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A firing incident was reported in Manipur's Tengnoupal on Monday, after which the Assam Rifles initiated an operation in the area..
Notably, on December 3, the Kuki-Zo tribal groups in Tengnoupal district welcomed the recent 'Peace Agreement' between the Indian government and the Meitei militant faction, the UNLF (Pambei)...
The Manipur government on Sunday restored mobile internet services across the state barring a few areas till December 18...
"Considering improvement in law and order and inconveniences faced by people due to the mobile internet ban, the state government has decided to relax the suspension," the notification said.. Mobile towers catering to services within a 2 km radius along adjoining areas between districts such as Chandel and Kakching, Churachandpur and Bishnupur, Churachandpur and Kakching, Kangpokpi and Imphal West, Kangpokpi and Imphal East, Kangpokpi and Thoubal and Tengnoupal and Kakching will still face suspended operations, it said.. Mobile internet had been suspended in the state since May 3 following the outbreak of violence in the state...
Meiteis account for about 53 per cent of Manipurs population and live mostly in the Imphal valley, while tribals, which include Nagas and Kukis, constitute 40 per cent and reside mainly in the hill districts...
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