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COCOMI office meets, ‘pro-CM’ demand, no prominent leader: Inside the student mobilisation in Imphal

The Imphal valley in strife-torn Manipur has been rocked this week by protests by students, clashes with security personnel, stone-pelting at the Raj Bhavan, and tearing down of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s posters. And a curfew and suspension of internet services are in place in several districts.

Manipur group seeks Army action against Kuki extremists

Manipur group seeks Army action against Kuki extremists

An apex organisation of the Meitei community has sought the intervention of Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Pande in dealing with extremists

Amid recent flare-up, Manipur body calls for national focus on ‘Kuki extremists’

Amid recent flare-up, Manipur body calls for national focus on ‘Kuki extremists’

COCOMI seeks national attention on Kuki extremists attacking security forces in Manipur, bordering Myanmar.

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40 injured in protest over Army barricade in Manipur

Meitei group Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) had called a rally on September 6, 2023 to push an Army barricade in the buffer zone at Bishnupur-Churachandpur boundary further to the hill district of Churachandpur.

Restrictions imposed in Imphal to prevent march to Bishnupur Churachandpur border

COCOMI calls for march to remove Army barricade in Imphal Valley, sparking curfew-like restrictions. Tensions between Kuki-Zo and Meitei communities have led to clashes, 8 deaths, 29 injuries. District Magistrate of Imphal West issues and then withdraws order for curfew relaxation on Sept 6. Exemptions for essential services, movement of…

Home Minister Amit Shah asks Meitei group to initiate dialogue with Kuki leaders

Union Home Minister Amit Shah urges Meitei civil society group Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) to initiate dialogue with responsible Kuki leaders; Kuki-Zo MLAs say they would not attend the Assembly session as they feared for their lives

Imphal civil society body COCOMI writes to European Parliament on Manipur

The Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity, COCOMI, an umbrella body of Imphal Valley-based civil society organisations has asked the European Parliament not to let Manipur become the “new Golden Triangle” of the drug trade by projecting the violence between “immigrant Chin-Kuki narco-terrorists” and the indigenous Meitei people in the northeastern…

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Assam Rifles files sedition case against Imphal civil society group

Assam Rifles files sedition case against Imphal civil society group

Assam Rifles registers case of sedition, defamation against Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity for call to not surrender weapons; FIR registered at Churachandpur police station; COCOMI had demanded Assam Rifles be replaced with other police force; criminal case registered against Imphal-based politician for alleging Assam Rifles protecting Kuki terrorists.

Bifurcation demand | 10 Manipur MLAs get showcause notice

Bifurcation demand | 10 Manipur MLAs get showcause notice

The Privilege and Ethics Committee (PEC) of the 60-member Manipur Assembly has asked 10 MLAs to explain why they demanded a separate administration for a group of ethnic communities.

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