The Latest Breaking News from Manipur

The Govt of Manipur on Thursday authorised all DM, Sub-Divisional Magistrates and all Executive Magistrates/Special Executive Magistrates to issue Shoot at sight orders 'in extreme cases whereby all forms of persuasion, warning, reasonable force etc has been exhausted', an official statement issued by the office of Manipur Governor said. Read…

Manipur is on the boil again. The army and Assam Rifles have “deployed an adequate number of columns for area domination in all affected areas” since Wednesday evening and rescued more than 7,500 people overnight who had to be shifted to safe areas away from places where violence had broken…

GUWAHATI: Manipur government on Thursday afternoon issued an order authorizing district magistrates to issue shoot at sight orders when all measures to contain the situation are exhausted as the state remained on edge with fresh inputs of arson in Imphal.

Soldiers of the Indian Army held flag marches and evacuated thousands of civilians amid a dawn-to-dusk curfew to quell violence between tribal and non-tribal groups in the remote northeastern state of Manipur, officials said on Thursday.

The Army and Assam Rifles were deployed to control the situation in Manipur in May 4, where violence broke out during a tribal agitation the previous day.

Curfew was imposed in eight districts of Manipur and mobile internet services were suspended in the entire northeastern state over violence during a tribal agitation on May 3, officials said.

The MZP also took exception to the Manipur government demanding an inner-line permit (ILP) from the people of Mizoram entering Manipur.

Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Jairam Ramesh blamed the BJP for the violence in Manipur and accused the ruling party of trampling on the rights of indigenous communities.

The Chandrapur district authority has enforced a night curfew to restore normality, as three cars and a forest office were burned down on the second day of violent protests by Kuki villagers in Manipur.

Fresh clashes broke out between demonstrators and police personnel in Manipur’s Churachandpur town on Friday night, with the security forces using batons, tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the mob.

IMPHAL: Clashes erupted between demonstrators and police at Sadbhavna Mandap in Manipur's New Lamka Town in Churachandpur district on Friday, the venue where Chief Minister N Biren Singh was scheduled to address a public meeting.