The prohibition will be lifted from all the district headquarters including Imphal city, tourist destinations, hotels with at least 20-bed lodging facilities, and camps of security forces, Tribal Affairs, and Hills Development Minister Letpao Haokip told reporters on Tuesday after a cabinet meeting.
The State BJP legislature party meeting in Imphal on Sunday unanimously elected Manipur caretaker CM N Biren Singh to be the chief minister again.
BJP's central observer for Manipur, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that N Biren Singh will remain the state's chief minister after he was unanimously elected as legislative party leader.
BJP's central leadership will be accompanied by Manipur caretaker CM N Biren Singh, BJP leader Biswajit Singh who are camping in New Delhi discussing govt formation with the party's top leadership.
A Raj Bhavan official said that the Chief Minister accompanied by other ministers and MLAs met the Governor and submitted his resignation letter.
The 61-year-old has been widely credited for bringing peace and bridging the divide between the people of the valley and the hills, in this insurgency-hit, multi-ethnic state during his tenure as chief minister in the past five years.
Counting of votes for 60 assembly seats in Manipur began at 8:00 am on Thursday under tight security.
Polling stations have been sanitized while circles are drawn in polling stations for voters to stand in queues to avoid crowding to ensure COVID safe election. Besides, masks, gloves, face shields, thermal scanners, PPE kits have been provided to polling parties.
Earlier on Saturday, while addressing a public rally at Manipur's Bishnupur, he called the state the "gateway for Atmanirbhar Bharat".
Manipur is affected by disturbances in its neighbouring state. Recently, the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isaac - Muivah) faction called for a shutdown in Naga dominated areas of Manipur.
The Manipur government on Thursday declared the whole of the Greater Imphal area as a containment zone with immediate effect for seven days in view of the rise in COVID-19 cases
Chief Minister N Biren Singh received his first dose of COVID-19 vaccine on April 11 at the launch of 'Tika Utsav' at Imphal's Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences.
Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh on Sunday said that he has tested positive for Covid-19.
The Biren Singh-led government in Manipur is in crisis with nine ruling coalition members, including four ministers, resigning on Wednesday. Those who quit included Deputy Chief Minister Y JoyKumar Singh. The other three ministers who tendered their resignation are Tribal and Hills Area Development Minister N Kayishii, Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Letpao Haokip and Health and Family Welfare Minister L Jayanta Kumar Singh.
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Wednesday felicitated a 12-year-old boy, who is the youngest student to clear the class 10 examination conducted by the state board of secondary education.
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has exuded confidence that the BJP-led government in the state will complete its term and win the next Assembly elections.
The state has already approved a resolution for a National Register of Citizens (NRC) in the state, he told reporters here on the sidelines of the NEDA conclave here."We and many of the states in the north east need NRC.
At a meeting chaired by Chief Minister N Biren Singh, the state cabinet on Thursday decided to appeal to the Centre to allow it not to implement the proposed legislation, which was recently passed by the Lok Sabha, a press release issued by the chief minister's secretariat said.
The only Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA in Manipur Assembly, T Robindro Singh, on Monday clarified that he supported the trust vote of BJP Chief Minister N Biren Singh with the permission of his party.
The BJP government in Manipur led by Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren Singh won the floor test in the state Assembly on Monday.
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