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Wednesday, August 27, 2025
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Topic: Insurgency

Carrom, kitchen work, weapons upkeep: A day in the lives of Kuki ‘insurgents’ at an SoO camp in Manipur

Daily routine of inmates, who signed Suspension of Operation pact with state & central govts in 2008, includes duties to maintain the camp with some time carved out for recreation.

‘Ignored & forgotten’ or ‘base of live insurgency’ — inside a Manipur SoO camp for Kuki insurgents

Suspension of Operations camps were set up across the state as part of pact signed in 2008. But despite its commitment to rehabilitating these cadres, no tangible steps have been taken.

Time for Modi to learn from Indira Gandhi. Biren govt is problem, not solution in Manipur

State govt's very continuation is a provocation to both sides. Kukis see it as partisan with a majoritarian agenda, while Meiteis see it as incapable of even protecting them.

Manipur Police recover weapons after forest shootout with Kuki Independent Army insurgents 

Manipur Police have been on lookout for KIA’s self-styled commander-in-chief & his men on charges of looting arms from a ‘Suspension of Operation’ camp on 8 April. 

‘Loot weapons from other insurgents, kidnap village heads’— who are Manipur’s Kuki Independent Army

Cadres of Kuki insurgent group led by self-styled commander Davidson allegedly stormed designated camp in Manipur’s Churachandpur Saturday evening & stole arms and ammunition.

Irengbam Chaoren, chief of Manipur armed rebel group RPF, believed ‘talks can’t win freedom’

RPF has been running a government-in-exile in Bangladesh. Revolutionary People's Front president Irengbam Chaoren died Friday after prolonged battle with terminal brain tumour.

Panic in Mizoram villages as Myanmar junta bombs insurgents — ‘need show of strength from Delhi’

From insurgent camps in Myanmar to villages in Mizoram, Chin communities across the border have deep ties. That’s why Myanmar junta’s air strikes are India’s problem too.

When T.N. Seshan praised me after ‘most difficult election in Independent India’ – Punjab 1992

In An Intent to Serve, IAS officer Tejendra Khanna writes about his career as Delhi LG, and as chief secretary of Punjab during the President’s Rule years.

Religious intolerance main driver of insurgency in Punjab of 1980s. State’s watching it again

The smuggling of arms and narcotics is an indicator that the ISI and the Khalistani terrorist organisations in Pakistan are attempting to revive insurgency.

Ajit Doval is wrong. Civil society not dangerous, we pushed back militants in Meghalaya

Ajit Doval thinks civil society is the new frontier of war. But ‘Shillong We Care’, a small group of citizens, stood up to militants and extortion.

On Camera

Sergio Gor as US envoy raises red flags. Delhi must read the signal, be optimistic

Delhi must see opportunity in the new envoy, to be prepared for hurdles, yet be forward-looking and free of preconceived notions that could spoil any chances of a breakthrough.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

CDS on differences on theaterisation—views welcome, final call to be in nation’s best interests

The Navy has always been on board with the theaterisation plan, but the Air Force feels splitting up air assets into several theatre commands is futile & will tie up critical systems.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.