Sitting outside a small eatery constructed with tin sheets and iron mesh, Kundram Memori, 55, adjusts an assortment of vegetables spread on gunny bags on a footpath in Manipur’s Bishnupur district. Sprinkling the stock of cabbages, beans, and carrots with water as she waits for buyers, Memori recalls how less than two years ago she […]
At a review meeting chaired by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday (March 20, 2025), the Army sought the inclusion of additional police station limits in Manipur Valley under the ambit of the Armed Forces (Special) Powers Act (AFSPA), a senior government official told The Hindu. On November 14, 2024, out of 19 […]
Security forces are on high alert in Tripura as the Tipra Students Federation (TSF) and Tipra Indigenous Students Federation (TISF) have called for indefinite protests from Friday (March 21, 2025) to demand the introduction of their Kokborok language to all levels of education. The ruling party in the tribal autonomous district council, TIPRA Motha, and […]
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 […]
