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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicManipur clashes

Topic: Manipur clashes

Buried with her favourite red dress. How Manipur gangrape survivor’s family dealt with her death

Her death has brought back the memories of the horrific sexual assault women endured for months since violence broke out in May 2023, and re-traumatised a community.

Breakthrough before PM’s likely Manipur visit: MHA, Kuki-Zo groups renew arms-down pact, NH-2 to reopen

Suspension of Operation pact between Centre, Manipur & 2 umbrella organisations representing insurgents was not renewed in wake of ethnic strife.

1 killed, 16 injured in Manipur as Kuki demonstrators protest against ‘free movement’ order

As protesters set vehicles on fire, hurling petrol bombs, and pelting stones, the police reportedly opened fire and lobbed tear gas shells to disperse them.

25 hearings in 2023, 5 in 2024: Manipur violence case is at standstill in Supreme Court

A court-appointed committee has submitted 37 reports on violence in Manipur. But slow pace of hearings has dampened hopes of those looking for a judicial resolution to chaos in the state.

Hushed voices, shutters down, Manipur conflict has turned bustling trade hub Moreh into a ghost town

Rifle-toting security forces now dominate streets. With most families having moved out, businesses are dying and those who remain are struggling to make ends meet.

India needs a full-time Home Minister. No more puppet BJP president, please

Amit Shah is a 24x7 workaholic. Yet, he is only human. That should explain the lapses in Manipur or elsewhere.

Houses built for security forces torched in Manipur’s Imphal valley after killings of Kuki-Zo ‘militants’

DM imposes curfew in Jiribam as villages in Imphal valley report firing incidents on the heels of the killing of 10 'armed militants' by CRPF & state police forces in district.

‘Warned, didn’t act in time’ — rights body notice to Manipur DGP, security adviser on Jiribam violence

MHRC asks for report from DGP besides issuing notices to state officials & secretary to the CM who provided intelligence. Tension broke out in Jiribam after police found body of Meitei man.

‘Positive news in 2-3 months’: Manipur CM Biren hopeful Centre’s decisions will help resolve conflict

Weighing chances of his resignation if central leadership so decides, N. Biren Singh says he will ‘happily accept’ any decision, but will want state’s ‘core issues’ considered.

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Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.