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Friday, December 19, 2025
TopicManipur violence

Topic: Manipur violence

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.

What happens in closed-door meetings at Manipur CM’s house & how he’s hard at work to show ‘PM cares’

CM has been holding meetings to address voters' concerns over Modi's absence from Manipur at time of crisis. Congress has filed complaint saying the meetings violate Model Code of Conduct.

Arrested twice & on hunger strike for 18 days, Manipur transgender activist seeks end to conflict

Malem Thongam, 26, has sought a visit by PM Modi to Manipur and for him to assist in restoring peace in the state, and the revocation of the Suspension of Operations agreement.

CBI files charge sheet against 7 in Manipur arms loot case

The accused have been named for looting more than 300 weapons, 19,800 rounds of ammunition from two rooms of the 2nd Indian Reserve Battalion headquarters at Naranseina in Bishnupur.

People displaced by Manipur violence to cast votes at polling stations set up in relief camps

Ahead of LS elections, the ECI, in consultation with state and central govt, has issued directions to state commission. Around 50,000 people have been internally displaced in Manipur.

Suspension of Kuki head constable ‘seen with armed miscreants’ sparks protest, 2 dead

In view of volatile law-and-order situation in Churachandpur, state govt suspends mobile internet and data services for five days as a ‘preventive and precautionary measure’.

‘Parallel govt’? How radical Meitei group Arambai Tenggol got so powerful it now ‘summons’ MLAs, MPs

37 MLAs and 2 MPs, including a Union minister, attended a meeting called last month by Arambai Tenggol, an armed group accused of violence that seems to be getting increasingly powerful.

Two killed, 3 wounded in ‘gunfight between Kukis and Metei groups’ near Manipur capital Imphal

Manipur Police says security forces found arms and explosives in 'search operations and area domination' exercises conducted in Churachandpur in the past 24 hours.

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Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.