GUWAHATI, India: More than 80 people killed in ethnic clashes in India's northeastern Manipur state over the past seven months were laid to rest officials said, as sporadic violence continued in the region. At least 180 people have died since fierce fighting broke out between members
MANIPUR: On November 29, homes in conflict-racked Manipur’s Imphal were adorned with diyas and the night sky was lit with fireworks. Earlier in the day, the Union home ministry announced that the state’s oldest militant outfit, the United National Liberation Front, had signed a peace
GUWAHATI/NEW DELHI: Landslides in India have stranded hundreds of trucks carrying fuel and essential items to the violence-hit state of Manipur, police said on Thursday, after heavy rains caused devastation that killed at least 84 people. Torrential rains that officials blame on climate change, coupled with
GURUGRAM, India: Over 3,000 poor Muslims have fled a business hub outside New Delhi this month, fearing for their lives after Hindu-Muslim clashes and sporadic attacks targeting them, residents, police and a community group said. Shops and shacks owned or run by Muslims and their houses
NEW DELHI: After being reinstated as a parliamentarian by the top court, Rahul Gandhi, the Indian opposition leader, Wednesday came down hard on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for dragging his feet in taking action against the deadly violence in Manipur that killed at least 120
MANIPUR: Three people were killed and houses set ablaze in fresh violence in India’s Manipur, police officials said, as sporadic violence and killings continue in the remote northeastern state. The three people killed belonged to the majority Metei community in the state’s Bishnupur district, a police
NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court came down hard on the Manipur police and demanded to see a complete break-up of the approximately 6,000 cases of murder, rape, arson, crimes against women, burning of villages, homes and places of worship the state government claimed to have
NEW DELHI: Former Indian Army chief Gen (retd) M. M. Naravane has said that foreign interference in the Manipur violence cannot be ruled out and is “definitely there,” stressing that alleged Chinese aid to various insurgent groups has been continuing for many years. TheWire quoted Gen
MANIPUR: Schoolboys turned militia fighters stare towards their enemies from their hilltop outpost, as the vigilante gunmen dig in for a long fight in India's troubled Manipur state. Three months ago, 16-year-old Paominthang was a student from the farming Kuki people who dreamed of being a
NEW DELHI: India’s Parliament was disrupted for a third day by opposition protests over ethnic clashes in a remote northeastern state in which more than 130 people have been killed since May. Opposition lawmakers carried placards and chanted slogans outside the Parliament building as they demanded