Ten armed men killed in India’s Manipur after firefight with security forces

November 11, 2024

Ten armed men were killed in a gunfight with security forces in India’s remote northeastern state of Manipur on Monday, officials said, after they allegedly tried to attack a police station, Reuters reports. Sporadic violence had rocked Manipur since last year when the majority Meitei community and the tribal Kukis clashed after a court ordered […]Continue Reading

Mother of 3 raped, killed in Manipur, 17 homes torched

November 10, 2024

A 31-year-old tribal mother of three was allegedly raped and burned to death in her village home in India’s Manipur’s Jiribam district late Thursday by armed intruders who terrorised the settlement with indiscriminate gunfire, looting and arson that left 17 dwellings gutted.An FIR based on a complaint filed by the victim’s husband with Jiribam police […]Continue Reading

India extends unprecedented invite to Myanmar’s anti-junta forces, sources say

September 25, 2024

India has invited political and military opponents of Myanmar’s ruling junta to attend a seminar in New Delhi, sources said, a significant move by the South Asian power that has maintained ties with the top generals shunned by Western nations, Reuters reports. A civil war in Myanmar since its military unseated an elected civilian government […]Continue Reading

Three cadres of banned militant outfit held in Manipur; IEDs, arms recovered

September 20, 2024

Security forces in Manipur arrested three cadres of a banned militant outfit and recovered several IEDs, arms and ammunition in separate operations in Imphal West and Imphal East districts, officials said, PTI reports. According to police, the three cadres belonging to the outlawed Kanglei Yawol Kanba Lup (KYKL) outfit were apprehended in Ghari area of […]Continue Reading

At least five killed as ethnic violence flares in India’s Manipur

September 8, 2024

At least five people, including one civilian, have been killed as violence flared between two warring ethnic communities in the restive northeastern Indian state of Manipur, according to authorities, Al Jazeera reports. Manipur has been rocked by periodic violence for more than a year between the predominantly Hindu-majority Meitei and the mainly Christian Kukis over […]Continue Reading

Delhi Police busts Rohingya trafficking racket

May 4, 2024

Delhi Police has busted a racket engaged in trafficking Rohingyas from Myanmar through Bangladesh to parts of India and other foreign countries. Two men, including an agent from Myanmar’s Rakhine, were arrested from Hyderabad after a Myanmar couple who had flown to Russia on fake Indian passports were sent back to New Delhi. The racket, […]Continue Reading

India urged to stop embracing war criminals in Myanmar

March 27, 2024

India’s air force and state-invested companies are being urged to stop supplying Myanmar’s military with the fuel, equipment and technical assistance it needs to more effectively commit atrocities and war crimes, The Irrawaddy reports. “The Indian government and its PSUs must stop equipping the Myanmar military with weapons and related materials, which enable its Continue Reading

India to spend $3.7 billion to fence Myanmar border, source says

March 27, 2024

India plans to spend nearly $3.7 billion to fence its 1,610-km (1,000-mile) porous border with Myanmar within about a decade, said a source with direct knowledge of the matter, to prevent smuggling and other illegal activities, Reuters reports. New Delhi said earlier this year it would fence the border and end a decades-old visa-free movement […]Continue Reading

India brings back 35 Somali pirates as part of operations near Red Sea

March 23, 2024

The Indian navy handed over 35 Somali pirates to the police in Mumbai on Saturday, after 100 days of anti-piracy operations east of the Red Sea, where piracy has resurfaced for the first time in nearly a decade, Reuters reports. India, the largest national force in the Gulf of Aden and northern Arabian Sea region, […]Continue Reading

At least 3 killed, 12 injured in unrest in India’s Manipur state

January 2, 2024

At least three people were killed and 12, including seven security personnel, seriously injured in India’s restive northeastern state of Manipur in the last two days as sporadic violence continued in the region, officials said, Reuters reports. At least 180 people have died since fierce fighting broke out between members of the majority Meitei and […]Continue Reading