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Where India's Border Towns Blur Every Line Between Culture, Identity, and Crossing

Moreh, Manipur: The Market That Ignores the LineThe stalls at Moreh's daily market sell Myanmarese thanaka paste three rows from Indian turmeric, and the sellers switch between Meitei, Burmese, and a stitched-together pidgin depending on who is standing in front of them. The border crossing here is a gate, technically,…

Times Life · Aug 4

Beyond Loktak Lake: 5 Hidden, Offbeat Places in Manipur That Most Travellers Never Reach

Ukhrul: The Shirui Lily and the Tangkhul Naga HillsAbout 85 kilometres northeast of Imphal, Ukhrul is the kind of place that makes you wonder why it never made the standard itinerary. The district is home to the Shirui Lily, Lilium mackliniae, a pale pink flower that grows nowhere else on…

Times Life · Jul 24

Amid recent flare-up, Manipur body calls for national focus on ‘Kuki extremists’

COCOMI seeks national attention on Kuki extremists attacking security forces in Manipur, bordering Myanmar.

The Hindu · Jan 20, 2024

39 Myanmar soldiers who entered Mizoram sent back

The fighting between the country’s Army and pro-democracy groups, including ethnicity-based extremist groups, intensified close to the Mizoram border a few days ago.

The Hindu · Nov 14, 2023

Weapons, ammo, police vehicles looted in Imphal mob attack

Armed miscreants attempted to storm police camp in Imphal, snatching weapons, ammo, and vehicles. Three CRPF personnel injured. Police recovered three of the eight looted weapons, including AK-47s. Raids ongoing to arrest accused.

The Hindu · Nov 2, 2023

Situation calm but tense in Imphal day after attack by mob on Manipur Rifles camp

The situation in Manipur’s capital Imphal remained calm but tense on November 2, a day after security forces fired several rounds in the air to disperse a large mob of more than 2,000 people who tried to loot an armoury within the camp of the 1 Manipur Rifles.

The Hindu · Nov 2, 2023

Morning Digest | SC flags possibility of electoral bonds being used to trade favours; suspected extremists kill police officer in Manipur’s Moreh, and more

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The Hindu · Nov 1, 2023

Manipur: SDPO killed, 2 cops injured in ambush near Indo-Myanmar border

GUWAHATI: Hours after the Manipur cabinet declared that sub-divisional police officer Chingtham Anand Kumar was shot dead by Kuki militants at Tengnoupal district’s Moreh town, which is along the Indo-Myanmar border, two other Manipur Police personnel received serious injuries as militants attacked a reinforcement convoy moving towards Moreh in the…

The Times of India · Oct 31, 2023

Suspected extremists kill police officer in Moreh; Manipur CM vows action

Kukis are in a majority in Moreh and the incident followed the demand of some organisations for the removal of the State forces from there.

The Hindu · Oct 31, 2023

Manipur tribals protest deployment of ‘additional’ police commandos in border town Moreh

Tribal women in Manipur's Moreh town protest against additional police commandos. Kuki Inpi & COTU claim efforts to induct more police personnel from Imphal Valley may disturb peace.

The Hindu · Oct 22, 2023