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.
Five Reasons Why Mizoram CM Zoramthanga Said He Will Shun Modi During Campaign
The Wire explains the compulsions that forced the Mizo National Front chief to make such a categorical statement against the prime minister despite his party being part of the NDA.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla protests against EU Parliament raising India’s internal issues
Om Birla told the European Parliament Vice President that every nation and Parliament is sovereign and internal issues of other countries should not be discussed by others.
Five Months Into Manipur Conflict, Justice Evades Those Who Lost Their Loved Ones
According to the government's statistics, 178 people have been killed. Civil society groups put this number at close to 200. Tens of thousands of people have been displaced.
Reimposed Internet Shutdown in Manipur Extended Till October 6
The internet had been back in place for barely three days after the 143-day-long shutdown that began on May 3 before it was shut down again on September 26.
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.
Beware of camouflaged civilian trucks that resemble our vehicles: Assam Rifles
The AR has written to Manipur police alerting that “few Meitei miscreants” may use refurbished civilian trucks, which resemble vehicles used by the paramilitary force, for “anti-national activities”
Manipur: Curfew Restrictions Back in Imphal Districts as Mobs Try to Storm Police Stations
Meitei groups have stormed multiple police stations demanding the release of five men who were arrested for carrying sophisticated weapons and impersonating policemen.
50 injured in Manipur as groups of women throng police stations demanding release of 5 miscreants
Police say the armed miscreants were arrested as they face charges of extortion, misuse of police uniform, and impersonation; women’s collective Meira Paibi says they are village volunteers.
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.