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Manipur Police arrest 3 armed Arambai Tenggol members amid crackdown

The police have also detained a juvenile as part of the operation. Following NIA cases implicating the group's chief Korounganba Khuman, the pressure on Arambai Tenggol has intensified.

In Manipur, Meira Paibis won’t budge. Forces flustered as women vigilantes lead mobs, block convoys

In some instances, police register cases against 'unknown women', however, no arrests have been made in any of these cases so far, it is learnt.

With show of strength, Manipur cops send message to Arambai Tenggol — ‘attacks will be taken seriously’

Outfit is garnering false support from public in garb of protecting them but is engaged in many anti-social activities & criminal acts, police statement adds.

Manipur commandos lay down arms to protest against ‘attacks on police’, ‘not being given free hand’

Trigger was abduction of additional SP (operations) from outside his home Tuesday evening. Radical Meitei group Arambai Tenggol is suspected to be behind this episode.

Senior police officer thrashed, abducted by ‘armed miscreants’ in Imphal, rescued after 2-hr op

Culprits suspected to be from radical armed Meitei group Arambai Tenggol, who wanted to put pressure on Manipur Police to release some arrested members of outfit.

Imphal mob ‘vandalises property, attempts to set police homes on fire over arrest of armed Meiteis’

Police say tensions escalated after security personnel lobbed teargas shells & used lathicharge to disperse crowd. The 5 Meiteis were allegedly caught posing as police.

‘Release our men or face violence’: Meira Paibis threaten Manipur Police amid Imphal bandh

48-hour bandh held to demand release of 5 armed Meiteis. Both in the valley & hill regions, community-led armed crowds often intervene during arrests, say police

Firing by ‘armed miscreants’ triggers clash between mob & security forces in Manipur’s Tengnoupal

Security personel were targeted in morning. Later, clashes occur as crowds refuse to disperse leading to tear gas shelling and baton charge.

Blocking rations, guarding ‘our own’: A glimpse at Manipur’s Meira Paibis in new role as vigilantes

The following series of photos seeks to capture the Meira Paibis, or 'mothers' of Manipur, as they take position on the frontlines of the ongoing Kuki-Meitei conflict.

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Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.