Internet blocked in Indian state of Manipur to quell violence
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GAUHATI: Naga protesters have blocked a key highway and authorities shut down wireless Internet services to quell heightening tension in a northeast Indian state where seven people have died in violence this week.
Officials say the protesters cut trees and used boulders to stop movement of trucks, buses and cars Thursday on the highway linking Manipur state with the rest of India, paralyzing normal life in the area.
Read: Rioters rampage against residence law in northeast India
N. Biren Singh, a ruling Congress party lawmaker, said the state government blocked wireless Internet and text messaging services on Wednesday to stop rumors provoking people to commit arson.
The violence erupted on Monday after the state legislature approved new legislation defining who can claim to be from Manipur. Rioters set fire to the homes of nine lawmakers.
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Sep 03, 2015 05:34pm
India is doing atrocities over Muslim's of Manipur and want's to forcibly convert them to Hinduism.Manipur wants to be a part of Pakistan as it has Muslim majority and same culture just like Pakistan and Manipur by name itself looks very close to Pakistani language and also everybody knows Pakistan and China are brothers so usually brothers looks same just like Pakistan and China so by that logic Manipuri and Pakistani too looks same.Pakistan should support their manipuri brothers and raise this issue in UN and ask them to have a plebiscite for joining Kashmir to Pakistan.
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Sep 03, 2015 05:46pm
@Satt Pakistan should support their manipuri brothers and raise this issue in UN and ask them to have a plebiscite for joining Kashmir to Pakistan.
Last sentence is wrong , make that plebiscite for joining kashmir and Manipur to Pakistan.
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Sep 03, 2015 05:54pm
@Satt You know where the Manipur situated and can you eloberate how it lokks like pakistan.You wrote Manipur and pakistan have same culture.Most of the manipur people are tribes and they are eating all the animals which are forbidden in Islam.
There are very muslims living in Manipur and all are migrated from either from Bengal or Bihar.There are no any chance of forcibly conversion.
Before writing atleast google about the subject.
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Sep 03, 2015 06:01pm
India wants to keep Kashmiri Muslims while getting rid of Manipuri Muslims. Why? My experience with Bangladeshi Muslims living in India is that they care more about Bharat Maata than the Indians themselves.
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Sep 03, 2015 06:21pm
I thought India is the largest democratic nation in world? something changed? may be after Modi came to power.
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Sep 03, 2015 06:24pm
this is the height of ignorance. Perhaps some readers don't know that Manipur has only a miniscule population of Muslims. The matter never relates to them. Every time some readers show their short mindset to ridicule India. Please see the geography of Manipur and read Wikipedia also.
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Sep 03, 2015 06:29pm
@taimoor khan Yes that's right Manipuris are fighting for joining Manipur to Pakistan,you are completely right.
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Sep 03, 2015 06:40pm
@Satt I understand your humor.
@Taimoor Khan Manipuris are not tribals people and they don't eat whatever meat. They are highly cultured people and Manipuri Classical dance is one of the oldest Indian classical dances. Please don't comment when you have no idea what you are saying.
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Sep 03, 2015 07:29pm
Welcome to the democracy !
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Sep 03, 2015 07:38pm
@SATT They are doing agitation for ILP (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_Line_Permit) not against India, More over manipur is the only state which has lowest Muslim population in India. They wont support even anti Indian elements in that state. They are fighting for their rights.
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Sep 03, 2015 08:25pm
Myanmar is suppressing the rights of their Muslim population and India is doing the same with Manipur Muslims.
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Sep 03, 2015 08:28pm
I request the readers to take the help of 'Google Baba'before commenting. Manipur is located in far north east. Almost whole the population is Hindu.Please don't indulge in propaganda.
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Sep 03, 2015 09:40pm
@KAILASH SINGH I totally agree,and to those who read wikipedia that is man writtern so it is not factual information,majority of information is through opinions. The whole issue regarding Manipur should be left with the people and government.
Refrain from propaganda as it is just wont make any thing clear neither resolve anything
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Sep 03, 2015 09:57pm
Indian gov should resolve this issue......the only thing I want to say to Indians here is that you enjoy when some thing ill happens to Pakistan(which is rare now thankx to Zarb e Azb) but you forget what is happening in your home my friends stop pointing fingers at other as four are towards you
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Sep 03, 2015 10:55pm
@Assamese Umm I think you were responding to Mahmood who was talking about few of the Naga Tribes. We(Ahmedabad) had our 3Gs and Sms restored yesterday. The broadband was available all four days but it was very frustrating. Why are the locals protesting against outsiders getting ousted?
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Sep 04, 2015 03:36am
One more in the line.
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Sep 04, 2015 03:38am
But I thought India was secular and democratic etc? What happend? Freedom of speech has been banned to once again suit the Modi narrative. Sad day for Indians.
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Sep 04, 2015 05:24am
It appears that freedom of expression or a "secular democracy" in India are simply shallow labels which Modi and his operatives throw around like cheap
bird seed. Only this time, the birds have wizened up and won't tolerate
such sham political machinations which smack of tyranny.
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