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

Kuki insurgent groups in talks with Centre now demand UT with legislature for Kuki-Zo districts in Manipur; Churachandpur villages are being pounded by mortar shells from valley, says ITLF.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/fresh-gunfight-in-manipur-meitei-women-groups-prevent-security-from-reaching-the-area/article67255266.ece

#manipur #bishnupur #churachandpur #ManipurViolence #meiteis #kukis #india

"I Fell, Sister-In-Law Ran With My Sons": Another Manipur Gang-Rape Horror

A 37-year-old married woman from Manipur's Churachandpur district alleged she was caught by a group of men - while she was fleeing from her burning house with her two sons, niece and sister-in-law - and gang-raped on May 3.

TW: descriptions of rape

#manipur #churachandpur #bishnupur #ManipurRapes #ManipurViolence #meiteis #kukis #rape #GangRape #ViolenceAgainstWomen #india

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/i-fell-sister-in-law-ran-with-my-sons-another-manipur-gang-rape-horror-from-churachandpur-4285597

After 3 Meiteis killed, town now in crosshairs of Manipur conflict

In small town Kwakta, though located in the Meitei-dominated Bishnupur district, almost 85 per cent of its estimated 13,500 voters are Muslim Meitei Pangals; around 1,500 are Meiteis; and there are just around 15 Kuki-Zomi houses in Ward 8 of the Kwakta municipal council area.

#manipur #bishnupur #ManipurViolence #meiteis #kukis #KukiZos #ManipurGovt #BJP #india

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/after-3-meiteis-killed-town-now-in-crosshairs-of-manipur-conflict-8879904/

Manipur: Mob Loots Police Armoury in Bishnupur; Police Officer Killed in Imphal West

The FIR states that the mob broke open the armoury doors. Though the police tried to avert the loot by firing 327 rounds of ammunition and 20 tear smoke shells, all of it was in vain, the FIR revealed.

#manipur #ManipurViolence #imphal #bishnupur #ManipurArmsLoot #ManipurPolice #ManipurUnrest #india

https://thewire.in/security/manipur-mob-loots-police-armoury-in-bishnupur-police-officer-killed-in-imphal-west

Fresh, 'Intense' Firing at Manipur, 16 Injured

The news agency PTI has reported that armed "insurgents" exchanged fire with security forces in Chandolpokpi, Tangjeng, Pombikhok and Kamson villages in Bishnupur district on Friday morning.

#manipur #ManipurViolence #bishnupur #meiteis #kukis #ManipurGovt #majoritarianism #NorthEast #india

https://thewire.in/government/manipur-firing-injured-phayeng

Bishnupur is possibly one of the most underrated archeotourism destinations in the country
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RT @archaeonomad
Play of light and shadows in #Bishnupur's early 17thC Rash Mancha. The symmetry of this brilliant brick structure bowls me over every time we visit!
https://twitter.com/ArchaeoNomad/status/1452182084303273984