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TopicKuki-Meitei clash

Topic: Kuki-Meitei clash

No joint meeting on Manipur, home ministry holds separate talks with Kuki-Zo MLAs & Meitei, Naga MLAs

Kuki-Zo MLAs requested pvt meeting with MHA, stating they didn't want to hold discussions with Meitei MLAs without consulting their constituents. MHA says joint meeting will be held soon.

Two ‘abducted’ Meitei men released as police hands over 11 Kuki detainees on bail to Kuki groups

Manipur Security Adviser Kuldiep Singh confirmed that the exchange took place in Saparmeina. The 11 prisoners had already been granted bail, but were kept in Imphal jail due to safety concerns.

Seizure of mortars, grenades highlights persistant threat from armed groups in Manipur’s hills, valley

Churachandpur accounts for highest number of arms recoveries between 11 September and 28 September, followed by Kangpokpi and Bishnupur.

Manipur CM says working for ‘safe release’ of two Meitei men missing since 27 September

Both Meitei youths were headed to SSC General Duty military recruitment rally in Imphal West. A 3rd man travelling with them was rescued by Assam Rifles & handed over to Manipur Police.

Amid threats, Manipur human rights defender denies allegations of financial links with Kuki militants

Babloo Loitongbam has also been accused by Meitei group of fundraising for a Myanmar PDF member. He has clarified she's a Norwegian citizen of Burmese origin currently in judicial custody.

‘2 bombs hit, my stomach was bleeding, legs went numb,’ says 22-yr-old after 2nd Manipur ‘drone’ attack

Watham Sanatombi was critically injured in 2 September bombing of Senjam Chirang Maning Leikai village. Incident highlights escalating violence & more dangerous phase in Manipur conflict.

Kuki group claims Koutruk clash ‘not unprovoked’, Meitei insurgents ‘bombed own area using drones’

Kuki group CoTU says it has drones but they’re only used for surveillance, admits ‘feeling sad’ about woman killed in Manipur’s Koutruk on 1 Sept; rules out talks with Meiteis ‘till Biren is CM’.

‘It rained bombs’ for 3 hrs in a Manipur village. Drones made sorties & dropped over 50 bombs

For the first time, drone technology was used to drop bombs on civilians & security forces in Manipur on 1 September. Officials find Myanmar links, gear up with anti-drone guns.

Around 9 ft & 24 kg with 8-10 km range, improvised rocket bombs emerge as new threat in Manipur

A 'rocket bomb' attack on a house in Manipur's Moirang killed a 70-yr-old priest. Security forces are conducting searches and combing operations within 5 km of villages in hill areas.

‘It was like heavy rain’: Grieving husband recalls non-stop firing as Manipur burns again

Eleven people, including both Meiteis & Kukis, have died so far in the fresh wave of violence. Mourning families feel presence of central forces ‘just for show’.

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Indians see West Asia as one uninterrupted wash of Islam, but the reality is more complex. For the Druze, support from Israel—where they are a recognised minority—is now critical.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

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.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

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.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.