Ethnic organizations in parts of India’s violence-wracked northeastern state have shut schools and businesses to protest the killings of 10 people by paramilitary soldiers

Authorities in India's north-eastern Manipur state imposed an indefinite curfew after at least 10 militants were shot dead in clashes with government forces. The incident happened after an attack on a police station in the region gripped by ethnic tension.

They called for an 11-hour shutdown in the hill districts of Manipur from early Tuesday. Heavy gunfire was reported overnight in the periphery of the hills and the Imphal Valley. Day-to-day life was paralysed in the area, with schools and businesses closed and people staying indoors. There were no vehicles on the road.

Bodies of two elderly men were recovered on Tuesday morning in Manipur's Jiribam district where a gunfight between suspected militants and security forces broke out a day before, police said.

A t least 11 suspected militants were killed Monday in a gunfight with security forces in Manipur's Jiribam district, officials told news agency PTI. Two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel also sustained injuries during the exchange of fire that happened at Jakurador Karong in the Borobekra sub-division,