Kangpokpi District has emerged as a major centre of violence in Manipur in 2026, with killings, village attacks, abductions and armed clashes increasingly reflecting a Naga-Kuki fault line. The escalation is significant
Kangpokpi District has emerged as a major centre of violence in Manipur in 2026, with killings, village attacks, abductions and armed clashes increasingly reflecting a Naga-Kuki fault line. The escalation is significant
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The ethnic conflict that erupted in Manipur in May 2023 was initially characterised as a confrontation between the Meitei community, concentrated in the Imphal Valley, and the Kuki-Zo tribes inhabiting the surrounding
More Fresh violence has erupted across Manipur, signalling a renewed phase of instability. A series of incidents involving inter-group clashes, targeted attacks on civilians, and the use of heavy weaponry has heightened tensions,
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On November 4, 2025, at least four Kuki militants associated with the United Kuki National Army (UKNA) were killed and another one was injured in an encounter with the Indian Army at
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday laid the foundation stones for multiple development initiatives in Manipur’s Churachandpur district, totaling over ₹7,300 crore. The projects are part of the government’s push for inclusive
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On November 15-16, 2024, six people, including three woman and three children, who went missing from a relief camp on November 11 following a gunfight between Kuki militants and Security Forces (SFs),
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Editorial The people of Manipur have once again been shattered by an atrocity that exposes the grotesque failure of both state and central governments in protecting the lives of its citizens. Six
More On September 8, 2024, a woman, identified as Nemjakhol Lhungdim (46), was killed when two groups of militants exchanged fire at Thangbuh village near Laimaton in Kangpokpi District. On September 7, 2024,
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The sharp escalation by the Kuki militants in Manipur has shaken up the Indian establishment but the ensuing jingoistic outcry in sections of the media demands a muscular approach to addressing the problem of
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In March, India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, said at an election rally in Arunachal Pradesh that previous governments had not cared for states that sent only two representatives to the country’s Parliament,
More On March 9, 2024, two civilians, Jangminlal and Jangminlen, were brutally assaulted by armed militants suspected to be Kuki Revolutionary Army-Unification (KRA-U) cadres, at Motbung Bazaar under the Sapermeina Police Station in
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The last nine months in Manipur, one of the most vibrant states in Manipur has seen a serious deterioration of the political and as a consequence the security situation resulting in what
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On December 4, 2023, at least 13 people belonging to the Meitei community, suspected to be cadres of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), were killed in a gunfight with suspected Kuki militants
More On November 25, 2023, Police arrested one active cadre of People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) on charges of extortion from Imphal West District. On November 22, 2023, two cadres of PREPAK-Progressive
More by Saurav Sarkar The ethnoreligious violence in the Indian state of Manipur between Meiteis and Kukis has been ongoing since May, but it was only in July 2023 when a video went viral in
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