MANIPUR CURFEW NEWS

After an emergency meeting held on Thursday, the Manipur Barbers' Association (MBA) has resolved to close down all of their barber shops until further notice.

The security forces also exchanged fire with suspected Kuki militants in three different locations in Moreh town on Wednesday morning, police said.

A fresh gunfight broke out on Tuesday morning between security forces and suspected militants at Moreh town in Manipur's Tengnoupal district, police said. The gunbattle started in Chavangphai area, around 107 km from the state capital Imphal this mo...

Curfew was reimposed in Thoubal district of Manipur where violence between Kuki-zo and Meitei communities, which erupted on May 3, has not ceased completely. "The Curfew Relaxation order is hereby cancelled with immediate effect and curfew Is Impose...

A senior police officer who does not want to be named said that gunmen arrived in camouflage dress in the Lilong Chingjao area. There was indiscriminate firing. “ There was an altercation over ransom demand.”

Additional security forces including the Rapid Action Force (RAF) rushed to the area. Moreh, just 4 km to the west of Myanmar’s largest border town Tamu, saw large-scale violence in July.

Manipur since Tuesday has witnessed fresh protests by students protesting the killing of two young students by unidentified armed assailants.

​​The Shiv Sena (UBT) also sought to know what the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government at the Centre was doing to improve the situation in Manipur. "PM Modi assured the country that peace will be restored in the state of Manipur soon, but it...

More than 28 people, mostly women, were injured after security forces fired several rounds of teargas shells to disperse thousands of protesters who tried to breach security barricades at Phougakchao Ikhai in Manipur's Bishnupur district on Wednesda...

The Manipur government has imposed a full curfew for a day and removed the daily curfew relaxation from 5 am to 6 pm in the five valley districts in view of a protest rally on Wednesday. The Kwairamband Ima Keithel Joint Coordinating Committee for P...

The order by the District Magistrate said, "There is considerable improvement of law and orders in the district and there is need to relax the restriction of movement to facilitate general public to purchase the essential items including medicines a...

The Home Minister also announced that a CBI probe will be instituted to investigate five criminal conspiracies and one general conspiracy behind the violence in Manipur.

Since May 3, when the ethnic violence erupted in 11 of the 16 districts in Manipur, indefinite curfew was imposed. In Manipur so far 71 people have been killed, 300 people injured including police personnel, nearly 1,700 houses were burnt, and more ...

A senior police official said that on Friday unidentified people torched three houses in Imphal East district bordering Kangpokpi district. “Houses were torched in Dolaithabi, a village at the border with Saikul sub-division of Kangpokpi district. T...

Internet services remain suspended for another five days in Manipur. Internet was suspended since May 3 and curfew was clamped in several districts.

Curfew was relaxed in four districts of Manipur, including Churachandpur which was most affected by recent violence, for four hours on May 11. The relaxation enabled people to procure essential supplies; however, mobile internet remains suspended. W...

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre as well as the state government, informed the bench about the steps taken to deal with the violence and said 52 companies of central armed police force, besides Army and Assam Rifles contingen...

Manipur government on Thursday issued shoot at sight order in "extreme cases" to contain spiralling violence in the state between tribals and the majority Meitei community which has displaced over 9,000 people from their villages. The order issued o...

Thousands of people on Wednesday turned up for the ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ called by a student body in all the ten hill districts of Manipur to oppose the demand for inclusion of the Meitei community in the ST category.