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Wednesday, December 17, 2025
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Topic: Meitei

Meitei & Kuki clashes reveal deep community divide in Manipur’s bureaucracy: ‘Never seen this before’

Division between Meiteis & tribal Kuki officials is said to have become very prominent. Many Kuki officials, it is learnt, are returning to their homes in hill districts or leaving Manipur.

2 sides of Manipur clashes: Kukis blame Biren Singh’s ‘majoritarian’ agenda’, Meiteis fear ‘demographic shift’

Simmering distrust between the Kukis and the Meiteis of Manipur exploded in unprecedented violence last week that claimed an estimated 60 lives.

‘Violence by Meiteis partitioned Manipur’ — 10 Kuki MLAs demand separate administration for tribals

Ten, including 8 BJP MLAs accused Biren Singh govt of 'tacitly supporting Meiteis who perpetrated violence against hin-Kuki-Mizo-Zomi hill tribals'.

Manipur Meiteis deserve ST status. Clergy must not turn it into a Hindu-Christian conflict

While granting ST status will take time, Modi govt can consider extending Article 371 provisions to all of Manipur to allay the fears of Meitei community.

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Top 10 picks of Serendipity Art Festival 2025 by Rohit Chawla

Through film, textile, scent, sound, and gesture, spectators are invited to descend into an immersive environment where inherited knowledge seeps through material and form.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

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.