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The Latest Breaking News from Churachandpur

Video of tribal man who was found dead on July 2 emerges in Manipur

In the video clip, the man identified as David Tuolor, is seen being slapped and asked about his ethnic identity.

The Hindu

In India’s strife-torn Manipur, narrative battle is fought on social media

Social media warriors have sprung up to share their community’s views and put down the others’ in this ethnic conflict.

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Meitei Leepun chief protected from arrest till December

Justice Ahanthem Bimol Singh of the High Court of Manipur issued an order preventing the arrest of Meitei Leepun chief Pramot Singh

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Manipur court issues arrest warrant against Meitei Leepun chief Pramot Singh

Throughout the past five months of ethnic conflict, Mr. Singh’s Meitei Leepun has consistently been accused of amassing mobs to attack Kuki-Zo villages and neighbourhoods.

The Hindu

Total shutdown in hill districts of Manipur after arrests in students’ murder cases

Churachandpur district in Manipur shut down Oct. 2 to protest arrest of 7, incl.uding 2 minors, in connection with kidnapping and killing of two Manipuri youths.

The Hindu

Four arrested in Manipur for abduction, killing of two Meitei students

CBI has arrested four people, including a woman from Churachandpur, for their role in the abduction and killing of two Meitei students in Manipur in July.

The Hindu

NIA arrests one from Manipur’s Churachandpur for ‘waging war against India’

National Investigation Agency has arrested 51-year-old Seiminlun Gangte from Manipur’s Churachandpur district in a case related to a transnational conspiracy by terror outfits based in Myanmar and Bangladesh to “wage war” against the Government of India by exploiting the current ethnic unrest in Manipur.

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Policeman shot dead in Manipur

In Manipur's Churachandpur district, a 40-yr-old policeman was shot dead by a sniper while on duty in Chingphei village. He was part of a team deployed after violence in August left 8 dead & 29 injured. He is survived by wife & 4 daughters.

The Hindu

40 injured in protest over Army barricade in Manipur

Meitei group Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) had called a rally on September 6, 2023 to push an Army barricade in the buffer zone at Bishnupur-Churachandpur boundary further to the hill district of Churachandpur.

The Hindu

Restrictions imposed in Imphal to prevent march to Bishnupur Churachandpur border

COCOMI calls for march to remove Army barricade in Imphal Valley, sparking curfew-like restrictions. Tensions between Kuki-Zo and Meitei communities have led to clashes, 8 deaths, 29 injuries. District Magistrate of Imphal West issues and then withdraws order for curfew relaxation on Sept 6. Exemptions for essential services, movement of…

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Six killed in Manipur gunfight; police say situation tense, under control

Heavy exchange of fire continued between two groups in the areas bordering the Churachandpur and Bishnupur districts of Manipur for the third consecutive day. Two people, injured by splinters a day ago, died on Thursday. The Indigeneous Tribal Leaders Forum, a Kuki-Zo body, called for an emergency shutdown in Churachandpur.

The Hindu

Violence continues in Manipur; mortars and automatic weapons used

Tension in Churachandpur-Bishnupur districts of Manipur continues as seven more injured in gunfight. Two IRB jawans injured, mortars & automatic weapons used. Inter-district boundary has seen clashes since May 3. 4 from hills & 1 from valley injured in exchange of fire. Police armoury looted & 150 killed, 50,000 displaced…

The Hindu

Manipur government plans to supply essentials to tribal district

Manipur government to transport essential commodities to Churachandpur from August 28. Health department to undertake aerial supply via BSF, Assam Rifles and Manipur Police. Transporters in Imphal refuse to ply to area due to safety risk. Kuki body re-imposed blockade on Dimapur-Imphal NH2. Govt. developing alternative supply routes for tribal…

The Hindu

NGOs conduct cleanliness drive in Manipur relief camps

Two Manipur-based NGOs, Rural Women Upliftment Society and Highland Impact, along with with other charitable organisations, carried out a cleanliness drive across nine relief camps in Manipur’s Churachandpur district on August 14, 2023. The NGOs are likely to carry out similar drives in the other relief camps in the Churachandpur…

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Centre approves helicopter routes from Churachandpur to Aizawl, Kangpokpi to Dimapur

Union govt. approves 2 inter-State routes for helicopter services to aid people affected by ethnic conflict in State. Subsidy scheme requires passengers to pay ₹2,000, with State & Central govts bearing rest of burden

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Woman says gangraped while trying to escape Churachandpur violence, cops lodge FIR

In another case of violence against women in conflict-hit Manipur, a Meitei woman in her thirties has now alleged that she was gangraped by “Kuki miscreants” while she was trying to escape mob violence in Churachandpur district on May 3. A complaint was lodged at the women police station in…

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‘Wanted to become a scientist before he died’: Kuki children of conflict look to ‘reverse time’

In Churachandpur’s Tuibuong, Kuki children staying in the Grace Academy relief camp line up with copies of the Bible to attend Sunday mass. Once a school for Tuibong’s Meitei and Kuki children, the building now serves as a makeshift relief camp for displaced Kuki families from Kangpokpi – sheltering 124…

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Woman alleges gang rape by Kuki men

In Manipur, a 37-year-old woman filed a complaint of sexual assault on May 3. Police registered a case of gangrape, assault or criminal force to outrage the modesty of a woman against unknown Kuki miscreants.

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Manipur High Court notice to Centre, State, Assam Rifles over contempt plea

The International Meeteis Forum (IMF) had filed a contempt petition before the Manipur High Court alleging that a mob of “Kuki men and women” coming from Churachandpur had vandalised and razed government structures inside the complex where they intended to bury 35 of their dead

The Hindu

No police operations without presence of Central forces, Amit Shah assures Kuki-Zo team

Union Home Minister Amit Shah meets delegation of Kuki-Zo leaders from Manipur to restore peace in the region before political talks are held

The Hindu

Assam Rifles unit replaced at checkpoint along Churachandpur-Bishnupur boundary

Manipur government orders Assam Rifles to replace Central forces at Churachandpur-Bishnupur boundary, an area of frequent clashes between Kuki and Meitei communities. After violence on Aug 5, BJP MLA questioned role of Central forces. Stand-off at Tengnoupal continues as 300-400 Kuki-Zo women continue sit-in blockade.

Newslaundry

‘Gunned down in sleep’, ‘hit by mortar’: 5 dead as Manipur gunfight intensifies

“It was deserted in the village, and my husband was scared. I asked him to leave for the relief camp, but his father didn’t agree. They were both killed right inside our house… attacked with sharp-edged weapons, and shot in the chest and head… What is the government doing? Is…

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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.

The Hindu

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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