New Delhi: Manipur is on the boil again. Fresh protests are rocking the state after two children were killed and their mother seriously injured on April 7 in Tronglaobi village in Bishnupur district. The incident occurred due a projectile, suspected to have been fired by Kuki militants, falling on their home.People have since taken to the streets. According to news reports, three protesters were killed on April 8 and at least 30 people injured after armed forces fired at them as they tried to storm a CRPF camp. On April 14, another 18 people were injured after security forces fired at protesters in Bishnupur. Five people were also injured on Saturday after security forces used smoke bombs and tear gas to disperse protesters in Imphal West. On April 18, two more civilians were killed in firing in Ukhrul.The Manipur government had already suspended internet services in five districts (Bishnupur, Imphal West, Imphal East, Thoubal and Kakching) and this was later extended to April 18. The Meira Paibi, a Meitei women’s social movement, has called for an extension of a state-wide shutdown from five days to seven days starting Sunday (April 19).Protests, deaths, injuries since April 7On the night of April 7, a mortar or projectile – allegedly fired by Kuki militants – hit a house in Tronglaobi village in Bishnupur district. The attack killed two children, a five-year-old and five-month-old. Their mother is currently undergoing treatment for grave injuries sustained during the attack. The incident has since triggered numerous protests.Thousands of people defied prohibitory orders in Imphal West district on the night of April 16 and took out a torch rally to protest the attack in which the two children were killed. Clashes also occurred between security forces and protesters, according to a PTI report.Deaths in UkhrulTwo civilians were killed and several injured in an ambush by unidentified armed assailants in Ukhrul district on Saturday (April 18). The incident occurred on National Highway 202 (the Imphal-Ukhrul road) when a convoy of at least five private vehicles travelling from Imphal towards Ukhrul and Kamjong districts came under heavy fire.The two men who died in the incident were Tangkhul Nagas. One of the victims, a retired soldier of the Naga Regiment, died on the spot, while another succumbed to injuries at a hospital. This comes even as Manipur’s newly appointed BJP Chief Minister Y. Khemchand Singh visited Ukhrul on April 17 for talks.Glimpses from today’s meeting at Mini Secretariat, Ukhrul with public representatives & CSO leaders. Emphasised urgent need for peace & stability.Also witnessed inspiring student projects. Memorandums from TNL, TSL, TKS & TNWL received for due consideration.Development… pic.twitter.com/7rWVSxP5Rq— Khemchand Yumnam (@YKhemchandSingh) April 17, 2026According to Deccan Herald, since the Ukhrul incident came barely a fortnight after Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh met leaders of the Kuki-Zo Council (an apex body of the Kuki-Zo civil society organisations) in Guwahati on March 22, in an effort to find a solution to the prolonged unrest in the state due to the Kuki-Meitei conflict, it was a clear sign that the talks are not working.Five people were also injured on Saturday in Sagolbund in Imphal West, after security forces used smoke bombs and tear gas to disperse protesters.Protests have also spread to neighbouring states. On April 18, members of the Manipuri Elders Consortium held a silent sit-in protest at the Don Bosco Square in Shillong, Meghalaya, to express their concerns over the Tronglaobi incident on April 7.On the same day, people took out a candlelight rally in Lakhipur in Assam’s Cachar district. According to a report by the Times of India, around 300 people, including Meitei women and organisers of a protest that included members of the Purnagram Iputhou Thongnang Thougallup, Lakhipur Khuman Meira Paibi and Lakhipur Khuman Club, took part in the vigil.Internet and state-wide shutdownThe Manipur government had extended the suspension of internet services in Bishnupur, Imphal West, Imphal East, Thoubal and Kakching to April 18. The Meira Paibi, a Meitei women’s social movement, has called for a state-wide shutdown for five days starting Sunday (April 19), as per a news report.Manipur needs the PM now: Supriya ShrinateIn a press conference on April 19 about the BJP’s attempt to push through delimitation veiled as a women’s reservation bill in Parliament, national spokesperson for the Indian National Congress Supriya Shrinate said that Manipur needed the Prime Minister now and that he should first save the people of Manipur before implementing “flawed and undemocratic” delimitation exercises, while responding to a question about Manipur.“Manipur has been burning for three years,” said Shrinate. The PM was not defeated here, and then following President’s Rule in the state, a new Chief Minister was appointed, but the violence is not stopping, she said.While the Modi govt pushes its divisive, flawed, and undemocratic delimitation, Manipur is up in flames again.These are visuals of ongoing disturbances and violence that refuses to die down.Instead of resolving the crisis, the Modi govt is hell-bent on fuelling more conflict. pic.twitter.com/7yrXq5EZWB— Supriya Shrinate (@SupriyaShrinate) April 17, 2026The BJP appointed Singh as the new Chief Minister of Manipur in February. Kuki BJP MLA Nemcha Kipgen and Naga People’s Front MLA Losii Dikho were appointed deputy chief ministers.“I’m confident they will work diligently towards furthering development and prosperity for my sisters and brothers of Manipur,” PM Modi had said in a social media post.“The biggest price of this violence [ongoing in Manipur] is being borne by women,” Shrinate said in the press conference. “The women whose empowerment you are talking about, 7,000 such women and children are still living in relief camps in Manipur. So Manipur is now pleading for justice.”Launching an attack on Modi’s lack of action for Manipur, Shrinate said that in three years, he had not visited Manipur for even three hours, but visited Manipur for an hour for an award function.“Modiji, go to Manipur, save Manipur,” she said at the press conference. “Do your division later. Bring in flawed, undemocratic delimitation later. Save Manipur, Manipur needs the country’s prime minister now…the leader of the opposition, Rahul Gandhi, could go to Manipur and wipe away people’s tears, be their courage. Why can’t the Prime Minister show this leadership? But he doesn’t have free time because he’s busy dividing people. So how will he go to Manipur?”