The arrest is apparently a major breakthrough for the premier investigating agency which has been tasked with the case that had led to a fresh bout of violence by the students, The Indian Tribal reports

It was Justice M V Muralidaran who had directed the State government to consider the representation for ST status to the majority Meitei community and write to the Centre within four weeks. The Indian Tribal reports

Following a Zo outfit’s move to rename tribal-dominated Churachandpur district as ‘Lamka’, the State Government has warned against any such attempts further, The Indian Tribal reports

The northeastern State ominously stares at the possibility of yet another flare up as both the rival communities have hardened their stance over the abduction and murder of the two Meitei youths and subsequent arrests of tribals made by the CBI, The Indian Tribal reports

The letter to the BJP national president comes close on the heels of the kidnapping and killing of two Meitei students and angry mobs trying to target the Chief Minister as also the State BJP chief, The Indian Tribal reports

While the parents of both the murdered youths hoped the CBI would locate the remains of their children so that their last rights can be conducted, protesters attempted to Chief Minister's ancestral home and indulged in other acts of vandalism and arson, The Indian Tribal reports

A specialised team, headed by the CBI Special Director, is reaching Imphal today to probe the killing of the two students. Protests by students led police to fire tear gas shells and authorities to suspend mobile internet service for 5 days, The Indian Tribal reports

As the pictures of the two missing Meitei students, aged 17 and 20, shown dead went viral on social media, the State government swiftly handed over the case to the CBI and promised strict action against the guilty, The Indian Tribal reports

Mobs, many women-led, continue to take on security forces in the troubled State posing a serious problem for them to maintain law and order situation even while exercising extreme caution and restraint, The Indian Tribal reports

The act of sheer audacity, reflective of the ground situation in the strife-torn northeastern State, comes close on the heels of the killing of more than 10 persons in the last few days in different incidents of violence, The Indian Tribal reports