{"id":923267,"date":"2026-05-21T22:41:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T02:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nenow.in\/?p=508817"},"modified":"2026-05-21T22:41:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T02:41:58","slug":"manipur-fresh-firing-between-naga-and-kuki-groups-in-ukhrul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/2026\/05\/21\/manipur-fresh-firing-between-naga-and-kuki-groups-in-ukhrul\/","title":{"rendered":"Manipur: Fresh firing between Naga and Kuki groups in Ukhrul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"590\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/State-and-Central-forces-have-rushed-to-the-area-to-bring-the-situation-under-control.jpg?fit=590%2C443&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/State-and-Central-forces-have-rushed-to-the-area-to-bring-the-situation-under-control.jpg?w=590&amp;ssl=1 590w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/State-and-Central-forces-have-rushed-to-the-area-to-bring-the-situation-under-control.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/State-and-Central-forces-have-rushed-to-the-area-to-bring-the-situation-under-control.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/State-and-Central-forces-have-rushed-to-the-area-to-bring-the-situation-under-control.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/State-and-Central-forces-have-rushed-to-the-area-to-bring-the-situation-under-control.jpg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/State-and-Central-forces-have-rushed-to-the-area-to-bring-the-situation-under-control.jpg?fit=590%2C443&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"590\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/State-and-Central-forces-have-rushed-to-the-area-to-bring-the-situation-under-control.jpg?fit=590%2C443&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/State-and-Central-forces-have-rushed-to-the-area-to-bring-the-situation-under-control.jpg?w=590&amp;ssl=1 590w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/State-and-Central-forces-have-rushed-to-the-area-to-bring-the-situation-under-control.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/State-and-Central-forces-have-rushed-to-the-area-to-bring-the-situation-under-control.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/State-and-Central-forces-have-rushed-to-the-area-to-bring-the-situation-under-control.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/State-and-Central-forces-have-rushed-to-the-area-to-bring-the-situation-under-control.jpg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/State-and-Central-forces-have-rushed-to-the-area-to-bring-the-situation-under-control.jpg?fit=590%2C443&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Reported by Bit Irom Imphal: An exchange of gunfire broke out between armed volunteers from the Naga and Kuki communities in Manipur\u2019s Ukhrul district on Thursday afternoon, prompting security forces to rush to the area, reports said. The incident took place at the inter-village boundaries of Sharkapung and Mongkot Chephu under Litan Police Station at [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/nenow.in\/north-east-news\/manipur\/manipur-fresh-firing-between-naga-and-kuki-groups-in-ukhrul.html\">Manipur: Fresh firing between Naga and Kuki groups in Ukhrul<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/nenow.in\/\">NorthEast Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">Read more \/ Original news source: <a href=\"https:\/\/nenow.in\/north-east-news\/manipur\/manipur-fresh-firing-between-naga-and-kuki-groups-in-ukhrul.html\">https:\/\/nenow.in\/north-east-news\/manipur\/manipur-fresh-firing-between-naga-and-kuki-groups-in-ukhrul.html<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reported by Bit Irom Imphal: An exchange of gunfire broke out between armed volunteers from the Naga and Kuki communities in Manipur\u2019s Ukhrul district on Thursday afternoon, prompting security forces to rush to the area, reports said. The incident to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,20380],"tags":[34,319,20383,20381,20384,20382],"class_list":["post-923267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nenow","tag-manipur","tag-manipur-news","tag-nenow","tag-northeast-news","tag-northeastnow","tag-top-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=923267"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":923270,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923267\/revisions\/923270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=923267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=923267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=923267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}