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Thursday, October 23, 2025
TopicManipur insurgency

Topic: Manipur insurgency

Arms looted in Manipur sold beyond the valley, across border. Recovery a struggle for security forces

Security officials say weapons looted from police armouries during the initial wave of violence in 2023 are being sold to insurgents outside the valley & in Myanmar for monetary gains.

How long-decayed insurgent groups are growing across Northeast as Manipur conflict drags on

NIA has charged PLA with receiving military assistance from NSCN-IM. Charges show ethnic warfare, coupled with Myanmar meltdown, can spark off renewal of violence across region.

Retreating from anti-regime ops in Myanmar, 34 Meitei insurgents return to Manipur, ‘surrender’

UNLF-P signed a peace pact with Centre & Manipur govt last year. But a small group was holding out at Myanmar’s Myothit camp until it came under attack from anti-coup forces this month.

‘Protection money’ to Arambai Tenggol — how traders are operating in strife-torn Imphal

Commercial properties owned by Kukis in Imphal have been torched or taken over allegedly by radical Meitei revivalist group. Traders 'allowed' to operate 'if they pay protection money'.

Extortion cases rise again in Imphal; businessmen, govt employees, farmers queue up for arms licence

Cycle of violence 'fuelling insurgency' in Manipur. Rising extortion as well as the growing need for protection has led to a surge in arms licence applications, ThePrint has learnt.  

Two policemen killed in Manipur’s border town Moreh, firing continues in several pockets

Bomb explosions were heard earlier Wednesday, followed by sound of gunfire, say residents. India Reserve Battalion post was targeted around 3:30 am, after which firing was reported, it is learnt.

More insurgent groups to join peace-making process, says Biren Singh after agreement with UNLF

The peace agreement was signed with the state's oldest valley-based militant group on 29 November in Delhi in presence of Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla and some members of the UNLF.

Manipur’s oldest valley-based insurgent group, banned by MHA, signs peace deal with govt, gives up arms

UNLF formed in 1964, had become active in midst of ongoing ethnic conflict. Home ministry had extended ban on it & 8 other Meitei groups earlier this month.

‘Gunfights, extortion’— Manipur’s ethnic conflict revives insurgent groups, AFSPA debate heats up

Fatalities related to insurgency have seen a surge in Manipur this year, shows data from the Institute for Conflict Management. Extortion by rebel groups is also said to be on the rise.

SubscriberWrites: Is it the Act East Policy or the Lack East Policy?

Would it be that by default or design, means a revision of the objectives of the AEP, where the Northeast becomes irrelevant & that maritime cooperation alone is sufficient.

On Camera

In Bihar, BJP is courting upper castes—a clear shift from its 2020 strategy

With two parties led by Dalit leaders now part of NDA, the BJP is hopeful of winning a large number of reserved constituencies.

Boom to bust: Haunted by Ketan Parekh saga, 117-yr-old Calcutta Stock Exchange’s future lies in limbo

CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001. 

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.