Breaking News Live: Manipur erupts over Nemcha Kipgen’s deputy CM appointment, Friday shutdown called in Kuki-Zo hills

Tensions flared across Manipur’s hill districts after Kuki-Zo MLA Nemcha Kipgen accepted the post of Deputy Chief Minister in the reinstated NDA government. Nearly a dozen protesters were injured in clashes with security forces, while roads were blocked and tyres burnt in Kangpokpi and Churachandpur. Calling her decision a betrayal of the community’s demand for administrative separation, Kuki-Zo groups announced a social boycott and a Friday shutdown across Kuki-Zo majority areas.