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DIMAPUR, JULY 21 (MExN): The Kuki Women Organisation for Human Rights (KWOHR) has sought the urgent intervention of the Prime Minister of India to address and redress the plight and suffering of Kuki women and children in the ongoing crisis in Manipur. 

Manipur chief minister N. Biren Singh also joined the meeting between the United Naga Council and the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity, representing the Nagas and the Meiteis respectively

July 13 letter reflects a sense of ‘helplessness’ and ‘embarrassment’ among officials, doctors and relief workers in Manipur at their inability to provide timely help to the sick in the relief camps, an official tells The Telegraph

The decision to redefine the ranges and attach two senior officers was taken by DG, CRPF, Sujoy Lal Thaosen after discussing the current situation in Manipur with the Ministry of Home Affairs.

(This story has not been edited by THE WEEK and is auto-generated from a PTI

Asem Nirmala, a representative of the Manipur Women Convention, urged the authorities to disregard the Kukis’ requests to withdraw the state forces from Moreh and replace them with central forces.

The recent scenario of tourism has reminded Sanjeev Kumar, manager of hotel The Chateau of the lockdown period. “It was last during lockdowns due to Covid-19 that our hotels were completely empty with zero bookings and tourist inflow.

The UNC condemned the “barbaric acts committed on an innocent Naga woman despite knowing her identity as Naga”.

The shutdown has been called by the United Naga Council (UNC), the apex body of Nagas in Manipur, to protest the killing of a woman

The UNC issued a press release in which the apex Manipur Naga body stated its shock and anger at the report of the cold-blooded murder of one Lucy Marem.