{"id":920889,"date":"2026-05-16T07:53:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T11:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nenow.in\/?p=507464"},"modified":"2026-05-16T07:53:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T11:53:04","slug":"manipur-31-kuki-and-naga-hostages-released-in-joint-security-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/2026\/05\/16\/manipur-31-kuki-and-naga-hostages-released-in-joint-security-operation\/","title":{"rendered":"Manipur: 31 Kuki and Naga hostages released in joint security operation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-design-4-9.jpg?fit=800%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Kuki Naga Manipur\" style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-design-4-9.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-design-4-9.jpg?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-design-4-9.jpg?resize=768%2C461&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-design-4-9.jpg?resize=400%2C240&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-design-4-9.jpg?resize=150%2C90&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-design-4-9.jpg?fit=800%2C480&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=\"800\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-design-4-9.jpg?fit=800%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image\" alt=\"Kuki Naga Manipur\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-design-4-9.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-design-4-9.jpg?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-design-4-9.jpg?resize=768%2C461&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-design-4-9.jpg?resize=400%2C240&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-design-4-9.jpg?resize=150%2C90&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-design-4-9.jpg?fit=800%2C480&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>Guwahati: In Manipur, 31 out of 38 individuals from the Kuki and Naga communities, who were reportedly held captive by armed groups in Kangpokpi and Senapati districts, have been safely released, officials said on May 16. The operation was carried out through joint efforts of security forces, civil society groups and political representatives. Authorities said [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/nenow.in\/north-east-news\/manipur-31-kuki-and-naga-hostages-released-in-joint-security-operation.html\">Manipur: 31 Kuki and Naga hostages released in joint security operation<\/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-31-kuki-and-naga-hostages-released-in-joint-security-operation.html\">https:\/\/nenow.in\/north-east-news\/manipur-31-kuki-and-naga-hostages-released-in-joint-security-operation.html<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guwahati: In Manipur, 31 out of 38 individuals from the Kuki and Naga communities, who were reportedly held captive by armed groups in Kangpokpi and Senapati districts, have been safely released, officials said on May 16. The operation was carried ou&#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],"class_list":["post-920889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nenow","tag-manipur","tag-manipur-news","tag-nenow","tag-northeast-news","tag-northeastnow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920889","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=920889"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":920901,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920889\/revisions\/920901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=920889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=920889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=920889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}