Manipur

Timeline

1. 19 Oct2026
   States

   Border violence in Manipur kills three¹²³

   Three people died and four were injured on 19 October 2026 in renewed Manipur violence.

   • Suspected militants attacked firewood collectors near Nongshum, Imphal East-Kangpokpi border; three killed, three to four injured, three reported missing
   • Protesters left two bodies outside the Chief Minister's residence; shops in Imphal shut
   • A day earlier about 15 Kuki houses were set on fire at Chassad village, Kamjong district
2. 30 May2026
   Polity

   Election Commission begins Special Intensive Revision in Manipur⁴

   The Election Commission's SIR in Manipur ran its enumeration phase from 30 May 2026. A Supreme Court direction to accept EPIC cards, claimed in the draft, could not be confirmed.

   • ECI's Special Intensive Revision in Manipur began its enumeration phase on 30 May 2026 (to 28 June)
   • Kuki bodies raised displacement concerns, saying about 59,000 Kuki-Zo people are internally displaced
3. 7 Apr2026
   States

   Bomb blast kills two children in Manipur's Bishnupur; violence follows⁵⁶⁷⁸

   A bomb thrown at a house in Moirang Tronglaobi, Bishnupur, Manipur around 1 am on 7 April killed a five-year-old boy and a six-month-old girl. Protests followed, a mob stormed a CRPF camp near Gelmol and two to three protesters died in firing; internet was suspended and the NIA took over the probe.

   • 7 April 2026, about 1 am, Moirang Tronglaobi, Bishnupur district: a boy aged five and a girl aged six months killed, their mother critically hurt
   • Protests followed; two to three protesters shot dead during an attack on a CRPF camp near Gelmol, about 30 injured
   • Curfew in Imphal East, Imphal West, Bishnupur and Kakching; internet suspended in five valley districts for three days
   • Chief Minister Y. Khemchand Singh handed the probe to the NIA
4. 4 Feb2026
   Polity

   President's Rule revoked in Manipur; Yumnam Khemchand Singh sworn in as CM^9101112

   After about a year of President's Rule, the Centre revoked it on 4 February and BJP's Yumnam Khemchand Singh took oath as Manipur's chief minister with two deputy chief ministers.

   • 4 February 2026: MHA revoked President's Rule with immediate effect; Khemchand Singh sworn in
   • President's Rule imposed 13 February 2025 after N. Biren Singh resigned
   • Deputy CMs: Nemcha Kipgen (BJP) and Losii Dikho (NPF)
   • Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla administered the oath

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Sources

1. UNI India
2. Odisha Bytes
3. Outlook India
4. LatestLY (agency)
5. The Quint
6. WION
7. ETV Bharat
8. DT Next
9. All India Radio
10. Deccan Chronicle
11. Prime Minister's Office, India
12. The Hitavada