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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.

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Refrain from contesting Lok Sabha election, Manipur’s Kuki-Zo tribals urged

ITLF urges Kuki-Zo people in Manipur to vote but not contest Lok Sabha election, amid ethnic violence.

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Kuki-Zomi police officers appeal against transfers to Meitei areas; Manipur government says they are being promoted

Over 100 Kuki-Zomi personnel of the Manipur Police’s Manipur Rifles and Indian Reserve Battalion have approached the Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum to intervene in a transfer order that posts them in Meitei-dominated areas of the State.

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Manipur tribal body withdraws call to government staffers to skip work over police personnel's suspension

A tribal body in Manipur has withdrawn its appeal to government employees to refrain from attending work over the suspension of a head constable who was allegedly seen with armed men in a video grab.

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Magisterial enquiry to probe Feb 15 Churachandpur incident

The Manipur government ordered a magisterial enquiry to probe the incident in Churachandpur district when two persons were killed and government buildings torched by a mob.

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Tribal body in Manipur urges govt employees to refrain from going to office over cop's suspension

The Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum (ITLF) has urged government employees in Manipur’s Churachandpur district to refrain from attending work from February 18 over the suspension of a head constable who was allegedly seen with armed men in a video grab.

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Tribal body threatens to shut government offices in Manipur’s Churachandpur

The Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum issued an ultimatum to the district Superintendent of Police, Shivanand Surve, and District Collector S. Dharun Kumar to “leave the district within 24 hours”

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Directly administer our people, Manipur tribal group tells Centre

Tribal forum in Manipur appeals to the Centre to directly administer Kuki-Zo people caught in ethnic conflict.

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Manipur government has submitted its authority to armed militia: ITLF

The Indigenous Tribal Leaders' Forum criticizes the Union and Manipur governments for allowing Arambai Tenggol, an armed militant group to control the state's politicians.

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Kuki-Zo bodies oppose move to review ST status of certain tribes

Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum sees bid by Manipur’s Biren Singh government to change ST criteria to deprive Kuki-Zo tribals of their rights and land; Zomi Council Steering Committee says it will only widen existing divide

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Negotiations, selecting burial sites, graves dug by hand: How 87 Kuki-Zo bodies finally came home

Before the 87 bodies of their loved ones were laid to rest in Churachandpur district in strife-torn Manipur on Wednesday, Kuki-Zo families in the hills had lost hope of ever recovering them. Most of the victims had been killed in the initial phase of ethnic violence in May.

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Tribal forum denies allegations of Supreme Court-appointed committee on Manipur

ITLF refutes SC-appointed committee's allegations of pressuring families to refuse compensation/bodies

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Manipur tribal body to rally in six States for ‘separate administration’

An apex tribal organisation would hold rallies in six States on November 29 to intensify the demand for a ‘separate administration’ for the Kuki-Zo community in ethnic violence-scarred Manipur. The rallies would be organised simultaneous in New Delhi, Karnataka, Mizoram, Tamil Nadu, and Tripura apart from the tribal areas of…

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Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum | Seeking ‘self-governance’

ITLF formed in 2022 to tackle issues of Kuki-Zomi-Hmar-Mizo tribal communities. It seeks self-rule within India's Constitution, in response to killings, displacement, and distrust of Manipur govt. It's spokesperson, Mr. Vualzong, launched RPZI in 2020 to study and correct distorted history of Zo family.

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Manipur Police file case against Kuki Zo leader for ‘self-rule’ statement

Police in Manipur register case against Muan Tombing, General Secretary of Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum, for statement on "self-rule" by Kuki-Zo people. ITLF claims have "no legal or constitutional basis".

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Manipur government to take legal action against ITLF for ‘self-rule’ ultimatum

Manipur govt to take legal action against ITLF for setting deadline to establish 'self-rule' in 3 districts. ITLF issued ultimatum to vitiate atmosphere & disturb law-and-order. Ethnic conflict between Meitei & Kuki-Zo led to 200 deaths & 60,000 displaced.

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Attempt to ambush Assam Rifles patrol in Manipur

Attempt to ambush Assam Rifles patrol in Manipur's Tengnoupal district with IED foiled. No injuries/deaths reported. PLA cadres remotely detonated IED, opened fire, but were effectively retaliated. ITLF's statement of "self-rule" in districts dominated by Kuki-Zo people has "no legal/constitutional basis"; legal action being taken.

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Tribal body declares ‘self-rule’ in a few districts of Manipur

We were compelled to take the step owing to the ‘selective justice’ by the Centre, says Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum

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There has been no incident at proposed Kuki-Zomi burial site since status quo order, DGP tells Manipur HC

Manipur DGP Rajiv Singh requests HC to close contempt case for failing to implement order to maintain status quo at proposed burial site for 35 Kuki-Zomi people killed in ethnic conflict. DGP claims vandalism occurred before court order, security forces had made sufficient arrangements. ITLF yet to decide alternate site,…

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Home Minister’s remarks draw sharp reactions from Kuki groups in India, Myanmar

Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks in Parliament about Kuki immigrants from Myanmar contributing to tensions building in Manipur, drew sharp reactions from Kuki groups — both in India and in Myanmar

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No police operations without presence of Central forces, Amit Shah assures Kuki-Zo team

Union Home Minister Amit Shah meets delegation of Kuki-Zo leaders from Manipur to restore peace in the region before political talks are held

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Morning Digest | ITLF leaders to meet Amit Shah amid fresh clashes in Manipur; armed men damage shops of Muslims in Haryana’s Panipat, and more

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Amid fresh clashes in Manipur, ITLF leaders to meet Amit Shah

The development comes amid a fresh cycle of the ethnic violence in Manipur that has claimed more than 150 lives since May 3. Read more on The Hindu

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Manipur HC directs status quo be maintained at mass burial site

Hours ahead of the planned mass burial of 35 Kuki-Zo people killed in the Manipur conflict, a Bench led by Acting Chief Justice M.V. Muralidharan at a 6 a.m. hearing at the Manipur High Court, directed that status quo be maintained at the proposed burial site in Haolai Khopi village…

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Security intensified as tribal forum plans mass burial of 35 bodies in Manipur

The bodies, including that of three women, are currently at the Churachandpur District Hospital.

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