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NSCN (IM) Again Claims Indian Paramilitary Forces Are Helping Illegal Immigrants and Kuki Militants
In spite of clarifications from the Indian paramilitary forces, this is not first time the Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland, NSCN

NE Indigenous People’s Forum Calls for Safeguard for Indigenous People of the Region
The 3rd Biannual General Conference of the North East Indigenous People’s Forum (NEIPF) in its Jokai Declaration urges the Northeast States to safeguard the rights

Supreme Court Delegation Visits Churachandpur, Receives Warm Welcome
DIPR Press Release Ccpur, March 21, 2025 (DIO): In an effort to assess the legal and humanitarian needs of displaced families affected by recent violence,

The Need for a 21st Century Koireng is Increasingly Felt in Troubled Manipur Today
“Sahib, we do not agree with what you say. You have killed many women and children by firing in the night. You have tried to

War’s Domestic Uses and the Tragedies This Can Bring
Wars, it has been so rightly pointed out, have many domestic uses. There is nothing like the spectre of external aggression and a threat to

Implications of Hmar-Zomi Communal Clash Amidst Central Government’s Action Plan to Restore Normalcy in Manipur
After barely a week the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Security Advisor for the Northeast A K Mishra met the members of the Kuki-Zo

The Success of Dragon Fruit Cultivation Showcases the Potential Of Diversifying Agricultural Practices in Manipur
“I have planted many different crops before but all in loss and vain. Only dragon fruit is the ray that fuels my hope and makes

The face of another nationalism: Convert Dissenting Voices into Political Capital in Nation Building
What is it to be Indian for a Manipuri? Before attempting an answer, a caveat: the Manipuri identity itself is hotly contested between the state’s

Government Failure to Ensure Free Movement Along National Highways, Legitimizes Blockade by Kuki-Zos in Push for Separate Administration
Though the Kuki-Zo Council (KZC) on March 13 evening announced the lifting of the indefinite shutdown they had imposed in “Kuki-Zo areas” of Manipur, the

Cinema Dreams: The Longing of Many to Take Their Personal Misfortunes and Make Them Into Art
He lets loose a flurry of choice abuses in Bihari

What Centre May be Expecting from R.K. Ranjan as Minister of State Without Independent Charge
Ministerial berths redistribution in the recent Union Council of Ministers

Assessment and Marking Norms for HSSLC in the Wake of COVID Predicted to Disadvantage Meritorious Students
While there can be no complaints that Higher Secondary School

GARIBANIWAZ (PAMHEIBA): The Master of Manipur and Upper Burma (West of Irrawaddy) (1709-1748)
Garibaniwaz, locally more popularly known as Pamheiba, was the greatest

Koubru Calling: Beyond the twisted lens of Colonial Modernity and myopia of Competitive Politics – Part 5
Distortions of Colonial Modernity and Competitive Politics Difference does not

Kangla Sha Entangle Has Brought to the Fore Two Choices Before All: Either Live in the Past, or Live For the Future
On the surface of it, there is nothing tangibly wrong



