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48-hour shutdown in protest against attack on trucks along NH-37 in Manipur

Posted on April 17, 2021 - 10:25pm by UT News Service
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Pressing the Manipur government to book the perpetrators behind the attack on trucks and oil tankers along NH-37 on Friday, unions of drivers and transporters on Friday resolved to impose a 48-hour total shutdown in the entire state beginning from … Continue reading →

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Liangmai body condemns sections of Kuki people for vandalism in Koubru Hill Range

Posted on April 17, 2021 - 8:42pm by UT News Service
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The Liangmai Naga Council, Eastern Zone (LNC-EZ), has strongly condemned the “diktats” issued against devotees Koubo Ra (Lord of Koubru) and destruction of the “road and bridges in Koubru Hill Range by some sections of Kuki people”. “It is unfortunate … Continue reading →

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Agitating panchayat functionaries from 6 valley dists gheraos offices, demands release of MGNREGS funds

Posted on April 17, 2021 - 8:24pm by UT News Service
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Agitating elected members of panchayati raj institutions in Manipur on Saturday gheraoed Imphal East DC complex, paralysing all the government offices in the complex. The elected members disallowed entering of employees of all the offices located inside the DC complex … Continue reading →

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Night curfew from 8pm to 4am in Manipur

Posted on April 17, 2021 - 8:15pm by UT News Service
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The Manipur government has imposed night curfew in the state as the number of COVID-19 cases is fast rising in the last fortnight. The night curfew will be effective from 8 pm to 4 am every day, said an order … Continue reading →

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Dr T Ao Trophy 2021 draws flake: Naga People’s Front questions Nagaland state government

Posted on April 17, 2021 - 12:29pm by UT News Service
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The Naga People’s Front (NPF) has questioned the Nagaland state government for organizing Dr T Ao Trophy 2021 when many states of India are reeling under the second wave of COVID-19. It can be noted here that the Organizing Committee … Continue reading →

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Nagaland government holds consultative meeting on RIIN

Posted on April 16, 2021 - 9:10pm by UT News Service
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The consultative meeting with “civil society organisations and tribal hohos” on Register for Indigenous Inhabitants of Nagaland (RIIN) was held at the Chief Minister’s residential complex in Kohima on Friday. Decision to form a Joint Consultative Committee on RIIN headed … Continue reading →

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Suspected underground cadres open fire at trucks along NH-37, deflate tyres

Posted on April 16, 2021 - 7:54pm by UT News Service
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Suspected underground cadres on Friday attacked on Imphal-bound loaded trucks including oil tankers with gunshots along the Imphal-Jiribam section of NH-37, damaging many vehicles, reports said. Apart from deflating tyres of many trucks, tanks of the oil tankers were hit … Continue reading →

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African Swine Fever Kill Over 600 Pigs in Mizoram

Posted on April 16, 2021 - 11:22am by UT News Service
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African Swine Fever has been confirmed to be the cause of death of over 600 pigs in Mizoram. A high-level meeting was chaired by animal husbandry & veterinary minister Dr K Beichhua to discuss the outbreak of African Swine Fever … Continue reading →

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Conrad Sangma blames ‘anti-incumbency’ affected NPP’s performance in Garo Hills poll

Posted on April 16, 2021 - 11:01am by UT News Service
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Meghalaya Chief Minister and National People’s Party (NPP) president, Conrad K Sangma blamed the ‘anti-incumbency factor’ as the core reason for the party’s lackluster performance in the just concluded Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) polls, results of which were … Continue reading →

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18 fresh cases of COVID-19 against 10 recoveries take Manipur’s COVID-19 active case tally to 141

Posted on April 15, 2021 - 10:25pm by UT News Service
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Manipur’s COVID-19 active cases surged to 141 as the daily caseload continues to exceed the recoveries in the last few days.  The Manipur Health department, in its daily update report, said that 18 persons including three Central security force personnel … Continue reading →

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