The state police said on social media platform X that the security personnel responded appropriately by firing tear gas shells to control the situation. Broadcaster NDTV reported that the crowd was demanding the reinstatement of a constable who had been suspended for taking photographs with “armed miscreants”. Ginza Wualzong, spokesman for the state’s Indigenous Tribal […]
“When the Prime Minister becomes the Prime Minister, he ceases to be a politician. He becomes the representative of the voice of the country. Politics must be kept aside and the Prime Minister must speak with weight and not as a petty politician.” Indian people are behind them. It’s sad to post Shri Narendra Modi, […]
Addressing the Lok Sabha during the debate on the opposition’s no-confidence motion against the Center on Wednesday, Rahul said, “Ravana used to listen only to Meghnad and Kumbhakarna. Similarly, Modi ji only listens to Amit Shah and (Gautam) Adani.Hitting out at the Center for its alleged failure to check violence in Manipur, the Congress leader […]
India: Women targeted in Manipur caste violence
According to the Press Trust of India news agency, mobs looted police stations when the clashes began, with 3,000 weapons and 600,000 rounds of ammunition missing. The state is divided along ethnic lines, with rival Meitei and Kuki militias imposing blockades to keep members of rival communities out. At least 120 people have been killed […]
While the conflict has been going on in Manipur for the last three months, violence broke out between two groups in Haryana on Monday. “What is the government doing there? I have repeatedly asked about the situation in Manipur. The governor of Manipur is a woman and there have been atrocities on women… nothing is […]
Now I really want to separate the tribal areas from Manipur, for the Government of India to create a separate state for the tribals in this area, said Siamting, sister of the deceased Y.P.
Professor Bhagat Oinam made a serious allegation that people of the Kuki community who came from Myanmar in an unconstitutional manner have also got jobs in the Central Government, it is a matter of investigation as to who made the documents of their being Indians. “Some outsiders targeted and destroyed a 200-year-old Shiva temple in […]
On 3 May members of the Kuki and Naga tribes, who inhabit the hills of Manipur and are considered Scheduled Tribes or India’s most disadvantaged groups, launched a protest against the possible extension of their benefits to the dominant Meitei people . The Meitei have demanded special benefits for more than a decade, but last […]
The Indian Army and the Assam Rifles, which were called in to quell the violence in Manipur, have so far successfully rescued nearly 23,000 civilians and taken them to operating bases, an Indian Army statement said on Sunday. Meanwhile, Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh met representatives of the ‘Coordination Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI)’ […]
The death toll after ethnic clashes in India’s far northeast rose to 54 on Saturday, despite fresh violence overnight after authorities sent in troops to restore order. Thousands of troops were sent to Manipur on Wednesday after a protest march by a tribal group turned violent. Authorities enforced an internet blackout and issued shoot-at-sight orders […]
Violence erupts between tribal-non-tribal groups in India, army intervenes
