A village chief was beaten to death allegedly by militants of the United Kuki National Army (UKNA) in southern Manipurs Churachandpur district.

A young leader of the Thadou tribe has been living in Manipur's Imphal valley for the last one month and sharing updates from the city to demolish what he called a deliberate narrative of fear-mongering.

Thuingaleng Muivah, the 91-year-old chief of the northeast's largest insurgent group NSCN(IM), returned to his village today in Manipur's Ukhrul district - where he has not set foot for 50 years.

Poppy cultivation in Manipur happens under the shadow of fear so pervasive that people have accepted as 'normal' the existence of drug lords and armed traffickers in their society.

Two cadres of a Myanmar-based 'armed outfit' have been apprehended by Assam Rifles in Manipur's Chandel district, a statement from the paramilitary force said on Wednesday.

Members of the Meitei community in Meghalaya's Shillong came out in large numbers in protest against the demolition of an iconic building that served as the home of the last king of Manipur.

A woman from Manipur died and a man was injured following an alleged domestic dispute in a house in southwest Delhi's Munirka area, police said on Monday.

Manipur BJP MLA Rajkumar Imo Singh has requested Governor AK Bhalla to look into who ordered the demolition of an iconic old building in Meghalaya's Shillong linked to Manipur's history.

The Manipur government has clarified that an iconic old building in Shillong linked to Manipur's history, whose demolition sparked protests on Friday, will be reconstructed by retaining the original architectural design.

The Manipur government on Friday banned two brands of cough syrup found to contain a "highly toxic chemical".

The demolition of Shillong's iconic Redlands Building on Friday triggered widespread shock and outrage both in Manipur and Meghalaya. The Manipur Merger Agreement was signed on September 21, 1949.

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Friday said his party NPP is against separate administration for the Kuki tribes and bifurcation of Manipur.

The return of NSCN(IM) chief Thuingaleng Muivah to his village in Manipur after having gone away for 50 years is "a moment of deep emotional and historical significance for the people of Manipur," the Meitei Leepun said (ML).

Flight operations were temporarily suspended at the International airport in Imphal in Manipur, on Monday afternoon after a drone was sighted, raising security concerns, officials said.

In a move to restore safe and free movement in Manipur, a trial run of passenger vehicles on the Imphal-Senapati stretch of National Highway 2 started on Saturday.

Security forces have launched a major crackdown on the banned People's Liberation Army (PLA), a Manipur valley-based insurgent group, arresting a total of 15 including two key suspects directly involved in last month's ambush on Assam Rifles.

Postal services in Manipur's Churachandpur resumed on Saturday, two years after it was shut down due to the Meitei-Kuki ethnic violence.

A team of BJP legislators led by former Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh is camping in Delhi seeking the formation of a new government in Manipur.

BJP MLAs and leaders from Manipur including former chief minister N Biren Singh will meet the party's central leaders to discuss the formation of a popular government in the state.

The Manipur Police's attempt to arrest a man whom they called a "suspected drug kingpin" has raised fundamental questions on law enforcement in the border state that is yet to fully recover from ethnic tension.

The political row over the stampede in Tamil Nadu's Karur - at a rally headlined by TVK chief Vijay, and in which 41 people died - escalated Friday after Chief Minister MK Stalin criticised the BJP for sending a delegation of MPs .

India witnessed a sharp 28.7 per cent rise in crimes against members of the Scheduled Tribes (ST) community in 2023, with the northeastern state of Manipur emerging as the most affected, according to the latest data released by NCRB

Manipur reported the highest number of violent crimes and rioting cases in the Northeast in 2023, according to a report published by the NCRB.

Six militants belonging to different banned outfits have been arrested from three Imphal Valley districts of Manipur, police said on Sunday.