IMPHAL, May 29 � Unidentified persons, suspected to be blockade supporters, set on fire a cement-laden truck in Manipur�s Tamenglong district today.
Today�s incident occurred close on the heels of Joint Parliamentary Working Committee (JPWC) of the Nagaland Assembly�s appeal to relax ongoing blockades on the Highways leading to Manipur.
Sources said unidentified persons set on fire the truck near Awangkhul village, about 55 km west of here along Jiribam-Imphal sector of the National Highway 53.
Demanding immediate withdrawal of the police commandos from the Mao Gate, Mao Women Council continued to stage sit in demonstration besides convening a community prayer at Tadubi hill station,95 km north of Imphal in Senapati district.
Meanwhile, more than a thousand rickshaw pullers braving the seasonal drizzle staged a mass rally here denouncing the continuous blockade on the highways leading to the State since the past more than a month. The rally district passed through the streets before it converged at Hapta Kangjeibung near palace gate in Imphal east for a meeting.
Demanding immediate alternative arrangement to lift necessary items for the State, the Rickshaw Drivers and pullers said they are hard up owing to the sudden sky rocketing of the prices of essential items. They also opposed NSCN-IM leader Thuingaleng Muivah� move to enter.
A group of women under the banner of Singjamei Nupi Lup also took the streets of Imphal to reaffirm the stand to protect the territorial integrity of Manipur while another women folk group staged a sit in demonstration at Kwakeithel area for the same.
IMPHAL, May 29 � Unidentified persons, suspected to be blockade supporters, set on fire a cement-laden truck in Manipur�s Tamenglong district today.
Today�s incident occurred close on the heels of Joint Parliamentary Working Committee (JPWC) of the Nagaland Assembly�s appeal to relax ongoing blockades on the Highways leading to Manipur.
Sources said unidentified persons set on fire the truck near Awangkhul village, about 55 km west of here along Jiribam-Imphal sector of the National Highway 53.
Demanding immediate withdrawal of the police commandos from the Mao Gate, Mao Women Council continued to stage sit in demonstration besides convening a community prayer at Tadubi hill station,95 km north of Imphal in Senapati district.
Meanwhile, more than a thousand rickshaw pullers braving the seasonal drizzle staged a mass rally here denouncing the continuous blockade on the highways leading to the State since the past more than a month. The rally district passed through the streets before it converged at Hapta Kangjeibung near palace gate in Imphal east for a meeting.
Demanding immediate alternative arrangement to lift necessary items for the State, the Rickshaw Drivers and pullers said they are hard up owing to the sudden sky rocketing of the prices of essential items. They also opposed NSCN-IM leader Thuingaleng Muivah� move to enter.
A group of women under the banner of Singjamei Nupi Lup also took the streets of Imphal to reaffirm the stand to protect the territorial integrity of Manipur while another women folk group staged a sit in demonstration at Kwakeithel area for the same.
