Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh on Thursday said some innocent people had lost lives in the past few years and urged the Centre to review or modify the Armed Forces Special Powers Act.
Manipuri organisations which oppose special powers to the army are open to holding talks with centre and state
Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh, however, said he would not tolerate violent agitations that are being organised by a few groups in the state.
The Cabinet is meeting today to discuss the situation arising out of the agitation to press for the withdrawal of the Act.
The police doused the flames but three of the youth received serious burn injuries, official sources said
Though armed personnel were positioned on the main roads of Imphal, strike supporters burnt tyres and blocked all roads in Imphal.
The chief minister suggested talks without any precondition from both sides.
The state government declared closure of all educational institutions on Wednesday to prevent the students from carrying out their protest.
Militants opened fire at the chief minister's convoy soon after he left Wangjing area in Thoubal district around 1055 IST.
The prime minister gave this assurance to an all-party delegation from Manipur led by Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh. Singh also wanted a constitutional amendment in this regard.
A maximum statewide alert has been sounded as social organisations plan to take out a torchlight rally protesting attempts to divide the state in the wake of the Naga talks.
During its talks with the Centre, the NSCN (I-M) has demanded the formation of 'Greater Nagaland', which includes parts of Manipur.
Not a single bus or truck bound for other states has plied since the blockade began, sources said.
Mobile internet services have been suspended in the state for the next five days.
A jawan of the Manipur Rifles was injured in the firing which took place when the chief minister stepped out of the helicopter at the Ukhrul helipad
The MoU was signed on Monday between representatives of the state government and leaders of the Kangleipak communist Party-Nongdreinkhomba, Kuki National Liberation Front and Kuki Revolutionary Party.
Blockade is an issue which has seemingly widened the divide between the hills and the plains.
Gujarat Chief Minister and BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Friday wrote letters to fellow chief ministers, urging them to oppose the Communal Violence Bill saying it was a blatant intrusion upon the powers of the state governments.
A powerful bomb exploded close to Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh's official residence amid high security deployment on Independence Day eve but no casualty was reported.
After Arunachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, discontent is brewing among Congress MLAs in Manipur.
The blockade was imposed by the United Naga Council on November 1 to protest against the creation of seven new districts.
The PM added that developing the infrastructure in the north-east region is being given top priority by the government.
The Union home ministry said there was 'substantial progress' on the issues in the talks.
The governor justified her decision to invite the BJP, saying the party has requisite numbers.
Myanmarese troops have attempted to construct a defence post and fencing along the border in Manipur where there is no demarcation of boundary between the two countries prompting India to take up the issue.
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Manipur was on the boil on Tuesday with eight people dying and 31 injured since Monday night in arson, violence and clashes between mobs and police in Churachandpur district even as curfew continued since last night.
The Centre on Friday reviewed the situation in Manipur in the wake of the crippling economic blockade of a highway, with Union Minister Kiren Rijiju asking the state government to end the "worrisome" conditions that have triggered a "humanitarian crisis".
In a startling admission, Thounaojam Herojit Singh, a gallantry award recipient, said that he shot an unarmed 22-year-old Chungkham Sanjit Meitei back in 2009.
5 states that contribute just under a fifth of the Lok Sabha's seats will go to the polls early this year.
The Seismological department said that the quake measured 6.8 on the Richter scale and lasted for about two minutes.
Officials said the EC has directed them to provide security to Sharmila as 'she travels alone almost all the time'.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hit out at the Congress saying they had made the state their political battle ground, pitting one community against the other.
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The two parties, however, are in a neck-and-neck race in Manipur and Goa.
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