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Do not transfer central forces from Uyok hills: Manipur villagers urge authorities
2 days ago

Do not transfer central forces from Uyok hills: Manipur villagers urge authorities

The Hindu  

People of several villages have started a demonstration urging the authorities not to transfer central forces from Uyok hills, where clashes between militants and security personnel were reported recently. “Villagers of Thamnapokpi, Sanasabi and Yaingangpokpi close to Saibol have been on a sit-in at the foothills of Uyok hills since Monday evening,” officials said. The villagers are afraid that members …

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Tribal woman killed, set ablaze in Manipur district
2 months ago

Tribal woman killed, set ablaze in Manipur district

Hindustan Times  

A 31-year-old woman was allegedly shot, raped, and set on fire as militants attacked a tribal village in the Jiribam district of Manipur, officials familiar with the matter said on Friday — an incident that ruptured the fragile peace maintained in the strife-torn state for close totwo months. Jiribam Superintendent of Police Khamnam Robinsun Singh wrote to district magistrateKrishna Kumar …

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Manipur: Kuki body writes to Amit Shah to expedite creation of Union territory
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Manipur: Kuki body writes to Amit Shah to expedite creation of Union territory

Hindustan Times  

The Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum, a prominent Kuki organisation in Manipur, on Saturday wrote an open letter to Union home minister Amit Shah urging the Centre to expedite creating a Union territory with a legislature for the Kuki-Zo community under Article 239A of the Indian Constitution. The Kuki body alleged that the sate police and central security forces have become …

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Manipur police register ‘Zero FIRs’ over killings of two Kuki-Zo men
8 months, 3 weeks 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 …

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Buffer Zones Between Kuki-Meitei Camps Offer Panacea for Volatile Manipur as Locals Look for Peace
1 year, 5 months ago

Buffer Zones Between Kuki-Meitei Camps Offer Panacea for Volatile Manipur as Locals Look for Peace

News 18  

Buffer zones have become the reality in violence-hit Manipur as security forces try to maintain calm between Kuki and Meitei groups. In an effort to understand the steps taken by security personnel to restore normalcy in the state, News18 visited both Meitei and Kuki villages around Yaingangpokpi in Manipur’s Imphal East district. The jawans should stay here.” Sources said the …

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‘Shocking…': TMC's Saket Gokhale reacts after freedom fighter's wife, 80, 'burnt alive' in Manipur
1 year, 5 months ago

‘Shocking…': TMC's Saket Gokhale reacts after freedom fighter's wife, 80, 'burnt alive' in Manipur

Hindustan Times  

Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Centre while reacting to media reports claiming that the 80-year-old wife of a freedom fighter was locked inside her house and set on fire by an armed group in ethnic violence-hit Manipur. The mother of an accused in the viral sexual assault video case in front …

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Armed mobs rampage through villages and push remote Indian region to the brink of civil war
1 year, 6 months ago

Armed mobs rampage through villages and push remote Indian region to the brink of civil war

The Independent  

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