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
COCOMI, a conglomerate of Meitei civil society groups, called on people to push army barricade towards Churachandpur as the state & central govts hadn't removed it despite their demand.
Civil society groups representing the 2 communities have slammed N Biren Singh for pointing to existence of ‘too many’ such organisations in state, functioning ‘without common aspiration’.
Case was lodged on 5 August against 'personnel of 9th battalion' after they stopped cops from 'discharging law bound duty', reads FIR. Senior officer of Assam Rifles calls it 'bizarre'.
About 3,000 internally displaced persons are put up at 35 relief camps in Mizoram's 3 districts. Living in shelters at parking lots, community halls is a struggle, says a Kuki woman.
On 4 July, Irengbam Chinkheinganba, a UPSC aspirant, and his cousin Sagolshem Ngaleiba Meitei, a farmer, left their homes & never returned. Their mothers now yearn for a last glimpse of their sons.
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.
'Meira Paibis’, revered figures in Meitei society, have taken on role of vigilantes amid Manipur clashes. They say they are protecting their own, but security personnel call them controversial.
Children displaced by the unrest between the Kuki & Meitei communities in Manipur are being accommodated in schools near relief camps. Though struggling to cope, many have found new friends.
Ambedkar regarded both Gandhi and Jinnah as suffering from ‘colossal egotism’, who made Indian politics a matter of their ‘personal quarrel’ and brought it to a standstill.
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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