The business had already been keeling under the violent clashes between the junta troops and local forces after the 2021 coup in Myanmar. The Kuki-Meitei clash worsened it.
A Manipur official says there are minor misunderstandings between forces under tough working conditions. On ground, situation is complicated, say paramilitary & police personnel.
The women took shelter at car wash in Imphal where they worked as ethnic riots broke out. They were attacked by a mob. Their bodies were later found, covered in blood and cuts.
'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.
Talking to ThePrint last month, one of the Kuki women seen being paraded naked in viral video had shared traumatic details of how a mob attacked her in Kangpokpi on 4 May.
Eastern Ideal High School at Impal’s Akampat has enrolled 199 students displaced by violence. For these children, school time represents, for a few brief moments, a life without trauma.
In India, communal rioting includes revenge attacks based on fake news – from Muzaffarnagar riots to Delhi riots. Manipur's ethnic clashes witnessed 'revenge rape' following a false claim.
Surrounded by six Kuki and three Naga villages, Kwatha presents a stark contrast to rest of Manipur — not a single Meitei has left Kwatha, nor has there been a single clash.
The night of 4 May was the longest ever for Albert Vaiphei, 35, of Salam Pattong village. It was the night they were forced to flee their home. During the escape, his father collapsed.
On 3 May, clashes broke out between non-tribal Meiteis and tribal Kukis in Manipur. But at Tengnoupal relief camp, the displaced have found solace in each other's joys & sorrows.
It is necessary to break the spell of socialist dogma on the imagination of those attracted by its Utopia as the only scientific way of progress, wrote MA Venkatarao in 1963.
While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.
It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.
To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.
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