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

Four and a half months since the ethnic clashes between the Meiteis and Kukis erupted, crime data revealed by the State police bears testimony to the massive scale of violence and destruction, The Indian Tribal reports

In the latest in the continuing ethnic strife in the northeastern State, militants of banned terror groups are said to have killed the three residents of a tribal-dominated village, The Indian Tribal reports

The fresh violence in the northeastern State on Friday started early morning and comes just a couple of days after hundreds of protesters tried to break down Army barricades in Phougakchao Ikhai to reach their deserted houses, The Indian Tribal reports

Hundreds of protesters tried to break down Army barricades at Phougakchao Ikhai separating two Kuki and Meitei dominated districts. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court protected four Editors Guild members from any coercive action till September 11, The Indian Tribal reports

The Kuki families, residing in New Lambulane for decades, allege they were not given time to even pack their belongings and were herded into vehicles with only the clothes they were wearing. The Congress termed it ethnic cleansing presided by the State government, The Indian Tribal reports

As many as eight persons have been killed and 18 injured, including two security personnel, in continuous gun battle between Kukis and Meiteis since August 29, The Indian Tribal reports