Agitators from the Kuki-Zo community suspect that this could be an attempt to bring in ‘radical’ Meiteis disguised as State forces into Moreh, while police have called such allegations ‘misleading’
"The message is clear and simple. This rally under the aegis of COCOMI, a civil society who declared an open war against the Kukis, isn't for Peace and building trust between different communities in the state, especially with the Kukis, but a war cry to totally annihilate Kukis from Manipur. "
For over 80 consecutive days, the volatile situation in Manipur continues to grip the region, with reports of violence, arson, and gunfire emerging on a daily basis....
Self-proclaimed ‘village volunteers’ are armed with weapons sourced from the black market and looted from police armouries.
The FIRs, accessed by The Indian Express from police station records from across the state, pertain to loot or attempted loot of arms from security personnel in Manipur since May 3.
"Reported that a convoy of around 11 Bullet Proof vehicles of Manipur State Commandos including Arambai Tenggol try to forcibly enter and attack a tribal Kuki-Zo border town Moreh. The convoy is currently halted near Tengnoupal district HQ. by women protestors....
Central troops struggle to prevent escalation amid outrage over sexual assault video
"It is indeed most unfortunate that his views — based on considered opinion and professional investigations — have been construed as criminal by individuals outside the academic community."
Under the shadow of the Indian High Commission, protesters marched to Parliament Square, where they stood in silence beneath the statue of Mahatma Gandhi.
At the end, we are facing flak from every side, says a senior officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity
In Manipur’s major newspapers, attacks by ‘Kuki militants’ are top news, deepening the hills vs valley divide....
Two 17-year-old students went missing near an area dominated by another community. They are feared dead but can’t trace their bodies, say cops.
Tax assistant Letminthang Haokip was killed on May 4 by a mob in Imphal, capital of Manipur state, India
Babu Verghese, an author, journalist and consultant for several Christian television channels, who was recently in Manipur, both in the valley and in the hills, and spoke widely to people of both the Meitei and Kuki communities, says that the horrifying videos and reports that surfaced in the last week of killings, burning and...
The four-member team, led by CBCI president and Archbishop Andrews Thazhath, visited places affected by ethnic clashes that have claimed 150 lives and displaced around 60,000 people since May 3
We are in the dark about what the police and the other government agencies are doing about the Hanglalmuan’s murder, says father of the youth
HW News : Sujit Nair engages in a conversation with Kim Lhouvum, a member of the Kuki community whose family was burnt alive by a Meitei mob in Imphal.
The authorities who chose not to act despite knowing about the horrors in Manipur too are guilty, but who will hold them to account?
The Prime Minister cannot criticise or sack the Manipur Chief Minister, for the latter is pursuing the anti-minority model that the former had invented 21 years
The Kuki-Zo youth, who was arrested for sharing a post on CM Biren Singh, was being taken from court to jail on May 4, when a mob of around 800 men and women intercepted the police vehicle, dragged him out and beat him to death
Last night's report by TimesNow
The remarks come days after the sexual harassment of two tribal women in Manipur came to light. The European Parliament earlier adopted a motion on the ongoing ethnic violence in Manipur, denouncing “in the strongest terms nationalistic rhetoric deployed by leading members of the BJP party”
A viral video of an attack on two women in Manipur is encouraging other survivors to speak out.
Manipur adds to the long list of issues—from the China border crisis to Adani’s alleged corruption to the wrestlers’ protest—where Modi has buried his head in the sand.
FIR says Meira Paibis women’s group handed her over to four armed men; after a brutal assault, gangrape, murder threats, she arrived at Bishnupur police station but did not trust Meitei police to take her home