{"id":170792,"date":"2025-03-13T10:45:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T05:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=170792"},"modified":"2025-03-15T19:31:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T14:31:57","slug":"shutdown-continues-to-hit-life-in-volatile-manipur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/03\/13\/shutdown-continues-to-hit-life-in-volatile-manipur.html","title":{"rendered":"Shutdown continues to hit life in volatile Manipur"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Imphal: Normal life continues to remain affected in Manipur for the fifth day on Thursday due to the indefinite shutdown called by the Kuki-Zo Council (KZC), the apex body of the tribals, to protest the police action in the tribal areas.<\/p>\n

According to Kashmir Media Service, a police official in Imphal admitted that the situation in Kuki-Zo tribal inhabited areas, especially in Kangpokpi and Churachandpur districts, remained tense after Saturday\u2019s (March 8) clashes with the security forces.<\/p>\n

The indefinite shutdown was relaxed for a few hours in Churachandpur town to enable people to buy essentials and perform important work.<\/p>\n

KZC activists, supporters and members of other tribal organisations, including a large number of women, organised demonstrations in different areas of Kangpokpi, Churachandpur and other areas.<\/p>\n

The official said that a large contingent of armed forces, comprising both Army, Central and state forces, have been deployed in Kuki-Zo tribal inhabited areas of Kangpokpi, Churachandpur, Tengnoupal, Pherzawl districts and mixed population Jiribam district, which shared borders with southern Assam.<\/p>\n

Senior police officials are monitoring the situation, he said.<\/p>\n

On March 8, at least 43 people, including 27 Indian forces personnel, were injured and a protester was killed during the clashes in Kangpokpi and a few other districts as the Kuki-Zo tribal organisations protested in support of their demands.<\/p>\n

It is worth mentioning here that Manipur is experiencing a separatist movement, with various groups demanding independence or greater autonomy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Imphal: Normal life continues to remain affected in Manipur for the fifth day on Thursday due to the indefinite shutdown called by the Kuki-Zo Council (KZC), the apex body of the tribals, to protest the police action in the tribal areas. According to Kashmir Media Service, a police official in Imphal admitted that the situation …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":170973,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t