alleged “staged encounter”. How do we know they had …