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Manipur cabinet to examine allegations of border-fence divide along Myanmar
The Hindu The Manipur cabinet on Monday decided to constitute a high level committee to examine the allegations that some villages of Manipur will be divided by the border fence now under construction along Manipur-Myanmar border. Disclosing this to journalists … |
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Manipur celebrates ‘Patriots Day’ on Tuesday, 13, to commemorate the 1891 Anglo-Manipuri war during which scores of people sacrificed their lives to safeguard the independence of the state.
Militant outfit Kangleipak Communist Party on Tuesday called for a 12-hour “public curfew” from 6 am on August 15 as part of its boycott call of the Independence Day celebrations. Fire services, media, water supply, religious functions and electricity would be exempted from the purview of the “public curfew”, the outfit’s Publicity Secretary Paikhomba Meitei said in a statement.