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Manipur: 21-year-old woman injured in attack dies

A 21-year-old woman, Nei Esther Gangte, who sustained gunshot injuries in an attack by armed miscreants in Manipur's Churachandpur district, died on Sunday. She passed away at District Hospital Churachandpur after battling critical injuries for seven days, officials said.

The Economic Times · Sep 20

Man Brutally Shot Dead on Camera in Manipur’s Churachandpur; Militants Suspected

A man belonging to the Meitei community was brutally shot dead on camera in Manipur’s Churachandpur district, in a killing that has further intensified concerns over ongoing ethnic violence in the state.

Whats Hot · Jan 22

‘Overcrowded, underfed’: Manipur planned to shut relief camps in Dec, but many still ‘trapped’

Thirty-nine-year-old Tingkim says she is down to her last Rs 200. What worries her most is the embarrassment of being unable to contribute to buying Christmas gifts for the children in her relief camp in Manipur. 

Newslaundry · Dec 8, 2025

‘Hardest decision’: As Manipur remains on boil, several Kuki-Zo students quit studies

Lian*, a 30-year-old PhD scholar from Churachandpur, was among 284 Manipur University students from the Kuki-Zo communities who had approached the Supreme Court in November last year. It was to ensure he could continue his studies from other central universities after being displaced by ethnic violence. But he is “in…

Newslaundry · Sep 4, 2024

Manipur groups to hold events on May 3 to mark one year of ethnic conflict

Kuki-Zo and Meitei civil society groups in Manipur commemorate one year of ethnic conflict in different ways.

The Hindu · May 1, 2024

Manipur police register ‘Zero FIRs’ over killings of two Kuki-Zo men

Manipur police register FIRs over brutal killings of Kuki-Zo village volunteers, sparking protests in New Delhi.

The Hindu · Apr 14, 2024

After fresh killings, Kuki-Zo people in Churachandpur, Kangpokpi take to streets

Protests erupted across Manipur’s Churachandpur and Kangpokpi districts and in New Delhi by Kuki-Zo people after two “village volunteers” from the community were killed in firing near Kangpokpi district.

The Hindu · Apr 14, 2024

Outer Manipur: for Kuki-Zo outreach, parties hold-off campaigning, start talks with apex tribe bodies

Political parties in Manipur's Kangpokpi/Churachandpur region navigate ethnic tensions to appeal to Kuki-Zo voters in upcoming elections.

The Hindu · Apr 12, 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

Ethnic conflict casts a shadow on Manipur polls; Kuki-Zo, Meitei people devise voting strategies

In the first phase of Lok Sabha elections, most of the violence-affected parts of the State go to the polls. These include all of the Inner Manipur constituency having a largely Meitei population, and large parts of the Outer Manipur constituency (ST) covering Churachandpur, Kangpokpi and Chandel with a majority…

The Hindu · Apr 5, 2024