Bangladesh protests dam in Manipur sunamgonj in Bangladesh, a few kilometres from the border with India, looks stirred up. On June 21, the town citizenry gathered at the public library to listen to five speakers from India
Manipur Health Minister Pheiroijam Parijat today expressed concern over the deaths of 30 children due to a mysterious disease, and that he would send a medical team to examine the cause of the disease. The deaths occurred in Manipur's Churachandpur District. Health officials informed that most of the children who had died had complained of breathing problems prior to their deaths. A medical team of Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) has organized a camp at the Parbung Health Centre to monitor the health of the patients.
Imphal, Manipur s capital, came to a grinding halt on August 28, with a strike being called. Imphal s people are habituated to bandhs, and most of them are successful. But this was a bandh with a difference more than 20 social and political organi