Manipur: Four militants held in Bishnupur and Kakching During operations by security forces a huge cache of arms and ammunition was seized. Read further on Dynamite News: Dynamite News · Apr 6, 2025
Manipur: Security forces nab 8 accused, seize 25 weapons across state The operations were conducted in Kakching, Thoubal, Tengnoupal, Bishnupur, Imphal East, and Chandel districts. Read further on Dynamite News: Dynamite News · Feb 10, 2025
Internet shutdown imposed in Manipur for five days, curfew in Imphal The Manipur government has imposed a five-day “temporary suspension or curbing of internet and mobile data services” across the state, along with curfews in Imphal East and West districts and prohibitory orders in Thoubal, Bishnupur and Kakching, as per The Hindu. Newslaundry · Sep 10, 2024
2 Paramilitary Soldiers Killed In Insurgent Attack In Manipur Two CRPF personnel were killed and two others were injured in a suspected insurgent attack in Bishnupur district. Read further on Dynamite News: Dynamite News · Apr 27, 2024
BJP tries a balancing act to manage voter perception of Manipur’s ethnic conflict In the shadow of the ethnic conflict that has been going on for almost a year now, the Bharatiya Janata Party finds itself in a tight spot as it fights for the Inner Manipur Lok Sabha constituency, which is set to vote on April 19 The Hindu · Apr 10, 2024
Manipur violence: CBI files charge sheet against seven in Bishnupur armoury loot case CBI files charge sheet against seven accused in Manipur arms looting case during ethnic violence. The Hindu · Mar 3, 2024
Security forces recover large quantity of arms and ammunition in Manipur In two separate joint operations by the security forces, a large quantity of arms and ammunition was recovered from Kangpokpi and Bishnupur districts of Manipur. Read further on Dynamite News: Dynamite News · Feb 15, 2024
Four men feared dead in Manipur; combustible fluid mixes in rivulet The Manipur government requested all concerned to take immediate necessary action, making use of all available resources in terms of machinery, manpower, and expertise, to prevent an environmental calamity. The Hindu · Jan 11, 2024
Four men go missing in Manipur, fresh firing reported Four men from Manipur’s Kumbi Assembly constituency, who had gone for collecting firewood near the hill ranges adjoining Bishnupur and Churachandpur districts, went missing on January 10, police said. The Hindu · Jan 11, 2024
Mom stands on vigil in Manipur, son London on diving board KOLKATA: Hemam London Singh is one of the only two divers from India set to take part in the ongoing Asian Games. Even as he continued to train for the big event at Army Sports Institute (ASI) in Pune, his mother, Jaya Devi, has been taking out peace marches in… The Times of India · Sep 27, 2023
Curfew relaxed in five valley districts of Manipur Manipur authorities announced curfew relaxation in five valley districts to facilitate purchase of essential items. Curfew relaxed from 5am-6pm in Imphal East, West & Kakching; 5am-8pm in Thoubal; 5am-11am in Bishnupur. No gatherings or protests without approval. The Hindu · Sep 7, 2023
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. The Hindu · Sep 6, 2023
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… The Hindu · Sep 5, 2023
Six killed in Manipur gunfight; police say situation tense, under control Heavy exchange of fire continued between two groups in the areas bordering the Churachandpur and Bishnupur districts of Manipur for the third consecutive day. Two people, injured by splinters a day ago, died on Thursday. The Indigeneous Tribal Leaders Forum, a Kuki-Zo body, called for an emergency shutdown in Churachandpur. The Hindu · Aug 31, 2023
The Hindu · Aug 30, 2023 Violence continues in Manipur; mortars and automatic weapons used Tension in Churachandpur-Bishnupur districts of Manipur continues as seven more injured in gunfight. Two IRB jawans injured, mortars & automatic weapons used. Inter-district boundary has seen clashes since May 3. 4 from hills & 1 from valley injured in exchange of fire. Police armoury looted & 150 killed, 50,000 displaced…
The Hindu · Aug 28, 2023 Manipur schoolgirls cook up abduction story, stoke tension The police in Manipur’s Bishnupur district launched a combing operation after three minor girls reported the abduction of 17 school-bound children, only to find out later that they had cooked up the story to escape punishment for bunking classes
Newslaundry · Aug 10, 2023 Woman says gangraped while trying to escape Churachandpur violence, cops lodge FIR In another case of violence against women in conflict-hit Manipur, a Meitei woman in her thirties has now alleged that she was gangraped by “Kuki miscreants” while she was trying to escape mob violence in Churachandpur district on May 3. A complaint was lodged at the women police station in…
The Hindu · Aug 7, 2023 Assam Rifles unit replaced at checkpoint along Churachandpur-Bishnupur boundary Manipur government orders Assam Rifles to replace Central forces at Churachandpur-Bishnupur boundary, an area of frequent clashes between Kuki and Meitei communities. After violence on Aug 5, BJP MLA questioned role of Central forces. Stand-off at Tengnoupal continues as 300-400 Kuki-Zo women continue sit-in blockade.
Dynamite News · Aug 5, 2023 Manipur Violence: Three, including father, son gunned down in Bishnupur; Curfew imposed All the dead bodies had marks from knives. The villagers said the three people were killed by Kuki miscreants who sneaked into the area. Read further on Dynamite News:
Newslaundry · Aug 4, 2023 Learned ‘tactics from PUBG’: Students use guns in Manipur’s Bishnupur-Churachandpur to ‘defend land’ A panorama of Bishnupur’s Meitei-dominated Terakhong village spanned in front of 15 self-proclaimed Kuki ‘volunteers’ as they lugged their single- or double-barrel guns to a bunker in P Geljang village of Churachandpur district on Thursday.
The Hindu · Aug 4, 2023 Armoury looted, policeman killed in separate incidents in Manipur Police foil attempt to loot weapons in Imphal, 1 Manipur Rifles personnel killed in separate incidents. Mob loots armoury in Bishnupur, over 4,000 weapons looted in ethnic violence.
Newslaundry · Jul 28, 2023 ‘The next Kashmir’: On Manipur ground zero, ‘rising’ bullet prices, armed youth at police bunkers Eight Meitei ‘village volunteers’ at Terakhongsangbi in Manipur’s Bishnupur district quietly formed an arc and bowed their heads before the shrine of village goddess Keithel Leirenbi on Thursday afternoon – moments before they headed to the site of a gunfight. Donning the Manipur commando fatigues, these ‘volunteers’ were cheered on…
Newslaundry · Jul 28, 2023 39 babies born in 90 days: Grief and comfort at Manipur’s only relief camp for pregnant women Within the varicoloured walls of the Khuman Lampak Sports Complex in Imphal, a handful of pregnant women huddle together. Wearing the traditional phanek over their kurtas, they’re discussing the news of the day – attacks in the border district of Moreh, cross-firing in Bishnupur, and the larger disruptions that have…
Newslaundry · Jul 27, 2023 Manipur village caught in cross-fire: Bombings through the night, teen critically injured About 40 km from Imphal, Phougakchao village in Manipur’s Bishnupur district has been witness to rampant firing and bombing from the neighbouring Kuki-dominated hills, which intensified this week. On July 25, an 18-year-old boy Lonjam Naocha Singh got severely injured by shrapnel as a bomb cracked through the roof of…
The Hindu · Jul 24, 2023 Abandoned houses, school burnt by mob led by women in Manipur’s Bishnupur district At least 10 houses and a school burnt in Churachandpur district by mob led by hundreds of women. BSF retaliated with fire to prevent mob from taking away their vehicle. Local volunteers also deployed to area.