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IMPHAL: Normal life was significantly disrupted in Manipur on Sunday due to a day-long general strike organized by several militant groups in protest of the state's merger with India on October 15, 1949.Violent videos circulation: Manipur government takes swift actionThe strike resulted in the closure of commercial establishmentsand markets, while public transport services were suspended, with only a...

NEW DELHI: The government on Friday turned down demands of onion traders from Nasik to scrap 40% export duty and stop two government cooperatives — NCCF and Nafed — from selling onions at mandis. The government also asked the traders to immediately call off their strike.However, the government told the traders that their demand will be taken up at an inter-ministerial committee for...

MUMBAI: A 16-year-old died at Juhu Chowpatty in Mumbai while Ganpati immersions were ongoing at the beach on Thursday. The teenager was identified as Hasan Yusuf Shaikh. According to the Mumbai fire brigade, Shaikh was traced near the sea at around 4.15 pm on Thursday and was immediately rushed to civic-run Cooper Hospital by an ambulance at the site. Video: What's behind 61,000 lightning strikes within...

MUMBAI: Stamp paper vendors across the city are on an indefinite strike against the new rules issued by the state government which state that those wanting a stamp paper will now have to go in person to buy it and can't purchase it through a third party. The new rules also require a person to be physically present to buy a stamp paper from a vendor. The circular laying out the new rules was issued in...