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Kuki village torched in Manipur’s Noney district in pre-dawn attack

Kuki village torched in Manipur’s Noney district in pre-dawn attack

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Leikot village in Noney district after the attack. Photo: Special Arrangement. Manipur’s trail of violence widened after an armed group attacked and torched a Kuki village in Noney district at around 5 a.m. on Thursday (July 2, 2026). The Kuki Inpi (apex body) of Jiribam, Tamenglong, and Noney districts alleged that suspected members of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN) carried out an “unprovoked” pre-dawn attack on Leikot Kuki village, reducing it to ashes. The NSCN is also known as the Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland, one of the oldest extremist groups in the northeastern region. The Kuki Inpi said the village volunteers, armed with licensed single-barrel firearms and limited resources, tried to defend the village but were overwhelmed by the attackers who used automatic rifles and mortar shells. The incident happened more than 200 km west of the India-Myanmar border, where armed Naga groups allegedly torched the Phaimol Kuki village and Kuki extremists reportedly destroyed Huimin Thana and Kherongram villages in a retaliatory attack. The villages along the international …

Protest continues against treatment of 3 Kuki men outside Imphal hospital

Protest continues against treatment of 3 Kuki men outside Imphal hospital

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Protests continued for the second day on Tuesday outside the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) hospital in Manipur’s capital Imphal against treatment of three Kukis injured in a gunfight in Kangpokpi district a day earlier. Protestors demanded them to be shifted out of the hospital alleging that they were injured while attacking civilians. (HT Sourced Photo) Protestors demanded them to be shifted out of the hospital alleging that they were injured while attacking civilians. They also questioned whether similar security protection would be available to ordinary citizens travelling through sensitive areas, including parts of Kangpokpi district. However, security forces dispersed the protestors without using mob dispersal activities. On Monday, security forces resorted to baton charge and tear gas shelling when a large mob gathered at the hospital demanding that the injured should be shifted outside Imphal. On Tuesday, authorities at the hospital said their health conditions are improving, while the hospital nurses’ staff association demanded a peaceful hospital environment. Also Read:Teen footballer among 3 injured in Manipur clash Among the three injured Lunliandan Vaiphei (20) …

Kuki farmer killed in armed attack in Manipur village | India News

Kuki farmer killed in armed attack in Manipur village | India News

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1 min readImphalJun 10, 2026 04:53 AM IST A KUKI farmer was killed in an attack by armed miscreants in Lansan village in Manipur’s Tamenglong district on Tuesday. The police said the attack happened around 11.30 am in the Kuki-dominated village. According to the police, a group of armed miscreants opened fire towards some farmers working in a paddy field along the Imphal-Tamenglong road. Haogin Louvum, 55, was killed in the attack. A case has been registered and investigation is underway, said the police. The incident was reported on the day 14 Kuki men, who had been held captive by Naga groups since May 13, were released. The 14 men had been abducted following a twin ambush at Kangpokpi and Noney districts, killing four persons including three church leaders and one Naga man. On Monday, a Rongmei Naga man, Chunjanglung Panmei, 58, was killed in an attack in Pongringlong Part-I village of Kangpokpi district. The incident occurred while Panmei, along with eight villagers, had gone to collect firewood from Kangpokpi forest. Kuki Inpi Sadar Hills, …

First Kuki village in Churachandpur resettled 3 years after conflict began

First Kuki village in Churachandpur resettled 3 years after conflict began

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Guwahati The first Kuki village in Manipur’s Churachandpur district was resettled on Thursday (May 28, 2026) after three years, but only the males have returned from a relief camp, while their families continue to live there. Khodang, a village near the “buffer zone”, is close to where the Churachandpur district meets the Imphal Valley’s Bishnupur and Kakching districts. A strip of land of varying width separating the Meitei-majority valley from the surrounding Kuki-dominated hills is referred to as the buffer zone. Some 200 people of Khodang had fled deeper inside the Churachandpur district after the ethnic conflict between the Kuki-Zo and Meitei people broke out on May 3, 2023. The district administration helped in the resettlement process. Local MLA Paolienlal Haokip cut a ribbon to inaugurate the village for habitation. M. Sonsei Haokip, the Khodang village secretary, said the villagers fled and took refuge in a relief camp in Churachandpur, the district headquarters, when a mob set most of the houses ablaze. “We have 45 families here. We rebuilt our houses with ₹1.7 lakh, which …

Naga abduction case to be handed over to NIA: Manipur CM

Naga abduction case to be handed over to NIA: Manipur CM

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Manipur chief minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Saturday said the case relating to the abduction of six Naga villagers by armed militants would be handed over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), even as he appealed to Kuki groups to help secure the release of the hostages. Manipur chief minister Khemchand also said that the killing of three church leaders in Kangpokpi district on May 13 had already been handed over to the NIA for investigation. (@YKhemchandSingh X) The announcement came during a meeting between the chief minister and a six-member delegation of the United Naga Council (UNC), an apex Naga body, at his official residence in Imphal, according to a statement issued by the chief minister’s secretariat. The statement said the UNC delegation urged the government to intensify efforts to trace the six Naga villagers abducted from Konsakhul village in Kangpokpi district. “The Chief Minister informed the UNC delegation that the case of the six abducted Nagas would be handed over to the NIA,” the statement said. Khemchand also said that the killing of …

Manipur: Security forces launch operations to rescue those who still in captivity of armed groups

Manipur: Security forces launch operations to rescue those who still in captivity of armed groups

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Imphal, Security forces launched operations in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district to rescue those who are still being held hostage by armed groups, police said on Monday. Manipur: Security forces launch operations to rescue those who still in captivity of armed groups Area domination exercises and search operations are also being carried out in different parts of the hill district to rescue “all missing persons and arrest those responsible for holding hostages”, a senior officer said. Thirty-one of around 38 people belonging to the Kuki and Naga communities, who were held hostage by armed groups in Kangpokpi and Senapati districts, were released on May 14 and 15. These people were taken to undisclosed locations after suspected militants shot dead three church leaders and injured four others in Kangpokpi on May 13, while a civilian was gunned down and his wife was wounded in Noney district. “In continuation of the operations to rescue the missing persons, combing and search operations were carried out by security forces in the hill ranges to the north west of Leilon Vaiphei and …

Manipur: 31 Kuki and Naga hostages released by armed groups

Manipur: 31 Kuki and Naga hostages released by armed groups

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Thirty-one of the 38 people belonging to the Kuki and Naga communities, who were held hostage by armed groups in Manipur’s Kangpokpi and Senapati districts, were released on Friday.  These people were taken to unknown areas after suspected militants shot dead three church leaders and injured four others in Kangpokpi on Wednesday, while a civilian was gunned down and his wife was wounded in Noney district. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Manipur: Tracing the spark that ignited recent Tangkhul Naga-Kuki clashes

Manipur: Tracing the spark that ignited recent Tangkhul Naga-Kuki clashes

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IMPHAL: Tension heightened in Manipur on Thursday following the killing of four persons, including three church leaders, in two separate ambushes in Kangpokpi and Noney districts. Separate incidents of alleged abductions in Senapati and Kangpokpi districts that followed deepened mistrust between the two communities. People block a road after the normal life was paralysed by shutdowns called by the Kuki Zo and Naga communities against the killing of three church leaders and a civilian on Wednesday in Kangpokpi, in Churachandpur, Manipur, on May 14 (PTI) The conflict between the Tangkhul Naga and Kuki communities escalated last week, but the spark was lit over a drunken brawl among community youths in Litan Sareikhong village, Ukhrul district, on February 7. Since then, sporadic violent incidents, including gunfire, have been reported in Ukhrul and Kamjong districts between armed groups from the communities. Manipur has 16 districts; five valley districts, including Imphal East, Imphal West, Thoubal, Kakching, and Bishnupur, are dominated by Meitei communities, while the remaining 11 districts are predominantly inhabited by Naga and Kuki communities. Recent escalation …

In a setback to BJP’s Manipur plans, Kuki-Zo Council asks Kuki faces to steer clear of govt | Political Pulse News

In a setback to BJP’s Manipur plans, Kuki-Zo Council asks Kuki faces to steer clear of govt | Political Pulse News

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While the BJP presses ahead with its efforts to put in place a new government in Manipur, the Kuki-Zo Council (KZC) has now publicly reiterated that Kuki-Zo representatives will not participate in the government – a position that complicates the party leadership’s reported move for installing a Kuki Deputy Chief Minister in the new dispensation led by Y Khemchand Singh, the newly-elected leader of the BJP Legislature Party. In a statement Wednesday, the KZC said its stand stems from a series of collective decisions taken over the past month amid continuing ethnic division and displacement in the state. A leading civil society organisation, KZC has been at the forefront of voicing the concerns and demands of Kuki-Zos in Manipur. “The Kuki-Zo people cannot and shall not participate in the formation of the Government of Manipur,” the KZC’s statement said, referring to a Governing Council meeting held on December 30, 2025, that included “all constituent tribes, apex bodies, and regional organisations”. It described the decision taken at this Governing Council meeting as unanimous and rooted in …

Kuki-Zo Council condemns burning Kuki houses, Naga group rejects claims| India News

Kuki-Zo Council condemns burning Kuki houses, Naga group rejects claims| India News

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IMPHAL: The Kuki-Zo Council, an apex body of Kuki-Zo groups in Manipur, on Tuesday condemned the burning of several houses in K Songlung village of Manipur’s Kangpokpi district by the banned outfit Zeliangrong United Front (Kamson) faction and demanded deployment of adequate security personnel in the area. Several structures, farm houses and a vehicle were set ablaze by the cadres of ZUF (Kamson) faction on Monday, (Videograb/DrLamtinthangHk/X) “For Kuki-Zo people, the day marked yet another dark episode of violence and insecurity, in complete violation of the spirit and values of the Republic,” a statement issued by the council on Tuesday said. Several structures, farm houses and a vehicle were set ablaze by the cadres of ZUF (Kamson) faction on Monday, claiming that the action was taken as part of its campaign against illegal poppy cultivation, narcotics trafficking and unlawful encroachment by illegal immigrants. In its statement, the Kuki body rejected the charge, saying even if this was true, it should have been the district authorities that should have taken action. “Such matters, if any, should …