GUWAHATI: A prominent private school was set ablaze in Manipur’s Jiribam district Friday amid escalating tensions in certain regions of the strife-scarred state in recent days, reports Kangkan Kalita.The attack on Blooming Flower School in Jiribam town – an area predominantly inhabited by tribal groups – came three days after NDA legislators representing Meitei, Kuki…
NEW DELHI: Five people were killed in fresh violence in Manipur‘s Jiribam district on Saturday morning, police said. One person was shot dead while asleep and four armed individuals were killed in an ensuing exchange of gunfire.A police officer reported that militants entered the house of a solitary resident who lived in an isolated location…
GUWAHATI: Facing flak for failing to bring peace in the roiled region, the BJP govt in Manipur Thursday made the first breakthrough by facilitating an agreement between the conflicting Meitei and the Hmar, belonging to the Kuki-Chin-Zo ethnic group of Jiribam district, to end hostilities and re-establish peace. Although restricted to Jiribam, govt sources described…
IMPHAL: In a recent incident, suspected militants set fire to a police outpost and several houses in Jiribam district of Manipur, officials reported on Saturday. The attack on the Jiri police outpost, situated in Chotobekra area near the Barak river, occurred around 12.30 am. Taking advantage of the darkness, the gunmen, believed to be hill-based…
