PM Modi Inaugurates Manipur Projects Virtually, Remains Mum On Ethnic Violence Even After 10 Months
The inauguration event was a part of the foundation stone laying programme for various projects worth Rs 55,600 crore under the ‘Viksit Bharat Viksit North East’ initiative.
Farmers in this district of Manipur say the government's 'War on Drugs' campaign destroyed their poppy fields and failed to adequately compensate them for the loss in incomes.
‘Shooting the Sun’: Will the sun come out and shine again in Manipur?
Nandita Haksar's 'Shooting the Sun: Why Manipur was Engulfed in Violence and the Government Remained Silent' not only lays bare the nuances of the political crisis in Manipur but also what becomes of us when our political imagination is reduced to an identity.
Sources in local police said among arms looted by the mob were six AK-47 guns, four carbines, three knot rifles and two light machine guns, besides a large cache of ammunition.
Centre asks to study delisting Kukis, Zomis from ST list
A representation was sent to Union Tribal Affairs Minister by the Republican Party of India (Athawale) National Secretary in Imphal. The Centre forwarded it to State.
Meitei Christians in India’s Manipur Face Broad Attacks
While the conflict has been ethnic in nature, there has been an underlying communal element to the violence, write Makepeace Sitlhou and Greeshma Kuthar.
In Churachandpur, a Brutal and Final Homecoming for 87 People
Eighty seven coffins, carrying the bodies of Kuki-Zo people killed in the violence, were buried in a ceremony of community and grieving. Some of those buried were killed in May, eight months ago.
Manipur SC-Appointed Committee: Kuki Groups Claim No Dialogue With Them, Deny Report’s Findings
The groups said the committee only met with a few tribal leaders in the hill areas but ignored the leading civil society organisations of the Kuki community.
Optics Aside, the Truth Behind Manipur's Ceasefire Agreement
The reality is that only a faction of the UNLF has participated in the peace talks – much smaller in terms of cadre capacity than the one that has decided to stay away from the latest ‘ceasefire’ with the government.