The United Naga Council (UNC) and the Meitei Alliance have demanded swift action following comments by Kuki Zo Council (KZC) chairman Henlienthang Thanglet regarding the killing of six Naga civilians.

India's Supreme Court has ordered a test of an audio recording that allegedly links Biren Singh to the ethnic violence that erupted between the Meitei and Kuki communities in Manipur in May 2023, which killed over 260 people.

The death toll has risen to three in Tuesday's CRPF firing in Manipur, following the death of an injured protester in an Imphal hospital. The violence erupted after a rocket attack killed two Meitei children in Bishnupur.

Activist Malem Thongam was stopped in Chandel, Manipur, preventing her from crossing a buffer zone into the Kuki-majority Churachandpur area as part of her campaign.

Despite three years of conflict dividing communities in Manipur, Anthony Naulak, a Paite man, visited his Meitei mother-in-law in Imphal, symbolizing a personal bridge across ethnic divides and advocating for internally displaced persons.

An individual identified as a member of a Meitei insurgent group has been arrested in Goa, though further details about the arrest and the group's activities were not immediately available.

Protests and clashes have escalated across Manipur's valley regions following the killing of two Meitei children, leading to widespread unrest.

Meitei MLAs, led by Manipur Chief Minister Khemchand Singh, traveled by road to Jiribam where they plan to camp for three days.

The Chief Minister of Manipur flagged off a national integration tour involving 24 youths from Meitei, Kuki, Naga, and Pangal communities, marking the first such initiative since the 2023 ethnic violence.

Manipur's Chief Minister brought together displaced Meitei and Kuki-Zo families virtually, offering relief and urging trust-building, marking a significant step after the violence.

Tensions in Manipur have escalated beyond the Meitei and Kuki-Zo conflict, now involving Naga groups, with a retired Lt Gen suggesting external players may be exploiting the turmoil to engage the Nagas.

Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh convened a high-level security meeting in response to recent violence, while Meitei civil society organizations have demanded action and the disarmament of Kuki insurgent groups following an attack on a BSF soldier's house that killed two children.

Fresh tensions flared in Imphal East as armed miscreants, suspected to be from the Kuki community, fired upon Meitei villagers collecting firewood.

BJP's Yumnam Khemchand Singh was sworn in as CM of Manipur on February 4, reinstating the NDA government along with Kuki legislator Nemcha Kipgen and Naga MLA Losii Dikho as his deputies, marking a fresh spin on shared governance in a multi-ethnic state riven by the Meitei-Kuki conflict. Governor AK Bhalla also administered the oath of office to BJP's Konthoujam Govindas and Khuraijam Loken Singh of NPP as cabinet ministers at the Lok Bhavan ceremony.