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‘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’

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VHP calls for peace in Manipur; demands action against 'anti-national' elements

The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on May 15 deplored the violence in Manipur and appealed for peace in the State.

The Hindu

‘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.

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Centre against splitting Manipur: CM Biren Singh

Chief Minister N. Biren Singh also appealed to people not to hold dharnas or rallies in view of the sensitive phase Manipur has been witnessing

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Manipur Chief Minister Biren Singh, 4 Ministers, State BJP chief meet Amit Shah, Nadda in Delhi

Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh, accompanied by four of his Cabinet Ministers and BJP State president Sarada Devi, met Union Home Minister Amit Shah amid violence last week and the demand by 10 tribal MLAs of the Chin-Kuki-Mizo-Zomi group that there be a separate administration for the hill regions

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Troops walk thin line between friend and foe in violence-hit Manipur

More than 10,000 personnel of the Army and the paramilitary Assam Rifles were deployed to douse the ethnic fire that singed Manipur for at least three days from May 3

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Meiteis | Clash of clans in Manipur

About 60% of Manipur’s population, largely the non-tribal Meitei, live in the 1,864.44 sq.km Imphal Valley.

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Death toll in violence-hit Manipur rises to 71, says Security advisor Kuldeep Singh

The death toll in Manipur following the recent clashes in the State has gone up to 71 according to Security Advisor to Manipur Government Kuldeep Singh. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Political Line | The high command and ground realities

National parties channel centralised leadership, attempting to keep State leaders ‘in check’, but they run the risk of losing touch with the pulse of the people on ground. Read more about this Political Line Newsletter on The Hindu.

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Ten Kuki MLAs from Manipur demand ‘separate administration’

As many as 10 legislators from the hill districts of Manipur, which includes those from the ruling BJP have demanded a separate administration as the “State miserably failed to protect” them when the violence started on May 3.

The Hindu

Manipur violence | 142 students return to Uttar Pradesh from Manipur

A total of 158 students from 50 districts of Uttar Pradesh were stranded in various institutions in Manipur.

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Assam Rifles’ soldier injured diffusing improvised bomb

“A soldier from the Assam Rifles was injured while diffusing an improvised bomb in Saitan village in Manipur’s Bishnupur district Friday morning (May 12), about 60 km south of Imphal,” officials said.

The Hindu

Secular activists denounce violence against Manipur Christians

MUMBAI: Like-minded secular activists held a press conference at CSMT Thursday denouncing what they called the "state sponsored violence" that has engulfed the tribal Christian community of Manipur. Over 50 churches have been burnt, 60 people killed and thousands of tribals displaced in the small hill state.

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Beyond Manipur violence: drugs and demographics in hill districts

On May 8, when Imphal was reeling under curfew in the aftermath of the May 3 violence, the Narcotics and Affairs of Border (NAB) — a specialised unit of the State police — raided a property in the Mantripukhri area of the city. It seized 77 gunny bags, suspected to…

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Congress demands President’s Rule in Manipur, says it will lead to accountability

Alleging that the violence in Manipur seemed “pre-planned”, the Congress on May 11 demanded immediate imposition of President’s Rule in the State to help restore peace and normalcy.

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Manipur violence hits BJP-Church ties in Kerala

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may have waited for decades to strike a right chord with the influential Catholic Church in Kerala. The initial excitement over this putative relationship, which touched a crescendo recently with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairing a meeting with top bishops, however, appears to be…

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Data | Kuki-Meitei ethnic violence: The sharp hill-valley divide that is Manipur’s burden

There is a deep hill-valley divide in access to basic facilities and better jobs

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A total of 3,583 people from violence-hit Manipur flee to Mizoram

“A total of 3,583 people from Manipur fled to Mizoram after ethnic violence broke out last week,” officials said on May 11.

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Budding boxer, 12, runs 15km to safety in Manipur

GUWAHATI: Born to a Kuki mother and a Meitei father, 12-year-old budding boxer L Mangminmgam was oblivious of the growing tension between the two communities, until he found himself alone at the SAI hostel in Imphal on May 4 morning.

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18 more Keralites from Manipur evacuated

NoRKA-Roots, the field agency of the Department of Non-Resident Keralites Affairs (NoRKA), evacuated as many as 18 Malayalee students from the strife-torn Manipur on Wednesday considering the volatile law and order situation in the north-eastern State.

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Rajasthan opposes legal status for same-sex marriage, Centre tells SC

The Centre, said Rajasthan had opposed the idea of giving legal status to same-sex marriage while Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Manipur and Sikkim have said they cannot respond without the benefit of threadbare discussions

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No internet, frenzied mobs: Manipur journalists on ‘biggest challenges’ to reporting on the conflict

“I couldn’t sleep that night. I kept getting flashes of the girl who was shot…the moment I dozed off, I started hearing gunshots and whistles. Just a few hours ago when we were walking, she was there, alive and well, trying to protest for her people. She died moments later.”

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Amid Manipur violence, fault lines in Delhi, and an oasis of friendship

Sipping tea at Empire Café House at Patel Chest near the Delhi University campus, a DU student from the Meitei community pauses abruptly in the middle of a conversation on the Manipur unrest.

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Nagaland: Over 1,100 evacuated from violence-hit Manipur under 'Kohima Calling' operation

A total of 1,229 persons from Nagaland, including medical students and families in violent incidents in Manipur have been evacuated since May 6 to date in two phases. Read further on dynamite News:

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Thirty five students from West Bengal brought back from violence-hit Manipur

Thirty-five students from West Bengal were flown to the city in a special flight from violence-hit Manipur, a senior official said on May 10.

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