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TopicManipur violence

Topic: Manipur violence

Manipur DGP forms panel to probe drone bombing, CM Biren Singh calls attack ‘act of terrorism’

Committee to submit its report by 13 Sept. This comes after 'Kuki militants' deployed rocket-propelled grenades using high-tech drones Sunday.

‘PM Modi should have visited long ago’: Rahul Gandhi after visiting victims of Manipur ethnic violence

In his message to people of strife-torn state, Leader of Opposition says that he comes to them as their 'brother'. 'Don’t want to politicise this issue," he adds.

‘Modi & Biren playing a game’ — Meitei group calls for resignation of ‘incompetent’ Manipur CM

At press conference, Delhi Meitei Committee accused central govt of 'supporting Kuki militants by providing arms as part of strategy related to conflict in Myanmar'.

Amit Shah to chair high-level meeting to review situation in Manipur

The state has been marred by ethnic violence since May last year. In a fresh case, several houses of Meitei and Kukis were burnt down by unknown miscreants earlier this month.

Elections showed that Manipur still has faith in democracy. Will new govt deliver?

The people of conflict-torn Manipur will have every right to feel betrayed if the new government doesn’t break its silence and show its commitment to addressing the state's issues.

‘Oppn not adversary, polls not war,’ says RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, urges new govt to prioritise Manipur

At an RSS event in Nagpur, Bhagwat emphasised the need to get over election rhetoric & focus on problems facing the nation. He also said that a true 'sevak' must not be "arrogant".

Gunmen attack police outpost in Manipur’s Jiribam, set homes on fire

The gunmen are suspected to be hill-based militants and have also been accused of multiple attacks in Modhupur area, 220km away from the state capital.

1 yr after Manipur violence, missing weapons, armed groups & extortion are keeping state ‘volatile’

After ethnic clashes erupted in Manipur on 3 May last year, state is yet to return to normalcy. ‘Dialogue imperative for a long-term solution,’ says state security adviser Kuldiep Singh.

2 CRPF personnel in Manipur killed & 2 injured. Security forces launch probe

Armed men fire at CRPF post near Naranseina village in Bishnupur. No insurgent group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far. Investigation on and area has been cordoned off.

Protests in Manipur’s Kangpokpi after two Kuki-Zo volunteers killed in fresh violence

A 24-hour ‘total shutdown’ has been called by tribal bodies in Kangpokpi demanding justice for the deceased, whose bodies are yet to be recovered.

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From Vedanta, India turned to Nehruvian socialism and buried its liberal roots: Sharad Joshi

An Indian Hitler will have to be exceptionally lucky to survive for any length of time. This much hope ought to be enough for seekers of liberty and equality, wrote Sharad Anantrao Joshi, president of Swatantra Bharat Paksh party, in 1995.

Easy loans, uneasy ‘debt traps’. Women harassed by private lenders ask ‘who will restore lost dignity?’

A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.

Ahead of SCO meet, Russia & China stage maiden joint submarine patrol in Sea of Japan, East China Sea

Joint submarine patrol ‘covered more than 2,000 nautical miles’ and was joined by Russian support vessels. Beijing maintains exercise ‘not directed against any third party’.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.