Guwahati, June 9: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to visit Manipur on Saturday. Sarma will be meeting his Manipur counterpart N Biren Singh and other leaders in the backdrop of the ongoing situation in the State, said Sources.
On Friday, the Supreme Court refused urgent hearing on a plea by two Manipur residents against the repeated internet shutdowns in the state rocked by ethnic violence.
A vacation bench of justices Aniruddha Bose and Rajesh Bindal on Friday said the high court is already seized of a similar issue.
The ban on internet services was extended till June 10. In the order issued by Commissioner (Home) H Gyan Prakash said the suspension of mobile data services, including broadband, has been extended till 3 pm of June 10.
The ban was imposed on May 3.
In the violence-hit Manipur, nearly 100 people have lost their lives and 310 others injured.
Currently, a total of 37,450 people are taking shelter in 272 relief camps.
The clashes first broke out in Manipur on May 3 after a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ was organised in the hill districts to protest against the Meitei community’s demand for Scheduled Tribes (ST) status.
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