In rain-soaked Churachandpur, countless turned up to see PM speak. Internally Displaced People from various tribes happy state got new projects worth crores, but rue no direct help to them.
The woman was killed in ‘crossfire’ in Churachandpur amid search operation by security forces in response to a Meitei man suffering bullet injury in a nearby village.
Several buses and trucks used by security forces were burnt by agitators as hundreds of them entered the office rooms and vandalised govt property, the official said.
Internet services remain suspended in parts of Manipur & curfew is in place in Thoubal. One company of BSF, two columns of Army have been sent to Moreh to assist security personnel.
Soaring demand and supply of miliary uniforms in Manipur has alarmed central forces deployed in the state, as it’s tougher to distinguish security personnel from civilian armed groups.
COCOMI, a conglomerate of Meitei civil society groups, called on people to push army barricade towards Churachandpur as the state & central govts hadn't removed it despite their demand.
Four Kukis and four Meiteis dead, two India Reserve Battalion personnel among 29 injured. Heavy firing still on in Bishnupur’s Naranseina village, blanket curfew extended in district.
The magnitude of Manipur violence has been so overwhelming that we have overlooked the voices of those who can go beyond ethnic boundaries to promote dialogue.
The attack on Chhayanaut, newspaper offices, and the public lynching of a Hindu man show that Bangladesh is heading toward Islamist rule, far removed from electoral democracy.
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.
If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.
I think the only solution is, allow Meiteis to settle in the hills, just like all others are allowed to settle in the valley.
ST status can be disallowed to Meiteis. But constrained to 10% land in their own homeland is wrong. And if Chins keep coming over, that’s insult added to injury.
Miss Gupta in your writing, you mentioned “Christian tribals fled their home while non Christian, non tribals return to Imphal…” Later in the writing you also mentioned IDPs in Imphal. If my understanding is correct,IDP means internally displaced persons then how come IDPs simply return to a place other then their home!, while the IDPs in Churachandpur are also Christians and tribals, the IDPs ” returning to Imphal” are devoid of their religious affiliations and their community, all of them are ” non”m… Mostly the first hand accounts are from those who fled Imphal and all of them account in the first few paragraphs. Your attempt to add human touch to one group while reducing the other group as mere numbers or simply they return to Imphal is jarring! No IDPs return to a place by choice but their own home wherever it maybe. This reflect your biases and throw a bad light on your journalism practices as an institution.
I think the only solution is, allow Meiteis to settle in the hills, just like all others are allowed to settle in the valley.
ST status can be disallowed to Meiteis. But constrained to 10% land in their own homeland is wrong. And if Chins keep coming over, that’s insult added to injury.
Miss Gupta in your writing, you mentioned “Christian tribals fled their home while non Christian, non tribals return to Imphal…” Later in the writing you also mentioned IDPs in Imphal. If my understanding is correct,IDP means internally displaced persons then how come IDPs simply return to a place other then their home!, while the IDPs in Churachandpur are also Christians and tribals, the IDPs ” returning to Imphal” are devoid of their religious affiliations and their community, all of them are ” non”m… Mostly the first hand accounts are from those who fled Imphal and all of them account in the first few paragraphs. Your attempt to add human touch to one group while reducing the other group as mere numbers or simply they return to Imphal is jarring! No IDPs return to a place by choice but their own home wherever it maybe. This reflect your biases and throw a bad light on your journalism practices as an institution.