A powerful bomb blast late on Friday rocked Moreh, Manipur’s border town. Angry residents of the centre for legalised border trade between India and Myanmar imposed an indefinite general strike from midnight. L. Waiphei, station house officer of Moreh police station, said that the blast took place at 8 pm. Sanahanbi , a woman vendor, said that this was the third bomb blast since October 5. Besides, traders and tourists could not enter Moreh areas in Tengnoupal district immediately after the imposition of the general strike.

Source: The Hindu October 12, 2019 03:56 UTC