‘A message for Nagas’: Why the Kukis did not mark ‘black day’ this year
For 30 years, every September, Kukis have mourned civilians killed by Naga militants. This year, however, they have chosen to uphold ‘tribal solidarity’.
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.
'Bias of Manipur Media Towards a Community, Total Misrepresentation of Facts': Army's Letter to EGI
The letter signed by Colonel Anurag Pandey of the Information Warfare wing, for the General Officer Commanding, notes that the “bias of the media in favour of one community and against the other community emerges clearly” in daily reports. The Guild’s own report too notes this bias.
In Opening Session Speech, UN Human Rights Chief Raises Manipur and Nuh Violence
Speaking on the situation in India, Volker Türk said that his office “frequently receives information that marginalised minority communities are subjected to violence and discrimination”.
Restrictions imposed in Imphal to prevent march to Bishnupur Churachandpur border
An influential Meitei civil society group has called for a march towards the Bishnupur-Churachandpur boundary on Wednesday to remove an Army barricade.
Manipur: Epidemics May Break Out in Relief Camps if Urgent Measures Not Taken, Warn Doctors
Routine immunisation for children has stopped, surgeries and dialysis put on hold, referral to higher health facilities has become a thing of the past. Shortage of medicines and restrictions on doctors' movements paralyse healthcare in the state.
The remaining residents of the New Lambulane area in the heart of the State capital said many of them were woken up from sleep and taken in waiting vehicles with only the clothes they were wearing.
Six killed in Manipur gunfight; police say situation tense, under control
Kuki insurgent groups in talks with Centre now demand UT with legislature for Kuki-Zo districts in Manipur; Churachandpur villages are being pounded by mortar shells from valley, says ITLF.
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.
Nobel Peace laureates join citizens' initiative to establish peace in conflict-hit Manipur
Amid efforts by the Centre to convince the Meitei and Kuki groups in Manipur to stop violence, two Nobel Peace laureates have joined a citizens' initiative to restore peace in the conflict-hit state.
3 civil society leaders have been charged with outraging religious feelings, promoting enmity between groups after they articulated their community’s viewpoint on brutal conflict in media interviews, writes Ajaz Ashraf.