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Tussles over land, forests, drugs and poppy cultivation plus an influx of refugees from Myanmar lie at the heart of the latest flare-up

While 6,520 internally displaced people from Manipur have taken shelter in Mizoram, another 1,400 camped in Assam’s Cachar.

There are over 35,000 Myanmar refugees in 11 districts of Mizoram and over 400 Myanmarese children attend private and state-run schools in the state

Why is Manipur burning? The government has put the death toll due to the recent ethnic clashes at 60, with 230 people being injured. But thousands of houses and public institutions have been torched throughout the past week. Violence first…

Patricia Mukhim tells us what triggered the communal violence in Manipur, the role of the state government and what steps can lead to normalcy.

Violent protests break out after the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman was arrested from the Islamabad High Court where he appeared for bail in multiple corruption cases

Geography, they say, is everything, even destiny. Nothing could be truer for Manipur today, where since May 3 a section of the state’s minority tribal and majority Meitei populations have clashed with a bitterness that is unremembered and…

Manipur government’s eviction of tribals from forests has stoked conflict in the state. The state must strengthen the District Councils by giving them Sixth Schedule status. Let tribals govern themselves and not feel alienated by the…

Manipur has had a long history of ethnic feuds. I personally witnessed one in 1997, but sense prevailed, and peace reigned. But this time, things are different

In so many ways, Manipur, for me, has always represented a mini-India. When nearly 30 communities live together, bickering becomes a part and parcel of your collective existence