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Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla and other delegates at the inauguration of the Sangai Festival.

Manipur’s Sangai Festival footfall drops 96% amid IDP protests

November 30, 2025, 02:52 PM - 4 min read

Manipur’s annual Sangai Festival recorded an abysmally low turnout this year, with only around 8,000–9,000 visitors over nine days. Protests by internally displaced persons demanding return to their homes overshadowed the event, leaving empty stalls and tense security arrangements across the festival venue.

IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons) and people under the aegis of COCOMI (Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity) hold a protest, demanding rehabilitation on the opening day of the Sangai Festival 2025 Edition at Lamlong Bazar, in Imphal East.

Three militants held in Manipur over Sangai festival bomb threat

November 27, 2025, 03:02 PM - 3 min read

Security forces in Manipur have arrested three KCP (MFL) cadres linked to a video threatening bomb attacks on the Sangai festival, already marred by protests from displaced communities.

Manipur IDPs demand homecoming after year of forced camps

November 24, 2025, 03:09 PM - 2 min read

Hundreds of IDPs clashed with security forces in Imphal East, demanding to return home as tear gas was fired to control protesters amid the Sangai festival.

Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla poses with participants and artistes from across Manipur during the 12th Sangai Festival at Hapta Kangjeibung, Imphal.

Sangai Festival opens under siege of protests in Manipur

November 22, 2025, 03:03 PM - 4 min read

Manipur’s Sangai Festival opened under intense public resistance, with Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla urging unity as protesters condemned the celebration amid continuing displacement and unrest.

Protesters being confronted by security forces as they march towards the Sangai Festival venue in Imphal.

Sangai Festival protest turns violent in Imphal

November 21, 2025, 04:47 PM - 3 min read

Violence erupted in Imphal East on Friday as demonstrators protesting Manipur’s Sangai Festival clashed with security forces during a ‘cease work’ called by COCOMI.

Protesters attempt to march toward the Sangai festival venue in Imphal.

Clashes in Imphal as protesters storm Sangai festival venue

November 20, 2025, 04:38 PM - 3 min read

Violent clashes erupted in Imphal after protesters attempted to storm the Sangai festival venue, demanding the government prioritise resolving the ongoing conflict and rehabilitating displaced families.

Internally displaced families in Manipur stage sit-ins at relief camps, demanding rehabilitation before the Sangai festival begins, as authorities increase security around the event venues in Imphal.

Manipur IDPs protest in relief camps against Sangai festival

November 20, 2025, 03:10 PM - 3 min read

Hundreds of displaced families in Manipur staged sit-ins across relief camps, protesting the government’s decision to hold the Sangai festival before completing their rehabilitation.

A glimpse of the Sangai Festival in Manipur.

Manipur IDPs say Sangai Festival mocks their misery, seek boycott

November 19, 2025, 04:10 PM - 3 min read

The Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) has escalated its opposition to the Sangai Festival 2025, calling for a statewide boycott and urging citizens to stand with internally displaced persons who plan a mass protest on 20 November against the government’s “misplaced priorities”.

Meitei body warns against projecting ‘false normalcy’ in Manipur

October 31, 2025, 08:28 PM - 3 min read

Manipur’s apex Meitei body COCOMI has opposed reviving the Sangai Festival, warning the state not to project “false normalcy” while thousands of displaced residents remain in relief camps.