At the heart of the conflict are a disenchanted peoples, Kuki-Zo, Nagas and Meiteis and a society torn asunder by the cynical politics of the ‘double engine sarkar’
Supreme Court bench granted the duo, arrested under UAPA in the Bhima Koregaon case, bail stating that while the charges against the two accused are serious, that alone cannot be the reason for denying bail
NBDSA held Times Now Navbharat of misleading audience with its show on ‘Madrassa Jihad’, violated Code of Ethics as show created an impression that ever madrassa is a breeding ground for terrorism and activities of similar nature
Underpaid and unpaid work -- in India, on average, 66% of women's work is unpaid, compared to 12% of men’s work even as they invest 90 per cent of their income back into the families as compared to just 40 % by men, has rendered Indian women more acutely prone to hunger, malnutrition and anaemia
Since its enactment, this weaponised law, under challenge in the Supreme Court, has resulted in a series of incidents of wrongful arrests and confinement even while section 4, that stipulates only someone directly affected is a complainant, is routinely violated
While bitter hostilities between Meiteis and Kukis have formed the larger narrative, with Kukis seen as a target, Arambai Tenggol’s acts of violence on the Pangals, a small Muslim minority, with the latest being the brute torture of a young man have remained in the dark underbelly of the violence in Manipur
In all, 81 persons, including women and children were killed and 214 persons were injured in the Meitei-Kuki conflict in Manipur in the year 2024, as reported in the 5 newspapers monitored by the CSSS – The Times of India, The Indian Express, The Hindu, Inquilab and Sahafat. Among the 81 killed, 19 were from Meitei community, while 15 were from Kuki community, 12 were security personnel, and 4 were Hindu migrant workers