Manipur News: Several suspected militants were killed in an encounter with the CRPF personnel in Manipur's Jiribam district on Monday, said reports. Some Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) soldiers have also been reportedly injured. According to reports, 11 militants have been killed.

GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) -Ten armed men were killed in a gunfight with security forces in India's remote northeastern state of Manipur on Monday after trying to attack a police station, officials said. Manipur has been suffering unrest since last year ...

The incident occurred in Manipur's Jakurador Karong area, where security forces engaged in a heavy exchange of fire with armed militants in a retaliatory attack that killed 11 of them.

Ten armed men were killed in a gunfight with security forces in India's remote northeastern state of Manipur on Monday, officials said, after they allegedly tried to attack a police station. Sporadic violence had rocked Manipur since last year when the majority Meitei community and the tribal Kukis clashed after a court ordered the state government to consider extending special economic benefits and quotas in government jobs and education enjoyed by the Kukis to the Meiteis as well.

At least 11 armed militants and one Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed in clashes at Jakuradhor Karong in Borobekra Subdivision, Jiribam district, this afternoon.