Fear of losing kin, cultural ties fuel local opposition to fencing Myanmar border
India and Myanmar share a 1643-km long border in four states of northeast-Mizoram, Nagaland, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh.
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What led to Biren Singh's resignation as Chief Minister of violence-hit Manipur
What led to Biren Singh's decision to step down now, nearly two years after the Meitei-Kuki ethnic violence ... A member of the Manipur Legislative Assembly since 2012, representing the Thongju ...
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Federal Takeover: Turmoil in Manipur Amidst Sectarian Strife
The Indian federal government has assumed direct control of Manipur following the resignation of its chief minister amid ...
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Manipur Kuki Body Leader Faces Action After Mob Tries To Stop Forces From Destroying Poppy Fields
The chief of a key Kuki ... in Manipur faces legal action after a mob attacked a small team of security forces when they tried to destroy illegal opium poppy fields in Manipur's Kangpokpi district ...
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'Remove Any Kuki Tribes From ST List, Help Organise Peace Talks': Thadou Body Meets Manipur Governor
A top body of Manipur's Thadou tribe met Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla and requested for deletion of 'Any Kuki Tribes' from the Scheduled Tribes' (ST) list in the violence-hit state. In a memorandum ...
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Manipur’s Kuki-Zomi-Hmar MLAs planning huddle over next steps this week
With one of the top demands of Manipur’s Kuki-Zo community, that of N. Biren Singh’s removal as Chief Minister, materialising over the last two days, the State’s 10 Kuki-Zomi-Hmar MLAs are ...
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Manipur: Opposition seeks early restoration of peace, Kuki bodies hail Biren Singh’s resignation
Ex-Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh (File Photo/PTI) Leaders from the Kuki-Zo and Meitei communities – who are on the two sides of the ethnic divide – saw little meaningful change from ...
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After mob attack on forces in Kuki leader's village, Manipur CM vows to intensify 'war on drugs' campaign
Ajang Khongsai, President of Kuki Inpi, Manipur, resorted to 'violent opposition' to the drive being carried out by a joint team of police, forest personnel and the CRPF in Kangpokpi district.
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Naga groups assert opposition to 7 Manipur districts
The United Naga Council (UNC) and other Naga groups of Manipur on Thursday ... Kakching are valley districts the rest are in the hills divided unequally between the Kuki-Zo and Naga tribal ...
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Biren Singh resigns as Manipur CM: A look at 20-month timeline of ethnic violence
September 7, 2023: Clashes break out between the Kuki and Meitei ethnic communities in Manipur's Jiribam district. October 5, 2023: The house of human rights activist and director of Human ...
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Army, police recover arms and ammunition from 4 Manipur districts
Intelligence-based operations by Assam Rifles and Manipur Police in general areas of Mongjang village of Churachandpur district on January ... the Meitei and the Kuki communities after a rally ...
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Manipur: Is President’s rule likely? Why did CM Biren Singh resign? What we know so far
Manipur Chief ... in a Manipur district trigerred widespread outrage. More than 250 people were killed and thousands rendered homeless in ethnic clashes between Meiteis and Kuki-Zo groups since ...