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Gunbattle in Kangpokpi-Imphal border amid deployment of trained IRB personnel
3 days, 15 hours ago

Gunbattle in Kangpokpi-Imphal border amid deployment of trained IRB personnel

Hindustan Times  

Imphal: Armed assailants opened fire on Thursday night, allegedly targeting a Meitei village in the adjoining areas of Kangpokpi and Imphal West districts. Army personnel patrol an area in Manipur Police suspect that the assailants were attempting to threaten the security forces ahead of the arrival of newly trained Indian Reserve Battalion personnel from Assam to Manipur. “Around 7.10 pm …

Kangpokpi Manipur Imphal West Irb Imphal Border
No takers for Manipur interdistrict buses in state split into Meitei, Kuki zones
2 weeks, 5 days ago

No takers for Manipur interdistrict buses in state split into Meitei, Kuki zones

Hindustan Times  

Two white 15-seater Manipur State Transport buses were parked at a depot in the state capital Imphal on Wednesday morning. “Passengers from the Naga community and a few others are travelling, but not those from the Kuki and Meitei communities,” said a bus driver at the Imphal depot. The government’s latest attempts to resume public transport services met with stiff …

State Bus Meitei Kangpokpi Kuki Security Forces Imphal
48-hour shutdown brings normal life to halt in Manipur
2 months, 3 weeks ago

48-hour shutdown brings normal life to halt in Manipur

Hindustan Times  

The 48-hour shutdown called by various Kuki-Zo groups paralysed normal life in tribal-dominated Churachandpur and Kangpokpi districts in Manipur on Saturday, with markets and other commercial establishments remaining shut while vehicles staying off the roads. The total shutdown was called by Kuki-Zo groups, including the Committee on Tribal Unity, Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum and Kuki Students Organisation, in protest against …

Myanmar Kangpokpi Manipur Kuki
Apex Kuki tribes body calls for 12-hour shutdown in Manipur
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Apex Kuki tribes body calls for 12-hour shutdown in Manipur

The Hindu  

The Kuki Inpi Manipur, apex body of Kuki tribes in Manipur, on July 9 called for a 12-hour shutdown across all Kuki-Zo dominated districts of the State over the arrest of five purported village volunteers from their community by the security forces in the last two days, with some women’s groups of the Kuki-Zo community alleging that personnel of the …

Security Women Volunteers Operations State District Village
Bus carrying CRPF jawans torched in violence-hit Manipur; no one hurt: Police
6 months ago

Bus carrying CRPF jawans torched in violence-hit Manipur; no one hurt: Police

Hindustan Times  

A bus carrying Central Reserve Police Force jawans was torched by unknown miscreants in Kangpokpi district of violence-hit Manipur around on Monday night, police said adding that no one was hurt in the incident. Police said the bus, bearing registration number MN 06B-0463, was coming from the deputy commissioner’s office in Kangpokpi district towards Kangpokpi police station. The recovered items …

Kangpokpi Manipur Kangpokpi District Kangpokpi Bazaar
One dead in clashes among Manipur village volunteers
7 months, 3 weeks ago

One dead in clashes among Manipur village volunteers

Hindustan Times  

One person was killed and three others were injured in a gunfight between armed groups in Kangpokpi district of strife-torn Manipur early on Sunday, officials said. Dozens of gunmen attacked Koutruk in Imphal West district on Sunday morning from elevated hilltops of neighbouring Kangpokpi district prompting village volunteers deployed in the fringe village to retaliate, the police said. Koutruk village …

District Village Kangpokpi Manipur Village Volunteers
Manipur police register ‘Zero FIRs’ over killings of two Kuki-Zo men
8 months, 1 week ago

Manipur police register ‘Zero FIRs’ over killings of two Kuki-Zo men

The Hindu  

The Manipur police have now registered two First Information Reports over the killings of two Kuki-Zo village volunteers on Saturday, following which their bodies were allegedly mutilated, as per videos circulating on social media. A police source said Zero FIRs were registered at the Kangpokpi police station on Sunday. The complaints over the incident accused members of Arambai Tenggol for …

Kangpokpi Manipur Firs Churachandpur Mtfd
Two killed in Manipur gunfight as hostilities flare afresh
8 months, 1 week ago

Two killed in Manipur gunfight as hostilities flare afresh

Hindustan Times  

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

Security Violence Congress Lok Sabha Thursday Night Started Village
13 bodies recovered in Manipur after firing incident in Tengnoupal district
1 year ago

13 bodies recovered in Manipur after firing incident in Tengnoupal district

India Today  

A firing incident was reported in Manipur's Tengnoupal on Monday, after which the Assam Rifles initiated an operation in the area. Notably, on December 3, the Kuki-Zo tribal groups in Tengnoupal district welcomed the recent 'Peace Agreement' between the Indian government and the Meitei militant faction, the UNLF. The Manipur government on Sunday restored mobile internet services across the state …

Kangpokpi Manipur 13 Bodies Tengnoupal Tengnoupal District Kakching
Village volunteer dies in gunfight in Manipur
1 year ago

Village volunteer dies in gunfight in Manipur

India Today  

A village volunteer was killed in a gunfight with unidentified men in Manipur's Kangpokpi district on Saturday, an official said. The incident took place around 2.30 am, when a group of armed men attacked Joupi in Manipur, leading to a gunfight with local volunteers guarding the hill village, he said. Tension prevailed in the village as well as adjoining areas …

Village Kangpokpi Manipur
2, including special force jawan, killed in ambush in Manipur's Kangpokpi
1 year, 1 month ago

2, including special force jawan, killed in ambush in Manipur's Kangpokpi

India Today  

An India Reserve Battalion jawan and a civilian were killed in an ambush carried out by unidentified armed men in the Kangpokpi district of Manipur. The victims have been identified as Henminlen Vaiphei from Leimakhong Mission Veng village and Thangminlun Hangsing from Hunkho Kuki village in Imphal West district. The ambush took place between Haraothel and Kobsha villages, where a …

Kangpokpi Manipur Irb Thangminlun Hangsing
Manipur violence: Nine, including two cops, injured as fresh bout of firing hits strife-torn Kangpokpi
1 year, 1 month ago

Manipur violence: Nine, including two cops, injured as fresh bout of firing hits strife-torn Kangpokpi

India TV News  

Manipur violence: As Manipur has been reeling under ethnic violence for the last few months, another incident of firing was reported from Kangpokpi district on Tuesday. At least nine people, including two Manipur police personnel and a woman, sustained bullet injuries after unidentified men fired on them at Kangchup foothills in Kangpokpi district. Another firing incident In another firing incident, …

Violence Area Kangpokpi Manipur Security Personnel Kangpokpi District Kangchup
Kuki groups protest killing, demand re-imposition of AFSPA in parts of Manipur
1 year, 4 months ago

Kuki groups protest killing, demand re-imposition of AFSPA in parts of Manipur

Hindustan Times  

The killing of three Kuki village patrol guards by armed miscreants in the Ukhrul district of violence-hit Manipur on Friday has led to protests by members of the community and demands for the reimposition of the contentious Armed Forces Act in all parts of the northeastern state from where it was removed earlier. Alleging blockade of essential goods being prevented …

Districts State District Meitei Kangpokpi Manipur Ukhrul
Before parading women naked in Manipur, mob killed people and torched houses, June 21 FIR states
1 year, 5 months ago

Before parading women naked in Manipur, mob killed people and torched houses, June 21 FIR states

The Hindu  

An armed mob, nearly a thousand strong, had attacked a village in Kangpokpi district of Manipur and torched, looted houses, killed and raped wantonly before abducting two women whose forced naked parade caught on video outraged the entire nation. “The violent mob vandalised all the houses and burnt them to the ground after looting all the moveable properties,” the FIR …

Fir District Kangpokpi Kangpokpi District Saikul Police Station Manipur Mob
Manipur violence: House of main accused who paraded women naked set on fire | VIDEO
1 year, 5 months ago

Manipur violence: House of main accused who paraded women naked set on fire | VIDEO

India TV News  

Two days after a video showing two women being paraded naked by a mob in Manipur, locals set fire to the house of Huerim Heradas Singh, one of the alleged accused seen in the viral video. The incident occurred in a village in the Kangpokpi district one day after ethnic violence broke out on May 3 in the northeastern state. …

Video House Fir Kangpokpi Manipur Paraded Naked
One killed as 'rioters' open unprovoked firing in Manipur's Kangpokpi
1 year, 5 months ago

One killed as 'rioters' open unprovoked firing in Manipur's Kangpokpi

The Hindu  

One person was killed and a few others were injured when "rioters" opened firing without any provocation at Haraothel village in Kangpokpi district of Manipur on June 29 morning, leading to tension in the area. While the local army unit tweeted that "unconfirmed reports" indicated some casualties in the incident, official sources said one body had been recovered from the …

Area Meitei Manipur
1 killed as rioters open fire in Manipur's Kangpokpi
1 year, 5 months ago

1 killed as rioters open fire in Manipur's Kangpokpi

India Today  

One person was killed, and a few others were injured when "rioters" opened firing without any provocation at Haraothel village in Kangpokpi district of Manipur on Thursday morning, leading to tension in the area. While the local army unit tweeted that "unconfirmed reports" indicated some casualties in the incident, official sources said one body had been recovered from the area …

Area Meitei Manipur
Retaliatory strike by village guards leaves nine dead in Manipur
1 year, 6 months ago

Retaliatory strike by village guards leaves nine dead in Manipur

The Hindu  

Nine Meitei men were killed and 10 injured in Khamenlok, a Kuki village in Imphal East district of violence-hit Manipur, on Tuesday night, the police said. The dead were part of a mob of nearly 3,000, some carrying sophisticated weapons, who entered Kuki villages in Kangpokpi district over the past three days and destroyed homes, a police source told The …

East Meitei Men Kangpokpi Manipur Kuki Imphal Imphal East
Elderly woman among three killed in attack on Kuki village
1 year, 6 months ago

Elderly woman among three killed in attack on Kuki village

The Hindu  

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

Men Attack Village Killed Sit Kangpokpi Manipur