IMPHAL, May 28 -- Tensions escalated across Manipur on Tuesday as the student wing of the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), a Meitei civil body, intensified its agitation by locking several central government offices in the valley districts.

Protesters targeted key establishments such as the Geological Survey of India and the District Election Office at Lamphelpat, Imphal West, as part of a growing backlash against the alleged removal of the word "Manipur" from a state-run bus. The act, which occurred on May 20 when central security personnel reportedly stopped a Manipur State Transport (MST) bus ferrying journalists to the Shirui Lily Festival, Ukhrul and ordered the word "Manipur" removed from its signage, has becom...