Manipur Violence: SC Seeks Probe Status from State Govt, CBI, NIA
Based on the reports on status of probe and filing of chargesheets, the Supreme Court said it will take a call on whether the trials can commence in Assam or be undertaken in Manipur.
In the Absence of All Kuki MLAs, Manipur Passes Bill Criminalising Changing Names of Places
From the instances given by the chief minister at the House, it comes across that the law was particularly aimed at stalling the Kuki community to act otherwise. For instance, the Kuki-dominated Churachandpur being referred to as Lamka by them.
Paying lip-service to the sacrifices of our soldiers and the military
Unless the senior military brass miraculously develops a spine and the mainstream Indian media starts doing journalism instead of government propaganda, soldiers should be prepared for more setbacks to their status, standing and rights under the current regime, writes Sushant Singh.
Six months of chaos in Manipur show utter failure of double-engine government
Narendra Modi and Amit Shah are great admirers of Sardar Patel but lack his ability to govern with wisdom or administer with care and understanding, writes Ramachandra Guha.
As The Government Failed Manipur, Once Peace-Loving People Picked Up Weapons, Fought & Died
The Manipur government’s failure to end the ethnic violence has caused ordinary Meitei and Kuki—a poet, a university student, an ironsmith—to pick up arms and die because they felt they had to defend their people.
Internet Ban in Manipur to Be Lifted Today, Says CM Biren Singh
Internet was shut down in the state for five months following the outbreak of violence on May 3. It was among the longest internet bans imposed in an Indian state.
Surrender Illegal Weapons in 15 Days or Face Action, Manipur CM Warns People
Thousands of sophisticated weapons have been looted from state armouries and police stations, which rival groups used in unleashing violence in the state. Several such calls for surrendering weapons were also made in the past, but to no avail.
Torture, rape, killings in Manipur: An Indian state's brutal conflict
A sense of fear is all pervasive in Manipur since shocking violence between their community and minority Kuki groups broke out, marked by brutal killings and sexual crimes against women. More than 200 people have been killed, roughly two-thirds of them Kukis, a collective name for the Kuki, Zomi, Chin, Hmar and Mizo tribes who are mostly Christians.
Manipur Govt's Statement Against Security Forces Goes Against Its Own Police's Version: Report
A 'Telegraph' report notes how the Biren Singh government and Manipur Police have differing versions of gunfight between an armed group and the security forces.
SC protects ex-Army man, prof against coercive action in two FIRs lodged against them in Manipur
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Manipur government, said there was "a pattern to approaching the Supreme Court directly by one segment".
Behind Manipur violence, a ‘war on drugs’ that wasn’t
Even as Manipur's BJP government has publicised a 'war on drugs', heroin has gotten cheaper and more popular in the state with high school students increasingly prone to drug addiction.
'We don't trust govt, we want to go back to our own houses': Manipuris at relief camps
Restless victims of Manipur's three-month-long ethnic strife housed in cramped makeshift relief camps are demanding the state government solves the imbroglio so that they can go back home.