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Situation calm but tense in Imphal day after attack by mob on Manipur Rifles camp

The situation in Manipur’s capital Imphal remained calm but tense on November 2, a day after security forces fired several rounds in the air to disperse a large mob of more than 2,000 people who tried to loot an armoury within the camp of the 1 Manipur Rifles.

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Manipur tribals protest deployment of ‘additional’ police commandos in border town Moreh

Tribal women in Manipur's Moreh town protest against additional police commandos. Kuki Inpi & COTU claim efforts to induct more police personnel from Imphal Valley may disturb peace.

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INS Imphal, India’s first warship, delivered 4 months ahead of schedule

MDL delivers INS Imphal, third ship of Project 15B Class of stealth guided missile destroyers, four months ahead of schedule. It is equipped with two helicopters, has an endurance of 4,000 nautical miles, and can carry out a 42-day mission

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Manipur: Security seizes 18 automatic weapons during joint combing operations in Imphal East

The joint Columns of security forces comprising of Indian Army, Manipur Police, Central Reserve Police Force, and Border Security Force conducted three successful operations in parts of Manipur resulting in the recovery of weapons, an official statement issued by Defence PRO on Friday said.

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General strike hits normal life in Manipur

IMPHAL: Normal life was significantly disrupted in Manipur on Sunday due to a day-long general strike organized by several militant groups in protest of the state's merger with India on October 15, 1949.

The Times of India

Manipur government holds meeting to chalk out plan for disposal of 94 unclaimed bodies

The Manipur government is firming up a plan for the disposal of unclaimed bodies. An official record blamed the civil society organisations for causing hindrance in “timely disposal of bodies” by taking decisions on behalf of the relatives of the dead.

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Manipur Minister, family escape unhurt in hand grenade attack on house

Manipur Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Yumnam Khemchand and his family members escaped unscathed when suspected insurgents hurled a China-made hand grenade at 10.30 p.m. at his well-guarded house at Yumnam Leikai in Imphal.

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Fresh violence in Manipur's Imphal, two houses torched

Fresh violence broke out in Manipur’s Imphal West district where at least two houses were set on fire and several rounds of bullets were fired, police said on Thursday.

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‘There were 90 pellets in his shoulder’: In Manipur, central forces accused of targeting school students

“They could have used water cannons or lathi-charged the students. But why did they have to use pellet guns to attack student protesters? Have they used pellet guns on school students protesting in Delhi, Mumbai or other parts of mainland India? Then why Manipur?”

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Violent protests rock Imphal; DC office vandalised; two vehicles torched

“Violent protests over the death of two youths in Manipur continued till the early hours of Thursday with a mob vandalising the deputy commissioner’s office in Imphal West and torching two four-wheelers,” officials said.

The Hindu

AFSPA extended in Manipur for 6 months from Oct 1 barring 19 police stations of valley

IMPHAL: Hill areas of Manipur were again placed under the stringent Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act while 19 police stations mainly comprising areas in the valley have been kept out of its purview.

The Times of India

Manipur violence | Protests in Imphal for second consecutive day against students’ killings

Thousands of students march in Imphal to protest killing of two youths; ITLF women’s wing holds rally in Churachandpur against delay in CBI inquiry into ethnic violence; Police, CRPF, RAF personnel deployed

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Armed miscreants who wore police uniforms, carrying guns in Manipur get bail in UAPA case

Special NIA court in Imphal grants bail to five armed miscreants arrested in a UAPA case by the Manipur Police while they were travelling in police camouflage and with sophisticated arms and ammunition.

The Hindu

Arrest killers of Kom soldier immediately, protesters urge Manipur CM Biren Singh

IMPHAL/GUWAHATI: Hundreds of Kom protesters took to the streets on Monday in five districts of Manipur, a day after the bullet-riddled body of an Army sepoy, Serto Thangthang Kom (41) was recovered from Imphal East district.

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Arrest killers of Kom soldier immediately, protesters to Manipur CM

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Army soldier abducted, killed in Manipur

IMPHAL: The body of an Indian Army soldier identified as Sepoy Serto Thangthang Komwas was found at Khuningthek village in Manipur's Imphal East district on Sunday, officials said.

The Hindu

Commission on Manipur violence to hold public hearings in Imphal, Delhi

Within weeks of the violence starting in Manipur, the Kuki-Zo and Meitei communities had been divided between the hill and valley areas respectively.

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Three killed in fresh violence in Manipur

Three tribals belonging to the Kuki-Zo community were shot dead on Tuesday morning allegedly by militants of banned terror groups in Kangpopki district in Manipur

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Restrictions imposed in Imphal to prevent march to Bishnupur Churachandpur border

COCOMI calls for march to remove Army barricade in Imphal Valley, sparking curfew-like restrictions. Tensions between Kuki-Zo and Meitei communities have led to clashes, 8 deaths, 29 injuries. District Magistrate of Imphal West issues and then withdraws order for curfew relaxation on Sept 6. Exemptions for essential services, movement of…

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Press freedom concerns as India editors’ body charged over Manipur report

Manipur police file cases against Editors Guild of India members, accusing them of promoting enmity between groups.

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Ethnic cleansing complete in Imphal Valley, says Chidambaram

Former home minister P. Chidambaram cited a media report that claimed that the last five Kuki families in Imphal were “forcibly removed” from their homes by the authorities.

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Chidambaram claims 'ethnic cleansing complete' in Imphal valley; slams Centre, state govt

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday alleged that "ethnic cleansing is complete" in Manipur's Imphal Valley and said there can be nothing more "shameful" than this development. Read further on Dynamite News:

Newslaundry

Govt ‘partisan’, fake news in Manipur media deepening divide: Editors’ Guild fact-finding report

“Fake news finding space in Imphal media” is continuously deepening the ethnic divide in Manipur, said a fact-finding report issued by the Editors’ Guild of India on Saturday. The state’s media outlets, which are concentrated in Imphal Valley, have “seemingly become Meitei media”, the report said, listing out several fake…

The Hindu

Four Imphal-based lawyers withdraw from Kuki Professor’s case after Meitei threat

Lawyers in Imphal withdraw from case of Hyderabad Univ. Prof. Kham Khan Suan Hausing after threats from Meitei community. SC had issued interim order protecting him. Advocates faced threats & vandalism, so withdrew. Indigenous Tribal Leaders' Forum condemns incident, citing intolerance & radicalisation.

The Hindu

Imphal’s remaining Kuki families allege forcible eviction

A defence source said Kuki-Zo families were provided safe passage from New Lambulane in Imphal East to Motbung in Senapati district on a special request by civil administration since they had become “vulnerable targets”

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