A year ago on May 3, 2023, ethnic violence broke out in the northeast Indian state of Manipur between the Meitei community and tribal Kukis. Since then, at least 220 people have been killed, thousands injured and tens of thousands displaced.

Manipur violence: One year on, sporadic clashes, gun battles continue in Indian state

The Indian Supreme Court provided temporary relief to the president of the Editors Guild of India and three journalists from the impending arrest by the Manipur Police in connection with a case filed against them that claimed “bias” on their part in reporting the ethnic clashes, and thereby promoting enmity between different groups.

Indian Supreme Court temporarily stays arrest of senior journalists over Manipur clashes reporting

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the leader of ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance slammed the country's opposition for their walkout from Lok Sabha, the lower house of Indian parliament, when Modi was defending his government's record while facing opposition's no-confidence motion.

'Country has seen this': Modi accuses Opposition of betraying people of Manipur

A day after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's reply to the no-trust motion in Parliament which his government won, Congress leader and MP Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack on the PM saying that it does not behove a PM to crack jokes and laugh when the state of Manipur is on fire.

'Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants Manipur to burn, does not want to extinguish fire', says Rahul Gandhi

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Thursday, while addressing Lok Sabha, spoke on the Manipur issue and assured the citizens of the country that there will be peace in the violence-hit state in the near future.

PM Modi speaks on Manipur issue, says centre and state working together to restore peace

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, while reacting on the issue of Manipur in Lok Sabha on Wednesday, denounced the Opposition for not having a discussion over the 'sensitive' issue.

Amit Shah slams opposition for politicising Manipur issue, appeals for peace in state

On Tuesday (August 1), the Supreme Court of India pulled up the Manipur administration, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), for “an absolute breakdown of constitutional machinery” in the northeastern state in the past two months.

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