Manipur’s descent into civil war: How Scroll reported on a year of deadly violence

[ad_1] Exactly a year ago, ethnic clashes erupted in Manipur – the start of a murderous civil war between dominant Meiteis and tribal Kuki-Zos that has left at least 227 dead, and 70,000 displaced. It has also underlined the Indian...

Manipur: Two CRPF personnel killed in attack on security post

[ad_1] Two Central Reserve Police Force personnel died and two were injured in an attack by armed miscreants in the early hours of Saturday. The miscreants fired at a Central Reserve Police Force post at Naransena in Manipur's Bishnupur district...

Lok Sabha polls: Vandalism, shooting breaks out during voting in Inner Manipur constituency

[ad_1] Incidents of violence were reported in the Inner Manipur Lok Sabha constituency during the first phase of polling in the general elections on Friday, amid tight security measures in the northeastern state, according to The Hindu.Miscreants fired at a...

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...

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...

Not possible to hold civil services exams in Manipur this year, state government tells Delhi HC

[ad_1] The Manipur government on Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that it would not be possible to hold the civil services examinations in the state this year, given the precarious security situation there, reported Bar and Bench.The northeastern state...