The Manipur government has intervened to put to rest claims and counter-claims by two tribes that the sacred Thangjing hill near the lakeside Moirang district belongs to them.
A cross has been installed atop a hill near Manipur's Moirang town in an act seen as destabilising in the violence-hit state, as the hill has a sacred site of the residents of this lakeside town under Bishnupur district, 60 km from Imphal.
The oil leak from a defunct heavy fuel power plant in Manipur's Leimakhong on Wednesday happened allegedly after "incidents of theft and burglary" at the abandoned facility, according to a police complaint filed by the Manipur State Power Co. Ltd.
The gunbattle started in Chavangphai area, around 107 km from the state capital Imphal this morning, after two persons, during a search operation, were picked up for allegedly being involved in an attack on police personnel a day before, a senior officer said, adding that local women tried to secure the release of the two persons.