The Latest Breaking News from Manipur

The Mizoram Assembly has passed a resolution opposing the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Act, 2023. Aside from special Constitutional protections in Mizoram and Nagaland, the Act is applicable in the rest of India’s Northeast. In 1996, the Supreme Court expanded the term ‘forest land’, such that the Forest Rights Act also…

India rejects U.N. experts' comments on Manipur as "unwarranted, presumptive and misleading". Indian mission expresses disappointment and surprise that the SPMHs issued press release without waiting for Indian govt. response. U.N. experts "appalled" by reports of gender-based violence, inadequate humanitarian response.

Govt appoints decorated Army officer to combat Manipur violence; Col (retd) Sanjenbam led ops in Myanmar in 2015; Kuki refugees influx from Myanmar caused tension; 160+ killed, hundreds injured in ethnic clashes since May.

The Editors Guild in a report published last week had critiqued media coverage out of Manipur, a State which has seen ethnic clashes for the last four months.

Three members of a fact-finding team and the president of the Editors Guild of India have been booked for publishing a “false, fabricated and paid” report on how Manipur media outlets have covered the ongoing conflict.

“The PM ‘refuses’ to visit Manipur, or lead an all-party delegation, or initiate any credible peace process. Has he even met his own colleague from Manipur in the Cabinet,” the Congress general secretary asked.

All India Lawyers’ Union (AILU) national vice-president Sunkara Rajendra Prasad and joint secretary Narra Srinivasa Rao have condemned the attacks and intimidation of the advocates who are appearing for Kuki professor Kham Khan Suan Hausing, who is facing a criminal trial for allegedly making objectionable comments on the Meitei community,…

Tamils in Manipur caught in crossfire; face pressure to pay 'tax' to militant outfits or leave. 45 homes & shops burnt down. Cost of essentials skyrocketed. Tamil community size reduced from 10,000 to 3,000. Central & Manipur govts not supporting them. Tamil community reconsidering living in NE state.

“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…