Land-locked Manipur is facing an acute shortage of essential items as hundreds of state-bound trucks loaded with essential and daily need items are stranded on the Guwahati-Dimapur-Imphal portion of NH-39 in Nagaland for the past week, officials said Friday.

Manipur government has tightened security measures to protect non-Manipuri migrant labourers following recent attacks on them by unidentified persons.

Condemning the blasts in the US city of Boston, President Pranab Mukherjee today said the world should unite to combat the menace of terrorism.

A civilian was injured when two powerful bombs, suspected to have been planted by militants at a roadside, exploded in Imphal east district of Manipur today, minutes after a CRPF convoy passed through.

A tremor of moderate intensity was felt for half a minute in Manipur at 6.44 a.m. on Sunday, official sources said.
There has been no report of any damage so far, sources said, adding that the epicent

The 'Iron Lady of Manipur' Irom Chanu Sharmila, who has been on a hunger strike since 2000 demanding repeal of Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA),will be completing 12 years of fast on Monday.

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A major disaster was averted with Manipur Police recovering a van packed with powerful explosives and fitted with a remote-control device, a police official said Friday.

The van laden with improvised

A bomb exploded in the office complex of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and Special Bureau in Imphal west district of Manipur but no casualty was reported, officials said on Friday.

The bomb

A 10-kg bomb planted by insurgents was found near a godown of Food Corporation of India (FCI) and private residence of a Manipur minister in Imphal's west district, officials said on Tuesday.

Security personnel were attacked in Manipur for the second time in 24 hours by insurgents who today exploded a powerful bomb killing a jawan of Assam Rifles and injuring 10 others in interior Bishenpu