NEW DELHI: India's parliament was disrupted for a second day and women's groups planned protests across the country over a sexual assault case during ethnic clashes in the state of Manipur. At least 125 people have been killed and more than 40,000 have fled their homes
NEW DELHI: The government of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came under fire over its failure to curb violence in Manipur after a horrific video of two women allegedly gang-raped and being paraded naked on the road by a group of men surfaced on social
Manipur: The Indian Army “released” at least 12 militants after they were surrounded by a 1,500-strong “women-led mob” in the northeastern state of Manipur that has been experiencing ethnic violence for about two months. The security forces confirmed they were forced to release the militants belonging
GUWAHATI, India: Indian authorities said on Monday they had started to relax a curfew imposed in violence-hit Manipur after 45 days of civil unrest in the north-east state, seeking to reduce anger spilling onto the streets and restore normalcy. "We have decided to remove curfew from
GUWAHATI, India: A federal Indian minister's house was set on fire by a mob in the remote northeastern state of Manipur, which has been hit by clashes between members of rival ethnic groups for over a month, officials said on Friday. Junior foreign minister R. K.
MANIPUR: At least nine people were shot dead in the remote northeast Indian state of Manipur, officials said -- the latest incident in weeks of violence sparked by long-standing ethnic tensions. Manipur saw days of deadly clashes in May, prompted by a dispute over access to
Imphal: Ten like-minded Indian political parties have condemned the stoic silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the ongoing violence in Manipur state. The ten like-minded political parties are INC (Indian National Congress), CPI (Communist Party of India), CPI-M (Communist Party of India-Marxist), JD-U (Janata Dal
Manipur: Dozens of rebel fighters have been killed in clashes with security forces in India’s remote northeastern state of Manipur. The state has been on edge since the explosion of inter-ethnic violence on May 3 between tribal groups and the ethnic majority Meitei people over plans
Churachandpur, India: Houses in a remote village in the restive northeastern Indian state of Manipur daubed with "Don't Burn" notices stand untouched while many unmarked buildings are in ruins, their Meitei owners having fled. "It all started with an attack on two houses
Guwahati, India: Security measures are keeping the peace in a remote northeast Indian state where 60 people were killed and 35,000 civilians were displaced in rioting and ethnic clashes last week, officials said. Manipur state’s chief minister, N Biren Singh, told reporters that around 230 people