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Blasts in Assam, Manipur; Omar Abdullah for resumption of talks with Pakistan
Economic Times NEW DELHI: Bomb blasts rocked Assam and Manipur during Independence Day functions injuring one person even as Chief Ministers asked extremists to abjure violence and return to the mainstream. In Srinagar, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in his … |
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A powerful bomb exploded a few minutes before the celebrations of Independence day on Thursday in Manipur but no casualty was reported. The bomb, planted by insurgents, went off at around 8.20 am at Moirangkhom petrol pump area, about 400 metres from the 1st Manipur rifles parade ground where the main function of the I-Day celebrations would be held from 9 am with Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh as the chief guest.