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The Wire - Fresh Violence in Manipur: Death Toll Rises to 3 After Gunfight in Pallel, 50 Injured

Fresh Violence in Manipur: Death Toll Rises to 3 After Gunfight in Pallel, 50 Injured

As the news of the gunfight spread, large groups of Meitei community members gathered to march towards Pallel.

thewire.in/security/fresh-viol

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FIR in Manipur against Editors Guild for report on media coverage of conflict

The police have invoked Section 66A of the Information and Technology Act, despite the provision having been struck down by the Supreme Court in 2015.

scroll.in/latest/1055363/fir-i

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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.

scroll.in/article/1055257/the-

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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 Hindu - Four killed in fresh Manipur gunfight as Meitei women groups prevent security from reaching the area

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.

thehindu.com/news/national/oth

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The Hindu - Two killed in fresh violence in Manipur 

Two killed in fresh violence in Manipur

Heavy exchange of fire was reported in the Khoirentak area on the boundary of the Churachandpur and Bishnupur districts.

thehindu.com/news/national/two

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Scroll.in - Ramachandra Guha: A fact-check for Assam CM as he blames a long-dead scholar for North East problems

Ramachandra Guha: A fact-check for Assam CM as he blames a long-dead scholar for North East problems

Verrier Elwin’s biographer debunks the lies about the anthropologist’s ‘pact’ with Nehru and more.

scroll.in/article/1054940/rama

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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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Nobel Peace laureates join citizens' initiative to establish peace in conflict-hit Manipur

Amid efforts by the Centre to convince the Meitei and Kuki groups in Manipur to stop violence, two Nobel Peace laureates have joined a citizens' initiative to restore peace in the conflict-hit state.

deccanherald.com/india/manipur

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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.

scroll.in/article/1054009/has-

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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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Three Kuki People Killed in Fresh Violence in Manipur

The incident took place around 4:30 am in the Kuki village of Thowai Kuki.

thewire.in/security/three-kuki

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Manipur violence: BJP’s patronisation of vigilante groups suppressed credible voices, says report

A women’s panel also said in the report that both the Kukis and Meitis the BJP governments in the state and the Centre have failed to control the violence.

scroll.in/latest/1054430/manip

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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.

scroll.in/article/1054072/one-

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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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NDTV - Caught In Crossfire, Manipur Muslims Ask Meiteis, Kukis To Stop Fighting

It has been over 100 days since ethnic violence broke out in Manipur. The state is slowly returning to normal and no big incident has been reported for the past few days.

ndtv.com/india-news/caught-in-

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Days Before MHA Was to Finalise Kuki Accord Not Supported by CM, Violence Broke Out in Manipur

According to Kuki SoO groups in talks with Union government in Delhi, the modalities of the accord was on the lines of the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution, a longstanding demand of the community.

thewire.in/government/special-

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"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

ndtv.com/india-news/i-fell-sis

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