GUWAHATI, India: Security measures are keeping the peace in a remote northeastern Indian state where 60 people were killed and 35,000 civilians were displaced in rioting and ethnic clashes last week, officials said. On Monday, India's Home Minister Amit Shah told the India Today news channel that the situation in Manipur was under control and appealed to the people to maintain peace. Minority hill community leaders say the Meitei community is comparatively well-off and that granting them more privileges would be unfair. Two-thirds of the state's 2.5 million people live in a valley that makes up roughly 10 percent of the state's total area. The Meiteis are Hindus, while rival groups, including the Kuki and other tribes, are mostly Christian and mainly live in the surrounding hill districts.
