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Economic Blockade Choked Manipur, Athletes Brought Smiles
IMPHAL, Dec 20: Manipur starved for essential commodities due to the two-month long economic blockade by students who relented only after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stepped in but the state cheered when its athletes brought laurels to the country in the Commonwealth and Asian Games this year.
The...
PLA Raising Day: Outfit Lays All Blame At Delhi’s Door
Greeting the people on the occasion of 32nd raising day of PLA, armed wing of RPF, the president of the proscribed outfit Irengbam Chaoren has categorically stated that all kinds of hardships and difficulties being endured by the people of Manipur today are the by-products of prolonged subjugation by...
ASEAN Diplomats Get First Hand Account Of Moreh
IMPHAL, Sep 20: The Ambassadors of seven ASEAN countries, who arrived here yesterday, travelled to Moreh by road and conducted a firsthand assessment of the trade activities and infrastructure available at the border towns of Moreh and Tamu.
The foreign diplomats, however, had to endure a bumpy journey...
“IT’S THE ECONOMY, STUPID” – Sixty Six Days Of Misery: Manipur Under Economic Blockade
A single day’s bandh in India causes a loss of Rs. 13,000 crores. Now imagine a bandh that goes on for 66 days! Imagine life under seize, even without a war! Imagine the challenges a community reporter faces while reporting this bandh!
ON JULY 5, the opposition parties of India called for a nationwide...
Economic Blockade: ‘Really Serving Any Purpose?’
Manipur is a geographically disadvantaged State being landlocked and located at one extreme of India. The State is serviced by two main surface arteries National Highway NH-39 and NH-53 from rest of the country. This natural disadvantage of the State is being exploited by vested interests often in clamping...