Why the BJP cannot be written off in Manipur despite the anger at its failure to end ethnic violence

[ad_1] Before the ethnic conflict erupted in Manipur in May, Fanga Hauhnar’s days were spent studying for the Staff Selection Commission examination and helping his mother run an eatery in Churachandpur town.Now the 27-year-old from the Hmar tribe is a...

Manipur Police registers zero FIRs over killing of two Kuki-Zo ‘village volunteers’

[ad_1] The Manipur Police on Sunday registered two zero first information reports in connection with the killing of two Kuki-Zo ‘village volunteers’ a day earlier, The Hindu reported citing unidentified police officials. A zero first information report is one that...

Two Kuki-Zo ‘village volunteers’ gunned down in Manipur, bodies mutilated

[ad_1] Two Kuki-Zo “village volunteers” were killed in Manipur, in Kangpokpi district’s Phailengmol area, on Saturday, the Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum and the Committee on Tribal Unity confirmed in separate statements.The victims – 23-year-old Kamminlal Lupheng from Maphoudam and 25-year-old...

‘Will Modi visit us if we vote?’: Why this election means little for Manipur’s displaced

[ad_1] This is the year Kiyam Kajal Chanu would have cast her first vote. But the 19-year-old Meitei woman, who only a year ago was teaching at a school in Manipur’s Churachandpur, is unlikely to step into the polling booth...