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Tuesday, August 18, 2026
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Topic: Manipur

Manipur: Naga village in Kangpokpi attacked & houses torched, day after similar attack in Kuki village

Tokpa Naga Village Authority alleges assailants resorted to indiscriminate firing & set fire to 9 houses, church & other properties, causing extensive damage & displacing affected families.

Centre says audio clips linking Biren Singh to Manipur violence manipulated, Kuki group contests findings

Supreme Court hearing PIL demanding court-monitored probe into the audio recordings by an SIT. Bench gives Kuki group time to analyse and verify Centre's forensic report.

Manipur police file FIR after India Post van intercepted, 35 courier bags burnt on NH-202

The incident took place Monday, between Yaingangpokpi and Litan Road in Ukhrul, amid ‘counter-economic blockade’ of NH-202 called by Kuki CSO Working Committee.

46 cadres of banned Kangleipak Communist Party voluntary surrender in Manipur, hand over weapons

Defence ministry says the surrender ‘degrades’ operational capabilities of the militant outfit. Different KCP factions have also been involved in disturbances in Manipur since 2023.

CRPF tightens troop movement SOP as Naga-Kuki tensions keep Manipur on edge. 2 COBRA battalions deployed

Updated SOP was based on assessments drawn from ambushes in Rajouri-Poonch sector of J&K between 2000 and 2023, it is learnt.

Manipur district tense after mob attack on Assam Rifles camp post search op for armed Naga insurgents

Stone-pelting, arson & vandalism were reported at Assam Rifles camp in Senapati district. Crowd dispersed by midnight with no casualties or injuries sustained by locals or securitymen. 

Kuki-Zo Council submits memo to MHA, IB seeking urgent intervention, political solution for Manipur

Food supply, denial of essential goods to members of Kuki-Zo community was also discussed, said members of the body representing Kuki-Zos in a press conference Monday.

2 months after 6 Naga civilians were abducted & killed in Manipur, couple held in NIA-led operation

The 6 Naga people were abducted while returning from a wedding in the early hours of 13 May. Their bodies were found outside the Leilon Vaiphei village on 10 June.

2 Assam Rifles personnel killed in ambush by militants in Manipur’s Ukhrul, search operations underway

Militants opened fire on a convoy of the 40 Assam Rifles, on NH-202 near Noungshong Kong village under Ukhrul police station. Ambush comes amid simmering tensions between Kukis and Nagas in Ukhrul.

4th village in Manipur set ablaze in 2 days as Kuki-Naga faultlines continue to widen

Around 5 am Thursday, a group of unidentified armed men burnt down at least 24 houses in Leikot area, a Kuki village in Manipur.

On Camera

Modi is now the establishment, not an outsider. And he is running out of enemies to name

Jawan, kisan, vigyan, knowledge, new thinking—each word spoken from Red Fort offered an idea of what India might become. Dimagi Naxal is not an addition to that rich vocabulary. It is a subtraction.

Houston, we have a start-up boom: India’s space ventures jump from 1 to 400 in four years

India’s space start-up ecosystem has blasted off from one venture in 2022 to more than 400 in 2026, as the satellite communications industry targets an 8% share of GDP by 2033.

85-member Army contingent leaves for Thailand for joint counter-terror exercise MAITREE-XV

This two-week exercise includes field training, combat discussions, lectures, and demonstrations, culminating in a final exercise to test the troops' skills.

Gen Vaidya won 2 Maha Vir Chakras, fell to assassins’ bullets 40 yrs ago. India forgot a great soldier

Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman