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However, the relaxation will not include any gatherings, sit-in protests, rallies, etc. without obtaining approval from the competent authority, the government order read. FILE: Security personnel in Sambalpur during curfew IMPHAL: A day after curfew was clamped in all the five valley districts of Manipur, authorities announced curfew relaxation timing to facilitate the general public to purchase essential items including medicines and food. An official order issued on Wednesday said curfew has been relaxed from 5 am to 6 pm for Imphal East, Imphal West and Kakching districts on Thursday. Curfew relaxation in Thoubal district is from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m.Curfew relaxation for Bishnupur district is from 5 a.m. to 11 a.m., it said. More than 40 people, mostly women, were injured after security forces fired several rounds of teargas shells to disperse thousands of protesters who tried to breach security barricades at Phougakchao Ikhai in Bishnupur district on Wednesday. “This relaxation sha...

More than 120 people have lost their lives in the ethnic violence that erupted between the majority Meity community and the minority Kuki tribes on the first week of May. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will visit relief camps and interact with civil society representatives in the violence-hit northeast state. NEW DELHI: As Manipur continues to remain on edge, the Congress on Tuesday said that senior party leader Rahul Gandhi will visit the violence-hit state on June 29 and 30. This is the first visit of the Congress leader to the northeastern state embroiled in ethnic violence since May 3. Announcing the decision, AICC general secretary K C Venugopal tweeted, “Rahul Gandhi will be visiting Manipur on 29–30 June. He will visit relief camps and interact with civil society representatives in Imphal and Churachandpur during his visit.” Venugopal further said that Manipur has been burning for nearly two months, and desperately needs a healing touch so that the society can move from confli...