{"id":897443,"date":"2026-03-21T10:24:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T14:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nenow.in\/?p=496641"},"modified":"2026-03-21T10:24:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T14:24:35","slug":"manipur-fresh-gunfire-in-ukhrul-as-naga-kuki-tensions-escalate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/2026\/03\/21\/manipur-fresh-gunfire-in-ukhrul-as-naga-kuki-tensions-escalate\/","title":{"rendered":"Manipur: Fresh gunfire in Ukhrul as Naga-Kuki tensions escalate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"764\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/001-Fresh-Gunfire-in-Ukhrul-Unexploded-51mm-Mortar-Found-After-Clashes-Between-Naga-Kuki-Volunteers.jpg?fit=764%2C461&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\/03\/001-Fresh-Gunfire-in-Ukhrul-Unexploded-51mm-Mortar-Found-After-Clashes-Between-Naga-Kuki-Volunteers.jpg?w=764&amp;ssl=1 764w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/001-Fresh-Gunfire-in-Ukhrul-Unexploded-51mm-Mortar-Found-After-Clashes-Between-Naga-Kuki-Volunteers.jpg?resize=300%2C181&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/001-Fresh-Gunfire-in-Ukhrul-Unexploded-51mm-Mortar-Found-After-Clashes-Between-Naga-Kuki-Volunteers.jpg?resize=400%2C241&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/001-Fresh-Gunfire-in-Ukhrul-Unexploded-51mm-Mortar-Found-After-Clashes-Between-Naga-Kuki-Volunteers.jpg?resize=150%2C91&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/001-Fresh-Gunfire-in-Ukhrul-Unexploded-51mm-Mortar-Found-After-Clashes-Between-Naga-Kuki-Volunteers.jpg?fit=764%2C461&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 width=\"764\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/001-Fresh-Gunfire-in-Ukhrul-Unexploded-51mm-Mortar-Found-After-Clashes-Between-Naga-Kuki-Volunteers.jpg?fit=764%2C461&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/001-Fresh-Gunfire-in-Ukhrul-Unexploded-51mm-Mortar-Found-After-Clashes-Between-Naga-Kuki-Volunteers.jpg?w=764&amp;ssl=1 764w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/001-Fresh-Gunfire-in-Ukhrul-Unexploded-51mm-Mortar-Found-After-Clashes-Between-Naga-Kuki-Volunteers.jpg?resize=300%2C181&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/001-Fresh-Gunfire-in-Ukhrul-Unexploded-51mm-Mortar-Found-After-Clashes-Between-Naga-Kuki-Volunteers.jpg?resize=400%2C241&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/001-Fresh-Gunfire-in-Ukhrul-Unexploded-51mm-Mortar-Found-After-Clashes-Between-Naga-Kuki-Volunteers.jpg?resize=150%2C91&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/001-Fresh-Gunfire-in-Ukhrul-Unexploded-51mm-Mortar-Found-After-Clashes-Between-Naga-Kuki-Volunteers.jpg?fit=764%2C461&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"(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>Imphal: Fresh incidents of intermittent gunfire between rival Naga and Kuki groups were reported in Manipur\u2019s Ukhrul district on Saturday, underscoring the continuing volatility in the region following a series of recent flare-ups. The latest tensions come in the wake of the recovery of an unexploded illuminating mortar typically used by armed forces in Sinakeithei [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/nenow.in\/north-east-news\/manipur\/manipur-fresh-gunfire-in-ukhrul-as-naga-kuki-tensions-escalate.html\">Manipur: Fresh gunfire in Ukhrul as Naga-Kuki tensions escalate<\/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-gunfire-in-ukhrul-as-naga-kuki-tensions-escalate.html\">https:\/\/nenow.in\/north-east-news\/manipur\/manipur-fresh-gunfire-in-ukhrul-as-naga-kuki-tensions-escalate.html<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imphal: Fresh incidents of intermittent gunfire between rival Naga and Kuki groups were reported in Manipur\u2019s Ukhrul district on Saturday, underscoring the continuing volatility in the region following a series of recent flare-ups. The latest tension&#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-897443","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":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=897443"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":897541,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897443\/revisions\/897541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=897443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=897443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=897443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}