The Latest Breaking News from IMPHAL

Armoury looted, policeman killed in separate incidents in Manipur

Police foil attempt to loot weapons in Imphal, 1 Manipur Rifles personnel killed in separate incidents. Mob loots armoury in Bishnupur, over 4,000 weapons looted in ethnic violence.

The Hindu · Aug 4, 2023

Security intensified as tribal forum plans mass burial of 35 bodies in Manipur

The bodies, including that of three women, are currently at the Churachandpur District Hospital.

The Hindu · Aug 2, 2023

Manipur violence: 53 bodies – mostly Kukis – lie unclaimed at two Imphal hospitals

Nearly three months into the ethnic violence in Manipur, at least 53 dead bodies – mostly all belonging to the Kuki community – lie unclaimed at two district hospitals in Imphal East and West, sources at the state health department and district administrations told Newslaundry. Officials said three or four…

Newslaundry · Aug 1, 2023

Manipur ethnic violence | In an armed conflict, the war on women

A ground report on the horrifying sexual violence against Kuki-Zomi women by majoritarian Meiteis in Manipur’s ethnic clashes

The Hindu · Jul 28, 2023

39 babies born in 90 days: Grief and comfort at Manipur’s only relief camp for pregnant women

Within the varicoloured walls of the Khuman Lampak Sports Complex in Imphal, a handful of pregnant women huddle together. Wearing the traditional phanek over their kurtas, they’re discussing the news of the day – attacks in the border district of Moreh, cross-firing in Bishnupur, and the larger disruptions that have…

Newslaundry · Jul 28, 2023

Manipur village caught in cross-fire: Bombings through the night, teen critically injured

About 40 km from Imphal, Phougakchao village in Manipur’s Bishnupur district has been witness to rampant firing and bombing from the neighbouring Kuki-dominated hills, which intensified this week. On July 25, an 18-year-old boy Lonjam Naocha Singh got severely injured by shrapnel as a bomb cracked through the roof of…

Newslaundry · Jul 27, 2023

‘Cops said it would be war if we go to find them’: In Imphal, families wait for 2 teens, ‘dead or alive’

“On the first floor, three rooms are under construction. One of them was for my son. Construction was recently stopped due to lack of construction material. I don’t know who would occupy the room now,” said Phijam Ibungobi Singh, who retired as additional superintendent of police (wireless) last year, at…

Newslaundry · Jul 26, 2023

Several Manipur footballers opting for transfer to other states

BENGALURU: After the high of the Tri-Nation football tournament in Imphal in March, when nearly 25-30 thousand people packed the stadium to watch the India team — which had seven players from Manipur — in action, the young footballers in the state are now facing uncertain times. The mindless violence…

The Times of India · Jul 26, 2023

‘His body is still in the morgue’: Two months later, Kuki woman on her brother’s murder

On May 4, when Letminthang Haokip telephoned his sister Kim from Imphal, she immediately knew something was wrong.

Newslaundry · Jul 25, 2023

Union Minister R.K. Ranjan Singh’s house in Manipur attacked again; students take out peace rally

Protestors threw stones at the Imphal residence of Union minister R.K. Ranjan Singh demanding that he speak in Parliament, while students of Manipur University took out a rally during the day

The Hindu · Jul 24, 2023