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.
Security advisor to the Manipur government, Kuldiep Singh, said during his Manipur visit last week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah had directed the Government of Manipur to send a request to MHA for relief package for displaced people.
Kuldiep Singh, Advisor (Security) Government of Manipur on Thursday said that curfew has been relaxed for 12 hours in 5 valley districts, and 10 hours and 8 hours in neighboring hill districts.
So far at least 98 people have lost their lives and more than 310 people were injured in ethnic violence in Manipur that broke out on May 3. Currently, a total of 37,450 people are sheltered in 272 relief camps in Manipur.