North East

Over 200 students, including girls, were injured when protests broke out in different parts of Imphal on Tuesday and Wednesday against the killing of two Meitei students.

Mobile internet services, suspended on May 3 in the wake of ethnic violence, were restored only three days ago.

After the violence, the authorities clamped a total curfew in Imphal East and Imphal West districts as a precautionary measure.

Sepoy Serto, who was on leave and would have joined duty on Monday, was serving in the Army’s Defence Security Corps at Leimakhong in the hill district of Kangpokpi in the state.

The fellowship was launched as a tribute to Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s first Prime Minister for his contributions.

On being asked if Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar could be the PM from the INDIA bloc, CM Himanta Biswa said that there is no hope for him in the alliance, he would be left as an isolated person.

This attack comes a day after three tribals were gunned down by unidentified men in Kangpokpi district on Tuesday morning.

The Kuki-Zo lawmakers raised the demand for a separate administration after Manipur was virtually partitioned on ethnic lines in the wake of the violence.

A statement issued by the party on Friday stated that the results for the by-elections to two Assembly constituencies in Tripura vindicated apprehensions raised by the Left Front.

The Centre has proposed a barrage on Siang River so that Chinese activities do not affect the river, he said.

According to locals, some of the injured were admitted to hospitals in Moirang, Bishnupur and state capital Imphal.

The Congress temporarily suspended the yatra in all eight districts of Marathwada following tension in the region after police lathi-charge on Maratha quota agitators in Jalna district.

Later on Wednesday evening when the condition of Lhungdim deteriorated, he was being evacuated to Guwahati by road but he succumbed to his injuries on the way on Thursday morning.