IMPHAL — The latest round of violence in Manipur has reportedly claimed five lives in Jiribam district on Saturday even as authorities responded by clamping prohibitive orders restricting the assembly of more than five people and carrying of arms and ammunition. The order will remain in force until further notice, according to the District Magistrate of Jiribam. This order comes after five persons were killed in Jiribam district, which borders Assam’s Cachar district—a day after an elderly man was killed...

Anti-drone system deployed in response to attacks on civilians: Manipur Police IMPHAL — Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh called an emergency meeting with MLAs from the ruling coalition, which comprises the BJP, Naga People’s Front, and National Peoples Party (NPP), on Saturday evening to discuss the prevailing law and order situation in the state, official sources said. The meeting, scheduled to take place at the Chief Minister’s bungalow, is expected to focus on critical decisions concerning the recent attacks...

IMPHAL/KOLKATA — Five people were killed in fresh violence in Manipur’s Jiribam district on Saturday, police said. Security forces, on the other hand, destroyed three bunkers of militants in Churachandpur district on Friday after the insurgents launched rocket attacks in adjoining Bishnupur that killed one person and injured six others. On Saturday, one person was shot dead in his sleep while four others were killed in subsequent exchange of fire between people of two warring communities in Jiribam district, a...

IMPHAL — An explosion from a suspected locally made rocket-propelled bomb killed an elderly man and wounded five others, including a 13-year-old girl, in Manipur’s Bishnupur district on Friday, according to sources familiar with the matter. The blast occurred around 3 pm in Moirang, a town approximately 45 kilometres south of Imphal. The bomb is believed to have been fired from a nearby hill range, striking the compound of former Chief Minister Mairembam Koireng’s residence, located near the Indian National...

IMPHAL — A 71-year-old man was killed and five others sustained injuries as suspected Kuki militants in the strife-torn northeastern state of Manipur targeted former Chief Minister Mairembam Koireng’s residence in Bishnupur district by lobbing a “powerful bomb”, an official said on Friday. According to police, the bomb which was lobbed from a long range fell on the compound of ex-CM Koireng’s residence, killing the elderly man on the spot. Koireng and his family members were not in the house...

The fresh violence in Manipur that killed two persons and injured several others seems to have caught the attention of the nation once again. The Kuki-Zo militants reportedly used drones to carry out their latest attacks, raising alarms among the civilians, the government and the security personnel as well. While the use of drones points to a dangerous escalation in the conflict that has crippled the state for more than a year now, people familiar with the ethnic crisis may...

NEW DELHI — Asking the Centre to take full responsibility of what has happened in Manipur, Congress MP A Bimol Akoijam on Tuesday accused the government of being “complicit” in the crisis and likened its response to the laughter Draupadi faced when she was being insulted in the epic Mahabharat. The Inner Manipur MP said despite the crisis, Prime Minister Narendra Modi thinks he does not need to go there, which shows the “seriousness and indifference” to the suffering of...

IMPHAL — Manipur Director General of Police Rajiv Singh on Tuesday said that the police alone cannot deal with the situation in the violence-hit state and continued assistance from central forces was required. More than 200 people have been killed and thousands rendered homeless in ethnic violence between Imphal Valley-based Meiteis and adjoining hills-based Kukis since May last year. The conflict took a new turn recently as militants deployed drones to launch bomb attacks on villages of the rival community....

IMPHAL — Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Tuesday condemned the drone bomb attacks on civilians as acts of terrorism and vowed a firm response. Taking to X, Singh expressed his outrage, stating, “Dropping bombs on civilian populations and security forces using drones is an act of terrorism, and I condemn such cowardly acts in the strongest terms.” Singh’s comments followed two separate drone bomb attacks in Koutruk and Senjam Chirang in Imphal West district, which resulted in the...

For more than a year of silent observation in the aftermath of 3rd May 2023 conflict between the Meiteis and Kuki-Zo tribes, Nagas led by student organisations have come out in the open to stop Kuki Students’ Organisation (KSO) from holding a rally in the districts of Ukhrul (including Kamjong), Senapati, Chandel and Tamenglong (including Noney) on 31st August 2024. Better sense prevailed as the advice was heeded by the KSO et al and a confrontation was averted when no...