<span style="color: #222222;">In Manipur, the Chief Minister N. Biren Singh today led the State in observing the Anti-Terrorism Day at the 1st Battalion Manipur Rifles Banquet Hall.<br />''<br />''Biren also administered the Anti-Terrorism Day Pledge to those attended in the observation. The Chief Minister said that the day is observed as Anti-Terrorism Day every year to remember the assassination of India's former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi by a suicide bomber at Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu thirty one years ago. The day is observed to stand and take a pledge against terrorism, he said.<br />''<br />''Mr. Biren said that Manipur has also witnessed many activities like planting explosives at private residences and such incidents deserve collectively condemnation.He said that over the past five years, the situation in the State has improved tremendously because of the joint effort of the security forces including state forces, central paramilitary forces, intelligence units, etc.<br />''<br />''He stressed  that development and peace go hand in hand, and that without a good law and order situation we cannot bring development to the State. </span><br />