Manipur violence: What is happening and why - BBC
Jul 20, 2023 · Meitei, Kuki and Naga militias have for decades fought one another over conflicting homeland demands and religious differences, and all sides have clashed with India's security forces.
Manipur students organise mass protest demanding safe release …
13 hours ago · Students in Manipur’s Valley districts held demonstrations Thursday demanding the release of six people – three children and three women – allegedly abducted by armed miscreants in the Jiribam district recently. ... (Churachandpur) for the safe release of the 6 abducted Meitei people from Jiribam, Manipur. Great efforts from the Ministry ...
Day after 10 militants killed in Manipur, two Meitei men found …
2 days ago · A day after 10 suspected militants from the Hmar community were shot dead by security forces in Manipur’s Jiribam, the bodies of two Meitei men were recovered from the area on Tuesday morning. Six people from the Meitei community, including three children, from the area are still missing.
Ten killed in India's Manipur after firefight with security forces
3 days ago · The state of 3.2 million people has been divided into two ethnic enclaves - a valley controlled by the Meiteis and the Kuki-dominated hills - since the conflict began in May 2023.
Manipur violence: What is happening and why - BBC News
Jul 20, 2023 · Ethnic violence has plunged the small Indian state of Manipur into what many have dubbed a state of civil war as the two largest groups, the majority Meitei and minority Kuki, battle over land...
Violence Resurges in Manipur, Indian State Locked in Bloody …
Sep 11, 2024 · While the violence had subsided over the past few months, it came roaring back in recent weeks, with 11 people — eight Kukis and three Meiteis — killed in attacks, according to data collected ...
Over 50 dead, hundreds hospitalized and 23,000 displaced by …
May 7, 2023 · At least 55 people have been left dead and a further 260 hospitalized since violence broke out between members of the Kuki and Meitei ethnic groups earlier this week, hospital officials in the...
Manipur violence: Mass burial for victims of India ethnic clashes - BBC
The clashes between the majority Meitei group and the Kuki minority erupted on 3 May over sharing of government quotas. The violence claimed at least 170 lives and displaced thousands of...
‘No choice’: India’s Manipuris cannot go back a year after fleeing ...
May 4, 2024 · The Meiteis – about 60 percent of Manipur’s 2.9 million people – are concentrated in the more prosperous valley areas around the state capital, Imphal. The Kuki-Zo and the Nagas, another...
Peace eludes India’s Manipur even after defeating BJP over ethnic ...
Jun 12, 2024 · The incident at Vengnuam encapsulates the ethnic tensions in Manipur, where clashes between the predominantly Hindu Meitei community, who are in a majority, and the mainly Christian Kuki-Zo tribe...