The Latest Breaking News from Manipur

About 18 months after the Kuki-Meitei violence began in May last year, the situation in Manipur remains dire — disrupting peace and livelihoods, with the rift appearing increasingly difficult to bridge.    

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by author Chetan Bhagat, academic Sarthak Bagchi, and journalist Dhiren A Sadokpam to discuss the Maharashtra government formation, the increased violence in Manipur, and the ‘foreign hand’ allegations against OCCRP. 

Another election cycle is behind us, almost. As I write this, the election results for the assembly polls in Maharashtra and Jharkhand are awaited.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted eight weeks time to the Manipur government to respond to a plea challenging the system of Inner Line Permit (ILP) in the state. Read further on Dynamite News:

In the letter, he said that people have lost their faith in the Centre and the State governments. Read further on Dynamite News:

Violence in India's northeastern state of Manipur surged this month, the latest clashes in a bitter 18-month-long conflict between ethnic forces that has killed at least 200 people.

Amid curfew being imposed in Imphal West and Imphal East, the Government of Manipur has declared the closure of institutions, colleges including state universities in these districts till Tuesday. Read further on Dynamite News:

Protests erupted after six bodies, believed to have been kidnapped from the Meitei community, were recovered on Friday.

Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Sunday termed the recent violent clashes in Manipur as 'deeply disturbing'. Read further on Dynamite News: