India, Oct. 20 -- Newspapers have failed to hit the newsstands in Manipur's capital, Imphal, for the third day on Monday, and local cable networks have also blanked out news for two days following protests by two powerful journalists' bodies in the state.

The media fraternity under the banner of the All Manipur Working Journalists' Union (AMWJU) and the Editors' Guild of Manipur (EGM) launched the pen-down strike after a controversy erupted, thereby leaving the general masses with a lot of losses.

Sources said that while insurgents of a particular outfit wanted the publication of a statement issued by them, the others threatened dailies/local cable TV channels with dire consequences if the said statement was published.

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