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SC asks panel to verify 24,000 rehab benefit claims

SC asks panel to verify 24,000 rehab benefit claims

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The Supreme Court on Monday asked an apex court-appointed committee to verify claims that around 24,000 families affected by the 2023 Manipur ethnic violence are yet to receive benefits under government rehabilitation and welfare schemes. The top court also asked the Manipur and Assam governments and others to consider setting up two special trial courts to exclusively hear CBI and NIA cases, respectively, arising from the violence. 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

Couple arrested for alleged role in abduction and killing of six Naga civilians; Kuki-Zo Council apologises

Couple arrested for alleged role in abduction and killing of six Naga civilians; Kuki-Zo Council apologises

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A joint team of the NIA, CRPF, and Manipur Police arrested a couple from Kangpokpi district for their alleged involvement in the abduction and killing of six Naga civilians. The arrests mark a significant breakthrough in the high-profile case that triggered protests 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

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 …

Manipur CM vows action after six Naga hostages found dead, fresh violence erupts

Manipur CM vows action after six Naga hostages found dead, fresh violence erupts

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Manipur Chief Minister Y Khemchand Singh has vowed strict action after the bodies of six Naga men, allegedly held hostage by armed groups, were recovered. The incident comes amid fresh violence in Kamjong district, where suspected militants killed two people and torched several house 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 Marks 2nd Anniversary Of Ethnic Clashes With Mass Gatherings

Manipur Marks 2nd Anniversary Of Ethnic Clashes With Mass Gatherings

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Imphal/Churachandpur: A statewide shutdown and mass gatherings marked the second anniversary of the ethnic clashes between the Meitei and Kuki and Zomi tribes of Manipur on Saturday, amid demands for free and safe movement of all residents, and a separate administrative arrangement. Shutdowns, observed in both the Meitei-dominant Imphal valley and the Kuki-Zo-dominated hill districts, brought life to a grinding halt across the state. While the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) enforced the shutdown in the valley, the Zomi Students’ Federation (ZSF) and the Kuki Students’ Organisation (KSO) led similar actions in the hill areas. In the state capital Imphal, COCOMI organised a public convention at Khuman Lampak Stadium, where speakers urged the central government to ensure the “free and safe movement” of all residents in the state. Christened the ‘Manipur People’s Convention’, it adopted a resolution accusing the Centre of failing in its responsibilities and called for an immediate and time-bound roadmap to restore peace and normalcy. “The People’s Convention demands that the Government of India formally accept responsibility for its role in …

Manipur Woman’s Churachandpur House Was Bombed, Now She Fights For Internally Displaced People

Manipur Woman’s Churachandpur House Was Bombed, Now She Fights For Internally Displaced People

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New Delhi: A woman from Manipur’s Meitei community whose house in Churachandpur was razed with explosives met a top judicial officer of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) in Delhi, seeking relief and legal aid for internally displaced people in the border state. Naorem Rojita Devi, 43, who has been living at a relief camp with her husband and three children in Bishnupur district, in a letter to the Centre and some Union ministries described the condition of internally displaced people from the Meitei community and what kind of help they need the most. NALSA responded to her letter, after which she and two other displaced people accompanied by relief volunteers met NALSA Member Secretary In-Charge SC Munghate in the national capital. Ms Devi submitted a 20-point appeal to help people displaced by the ethnic clashes that began nearly two years ago. Mr Munghate will raise the 20-point appeal in a meeting with Supreme Court judge Justice BR Gavai, Ms Devi said. Justice Gavai is also the Executive Chairman of NALSA. He led a team …

Biren Singh’s “Dangerous Idea” Comment Grazes PA Sangma, Son Conrad Sangma Responds

Biren Singh’s “Dangerous Idea” Comment Grazes PA Sangma, Son Conrad Sangma Responds

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Guwahati/New Delhi: Former Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh launched a frontal attack on Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma today over “interfering in internal matters” of the violence-hit state. In response, Mr Sangma condemned Mr Singh for dragging in the name of PA Sangma and called it “unfortunate”. Mr Singh did not say what triggered his latest attack on the Meghalaya chief minister. However, Mr Sangma’s National People’s Party (NPP) had withdrawn support to the then Biren Singh government in November 2024. The NPP has seven MLAs in the 60-member Manipur assembly, which is currently under suspended animation, or MLAs active but without powers. The former Manipur chief minister in a post on X shared a video of Mr Sangma’s father, PA Sangma, in which the late Congress leader was heard telling parliament that he was in favour of creating smaller states. “We must go for smaller states. I am in favour of smaller states. There are many areas where there is a demand for separate states. In our eastern region, for example, or the …

Manipur YouTuber Who Challenged National Investigation Agency Tells Central Forces To “Go Back” During Protests

Manipur YouTuber Who Challenged National Investigation Agency Tells Central Forces To “Go Back” During Protests

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Imphal: A YouTuber from Manipur who challenged the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to arrest him last year appeared in a fresh video, shouting at the security forces during recent protests in the border state. Sources said details of the YouTuber who identifies himself as Pt Marvin Kuki and runs a YouTube channel of the same name under the handle @PaotinmangChongloi have been flagged to the cyber cell. On March 8, the Kuki tribes in Manipur tried to stop public transport and clashed with the security forces who were trying to enforce the Centre’s order to ensure free movement of people in the violence-hit state that is under the President’s rule. A protester was killed and many others including security force personnel were injured. Paotinmang uploaded a video of the March 8 protest in which he was seen shouting at the security forces to “go back”. “If the central forces can’t keep neutral in both communities, please leave us alone. We will fight them,” he said. The central forces escorting trucks carrying oil and cooking gas …

Indefinite Shutdown In Kuki-Dominated Areas In Manipur Called Off, Days After Clashes With Security Forces

Indefinite Shutdown In Kuki-Dominated Areas In Manipur Called Off, Days After Clashes With Security Forces

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Imphal/Guwahati/New Delhi: An umbrella body of the Kuki tribes in Manipur said they have called off the “indefinite shutdown” imposed after the March 8 clash between the Kuki tribes and the security forces over the Centre’s order to allow free movement in the crisis-hit state. The Kuki-Zo Council (KZC) in a statement on Thursday said they will keep opposing the Centre’s decision to allow free movement of people in Manipur, though they ended the indefinite shutdown imposed in areas where the Kuki tribes are dominant. The indefinite shutdown did not affect other areas in Manipur, officials said. “… We would like to officially announce the lifting of the indefinite shutdown previously called by the Kuki-Zo Council w.e.f 07.30 pm of 13th March 2025. The decision to end the shutdown comes after careful deliberation. However, it is imperative to make it clear that while the shutdown has been lifted, the Free Movement, as announced by the Home Ministry shall be vehemently opposed by the Kuki-Zo people, as it undermines and dilutes the justice process,” the KZC …

Inside Armoured Vehicle, Jawans Push Through Attacks In Manipur

Inside Armoured Vehicle, Jawans Push Through Attacks In Manipur

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Imphal/New Delhi: An armoured vehicle of the central security forces came under heavy attacks by protesters from the Kuki tribes in Manipur on the first day of the Centre’s order to ensure free movement of people in the crisis-hit state, which is under the President’s rule. A video taken from inside the vehicle, which has gone viral now, showed stones and other projectiles thrown by protesters hitting the windshield of the armoured vehicle, while the jawans inside warn the protesters to fall back or face action. Amid a barrage of projectiles that hit all over the mine-resistant vehicle and caused loud metallic cracks to reverberate inside the cabin, the jawans managed to push through the road unharmed, security sources said. The nearly two-minute video showed the armoured vehicle ploughed through an empty passenger bus and a van kept by the protesters to block the road, ran over a mound of stones that would have stopped a smaller vehicle, and rammed three separate lines of metal barrels kept one after another amid burning tyres. More security …