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12-hour bandh called in Assam's Dibrugarh, Tinsukia today: Shops, offices, banks closed, check restrictions
1 month, 1 week ago

12-hour bandh called in Assam's Dibrugarh, Tinsukia today: Shops, offices, banks closed, check restrictions

India TV News  

All Shops, business establishments, offices, and banks are closed in Assam after a 12-hour bandh in Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts called by Moran and Motok organisations demanding ST status for the two communities. Prohibitory orders imposed The agitators came out in large numbers to impose the 12-hour bandh from 5 am called by All Moran Students' Union and All Assam …

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Give ST status to tea tribe community of Assam, Hemant Soren tells Himanta Biswa Sarma
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Give ST status to tea tribe community of Assam, Hemant Soren tells Himanta Biswa Sarma

The Hindu  

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren wrote to his Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday demanding Scheduled Tribe status for the tea tribe community. The Jharkhand Chief Minister said while OBCs are entitled to reservations in education and employment, STs enjoy “more comprehensive” protection and benefits. Mr. Soren said he was aware of the “significant challenges” faced by the tea …

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Congress seeks to make most of BJP’s failure in keeping Assam ST status promise
8 months, 1 week ago

Congress seeks to make most of BJP’s failure in keeping Assam ST status promise

Hindustan Times  

In the run-up to the 2014 polls, Narendra Modi, who was then the Bharatiya Janata Party ’s prime ministerial candidate, met representatives of Assam’s Tai Ahoms, Tea Tribes, Morans, Muttocks, Sooteas, and Koch-Rajbongshis in Guwahati and backed their demand for Scheduled Tribe status to these communities. Congress leader Pawan Singh Ghatowar, who belongs to a tea tribe, said there is …

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Kiren Rijiju: Talks only way to bring peace in Manipur
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Kiren Rijiju: Talks only way to bring peace in Manipur

The Hindu  

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday, March 7, 2024, said negotiations are the only means to restore peace in ethnic violence-hit Manipur and returning the State to normalcy will be the Narendra Modi government's next phase of efforts. Mr. Rijiju put the blame for the ongoing ethnic clashes between the Meitei and Kuki communities in the northeastern state on a …

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Manipur High Court allows appeals against order on ST status for Meiteis
1 year, 2 months ago

Manipur High Court allows appeals against order on ST status for Meiteis

India Today  

The Manipur High Court has allowed tribal organisations in the state to file an appeal against the controversial March 27 order which directed the state government to send a recommendation on ST status for the Meitei community. A division bench of Justice Ahanthem Bimol and Justice Guneshwar Sharma in its October 19 order allowed the tribal bodies to appeal against …

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Manipur High Court allows tribal bodies to appeal against order on ST status for Meiteis
1 year, 2 months ago

Manipur High Court allows tribal bodies to appeal against order on ST status for Meiteis

The Hindu  

The Manipur High Court has allowed the tribal bodies in the State to appeal against the controversial March 27 order which had directed the State government to send a recommendation on Scheduled Tribe status for Meiteis. Within days of the violence beginning, various tribal bodies of Manipur, led by the All Manipur Tribal Union, approached the Manipur High Court, seeking …

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ST status for Meiteis was considered and rejected in 1982 and 2001, government records show
1 year, 2 months ago

ST status for Meiteis was considered and rejected in 1982 and 2001, government records show

The Hindu  

A proposal on the inclusion of the Meitei community in the Scheduled Tribes list has been examined and rejected twice over the last four decades, according to documents seen by The Hindu: once, in 1982, by the Office of the Registrar General of India; and again, in 2001, by the Government of Manipur. In fact, officials of the Tribal Affairs …

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Manipur HC reserves order on tribal body’s right to appeal controversial ST status judgment
1 year, 2 months ago

Manipur HC reserves order on tribal body’s right to appeal controversial ST status judgment

The Hindu  

The Manipur High Court has reserved its order on the All Manipur Tribal Union’s application seeking a leave to file a third party appeal against its March 27 order on recommending Scheduled Tribe status to the State’s dominant Meitei community. A Division Bench of Justices Ahanthem Bimol Singh and A Guneshwar Sharma this week concluded the hearing in the application …

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Apni Party spokesperson Baig blames Phari community leadership for sabotaging reservation bill
1 year, 4 months ago

Apni Party spokesperson Baig blames Phari community leadership for sabotaging reservation bill

Hindustan Times  

Former legislator and spokesman of Apni Party Javeed Baig on Sunday blamed the Phari community leadership for sabotaging the Phari Reservation Bill which failed to pass in Parliament monsoon session. The bill, pertaining to Scheduled Tribe status for Phari community in Jammu and Kashmir was presented in Lok Sabha at the beginning of the monsoon session. The bill, pertaining to …

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Gujjar-Bakarwal agitation: Why Kashmiri tribals are up in arms
1 year, 4 months ago

Gujjar-Bakarwal agitation: Why Kashmiri tribals are up in arms

The Hindu  

Published : Aug 10, 2023 11:00 IST - 10 MINS READ On July 28, agitated members of the Muslim Gujjar-Bakarwal tribe of pastoralists converged on a bridge over the Tawi river in Jammu along with their livestock and staged a demonstration against the Central government’s move to include the “Pahari Ethnic Group” in the Scheduled Tribe list through The Constitution …

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Did BJP ‘abandon’ their injured Kuki MLA as claimed in interviews with Rajdeep Sardesai and Barkha Dutt? Here is what documents show
1 year, 4 months ago

Did BJP ‘abandon’ their injured Kuki MLA as claimed in interviews with Rajdeep Sardesai and Barkha Dutt? Here is what documents show

Op India  

On the 24th of July 2023, Rajdeep Sardesai interviewed the wife of a BJP MLA who belongs to the Kuki tribe of Manipur. Rajdeep Sardesai tweeted, “Hard to hold back the tears when Mrs Valte tells me: ‘my husband worked 27 years with SBI, never took a day’s holiday, never wanted to sleep. Interestingly, the son of the MLA had …

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Manipur violence: Three members of Manipur fact-finding team face serious charges
1 year, 5 months ago

Manipur violence: Three members of Manipur fact-finding team face serious charges

The Hindu  

Published : Jul 19, 2023 15:43 IST - 5 MINS READ Three women activists are facing serious charges of seditious conspiracy after they undertook a fact-finding mission in Manipur, which has been witnessing ethnic riots since May 3. Police complaint In his complaint, he urged the police to register certain stringent sections of the IPC, including sedition charges, against the …

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Mayhem in Manipur: The State burns while the Centre looks away
1 year, 5 months ago

Mayhem in Manipur: The State burns while the Centre looks away

The Hindu  

Chief Minister Biren Singh and the Central government have a lot to answer for the widening Kuki-Meitei divide. He said: “There was a heavy gun battle last night; both the sides kept firing through the night, it is not safe to wait here.” Even at the time of filing this report, Kuki and Meitei groups, armed with arms and ammunitions …

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ST status for Meiteis | Tribal body not aggrieved party, has no locus standi to appeal, says Manipur government
1 year, 5 months ago

ST status for Meiteis | Tribal body not aggrieved party, has no locus standi to appeal, says Manipur government

The Hindu  

The All Manipur Tribal Union is not an aggrieved party and thus has no locus standi to file an appeal against the March 27 order of the Manipur High Court that directed the State government to recommend the inclusion of the Meitei community in the Scheduled Tribes list, the Manipur Government on June 26 submitted before a Division Bench of …

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What sparked the raging ethnic strife in Manipur? Know history of Kuki-Meiti clashes
1 year, 6 months ago

What sparked the raging ethnic strife in Manipur? Know history of Kuki-Meiti clashes

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi Ethnic clashes have overrun Manipur since early May, leading to widespread deaths, injuries and displacement. Read: Manipur violence: Army soldier injured in ‘unprovoked’ firing; operations on The Meiteis’ demand for ST status and the protest against it by the Kukis might have set off the violence that the state continues to face, the divide between the two groups …

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ST status for Meiteis: State again seeks time from Manipur High Court
1 year, 6 months ago

ST status for Meiteis: State again seeks time from Manipur High Court

The Hindu  

As ethnic violence continued in Manipur, the State government on Thursday once again sought more time from the Manipur High Court before taking a position on whether the Meitei community should be included in the Scheduled Tribes list. The appeal has been filed against a March 27 order of a single judge, which directed the State government to recommend Meiteis …

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In India’s riot-hit Manipur, Muslims stuck between warring groups
1 year, 6 months ago

In India’s riot-hit Manipur, Muslims stuck between warring groups

Al Jazeera  

Meitei Pangals, as the community is known in Manipur, have been caught in the ethnic crossfire for more than a month. The 25-year-old mother of two children – a seven-year-old son and a toddler daughter – rushed inside her house in Kwakta town of Manipur state’s Bishnupur district in northeastern India. We have a relationship with both the Kukis and …

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Amit Shah's Visit to Manipur: 10 Things You Must Know About
1 year, 6 months ago

Amit Shah's Visit to Manipur: 10 Things You Must Know About

Deccan Chronicle  

Manipur Violence: Tension has escalated over the last few weeks in Manipur with repeated incidents of arson and violence. On April 19, 2023, the state government was ordered by the Manipur High Court to submit a 10-year-old recommendation to the Union Tribal Affairs ministry to include Meitei community in the Scheduled Tribes list, after hearing a petition filed by the …

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Manipur unrest | The embers of Meitei-Kuki conflict still glow
1 year, 7 months ago

Manipur unrest | The embers of Meitei-Kuki conflict still glow

The Hindu  

/ repeat shuffle M.N. “All the top officers, from the DGP to secretaries in the State government, are Kukis,” says Sanasam Joykumar Singh, a Meitei leader associated with the Meitei Tribes Union. does not belong to the Government of Manipur.” Or: “SOS — Separation is the Only Solution.” Graffiti on the walls call for a ‘Zoland’ or ‘Kukiland.’ Sitting in …

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Mizoram MP urges PM to send ‘joint parliamentary team’ to violence-hit Manipur
1 year, 7 months ago

Mizoram MP urges PM to send ‘joint parliamentary team’ to violence-hit Manipur

The Hindu  

May 09, 2023 09:43 pm | Updated 11:40 pm IST - New Delhi As violence-hit Manipur largely remained incident-free on May 9, a Rajya Sabha member from Mizoram wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that a ‘joint parliamentary team’ which includes Christian members of Parliament be constituted and sent to the affected areas to carry out an independent investigation. The …

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Explained | What is behind Manipur’s widespread unrest?
1 year, 7 months ago

Explained | What is behind Manipur’s widespread unrest?

The Hindu  

The story so far: Manipur has been restive since February when the BJP-led government launched an eviction drive seen as targeting a specific tribal group. The drive led to protests but not on the scale of the one on May 3 triggered by the Manipur High Court’s direction to the State to pursue a 10-year-old recommendation to grant Scheduled Tribe …

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Manipur violence: Hill Areas Committee chief dials down opposition to Meitei demand for ST status
1 year, 7 months ago

Manipur violence: Hill Areas Committee chief dials down opposition to Meitei demand for ST status

The Hindu  

Dinganglung Gangmei, chairperson of the Hill Areas Committee of the Manipur Assembly, on Thursday dialled down the opposition to the demand for Scheduled Tribe status for the Meitei community in the State, after the State saw violent clashes between groups against the demand for inclusion and those in favour. This comes a day after the Manipur High Court issued a …

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Manipur violence: State Government issues ‘shoot-at-sight’ order; 55 Army columns deployed, RAF flown-in
1 year, 7 months ago

Manipur violence: State Government issues ‘shoot-at-sight’ order; 55 Army columns deployed, RAF flown-in

The Hindu  

The Manipur government on May 4 issued shoot-at-sight orders in “extreme cases” to contain spiralling violence in the State between tribals and the majority Meitei community which has displaced over 9,000 people from their villages. Nitish Kumar does not want to conduct the caste-based survey in Bihar and they put forward the weak side intentionally so that the court puts …

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Everything you need to know about Manipur violence by Tribal groups opposing ST status demand by Meitei community
1 year, 7 months ago

Everything you need to know about Manipur violence by Tribal groups opposing ST status demand by Meitei community

Op India  

Violence erupted at several places in Manipur on Wednesday during protests by tribal groups against the demand for ST status by the Meitei community. While the situation was handled swiftly by the security forces, things went out of hand on 3 May, when All Tribal Student Union Manipur called for a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ in the Torbung area of Churachandpur …

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