Manipur Blockade Lifted

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  Remove Manipur Highway Blockades To Let Food, Medicine Pass: Amit Shah

  Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday appealed to the people of Manipur to lift the blockades at the Imphal-Dimapur National Highway-2 so that basic food items and other necessary items can reach the people in the strife-hit state.

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  Big Test For N Biren Singh, BJP's First Chief Minister In Manipur, Today

  BJP's N Biren Singh, who took oath as Manipur's Chief Minister on March 15, has to prove his majority in the state assembly today. Despite being the second largest party - with 21 legislators - in the recently-concluded assembly elections, the BJP claims to have the support of 33 legislators with the help of regional parties and independent lawmake...

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  130-Day Manipur Blockade Ends Ahead Of Chief Minister Biren Singh's Big Test

  An economic blockade in Manipur led by the United Naga Council, which had crippled the state's supply lines for over 130 days, has been lifted - a day ahead of Chief Minister Biren Singh's crucial floor test to prove his majority in the Manipur assembly today.

• United Naga Council temporarily lifts Manipur blockade

  The indefinite economic blockade in Manipur that entered its 121st day today has been temporarily withdrawn, said a leader of the United Naga Council (UNC) spearheading the agitation.

• Chidambaram asks Nagas to end blockade in Manipur

  A day after the Centre arrived at an agreement with the Kuki tribe in Manipur over the creation of a separate district, thus resulting in the partial lifting of the economic blockade after 93 days, the government today exhorted the Nagas to also call off the blockade.

• Manipur: One blockade ends, another still continues

  A 93-day old economic blockade on Manipur's main national highway was lifted at midnight on Monday after the state government signed an agreement with the agitating group demanding a separate Kuki tribe dominated district to be carved out of hill areas near Imphal.

• Centre's emergency meet on Manipur

  Union Secretary, GK Pillai has invited Chief Secretaries of Nagaland and Manipur for an emergency meeting in Delhi on Wednesday to discuss the steps to be taken by the two state governments to keep National Highway-39 open, which is the economic lifeline of the state.The current blockade on NH-39 is a matter of serious concern to the Central Gov...