The Manipur High Court had earlier directed the state government to operationalise mobile towers, on a trial basis, in all those district headquarters which have not been affected by ethnic strife.
The PLA, UNLF, PREPAK, KCP, KYKL were declared banned by the MHA under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (37 of 1967) years ago and the latest action extends the ban by five years. - Manipur: Centre Declares 9 Meitei Extremist Groups As Unlawful Associations for Period of Five Years
Various CSOs, Meira Paibis, most powerful women organisation, NGOs, social activists, student bodies and politicians together under a single platform held a meeting at Akham Ground in Imphal West and asked the government to find the two missing youths Avinash Maibam, 16 and Ningthoujam Anthony, 19 by November 19.
Divergent to the previous years, the valley districts, this time, witnessed no grand Diwali festivities though the Meitei Vaisnavites observed the day at their respective residences in low key with worshipping Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and fortune.