Assam Rifles Kuki

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh today called a meeting of all MLAs to discuss the situation in the violence-hit state and the rescue of two men kidnapped by who he claimed were "Kuki militants".

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh today congratulated the Assam Rifles for what he said was the arrest of a "Burmese national" who is allegedly a member of the Myanmar-based insurgent group Kuki National Army (Burma), or KNA(B).

The Manipur Police have strongly reacted to what they called "immature" comments by the former Assam Rifles chief, who indicated the state force could be partisan amid the ethnic tension between the valley-dominant Meitei community and the Kukis.

Thousands of people from the Kuki-Zo tribe came out on the streets of Kangpokpi district headquarters today, protesting against the proposed removal of the 9 and 22 Battalions of Assam Rifles Kangpokpi and Churachandpur.

For the first time, crisis-hit Manipur saw the use of drones to drop bombs, signalling a major escalation in the state hit by ethnic violence between the Meitei community and the Kuki tribes.

A global umbrella body of civil society organisations of Manipur's Meitei community has condemned a letter by 10 Kuki MLAs that alleged the Centre is withdrawing two Assam Rifles battalions to fan more violence in the ethnic crisis-hit state.

The government faces fresh challenges in Manipur after the Centre decided to move out two Assam Rifles (AR) battalions from the state to Jammu and Kashmir. The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) will replace the two AR battalions.

A civil society group of the Kuki tribes in Manipur has asked the Assam Rifles and the police for help after unknown armed people broke into the house of one of its key members and attacked his family in the hill district Churachandpur.

Refugees from war-torn Myanmar have been found allegedly building houses in Manipur's Tengnoupal district without informing the state authorities, a Maring tribe group has said. The Assam Rifles in a statement on Tuesday, however, denied it.

Videos of a tense stand-off between the Assam Rifles and a group of armed men in Manipur's border town Moreh have emerged on social media, raising questions over how a few armed men stopped the security forces from moving around.

The commander of a Kuki insurgent group that had signed a ceasefire agreement has been arrested for alleged drug trafficking in Manipur, the police said.

Representatives of COCOMI, an umbrella body of Imphal valley-based civil society organisations, met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and demanded the withdrawal of Assam Rifles from the state, alleging that the force was acting in a biased way.

Ten Kuki MLAs have requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to remove the Assam Rifles (AR) from Manipur.

The Manipur government has sought a detailed report from the Assam Rifles on how at least 718 Myanmar nationals - in just two days i.e. July 22 and 23 - "were allowed to enter India" without "proper travel documents".

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh today called a meeting of all MLAs to discuss the situation in the violence-hit state and the rescue of two men kidnapped by who he claimed were "Kuki militants".

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh today congratulated the Assam Rifles for what he said was the arrest of a "Burmese national" who is allegedly a member of the Myanmar-based insurgent group Kuki National Army (Burma), or KNA(B).

The Manipur Police have strongly reacted to what they called "immature" comments by the former Assam Rifles chief, who indicated the state force could be partisan amid the ethnic tension between the valley-dominant Meitei community and the Kukis.

Thousands of people from the Kuki-Zo tribe came out on the streets of Kangpokpi district headquarters today, protesting against the proposed removal of the 9 and 22 Battalions of Assam Rifles Kangpokpi and Churachandpur.

For the first time, crisis-hit Manipur saw the use of drones to drop bombs, signalling a major escalation in the state hit by ethnic violence between the Meitei community and the Kuki tribes.

A global umbrella body of civil society organisations of Manipur's Meitei community has condemned a letter by 10 Kuki MLAs that alleged the Centre is withdrawing two Assam Rifles battalions to fan more violence in the ethnic crisis-hit state.

The government faces fresh challenges in Manipur after the Centre decided to move out two Assam Rifles (AR) battalions from the state to Jammu and Kashmir. The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) will replace the two AR battalions.

A civil society group of the Kuki tribes in Manipur has asked the Assam Rifles and the police for help after unknown armed people broke into the house of one of its key members and attacked his family in the hill district Churachandpur.

Refugees from war-torn Myanmar have been found allegedly building houses in Manipur's Tengnoupal district without informing the state authorities, a Maring tribe group has said. The Assam Rifles in a statement on Tuesday, however, denied it.

Videos of a tense stand-off between the Assam Rifles and a group of armed men in Manipur's border town Moreh have emerged on social media, raising questions over how a few armed men stopped the security forces from moving around.

The commander of a Kuki insurgent group that had signed a ceasefire agreement has been arrested for alleged drug trafficking in Manipur, the police said.

Representatives of COCOMI, an umbrella body of Imphal valley-based civil society organisations, met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and demanded the withdrawal of Assam Rifles from the state, alleging that the force was acting in a biased way.

Ten Kuki MLAs have requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to remove the Assam Rifles (AR) from Manipur.

The Manipur government has sought a detailed report from the Assam Rifles on how at least 718 Myanmar nationals - in just two days i.e. July 22 and 23 - "were allowed to enter India" without "proper travel documents".