Shutdowns marked the second anniversary of the ethnic conflict in Manipur as the Kuki-Zo and Meitei communities remembered the victims of the violence in their respective areas of dominance on Saturday. Educational institutions and businesses in the Meitei-majority Imphal Valley shut down in response to a call by the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), […]
The Congress on Saturday (May 3, 2025) alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi “continues to shun” Manipur and Union Home Minister Amit Shah proved to be a “big failure” in managing the situation in the State which has been in the grip of ethnic strife since 2023. Congress General Secretary In-charge, Communications, Jairam Ramesh said […]
Shutdown called by various groups on Saturday (May 3, 2025) to mark two years of the ethnic strife in Manipur affected normal lives in both the Maitei-controlled Manipur’s Imphal Valley and the Kuki-dominated hill districts. Meitei group Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) called a shutdown in the valley districts, while the Zomi Students Federation […]
Two years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, half of the weapons looted from the police during the conflict have been recovered, with the rate of recovery speeding up after President’s Rule was imposed in the State on February 13, a senior government official said on Friday (May 2, 2025). At least 6,020 weapons were […]
Security in Manipur has been heightened amid calls for a shutdown to mark the second anniversary of the ethnic conflict between Kuki-Zo and Meitei communities that broke out on May 3, 2023. Security personnel intensified patrolling in the “buffer zone” – the foothills around the Meitei-majority Imphal Valley – and frisking of vehicles in vulnerable […]
The fall of the Sheikh Hasina government and subsequent unrest in Bangladesh did not have repercussions on the export and import trade with Bangladesh through check posts in northeast India. Fish is one major item that is imported to Tripura and neighbouring states. Tripura’s fisheries minister, Sudhanshu Das, informed that fish consignments are regularly coming […]
Prohibitory orders were imposed in parts of Manipur’s Tamenglong district after a clash between two Naga villages over a land dispute left at least 25 people, including 12 security personnel, injured, officials said on Thursday (May 1, 2025). The incident happened on Wednesday (April 30, 2025) evening when about 2,000 residents of Old Tamenglong village […]
Two Kuki-Zomi student organisations have urged people to observe a shutdown of all educational institutions and business establishments in parts of Manipur on May 3 to mark the second anniversary of the beginning of ethnic violence in the state. Zomi Students Federation (ZSF) and Kuki Students Organisation (KSO) said May 3, 2025, marks the completion […]
Twenty-one Manipur MLAs have written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, urging him to form a “popular government” in the northeastern State, which is now under the President’s rule, to ensure peace and normalcy. The Centre had on February 13 imposed the President’s rule in Manipur, where more than 250 people have been killed and […]
GUWAHATI An umbrella organisation of civil society groups in Manipur has asked the Union government to show as much urgency in dealing sternly with “terrorists from Myanmar” as it has done in the case of Jammu and Kashmir following the Pahalgam incident that killed 26 persons, including a Nepali citizen. The Coordinating Committee on Manipur […]
