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Displacement, 'ghost villages' behind rise in Manipur hill settlements: BJP MLA - The Assam Tribune

The remarks came after former CM N Biren Singh claimed government records showed 926 unrecognised villages in Manipur#ManipurViolence #ManipurUnrest #MGNREGS #Naga-KukiEthnicConflict #ManipurVillages #GhostVillages #ManipurGovt #ManipurNews #NortheastNews #TheAssamTribune
Displacement, 'ghost villages' behind rise in Manipur hill settlements: BJP MLA

Manipur Violence: SC Seeks Probe Status from State Govt, CBI, NIA

Based on the reports on status of probe and filing of chargesheets, the Supreme Court said it will take a call on whether the trials can commence in Assam or be undertaken in Manipur.

#manipur #SupremeCourt #ManipurUnrest #ManipurGovt #CBI #NIA #BJPStates #india

https://thewire.in/law/manipur-violence-sc-seeks-probe-status-from-state-govt-cbi-nia

In the Absence of All Kuki MLAs, Manipur Passes Bill Criminalising Changing Names of Places

From the instances given by the chief minister at the House, it comes across that the law was particularly aimed at stalling the Kuki community to act otherwise. For instance, the Kuki-dominated Churachandpur being referred to as Lamka by them.

#manipur #ManipurUnrest #meiteis #kukis #ManipurGovt #BJPStates #india

https://thewire.in/government/in-the-absence-of-all-kuki-mlas-manipur-passes-bill-criminalising-changing-names-of-places

In Imphal, the state’s surrender to an armed Meitei militia with ‘Taliban-like’ grip

Three MLAs were assaulted by the cadres of Arambai Tenggol at the meeting held on January 24. One had to be briefly hospitalised.

#manipur #ManipurUnrest #meiteis #kukis #ArambaiTenggol #ManipurGovt #BJPStates #india

https://scroll.in/article/1062725/in-imphal-the-states-surrender-to-an-armed-meitei-militia-with-taliban-like-grip

Paying lip-service to the sacrifices of our soldiers and the military

Unless the senior military brass miraculously develops a spine and the mainstream Indian media starts doing journalism instead of government propaganda, soldiers should be prepared for more setbacks to their status, standing and rights under the current regime, writes Sushant Singh.

#manipur #ManipurViolence #BJP #NarendraModi #IndianArmedForces #MeiraPaibi #meiteis #kukis #AssamRifles #ManipurPolice #ManipurGovt #OROP #media #BJPStates #india

https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/paying-lip-service-to-the-sacrifices-of-our-soldiers-and-the-military-2757230

Six months of chaos in Manipur show utter failure of double-engine government

Narendra Modi and Amit Shah are great admirers of Sardar Patel but lack his ability to govern with wisdom or administer with care and understanding, writes Ramachandra Guha.

#manipur #ManipurViolence #BJP #NarendraModi #AmitShah #BJPStates #meiteis #kukis #ManipurGovt #KukiZos #RSS #hindutva #india

https://scroll.in/article/1058615/ramachandra-guha-six-months-of-chaos-in-manipur-shows-utter-failure-of-double-engine-government

Mobile internet ban in Manipur extended till October 31

The move comes barely a week after Chief Minister N Biren Singh had said the government would withdraw the ban within the next few days.

#manipur #ManipurViolence #InternetShutdown #censorship #BirenSingh #ManipurGovt #BJPStates #india

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/mobile-internet-ban-in-manipur-extended-till-oct-31-govt-order/article67463285.ece

Manipur: CBI Files Chargesheet Against Six in Viral Video Case

As per a complaint, 3 women were "physically forced to remove their clothes and stripped naked in front of the mob."

#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes #CBI #meiteis #kukis #KukiZos #ViolenceAgainstWomen #rape #BJP #ManipurGovt #BJPStates #india

https://www.thequint.com/news/india/manipur-violence-cbi-files-chargesheet-against-six-in-viral-video-case

Manipur BJP flags ‘people’s anger’ in letter to JP Nadda

State party chief A Sharda Devi said that she has never witnessed ‘this kind of aggression and hostility’ towards a ruling party in her career.

https://scroll.in/latest/1056838/manipur-bjp-unit-flags-peoples-anger-in-letter-to-jp-nadda

#manipur #ManipurViolence #BJP #AShardaDevi #meiteis #kukis #ManipurGovt #india

Manipur: Mob tries to storm CM Biren Singh’s personal residence

Officials said that the mob had been camping outside his home since Thursday afternoon.

https://scroll.in/latest/1056768/manipur-mob-tries-to-storm-chief-minister-n-biren-singhs-personal-residence

#manipur #imphal #ManipurViolence #BirenSingh #meiteis #kukis #BJP #ManipurGovt #india

Manipur: Over 50 students injured in clash with security forces in Imphal

The demonstators were protesting the death of two students suspected to have been killed by Kuki militants.

https://scroll.in/latest/1056689/manipur-over-50-students-injured-in-clash-with-security-forces-in-imphal

#manipur #imphal #ManipurViolence #meiteis #kukis #InternetShutdowns #ManipurGovt #BJP #india

As The Government Failed Manipur, Once Peace-Loving People Picked Up Weapons, Fought & Died

The Manipur government’s failure to end the ethnic violence has caused ordinary Meitei and Kuki—a poet, a university student, an ironsmith—to pick up arms and die because they felt they had to defend their people.

https://article-14.com/post/as-the-government-failed-manipur-once-peace-loving-people-picked-up-weapons-fought-died--650d11096769a

#manipur #ManipurViolence #meiteis #kukis #displacement #ManipurGovt #BirenSingh #BJP #ManipurRapes #NarendraModi #IndianArmy #CRPF #BSF #AssamRifles #IndianArmedForces #india

Internet Ban in Manipur to Be Lifted Today, Says CM Biren Singh

Internet was shut down in the state for five months following the outbreak of violence on May 3. It was among the longest internet bans imposed in an Indian state.

https://thewire.in/government/internet-ban-in-manipur-to-be-lifted-today-says-cm-biren-singh

#manipur #ManipurViolence #InternetShutdown #BirenSingh #censorship #meiteis #kukis #ManipurGovt #india

Surrender Illegal Weapons in 15 Days or Face Action, Manipur CM Warns People

Thousands of sophisticated weapons have been looted from state armouries and police stations, which rival groups used in unleashing violence in the state. Several such calls for surrendering weapons were also made in the past, but to no avail.

https://thewire.in/government/surrender-illegal-weapons-in-15-days-or-face-action-manipur-cm-warns-people

#manipur #ManipurViolence #BirenSingh #ArmsLoot #meiteis #kukis #ManipurGovt #GunCulture #india

Torture, rape, killings in Manipur: An Indian state's brutal conflict

A sense of fear is all pervasive in Manipur since shocking violence between their community and minority Kuki groups broke out, marked by brutal killings and sexual crimes against women. More than 200 people have been killed, roughly two-thirds of them Kukis, a collective name for the Kuki, Zomi, Chin, Hmar and Mizo tribes who are mostly Christians.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-66844028

#manipur #ManipurViolence #meiteis #kukis #zomis #ManipurPolice #AssamRifles #BJP #christians #ManipurGovt #BirenSingh #UnionGovt #NarendraModi #india

Reporter’s Diary: Remembering the slain Manipur policeman I briefly knew

Onkhomang Haokip, a Kuki official who had barely escaped with his life when the ethnic violence broke out in May, was shot dead by a sniper this week.

https://scroll.in/article/1056062/reporters-diary-remembering-the-slain-manipur-cop-i-briefly-knew

#manipur #ManipurViolence #OnkhomangHaokip #ManipurPolice #kukis #meiteis #MeiteiMilitancy #ManipurGovt #india

Journalism in Modi’s ‘Amrit Kaal’ Is Risky Business

The criminal case against the Editors Guild and its team for their report on Manipur is unprecedented.

https://thewire.in/media/journalism-in-modis-amrit-kaal-is-risky-business

#manipur #ManipurViolence #EditorsGuild #EGI #PressFreedom #journalism #media #ManipurGovt #BJP #india

Police Updates Statistics on Manipur Violence: 175 Officially Dead, 96 Bodies Yet Unclaimed

A total of 5,668 arms have been lost and only around a quarter (1,329) of it was recovered, police said.

https://thewire.in/government/manipur-death-toll-violence-missing-arms

#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurPolice #meiteis #kukis #ArmsLoot #ManipurGovt #india

Manipur violence: Police sub-inspector shot dead by ‘sniper’ in village bordering Churachandpur

Condemning the incident, the police said Haokip’s last rites will be performed on Thursday at Churachandpur in a ‘befitting manner’.

https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/manipur-violence-police-sub-inspector-shot-dead-by-sniper-in-village-bordering-churachandpur/cid/1966028

#manipur #ManipurViolence #churachandpur #meiteis #kukis #MeiteiMilitancy #ArmsLoot #ManipurPolice #ManipurGovt #BJP #india

Manipur Govt's Statement Against Security Forces Goes Against Its Own Police's Version: Report

A 'Telegraph' report notes how the Biren Singh government and Manipur Police have differing versions of gunfight between an armed group and the security forces.

https://thewire.in/security/manipur-violence-security-forces-army-police-cabinet

#manipur #ManipurViolence #tengnoupal #meiteis #kukis #IndianArmy #ManipurGovt #IndianArmedForces #ManipurPolice #BirenSingh #BJP #india

SC protects ex-Army man, prof against coercive action in two FIRs lodged against them in Manipur

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Manipur government, said there was "a pattern to approaching the Supreme Court directly by one segment".

https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2023/sep/12/sc-protects-ex-army-man-profagainst-coercive-action-in-two-firs-lodged-against-them-in-manipur-2614130.html

#SupremeCourt #manipur #VijaykantChenji #ProfHenminlun #ManipurPolice #ManipurGovt #india

The return of Meitei insurgents marks a new turn in Manipur conflict

Back from Myanmar, militant cadres are adding firepower to the Meitei side in the state’s ongoing civil war.

https://scroll.in/article/1055257/the-return-of-meitei-insurgents-marks-a-new-turn-in-manipur-conflict

#manipur #ManipurViolence #meiteis #kukis #ArmsLoot #MeiteiInsurgents #ManipurPolice #ArambaiTenggol #myanmar #ManipurGovt #BJP #india

Assam Rifles DG Says Manipur Situation Unprecedented, 'Never Faced Anything of This Kind'

Lt General P.C. Nair flagged the “large number of weapons” with civilians as a key concern. He also said society “has become weaponised".

https://thewire.in/security/assam-rifles-dg-manipur-situation-unprecedented

#manipur #ManipurViolence #AssamRifles #meiteis #kukis #ArmsLoot #IndianArmy #ManipurGovt #BJP #india

Voices From the Ground: The Humanitarian Crisis in Manipur

A team of the Karwan-e-Mohabbat (Caravan of Love) spent four days in violence-torn Manipur from July 25 to July 28.

https://thewire.in/rights/voices-from-the-ground-the-humanitarian-crisis-in-manipur

#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes meiteis #kukis #displacement #ManipurGovt #hindutva #christians #BJP #india

Behind Manipur violence, a ‘war on drugs’ that wasn’t

Even as Manipur's BJP government has publicised a 'war on drugs', heroin has gotten cheaper and more popular in the state with high school students increasingly prone to drug addiction.

https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/behind-manipur-violence-war-drugs-wasn-t-181563

#manipur #ManipurViolence #heroin #DrugAddiction #meiteis #kukis #KukiZos #BirenSingh #ManipurGovt #BJP #india

'We don't trust govt, we want to go back to our own houses': Manipuris at relief camps

Restless victims of Manipur's three-month-long ethnic strife housed in cramped makeshift relief camps are demanding the state government solves the imbroglio so that they can go back home.

https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2023/aug/27/we-dont-trust-govt-wewant-to-go-back-to-our-own-houses-manipuris-at-relief-camps-2609203.html

#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurReliefCamps #meiteis #kukis #ManipurGovt #BJP #india

How Manipur hounds Kuki intellectuals

3 civil society leaders have been charged with outraging religious feelings, promoting enmity between groups after they articulated their community’s viewpoint on brutal conflict in media interviews, writes Ajaz Ashraf.

#manipur #ManipurViolence #meiteis #kukis #censorship #KhamKhanSuanHausing #MaryGraceZou #WilsonLHangsing #christians #majoritarianism #ManipurGovt #BJP #india

https://www.mid-day.com/news/opinion/article/how-manipur-hounds-kuki-intellectuals-23304676

Has the state really withered away in Manipur?

Instead, it has taken on a different shape: from an entity governed by a liberal social contract to one driven by an ethno-majoritarian consensus.

#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurGovt #BirenSingh #meiteis #kukis #ManipurArmsLoot #InternetShutdown #censorship #BJP #india

https://scroll.in/article/1054009/has-the-state-really-withered-away-in-manipur

Siege on Manipur: Hindu Nationalists' War for Ethnic Supremacy

Across India, experiments to forge the 'Hindu national community' are predicated on the breakage of minoritised Muslims and Christians, and Adivasis and Dalits. What's happening in Manipur is part of a plan operationalised by the Hindu Right decades ago.

#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes #meiteis #kukis #HinduNationalism #hindutva #EthnicCleansing #BJP #christians #minorities #ManipurGovt #BirenSingh #AmitShah #northeast #india

https://thewire.in/communalism/siege-on-manipur-hindu-nationalists-war-for-ethnic-supremacy

‘One generation is going to lose out’: Manipur strife is taking a toll on children’s education

With schools shut or running with few resources, children scarred by violence or sucked into conflict, community leaders worry about long-term consequences.

#manipur #ManipurViolence #children #displacement #education #ChildRights #meiteis #kukis #ManipurGovt #BJP #india

https://scroll.in/article/1054072/one-generation-is-going-to-lose-out-manipur-strife-is-taking-a-toll-on-childrens-education

He embraced Meiteis but offended Kukis: Three errors of Amit Shah in handling Manipur crisis

Amit Shah focused tactically on what at the moment seemed to him the right thing to say but overlooked or ignored what was strategically more appropriate for Manipur’s future, writes Karan Thapar.

#manipur #ManipurViolence #AmitShah #meiteis #kukis #BirenSingh #BJP #MeiteiLeepun #ArambaiTenggol #ManipurGovt #hindutva #india

https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/he-embraced-meiteis-but-offended-kukis-karan-thapar-on-three-errors-of-amit-shah-in-handling-manipur/cid/1958668