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Learned ‘tactics from PUBG’: Students use guns in Manipur’s Bishnupur-Churachandpur to ‘defend land’

A panorama of Bishnupur’s Meitei-dominated Terakhong village spanned in front of 15 self-proclaimed Kuki ‘volunteers’ as they lugged their single- or double-barrel guns to a bunker in P Geljang village of Churachandpur district on Thursday.

Newslaundry

Manipur HC directs status quo be maintained at mass burial site

Hours ahead of the planned mass burial of 35 Kuki-Zo people killed in the Manipur conflict, a Bench led by Acting Chief Justice M.V. Muralidharan at a 6 a.m. hearing at the Manipur High Court, directed that status quo be maintained at the proposed burial site in Haolai Khopi village…

The Hindu

Security intensified as tribal forum plans mass burial of 35 bodies in Manipur

The bodies, including that of three women, are currently at the Churachandpur District Hospital.

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Manipur violence: 53 bodies – mostly Kukis – lie unclaimed at two Imphal hospitals

Nearly three months into the ethnic violence in Manipur, at least 53 dead bodies – mostly all belonging to the Kuki community – lie unclaimed at two district hospitals in Imphal East and West, sources at the state health department and district administrations told Newslaundry. Officials said three or four…

Newslaundry

PUCL seeks Supreme Court monitored SIT probe into Manipur violence

The SIT should necessarily investigate the May 3 incident in Churachandpur; the sexual violence incidents reported across Manipur; and the Khamen Lok massacre, PUCL president Kavita Srivastava and general secretary V. Suresh said in a joint statement.

The Hindu

Manipur government let strife go out of control: INDIA

A delegation of 21 MPs from the opposition bloc INDIA reached Imphal earlier in the day and then teams from the delegation flew to Churachandpur in two helicopter flights. Read more on The Hindu

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39 babies born in 90 days: Grief and comfort at Manipur’s only relief camp for pregnant women

Within the varicoloured walls of the Khuman Lampak Sports Complex in Imphal, a handful of pregnant women huddle together. Wearing the traditional phanek over their kurtas, they’re discussing the news of the day – attacks in the border district of Moreh, cross-firing in Bishnupur, and the larger disruptions that have…

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Abandoned houses, school burnt by mob led by women in Manipur’s Bishnupur district

At least 10 houses and a school burnt in Churachandpur district by mob led by hundreds of women. BSF retaliated with fire to prevent mob from taking away their vehicle. Local volunteers also deployed to area.

The Hindu

FIR reveals horrific killing of Manipur youth

This was among the first instances of brutality in Manipur’s ongoing ethnic conflict, details of some of which are surfacing only now. Read more on The Hindu

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Assam Rifles files sedition case against Imphal civil society group

Assam Rifles registers case of sedition, defamation against Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity for call to not surrender weapons; FIR registered at Churachandpur police station; COCOMI had demanded Assam Rifles be replaced with other police force; criminal case registered against Imphal-based politician for alleging Assam Rifles protecting Kuki terrorists.

The Hindu

Kuki-Zo people hold rally for separate administration in Churachandpur

Kuki-Zo people in Churachandpur, Manipur held a rally to demand a separate administration due to ongoing ethnic conflict. Protesters wore black, raised slogans for separation, and denounced the State govt. Leaders spoke of need for "total separation" to safeguard people.

The Hindu

‘Ten from Myanmar allowed to Manipur due to medical emergency’

Ten persons from Myanmar, currently admitted to a hospital in Churachandpur district of Manipur with bullet injuries, were intercepted by the Assam Rifles at the border and allowed to enter the State as it was a case of a medical emergency, according to multiple government officials.

The Hindu

No end to deadly violence in India’s ethnically-divided Manipur

Clashes between Meitei and Kuki-Zo tribes continue even after two months, with over 140 dead and thousands displaced.

Al Jazeera

BJP divided over Rahul Gandhi’s violence-torn Manipur visit

NEW DELHI: The BJP seems to be divided over Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s two-day visit to the strife-torn northeastern state of Manipur. While the BJP state president appreciated the opposition party leader, the central leaders of the ruling party blasted the former Congress president.

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Rahul Gandhi visits and assures help to victims of Manipur violence

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi visited two camps in Manipur’s Churachandpur, one of the worst-hit districts dominated by the Kuki-Zomi tribes, caught in a conflict with the majority Meitei people of the Imphal Valley since May 3.

The Times of India

Rahul Gandhi visits strife-torn Manipur

High drama ensued in violence-hit Manipur on Thursday as Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrived for a two-day visit to the state as part of the party’s “healing touch” campaign.

Al Jazeera

Rahul Gandhi’s convoy stopped by Indian police in Manipur

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was travelling to Churachandpur district when police fired tear gas near his convoy.

Dynamite News

Rahul Gandhi to take chopper to violence-hit Churachandpur after convoy stopped by Police in Manipur

Gandhi is now returning to Imphal airport, from there he will go to his pre-fixed program by helicopter. Must read full story on Dynamite News:

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Kuki-Zomi outfits take out silent march in Manipur; civil society groups protest in Delhi

Nearly two months after ethnic clashes broke out between the dominant Meitei and Scheduled Tribe Kuki-Zomi people in Manipur, tribal student bodies on June 24 held a silent ‘coffin march’ in the State’s Churachandpur district to honour those killed in the violence.

The Hindu

Assam Rifles secures threatened supply route to Manipur’s hill districts

The Assam Rifles has moved additional troops to secure a bridge on a national highway in south Manipur that is the only route for essential supplies to the tribal district of Churachandpur district in the violence-hit State.

Dynamite News

Manipur Violence: Two injured in clashes between security forces and mobs in Imphal; Attempts to torch BJP leaders houses

Automatic gunfire was reported from Kwakta in Bishnupur district and Kangvai in Churachandpur district through the night. Read further on Dynamite News:

Al Jazeera

In India’s riot-hit Manipur, Muslims stuck between warring groups

Meitei Pangals, as the community is known in Manipur, have been caught in the ethnic crossfire for more than a month.

The Guardian - US

‘Separation is the only answer’: Manipur violence fuels calls for separate state in India

Leaders of the mainly Christian hill tribes say that living alongside the mostly Hindu Meitei people is ‘as good as death for our people’

Al Jazeera

‘Nothing left but ashes’: Indian state on edge after ethnic riots

While BJP claims situation is under control and there are no new violence, army and paramilitary still patrol streets.

The Hindu

In Churachandpur, an orphanage is running out of rations as it tries to track missing teenager

As Churachandpur, the flashpoint of the violence in Manipur, remains on edge from threat of sporadic violence, an orphanage in the district, where about 10 children are currently housed, is running out of essentials

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