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IMPHAL, May 18: A team of 24 Assam Riffles personnel of Tengnoupal post today seized an IED bomb from a Maruti Van while it was being transported to Imphal along the Imphal-Moreh route on National highway number 2.

The seizure was made while checking the vehicles under registration number MN07-L-1291 at the front of the tengnoupal AR check post at around 2.30 pm today.

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IMPHAL, May 18: A press release from the Governor’s Secretariat, Raj Bhavan, Imphal has said that the Governor of Manipur Gurbachan Jagat conveyed his congratulations to the 1st North East Top of the World Mount Everest Expedition Team which by today had successfully sent up 9 climbers to the top of the highest peak in the world while stating that he was proud that two Manipuris are among the nine namely N. Bidyabati Devi and N. Chingkheinganba, who by their achievement have made the state proud.

He continued that MMTA, which is organizing the expedition with support from various agencies deserve all the praise for the momentous effort in bringing climbers of the north eastern states to make a successful attempt to scale the highest peak, which is fraught with risk and danger. In two days, climbers from 6 north eastern states have reached the peak, the states being Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Sikkim, it added.

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IMPHAL, May 18: Jewellery shop owners along Wahengbam Leikai shut down their shops and staged a protest against the one year monetary tax reportedly served by the RPF (PLA) today at Wahengbam Leikai.

Speaking to the media, one of the protesting shop keeper said that the jewellery shops had been served a monetary demand by the RPF (PLA) in the form of a one year tax reportedly signed by one Imo, District revenue officer- 2, Finance department RPF a few days back.Saying that the monetary demand was a huge financial burden to the small time traders, the shopkeepers appealed for the demand to be waived.

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KANGPOKPI, May 18: The Kuki National Front, a SoO signatory under UPF observed its 26 Rising Day today with a mass fasting prayer at its Ebenezer Camp Natheljang without entertaining participants from general public, civil organizations etc.

A source added that there was no external or internal reason or political issue for the outfit to avoid entertaining participants of the general public and others except that the schedule program would not be including other public entertaining programs apart from mass fasting prayer of the outfit active cadres.

Mentioned may be made that, in the previous years on the outfit`s rising day, all business establishment, educational institutions, govt.offices, etc. were informed to close. But this year,  no such thing happened in and around Kangpokpi and its surrounding areas.

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