Tag: Manipur

Following the brutal killings becoming public, the Indigenous Tribal Leaders' Forum (ITLF) has condemned in the strongest terms the killing of two Kuki-Zo village volunteers “by central security forces;” the ITLF alleged that it was the central security forces who aided Meitei militants by firing and shelling tribal positions in Phailengmol area of Manipur's Kangpokpi district on April 13; meanwhile the Committee of Tribal Unity, a Kuki-Zomi group based in Kangpokpi district, called for a 24-hour shutdown in the district on Sunday.

Two orders, circulated within hours on Thursday, March 28, one declaring Easter Sunday a working day, the other one retracting the decision: Christians constitute 40.1% (2.8 million) of Manipur's population, and most of them belong to Kuki, Zo, and Naga communities. 

The matter relates to a crucial appeal against a former Chairperson of the Moreh Autonomous District Council in 2018, in which a senior Manipur IPS officer, Additional SP, Narcotics, Th Brinda,  had claimed to have recovered 4,595 kgs of heroin and 2,80,200 World is Yours (WY) Amphetamine tablets weighing 28 kgs, from different properties

Established procedures and a collective assessment by the statutory NCSC and NCST Commissions, RGI is needed before the union government may accept a proposal for inclusion sent by any state government

Fire brigades from Myanmar helped extinguish the fires, nothing but ashes left of three schools

12 days into the month of January, fourth incident of gun violence and firing in the violence gripped state

Concerted moves by both the union government and the Biren Singh-led state government to “review” (if not divest) the “Nomadic Chin-Kuki” tribes from the list of Scheduled Tribes (STs) in the state has generated concern and real fears of the re-escalation of a violent conflict

Four people have been allegedly shot dead and five others critically injured in Manipur's Thoubal district, leading to the reimposition of curfew in five districts in the valley

While appreciating that Christmas celebrations this year were noteworthy as Narendra Modi had invited representatives of the community in New Delhi to his residence, the Archbishop of Bengaluru, Peter Machado, in a public statement asked that the PM apply a soothing touch to the battered state of Manipur and ensure no attacks on churches either

Tension has gripped the state in a stronger hold after two teenagers from the Meitei community went missing on Sunday, November 5 from West Imphal. Following this, four people from the Kuki-Zo community were kidnapped on Tuesday, following which two bodies suspected to be of the family were found by the police.