The Pulse | Politics Over 100 people have been killed in violence between majority Meitei and minority Kuki groups over the past two months. People displaced by violence narrate their experiences to visiting Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Manipur, India, June 29, 2023. Credit: Twitter/INC Manipur Advertisement On Thursday, India’s top opposition leader Rahul Gandhi visited communities hit … Read more
Advertisement Since May 3, the northeast Indian state of Manipur has been convulsed in violence, with the majority Meitei ethnic group, which lives in the Imphal valley, clashing with the Kuki-Zomi indigenous people, who mainly reside in the hills. The immediate spark for the violence was the Manipur High Court directive to the Biren Singh-led … Read more
Advertisement A permanent solution to the problems plaguing India’s violence-torn Manipur state lies in the effective sealing of the international border with Myanmar, India’s Home Minister Amit Shah told a press conference on June 1. He was speaking in Imphal, the capital of the northeast Indian state, where ethnic clashes since May 3 have claimed … Read more
The Pulse | Society | South Asia Violence broke out in the northeastern state as majority Christian hill tribes objected to a plan to grant Meitei Hindus special privileges. Advertisement The governor of Manipur in Northeast India issued orders allowing district magistrates to shoot protesters, as soldiers patrolled the streets and enforced a curfew after thousands of people clashed, … Read more