Markets at various locations, including Khwairamband Keithel remained shut, while various civil society organisations conducted the observation of May 3 at different locations as the unrest in Manipur completed a year on Friday.
IMPHAL Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Tuesday announced that he has instructed the police department to catch people who throw garbage in rivers, which has been a major factor in polluting the river. He said, the police in civil uniform have been deployed while adding that bottle banks have also been installed at different places to drop plastic bottles. Biren Singh was addressing at the 173rd Death Anniversary of Narasingh observation in Imphal. While stating that the state is moving ahead towards development with considerable improvement in law-and-order situation, he said, the domestic and foreign tourists must not be tensed in visiting the state. He also stressed on the need to maintain unity among different communities residing across the state, adding that the state government has set up traditional huts representing different indigenous tribes of Manipur at the Sangai Ethnic Park at Moirang Khunou, to showcase and promote one’s rich indigenous cultures. The chief mi