This is the second such incident between Nagas and Kukis in two months. Purported video of incident is on social media, showing armed men setting houses and vehicles on fire.
Police officers say protesters were trying to set fire to houses of Kuki MLAs, but women came out on the streets to restrain men from turning violent. Protests against installation of popular govt.
Council announces boycott of Kuki MLAs, shutdown called in Churachandpur on 7 February as Kuki-Zo groups plan to hit the streets again over their unmet demands.
Khemchand was among the BJP MLAs who conveyed to central leadership that resentment against Biren Singh was growing & could cost the party electorally. But he wasn't always anti-Biren.
Former Manipur cabinet minister, Yumnam Khemchand Singh, known to be from the anti-Biren Singh faction, has been named as the leader of the BJP legislature party in Manipur.
BJP appoints national general secretary Tarun Chugh as central observer for election of legislative party leader in Manipur. Manipur NDA MLAs in Delhi as BJP tests if conditions ripe for popular govt.
Our cities are struggling because they are treated as outposts of an empire--administered by unaccountable viceroys and dangerous to the people forced to live in them.
Sectoral insight report says while clean mobility transition is technically possible, India’s current transport system is not aligned towards the vision. It recommends a phased strategy.
By next weekend, Bangladesh will have an elected government. This is India’s moment to reboot broken ties by moderating the ‘ghuspethiya’ rhetoric in poll-bound West Bengal and Assam.
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