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Security forces in Manipur defused an improvised explosive device (IED) near the Indo-Myanmar border in Kamjong district, while separate incidents involving the recovery of hand grenades and reports of violence were recorded in different parts of the state, police said on Tuesday, May 12.

Tensions prevailed at the Pratapganj office of J Infratech Ltd. in Assam’s Dhubri after drivers and workers staged a protest against the company management over an alleged assault on a driver and a series of labour-related grievances.

The National People's Party (NPP) has strongly condemned remarks made by Debolal Gorlosa, Chief Executive Member of the North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council, during the Platinum Jubilee celebration of the council held in Haflong on May 11, while warning of possible legal action, including a defamation case.

The Kuki CSO Working Committee, Ukhrul, has strongly criticised what it described as a “misleading, inflammatory and dangerously communal” narrative surrounding the May 7 incidents in Manipur’s Kamjong district, accusing the Meitei Alliance of spreading unverified allegations against the Kuki community and aggravating ethnic tensions in the state.

Sujata Gurung Chowdhury said she will file a Re 1 defamation suit and seek a public apology from Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. She said remarks made during the election campaign defamed her and endangered her family.