Ahead of the Supreme Court judges’ planned visit to Manipur this weekend, the Manipur Tribals Forum Delhi (MTFD) has written to the judges and the Registry, requesting that the agenda for the visit be planned in a way that considered “the tribal point of view”. In the letter, the Kuki-Zo civil society organisation […]
“The situation in Manipur’s curfew-bound Churachandpur district remained tense on Thursday (March 20, 2025), two days after clashes between the Hmar and Zomi communities left one dead and several injured,” police said. “Schools and shops remained shut, while church leaders and civil society groups worked to restore peace,” an official told PTI. Security personnel conducted […]
GUWAHATI A memorial for some unsung heroes of India’s freedom movement has been unveiled in Arunachal Pradesh’s Upper Siang district. On Wednesday (March 19, 2025), the State’s Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein inaugurated the 1894 Mirem Batum Lingkang War Memorial at Adi Pasi. He said the memorial was a tribute to the valour and tactical […]
A village considered the hub of moviemaking in the Naga-inhabited hills of Manipur hosted a talent hunt event that has raised the hopes of its residents for a film centre promised in 2019. Many of some 3,000 people in Ringui, a hilltop Tangkhul Naga village in the Ukhrul district, have been making films and music […]
“Several persons were injured as fresh clashes broke out between people belonging to Zomi and Hmar tribes in Manipur’s Churachandpur district,” an official said on Wednesday (March 19, 2025). The clashes took place in Churachandpur town late on Tuesday (March 18, 2025), just hours after a peace settlement was reached between the apex bodies of […]
Six Supreme Court judges led by Justice B.R. Gavai are scheduled to visit relief camps in Manipur on March 22 as part of a National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) outreach to lend legal and humanitarian assistance in a State which has seen months of ethnic violence and suffering. Also Read | Supreme Court indicates trial […]
GUWAHATI The Communist Party of India (Marxist), the Congress, and other political parties on Tuesday (March 18, 2025) demanded the removal of Tripura Minister Sudhangshu Das for his “highly derogatory and seriously objectionable” remarks. The Tipra Motha Party (TMP), an ally of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, also criticised Mr. Das, who holds the Scheduled […]
A court has convicted three Rohingya refugees and sentenced them to jail terms in a rare and harsh punishment for cross-border infiltrators in Tripura. The accused have been given two years in jail and imposed a fine. The district and sessions judge in Kailashahar, the district headquarters of Unakoti, convicted the infiltrators from Bangladesh who […]
After the imposition of curfew in Manipur’s Churachandpur district in view of clashes between Hmar and Zomi people, bodies of the two communities have agreed to lift a shutdown there, officials said on Tuesday (March 18, 2025). The Hmar Inpui and Zomi Council, the apex bodies of the respective tribes, also decided to work together […]
Four members of proscribed outfits in Manipur were arrested in the last 24 hours from Imphal West and Bishnupur districts, police said on Tuesday (March 18, 2025). A 50-year-old cadre of the banned Peoples’ Liberation Army was apprehended from Langol Game Village Zone III in Imphal West district, a senior officer said. He has been […]
