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Bihari students stranded in the violence-hit Manipur on May 9 returned to Patna through a special flight arranged by the Bihar government. Altogether 172 students landed at Patna airport out of which 21 were from Jharkhand. 

Many students from Tamil Nadu, who are pursuing medical and other educational programmes in violence-hit Manipur, have expressed their unwillingness to return now when contacted to rescue them, the Tamil Nadu Government said on May 9.

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on May 9 said more than 300 students from the State, who were stranded in violence-hit Manipur, were brought back in the last few days.

Curfew in place and peace talks held as state’s chief minister says about 230 people injured and 1,700 houses burned.

The situation across violence-hit Manipur is improving, with no fresh reports of any untoward incident, while curfew has been relaxed in all the 11 districts where it was clamped, officials said on May 9.

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As Churachandpur, the flashpoint of the violence in Manipur, remains on edge from threat of sporadic violence, an orphanage in the district, where about 10 children are currently housed, is running out of essentials

Students and civilians stranded in Manipur land safely in Hyderabad

Amit Shah said that the Manipur High Court’s order to grant ST status to the majority Meitei community in Manipur will be discussed with all stakeholders, and there was no need for anyone to be scared

MUMBAI: A special flight carrying 25 students from Maharashtra who were stuck in violence-hit Manipur landed in Mumbai on Monday evening.

Even as residents in Imphal said the first batch of tribals stranded in the Valley had been sent back to Churachandpur and Kangpokpi, many more tribals, mostly Kukis, stranded in camps run by the Manipur government are desperately trying to move into the camps run by the Centre