Manipur

Amit Shah visited Manipur last week in efforts to restore peace.

Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Tuesday took a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and said that they (BJP) do divisive politics.

A jawan of the Border Security Force (BSF) sustained fatal injuries while two Assam Rifles personnel sustained gunshot wounds in Manipur's Serou in firing between security forces and a group of insurgents

The Manipur government has extended the ban on internet services till June 10 to prevent further disturbance in the violence-hit state. The ban was imposed on May 3.

A fresh petition has been filed in the Supreme Court against the suspension of internet services in the violence-hit state of Manipur since May 3.

The Indian Army has flagged as "malicious" social media posts that alleged a gunfight between the Manipur Police and the Assam Rifles in the violence-hit northeast state.

For over a week, Manipur's Sugnu town has now remained the key area of confrontation between the two communities at loggerheads in the northeastern state, where sporadic violence has continued for over a month.

The government has formed a three-member commission to look into the ethnic violence in Manipur that has claimed more than 80 lives since the beginning of May.

Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday appealed to the people of Manipur to lift the blockades at the Imphal-Dimapur National Highway-2 so that basic food items and other necessary items can reach the people in the strife-hit state.

Members of Manipuri civil society and students' organisations on Sunday held a 'peace rally' at Jantar Mantar here and demanded that the government check the influx of "illegal migrants" into the state from Myanmar.

An alliance of non-resident Indians from Manipur on Sunday promised to work to decrease inter-community distrust and tension in the northeastern state.

There was no incident of violence in Manipur in the last 24 hours and the state was "completely peaceful" on Saturday, security adviser to state government Kuldiep Singh said.

The army is conducting surprise checks on the Manipur camps of insurgent groups that have signed the 'suspension of operations', or SoO, agreement with the centre and the state government, a defence spokesperson said in a statement today.

The curfew has been called off in five Manipur districts, officials said today, adding that the prohibitory orders have been relaxed for a few hours in other districts.

One of the factors of the Manipur ethnic violence, among a multitude of social frictions, include loss of livelihoods of the hill tribes who have depended on poppy cultivation for decades.

Amit Shah visited Manipur last week in efforts to restore peace.

Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Tuesday took a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and said that they (BJP) do divisive politics.

A jawan of the Border Security Force (BSF) sustained fatal injuries while two Assam Rifles personnel sustained gunshot wounds in Manipur's Serou in firing between security forces and a group of insurgents

The Manipur government has extended the ban on internet services till June 10 to prevent further disturbance in the violence-hit state. The ban was imposed on May 3.

A fresh petition has been filed in the Supreme Court against the suspension of internet services in the violence-hit state of Manipur since May 3.

The Indian Army has flagged as "malicious" social media posts that alleged a gunfight between the Manipur Police and the Assam Rifles in the violence-hit northeast state.

For over a week, Manipur's Sugnu town has now remained the key area of confrontation between the two communities at loggerheads in the northeastern state, where sporadic violence has continued for over a month.

The government has formed a three-member commission to look into the ethnic violence in Manipur that has claimed more than 80 lives since the beginning of May.

Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday appealed to the people of Manipur to lift the blockades at the Imphal-Dimapur National Highway-2 so that basic food items and other necessary items can reach the people in the strife-hit state.

Members of Manipuri civil society and students' organisations on Sunday held a 'peace rally' at Jantar Mantar here and demanded that the government check the influx of "illegal migrants" into the state from Myanmar.

An alliance of non-resident Indians from Manipur on Sunday promised to work to decrease inter-community distrust and tension in the northeastern state.

There was no incident of violence in Manipur in the last 24 hours and the state was "completely peaceful" on Saturday, security adviser to state government Kuldiep Singh said.

The army is conducting surprise checks on the Manipur camps of insurgent groups that have signed the 'suspension of operations', or SoO, agreement with the centre and the state government, a defence spokesperson said in a statement today.

The curfew has been called off in five Manipur districts, officials said today, adding that the prohibitory orders have been relaxed for a few hours in other districts.

One of the factors of the Manipur ethnic violence, among a multitude of social frictions, include loss of livelihoods of the hill tribes who have depended on poppy cultivation for decades.