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The return of Meitei insurgents marks a new turn in Manipur conflict

Back from Myanmar, militant cadres are adding firepower to the Meitei side in the state’s ongoing civil war.

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Assam Rifles DG Says Manipur Situation Unprecedented, 'Never Faced Anything of This Kind'

Lt General P.C. Nair flagged the “large number of weapons” with civilians as a key concern. He also said society “has become weaponised".

thewire.in/security/assam-rifl

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The Wire - Voices From the Ground: The Humanitarian Crisis in Manipur

Voices From the Ground: The Humanitarian Crisis in Manipur

A team of the Karwan-e-Mohabbat (Caravan of Love) spent four days in violence-torn Manipur from July 25 to July 28.

thewire.in/rights/voices-from-

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'We don't trust govt, we want to go back to our own houses': Manipuris at relief camps

Restless victims of Manipur's three-month-long ethnic strife housed in cramped makeshift relief camps are demanding the state government solves the imbroglio so that they can go back home.

newindianexpress.com/nation/20

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How Manipur hounds Kuki intellectuals

3 civil society leaders have been charged with outraging religious feelings, promoting enmity between groups after they articulated their community’s viewpoint on brutal conflict in media interviews, writes Ajaz Ashraf.

mid-day.com/news/opinion/artic

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Scroll.in - Has the state really withered away in Manipur?

Has the state really withered away in Manipur?

Instead, it has taken on a different shape: from an entity governed by a liberal social contract to one driven by an ethno-majoritarian consensus.

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The Wire - Siege on Manipur: Hindu Nationalists' War for Ethnic Supremacy

Siege on Manipur: Hindu Nationalists' War for Ethnic Supremacy

Across India, experiments to forge the 'Hindu national community' are predicated on the breakage of minoritised Muslims and Christians, and Adivasis and Dalits. What's happening in Manipur is part of a plan operationalised by the Hindu Right decades ago.

thewire.in/communalism/siege-o

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‘One generation is going to lose out’: Manipur strife is taking a toll on children’s education

With schools shut or running with few resources, children scarred by violence or sucked into conflict, community leaders worry about long-term consequences.

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He embraced Meiteis but offended Kukis: Three errors of Amit Shah in handling Manipur crisis

Amit Shah focused tactically on what at the moment seemed to him the right thing to say but overlooked or ignored what was strategically more appropriate for Manipur’s future, writes Karan Thapar.

telegraphindia.com/india/he-em

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‘He doesn’t have a home now. It was burned down by a mob’: children from India's Manipur bear the brunt of ethnic conflict

RT’s exclusive report from Imphal, the capital of India’s northeastern state, where clashes between Meitei and Kuki communities have left thousands displaced.

rt.com/india/581167-manipur-ch

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BOOM - How Manipur Got Divided By Misinformation And Polarisation | BOOM

How Manipur Got Divided By Misinformation And Polarisation

Without the Internet, Manipur has transgressed into a polarised state, filled with misinformation.

boomlive.in/decode/manipur-div

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Assam Rifles faces the heat in Manipur; fabricated attempts to malign image: Army

In a statement, the Army’s Spear Corps said it along with Assam Rifles will continue to remain firm and resolute in carrying out actions to prevent violence in Manipur.

thefederal.com/states/north-ea

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Women’s bodies, disinformation and nationalism in Manipur

Sexual violence in conflict has a long and terrible history – and its combination with disinformation and nationalism in Manipur makes for an especially ominous mix.

himalmag.com/women-disinformat

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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.

indianexpress.com/article/indi

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Manipur violence case | Supreme Court sets up panel of 3 women ex-judges to oversee humanitarian measures

The top court also indicated that it will appoint senior Maharashtra cadre IPS officer Dattatray Padsalgikar, who had served in the NIA, IB and Nagaland, to monitor the overall investigation of cases registered during the violence.

thehindu.com/news/national/sc-

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The Wire - Manipur: Kuki People's Alliance Withdraws Support From N. Biren Singh Government

Kuki People's Alliance Withdraws Support From N. Biren Singh Government

The KPA, formed in 2022, has two sitting MLAs in the Manipur government.

thewire.in/politics/manipur-ku

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“The video hurts so much, I cannot find the words”

The family of the women in the Manipur video recounts its ordeal.

TW: descriptions of rape

caravanmagazine.in/conflict/ma

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Double-Engine: The Union and State Government Must Answer for Manipur

August 3 marks exactly three months since the start of the mayhem in Manipur. Fears of state collusion and complicity in the violence are growing with time. Nandita Haksar writes.

thewire.in/politics/double-eng

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The Hindu - Parliament proceedings | Over 14,000 schoolchildren displaced due to ethnic violence in Manipur: Education Ministry

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Manipur violence: 53 bodies – mostly Kukis – lie unclaimed at two Imphal hospitals

27 bodies are at JNIMS in Imphal East, 26 at RIMS in Imphal West.

newslaundry.com/2023/08/01/man

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