Manipur Economic Blockade News

The All Tribal Students' Union Manipur's (ATSUM) "economic blockades" on two important national highways, which began on Friday, entered its second day today, severely hitting supplies coming from Assam.

The Manipur assembly election 2017 has been unique in many ways. From peaceful polling amid a four-month long economic blockade, the BJP's surge as a formidable opponent in this Congress stronghold to activist Irom Sharmila's foray into politics and a high voter turnout in the two-phased polls for the 60-member assembly, Manipur is experiencing an ...

Nearly 57 per cent voting took place till 5 pm in eastern Uttar Pradesh's 49 assembly seats that went to polls in the sixth phase today. The number was higher than last time but much lower than Manipur which voted for 38 of its 60 seats in the first of two phases today, registering an 84 per cent turnout. The north-eastern state is voting in the mi...

Voting is being held in Uttar Pradesh and Manipur today. People of India's most populous state are voting in the penultimate phase for 49 seats, while in Manipur, 38 seats are being contested. Ruling Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh's Lok Sabha constituency - with 10 assembly seats - remains in focus where voting is being held today. In Mani...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing a public meeting in Manipur's capital Imphal. Polls for the 60-member legislative assembly of the northeastern state will be held in two phases on March 4 and March 8.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh will meet Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh on Wednesday to discuss the protracted economic blockade along the two national highways in the state.

More than 500 loaded trucks and oil tankers were on Sunday escorted into Manipur capital Imphal from Assam by state and central paramilitary forces, beating a Naga-imposed 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The indefinite economic blockade in Manipur that entered its 121st day today has been temporarily withdrawn, said a leader of the United Naga Council (UNC) spearheading the agitation.

The All Tribal Students' Union Manipur's (ATSUM) "economic blockades" on two important national highways, which began on Friday, entered its second day today, severely hitting supplies coming from Assam.

The Manipur assembly election 2017 has been unique in many ways. From peaceful polling amid a four-month long economic blockade, the BJP's surge as a formidable opponent in this Congress stronghold to activist Irom Sharmila's foray into politics and a high voter turnout in the two-phased polls for the 60-member assembly, Manipur is experiencing an ...

Nearly 57 per cent voting took place till 5 pm in eastern Uttar Pradesh's 49 assembly seats that went to polls in the sixth phase today. The number was higher than last time but much lower than Manipur which voted for 38 of its 60 seats in the first of two phases today, registering an 84 per cent turnout. The north-eastern state is voting in the mi...

Voting is being held in Uttar Pradesh and Manipur today. People of India's most populous state are voting in the penultimate phase for 49 seats, while in Manipur, 38 seats are being contested. Ruling Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh's Lok Sabha constituency - with 10 assembly seats - remains in focus where voting is being held today. In Mani...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing a public meeting in Manipur's capital Imphal. Polls for the 60-member legislative assembly of the northeastern state will be held in two phases on March 4 and March 8.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh will meet Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh on Wednesday to discuss the protracted economic blockade along the two national highways in the state.

More than 500 loaded trucks and oil tankers were on Sunday escorted into Manipur capital Imphal from Assam by state and central paramilitary forces, beating a Naga-imposed 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.