The crime took place over 2 months ago but it captured national attention after a video went viral on social media earlier this week. The main suspect was arrested on Thursday.
Talking to ThePrint last month, one of the Kuki women seen being paraded naked in viral video had shared traumatic details of how a mob attacked her in Kangpokpi on 4 May.
Children displaced by the unrest between the Kuki & Meitei communities in Manipur are being accommodated in schools near relief camps. Though struggling to cope, many have found new friends.
Eastern Ideal High School at Impal’s Akampat has enrolled 199 students displaced by violence. For these children, school time represents, for a few brief moments, a life without trauma.
In India, communal rioting includes revenge attacks based on fake news – from Muzaffarnagar riots to Delhi riots. Manipur's ethnic clashes witnessed 'revenge rape' following a false claim.
In Kwakta village, perched between Meitei-dominated Bishnupur and Kuki-dominated Churachandpur, fear hangs heavy. Caught in the crossfire, villagers are desperate for a resolution.
Few places in India have seen a sustained women’s movement of the kind seen in Manipur—but the grinding ethnic war tearing the state apart has revealed it also has an ugly face.
SC restrains police from coercive against lawyer who went with CPI women's wing team to Manipur. National Federation of Indian Women report purportedly labelled violence as 'state-sponsored'.
A separate administrative unit for Zomis and Kukis, with a Union Territory status and a separate legislature devoid of Meitei influence, is important for peace.
Mineral security is no longer just an economic concern but a national security imperative, underpinning the country’s ambitions in clean energy, defence self-reliance, and advanced manufacturing.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.
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