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Wednesday, August 20, 2025
TopicEthnic violence

Topic: Ethnic violence

6 arrested in connection with loot of arms from 5th India Reserve Battalion post in Manipur’s Imphal

A fresh wave of violence Tuesday left 2 dead and a junior commissioned officer among others injured in Imphal East district. Manipur has been seeing ethnic violence since May 2023.

‘Hard to see countrymen fight’ — Assam Rifles, Army soldiers in Manipur on family & ethnic strife

Eight months since ethnic conflict erupted in Manipur, security personnel remain deployed there to maintain order in a state where peace remains fragile.

SC fixes deadline for last rites of unclaimed bodies in Manipur — ‘don’t want to keep pot boiling’

CJI-led bench issued order on court-appointed panel’s report that alleged civil services organisations were obstructing families of those killed in Manipur clashes from claiming bodies.

Formed post 3 May horror, Kuki-Zo outfit banned by Manipur govt has ‘students, teachers, writers’

World Kuki-Zo Intellectual Council president says press release that spurred Biren govt to declare WKZIC as unlawful organistation is 'fake', adds that outfit works for 'world peace'.

Manipur Police search for 4 ‘abducted’ Kuki-Zo persons, tribal body ITLF blames armed Meitei group

The 5th person travelling with them — a 65-yr-old 'left for dead' — was rescued by security forces in critical state. He's said to be the father of a serving soldier in the Indian Army.

‘CBI must find bodies of our children’ — families of 2 missing Manipur students plead for closure

Hijam & Phijam, missing from strife-torn Imphal since July, were identified in viral photos & are believed to have been killed. Kin ask, 'How can we get peace without doing last rites?’

8 killed in 72 hours in Manipur as fresh gunfights erupt along Bishnupur-Churachandpur border

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.

Doctors, ex-civil servant among 12 ‘rehabilitation experts’ SC-appointed panel has sought for Manipur

In report submitted to apex court, Justice Gita Mittal panel has also proposed the inclusion of experts from think tank Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy for data reporting & monitoring.

Pakistan suicide bombing death toll reaches 56, official warns numbers could rise

The Islamic State Monday claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing of a political rally in northwest Pakistan, held by a religious group allied with Shehbaz Sharif's govt.

26-yr-old man killed after mosque set ablaze in Gurgaon, third death in Nuh communal violence

Police said the mob reached Anjuman Masjid in Sector 57 after midnight. Some people in the crowd opened fire at the people present in the mosque and also set it on fire.

On Camera

India can’t fight Trump tariffs with emotion. Smart talks, sector relief, reforms are key

India must reduce its overdependence on the US by cultivating alternative markets—concluding the EU FTA, advancing the UK deal, and exploring entry into the CPTPP, the open, rules-based bloc of Japan, Korea, and Australia.

Amid Trump’s tariff bombs, India’s business with America surged while imports from Russia dipped 10%

As India-Russia trade decreases, India's April-July exports to the US this year increased by 21% compared to last year & imports from the US grew by 12%.

China pushes for separation of border issue from larger bilateral ties at 24th round of talks with India

New Delhi: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Tuesday pushed for a “dual-track” progress for ties with India, separating economic ties from the boundary question,...

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?