40 killed in clashes with troops in India's Manipur
Dozens of rebel fighters have been killed in clashes with security forces in India's remote northeastern state of Manipur.
The state has been on edge since the explosion of inter-ethnic violence on May 3 between tribal groups and the ethnic majority Meitei people over plans to extend economic quotas to the Meitei. Dozens were killed in the unrest and thousands were displaced.
On Sunday, Chief Minister N Biren Singh told media at least 40 fighters had been killed in a crackdown by security forces. Two police had also been killed in the past two days of unrest, he added.
The far-flung states of northeast India - sandwiched between Bangladesh, China and Myanmar - have long been a tinderbox of tensions between different ethnic groups.
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