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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
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Topic: Meitei

Fresh violence in Manipur leaves 2 dead, home dept says drones used in attack

Such act of terrorising unarmed villagers is viewed very seriously when the State is putting all possible efforts towards bringing normalcy and peace, adds govt.

Books are Manipur’s new battlefield. Kukis & Meiteis fighting for their truths

The story of the Manipur conflict is being captured in a sudden flood of new literature. At least eight books have been released between July 2023 and June 2024.

Kukis call removal of Assam Rifles from 2 Manipur areas ‘biased, appeasement’, Meiteis call it ‘victory’

2 battalions of Assam Rifles will be withdrawn from Bishnupur & Kangpokpi, replaced by CRPF. Decision was taken despite civil society groups of Kuki community & Kuki MLAs opposing move.

Kuki-Zo community urges Centre not to replace ‘neutral’ Assam Rifles with CRPF in Manipur hill areas

Though no official decision has been communicated, a notification 'may be expected soon' for two Assam Rifles units posted at Kangvai & Kangpokpi district, it is learnt.

‘We were like siblings’ — how a skill training initiative inspired hope in 30 women from Manipur

Women from Kuki, Meitei, Naga communities were part of skill training programme initiated by Hindu College. For them, it was much-needed respite, besides training in perfumery.

‘Arrests arbitrary’ — Manipur’s Kuki-Zo groups demand release of 5 men, warn of more protests

Hundreds of protesters gathered in Churachandpur, Kangpokpi and Tengnoupal during a 12-hour shutdown called by Kuki Inpi Wednesday. Security official says 'due process was followed'.

Kuki-Zo groups ready for NRC in Manipur, but conditions apply — ‘should be done under SC supervision’

Meitei civil society organisation COCOMI, meanwhile, explains why base year for NRC implementation should be 1951, and not 1961, as suggested by state government.

‘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'.

In ‘counter blockade’, Kuki women stop trucks carrying essentials on key Manipur highway

Trucks blocked by Kukis had to be sent back to strife-torn Jiribam. Kuki union claims Meiteis have been blocking highway, stopping essential supplies from reaching them.

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.

On Camera

Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.