India to send 5,000 extra troops to quell Manipur unrest
India to send 5,000 extra troops to quell Manipur unrest

India will deploy an extra 5,000 paramilitary troops to quell unrest in Manipur, authorities said Tuesday, a week after 16 people were killed in fresh clashes in the troubled state, reports BSS. Manipur in Indias northeast has been rocked by periodic clashes for more than 18 months between the...

Manipur BJP MLAs want centre to ban Kuki militants
Manipur BJP MLAs want centre to ban Kuki militants

Manipurs ruling alliance MLAs passed a resolution Monday, urging the centre to declare the Kuki militants as an unlawful organisation, reports The Hindu. In the wake of the killing of six Metai women and children in Jiribam district, they made the urge to the centre. In the resolution they...

Indian govt to send 50 additional companies-forces to Manipur amid fresh violence
Indian govt to send 50 additional companies-forces to Manipur amid fresh violence

The Centre government of India on Monday decided to send an additional 50 companies of CRPF and BSF, comprising more than 5,000 personnel, to Manipur amid a fresh wave of ethnic violence in the state. While 35 units will be from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), the rest will be from the...

Curfew reimposed in Manipur, no internet in 7 districts
Curfew reimposed in Manipur, no internet in 7 districts

Authorities in Manipur of India reimposed a curfew in the Imphal valley and suspended internet in at least seven districts on Saturday amid simmering tensions over the abduction of six members of a Meitei family and the subsequent recovery of three unidentified bodies, even as the state government...