Hundreds of people defied a curfew to stage demonstrations in India's northeastern state of Manipur over the weekend and 23 were arrested for violence as tensions between two ethnic communities flared up again.

There's a shortage of food items, essential supplies amid a curfew and internet shutdown reported from Imphal Valley

Violence has once again disrupted the fragile peace of the north-eastern state at the centre of ethnic violence.

On November 16, a mob in India’s Manipur state attempted to storm the home of Chief Minister N. Biren Singh and attacked properties of other ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders. The assailants were protesting the government’s failure to end ongoing ethnic violence in the state.

Government buildings were ransacked and cars set on fire in India’s Manipur state as anti-government protesters defied a curfew.