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Snapshot of the day

March 19, 2025

Sidharth Bhatia

A fleeting hope for peace in Manipur’s Churachandpur district was snuffed out Tuesday when fresh clashes claimed the life of 53-year-old Lalropui Pakhumate. Hours after a “settlement” between Hmar and Zomi leaders, a Zomi flag-hoisting sparked violence, unraveling the district administration’s shaky truce. The latest flare-up, triggered by the hoisting of a Zomi flag – an act vehemently opposed by the Hmar community – has once again laid bare the deep-rooted ethnic tensions that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government has failed to address for nearly a year. It was just a day earlier that