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Primary education in Manipur is not so prime but a fiasco.
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Primary education in Manipur is not so prime but a fiasco. – KanglaOnline

KanglaOnlinePrimary education in Manipur is not so prime but a fiasco.KanglaOnlineManipur is yet to discover this mine, unfortunately. Education precedes development always. Elementary and primary schools of a nation are the stepping stones of a good e…


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Primary education in Manipur is not so prime but a fiasco.
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Manipur is yet to discover this mine, unfortunately. Education precedes development always. Elementary and primary schools of a nation are the stepping stones of a good education system. Neglecting this system at the start of the system and dreaming of

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Primary education in Manipur is not so prime but a fiasco.

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Primary education in Manipur is not so prime but a fiasco.

By Bishwajit Okram.

The vital source of a nation’s strength is education. A good education system is like a gold mine of the nation. Manipur is yet to discover this mine, unfortunately.

Education precedes development always. Elementary and primary schools of a nation are the stepping stones of a good education system.

Neglecting this system at the start of the system and dreaming of 100% literacy one day, is like the story of a foolish dreamer kicking his milk pot.

By just mere analysing of few data, one can easily assess – there is a black hole in the primary education system in Manipur. It looks the system is severely paralysed and dysfunctional. It is a mouse click away for anyone to understand the state of primary education system

The symptoms are palpable and can be clearly vouched from the lackadaisical nature of the education ministry’s website itself.

Mr L.Jayanta Kumar who is still sitting there in the web page of the ministry of education as the minister, has been replaced by Mr DD Thaisii a year back. It is appalling at this advance informatics age; such a small change could not be made duly.

Apart from this, many of the information shown in the website are junk and irrelevant; it is very frustrating when one tries to get some relevant information.

This website is the mirror of our education ministry and our education system that we all endure of.

The inefficiency and the ineffectiveness of the ministry’s website are just the tips of the iceberg manifesting the underlying fiasco of our education system. The purpose of this article is to understand and analyse this fiasco from.

UNESCO found in its reports, only 83% of eligible elementary school pupils of India are enrolled in elementary schools in the year 2009.

But, for Manipur, it is 96%, according to a report, ‘Education Profile of Manipur’ based on Government of Manipur official data. It is a bit weird and absurd, this author himself visited some primary schools in Manipur during the month of November, and all he found was no pupil or a handful of pupils in every school he visited.

The Hindustan Times on 17 January, ran a head line “Fake admission brings down enrolments in Schools across India.” This report unearth scandalous, fake enrolment list of school pupils in government schools across the country. This author’s own eyes have verified this in Manipur.

According to Assessment Survey Research Centre Report (www.asercentre.org) 2009, in all India level, 69% of enrolment level in school takes place in government schools and 25% in private Schools. But it is just the opposite for Manipur. Manipuri’s enrolment in private school is 65% and in government school is 31%. The 2012 report from the same sources reveals –enrolment in government school has gone down from 31% of 2009 to 27% during the year 2011. It is plausible to think why!

At the same time the report says that there has been a surge in enrolment from 264019 pupils of 1991 to 285580 of 2001 and to 324096 of 2006, based on the Government of Manipur data. If this is to be believed, most of the enrolment are then happening in private schools.

The report, ‘Education Profile of Manipur’ added, “65% of the children who enrolled for class 1 never reach class V; 71% of them do not make it to class VIII”.

The Indian Express, in its 17 January print, a report goes the heading “Half of class 5 kids can’t read class 2 texts”. The Hindu says, “Class III students do not know simple mathematics of subtractions.”

Amid these facts, Manipur government claims that literacy rate of Manipur is 70%. Something amiss and contradictory indeed; it does not conjure away the flaws in the system.

This is can not be unique to other parts of India and exception to Manipur.

Is not it the time to re-define what literacy means? Crappy crabs needs to be churned out properly.

Let us assume for a minute, those pupils in 2001 were to write their class X exams in 2010. Then, only 34824 pupils matured to studentship out of the 285580 pupils of 2001. It tallied very well with the report that 71% of the pupils enrolled in primary schooling never make it to class VIII.

When it comes to the accountability, key stakeholders wash off their hands. Public scrutiny drive in this tiny state of 2.7 million people has been the epitome of the nation for years. There are host of student bodies, NGOs, activists and pressure groups doing this scrutiny and fighting for the rights to proper education in Manipur.

One will wonders why cracks are still not mended, despite so many policemen. Or is this the case of too many hawkish for this rate! Are they then a factor of impediment, rather then mitigating the ills, they compound the issues manifolds?

Teachers, they are happy campers, free salary for doing nothing. Black sheep outnumbered dark horses.

ASER 2011 says, 28% of enrolment in 2011 is with the government school and the figure could be safely presumed as about 100000. Assuming 1:20 is true for pupil teacher ratio, there could be around 5000 teachers.

According to a National Salary data, on an average, a government teacher gets Rs.156,880.00 per annum as salary. Other perks, allowances, peons, chawkidars and schools running overhead cost, together (say 50% of the teacher cost) this per pupil cost can go up to Rs200000.00 p.a. It means, per pupil cost of teaching is Rs.10000.00 which is way above the cost per pupil of private schools.(Assuming private school teachers gets on an average Rs.5000.p.m)

Johnny (name changed) from Khurai, Imphal, is an engineer by qualification but became a primary school teacher in Manipur. He said, “There is no student or very little students in my school of posting. For an ambitious person like me it is difficult to continue there, but I am paid, so I do go there for some hours every working day, sit there and come home”

Sonia (name changed) from Thoubal, a primary school teacher said, “There is no student to the school where I am posted at. So I don’t go to the school every day”

Anthony (name changed) from Chandel district says, “There is no student in the primary school of their locality. So the teachers don’t come there often. They pay some one to sign their attendant registers. This way many hill people are also get paid just to mind the attendance.”

When it comes to affordability and cost, government of Manipur is always at its knees.

Under the government of India plan, ‘Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan 2002’, all children are required to complete five years of primary schooling by 2007 and eight years of schooling by 2010. State has to contribute 10% of the total expenditure. But Manipur has been unable to pay this 10%, thus it is not authorised to use the balance 90% fully. Now, this ratio of expenditure sharing is going to go up from the IX and X plans onwards.

Another report says, Manipur still has many building less schools and teacher less schools. It is hard to digest to think of it in this 4th largest economy of the world, India.

According to IBEF report (www.ibef.org), 0.15% is the share of Manipur’s own all India Gross State Domestic Products. Foreign Direct Investment inflow to Manipur is just 0.05% of all India figure.

Scary enough, Manipur can not afford to teach its own children with its own money.

It shows how dependent we are to the government of India, even for our basic education right.

In the last five years from now, India’s education budget has increased from 152847 crore to 372813 crore, a jump of 244%. Out of this elementary education budget has increased from 7156 crore to 15000 crore. This is an increase of 210%.

Money is aplenty but the rider is- state has to contribute its own share as well. Education is a subject of state matter under Indian constitution. No doubt, salaries of schools teachers are paid every 3 to 4 months in Manipur.

Now matter how rich India grows, for Manipur unless every players in the education sector do not do a soul searching, Manipur will find it very difficult to come out of this black hole.
It may be through top-down or bottom-up approach or a mixture of the two, we have to find a solution to it.
Frederick The Great said: “An educated people can be easily governed.” Let us all understand this.

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Statehood day observed

Mail News Service Imphal, Jan 21: The 41st statehood day of Manipur was observed at the conference hall of Secretariat South Block today. Gracing the occasion as chief guest, the CM of Manipur Shri O. Ibobi said, Manipur became a full fledged state on January 21, 1972. The day as became an important day in […]

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Imphal, Jan 21: The 41st statehood day of Manipur was observed at the conference hall of Secretariat South Block today.
Gracing the occasion as chief guest, the CM of Manipur Shri O. Ibobi said, Manipur became a full fledged state on January 21, 1972. The day as became an important day in the history of Manipur.
Manipur was under British rule since 1891. After independence of India, India annexed the state on October 15, 1949. To aid Chief Commissioner, an odvisory council was formed in 1950-51 however it was represented by a council having 32 members who were elected in election on 1957.
But in 1972, Manipur has became a full fledged state.
We have to do other works based on other objective and responsibility, the CM also said and added that we should try to became the state a prosperous, civilized state.
Some officials both of civil and police also attended the function.

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Statehood day observed

Mail News Service Imphal, Jan 21: The 41st statehood day of Manipur was observed at the conference hall of Secretariat South Block today. Gracing the occasion as chief guest, the CM of Manipur Shri O. Ibobi said, Manipur became a full fledged state on January 21, 1972. The day as became an important day in […]

Mail News Service
Imphal, Jan 21: The 41st statehood day of Manipur was observed at the conference hall of Secretariat South Block today.
Gracing the occasion as chief guest, the CM of Manipur Shri O. Ibobi said, Manipur became a full fledged state on January 21, 1972. The day as became an important day in the history of Manipur.
Manipur was under British rule since 1891. After independence of India, India annexed the state on October 15, 1949. To aid Chief Commissioner, an odvisory council was formed in 1950-51 however it was represented by a council having 32 members who were elected in election on 1957.
But in 1972, Manipur has became a full fledged state.
We have to do other works based on other objective and responsibility, the CM also said and added that we should try to became the state a prosperous, civilized state.
Some officials both of civil and police also attended the function.

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/statehood-day-observed/

Students demand free and fair elections

Mail News Service Imphal, Jan 21: The students of DM college of science staged a sit in protest today at the premises of the college demanding free and fair election. The students demanded the ensuing tenth assembly election without any corruption. All the voters of the state are appealed not to sale their valuable votes […]

Mail News Service
Imphal, Jan 21: The students of DM college of science staged a sit in protest today at the premises of the college demanding free and fair election. The students demanded the ensuing tenth assembly election without any corruption. All the voters of the state are appealed not to sale their valuable votes with the money. We should choose our right representatives in the ensuing election. Our future lies in the hands of our representatives.

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/students-demand-free-and-fair-elections/

Students demand free and fair elections

Mail News Service Imphal, Jan 21: The students of DM college of science staged a sit in protest today at the premises of the college demanding free and fair election. The students demanded the ensuing tenth assembly election without any corruption. All the voters of the state are appealed not to sale their valuable votes […]

Mail News Service
Imphal, Jan 21: The students of DM college of science staged a sit in protest today at the premises of the college demanding free and fair election. The students demanded the ensuing tenth assembly election without any corruption. All the voters of the state are appealed not to sale their valuable votes with the money. We should choose our right representatives in the ensuing election. Our future lies in the hands of our representatives.

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/students-demand-free-and-fair-elections/

National Painting Competition on Water Conservation Organised

Mail News Service New Delhi, Jan 21: Union Minister of State for Water Resources and Minority Affairs Shri Vincent H. Pala presented the prizes to the winners of the second National Painting Competition organised by the Central Ground Water Board, Ministry of Water Resources at a function in New Delhi toady. The theme of the […]

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New Delhi, Jan 21: Union Minister of State for Water Resources and Minority Affairs Shri Vincent H. Pala presented the prizes to the winners of the second National Painting Competition organised by the Central Ground Water Board, Ministry of Water Resources at a function in New Delhi toady. The theme of the competition was “Role of Children in Water Conservation”.
Speaking on the occasion Shri Pala underlined the need to harvest the rainwater in view of limited availability of fresh ground water resources.
He said It is necessary that the young generation is fully aware about the water resource scenario of the country and understands the concerns and steps to mitigate the challenges in water resource management, in particular the water conservation efforts. He called for actively involving children in spreading of awareness on water conservation and efficient water use practices in the country.
The first prize at the competition was won by Disha Roy Choudhury of Siliguri, West Bengal. She was awarded cash prize of Rs. one lakh. There were four second prizes of Rs. 50,000/ each.
The winners included Bhavika Dugar of Coimbatore, A.Yokaran of Chennai, Yeerandip Debnath of Sealdah and Devjit Choudhury of Jamshedpur. The eight third prize winners with cash prize of Rs. 25,000/ each included Shreya Das of Faridabad, Kshitiz Rawat of Delhi, Sayani Das of Jamshedpur, A.Esha Rayal of Hyderabad, Shreeraksha of Mangalore, A.Priya Darsini of Coimbatore, Bhagyashree Kunwar of Mumbai and Imon Chetia Phukan of Guwahati. All the participating students were awarded Rs. 5000/ each as consolation prize and a certificate.
About sixteen lakh students of 4th, 5th & 6th standards from all over the country participated in the painting competition organised at different levels. In all 23,475 schools in 27 States and Union Territories participated. Out of these, 50 students selected in each State were invited to participate in the State Level Painting Competition organised on 14th November, 2011 except in Pudduchery and Goa where it was organised on 9th November, 2011.
The three winners of State Level Painting Competition were invited to Delhi to participate in National Painting Competition. 87 students participated at the National Level Painting Competition.

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/national-painting-competition-on-water-conservation-organised/

National Painting Competition on Water Conservation Organised

Mail News Service New Delhi, Jan 21: Union Minister of State for Water Resources and Minority Affairs Shri Vincent H. Pala presented the prizes to the winners of the second National Painting Competition organised by the Central Ground Water Board, Ministry of Water Resources at a function in New Delhi toady. The theme of the […]

Mail News Service
New Delhi, Jan 21: Union Minister of State for Water Resources and Minority Affairs Shri Vincent H. Pala presented the prizes to the winners of the second National Painting Competition organised by the Central Ground Water Board, Ministry of Water Resources at a function in New Delhi toady. The theme of the competition was “Role of Children in Water Conservation”.
Speaking on the occasion Shri Pala underlined the need to harvest the rainwater in view of limited availability of fresh ground water resources.
He said It is necessary that the young generation is fully aware about the water resource scenario of the country and understands the concerns and steps to mitigate the challenges in water resource management, in particular the water conservation efforts. He called for actively involving children in spreading of awareness on water conservation and efficient water use practices in the country.
The first prize at the competition was won by Disha Roy Choudhury of Siliguri, West Bengal. She was awarded cash prize of Rs. one lakh. There were four second prizes of Rs. 50,000/ each.
The winners included Bhavika Dugar of Coimbatore, A.Yokaran of Chennai, Yeerandip Debnath of Sealdah and Devjit Choudhury of Jamshedpur. The eight third prize winners with cash prize of Rs. 25,000/ each included Shreya Das of Faridabad, Kshitiz Rawat of Delhi, Sayani Das of Jamshedpur, A.Esha Rayal of Hyderabad, Shreeraksha of Mangalore, A.Priya Darsini of Coimbatore, Bhagyashree Kunwar of Mumbai and Imon Chetia Phukan of Guwahati. All the participating students were awarded Rs. 5000/ each as consolation prize and a certificate.
About sixteen lakh students of 4th, 5th & 6th standards from all over the country participated in the painting competition organised at different levels. In all 23,475 schools in 27 States and Union Territories participated. Out of these, 50 students selected in each State were invited to participate in the State Level Painting Competition organised on 14th November, 2011 except in Pudduchery and Goa where it was organised on 9th November, 2011.
The three winners of State Level Painting Competition were invited to Delhi to participate in National Painting Competition. 87 students participated at the National Level Painting Competition.

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/national-painting-competition-on-water-conservation-organised/

Resident Identity (Smart) Cards for AN

Mail News Service New Delhi, Jan 21: The Union Home Minister Shri P. Chidambaram, launched the first batch of Resident Identity Cards under the coastal National Population Register (NPR) project at Porthrapur village in South Andaman district of Andaman & Nicobar Islands today in the presence of Lt. Governor of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lt. […]

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New Delhi, Jan 21: The Union Home Minister Shri P. Chidambaram, launched the first batch of Resident Identity Cards under the coastal National Population Register (NPR) project at Porthrapur village in South Andaman district of Andaman & Nicobar Islands today in the presence of Lt. Governor of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lt. General Bhupender Singh. Smt. Bhulaxmi, a resident of Porthrapur, was the first recipient of the Resident Identity Card. The RIC, is a smart card having 64 KB micro processor chip. The National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, has finalized the visual layout of the card. It incorporates several physical security features like Guilloché patterns, hot stamped hologram and micro text etc.
Chief Secretary of Andaman & Nicobar Islands Shri Shakti Sinha, Registrar General & Census Commissioner India, Dr. C. Chandramouli, Deputy Director General (NPR), Shri S.K.Chakarabarti, Director of Census Operations ,Shri V. Abraham, Chairman & Managing Director of ECIL, Shri Y.S.Mayya and a host of other dignitaries from the Central Government and UT Administration were present on the occasion.
In Andaman & Nicobar Islands, 365 villages and the town of Port Blair have been covered under the coastal NPR project. A total of 3,88,398 persons have been covered. Of this, 2,82,885 persons above the age of 18 years would be issued identity cards.
The Government of India had decided to create a National Population Register (NPR) in the country. As a first step, the coastal NPR project was taken up in coastal areas of 9 maritime states (Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and West Bengal) and 4 UTs (Andaman & Nicobar, Puducherry, Lakshadweep and Daman & Diu) as one of the measures for strengthening the security of the coastline of the country. The demographic data collection of 1.2 crore persons and the biometrics of 75 lakh persons in the 3331 coastal villages under the coastal NPR project have been completed. At present, production of identity (smart) cards is underway. Till date, 5 lakh cards have already been produced.
The scheme envisages collection of specific items of information of each individual in the coastal areas and issue of Resident Identity (smart) cards (RIC) to all usual residents, who are of age 18 years and above. In all, 3331 coastal villages have been covered in the first phase of the project in these States/UTs. In Andaman & Nicobar Islands, besides villages, the town of Port Blair has also been covered. The approved cost of the scheme is Rs. 216.31 crore. The data collection for the project was done by house to house enumeration by Government officials who were assisted by data entry operators. The collected data was verified by the Government officials after publishing in the local areas and inviting claims and objections. The data was also subjected to biometric de-duplication. The production and personalization of the RIC cards have been undertaken through the CPSUs. They have setup state-of-the-art production and personalization facilities at secure premises for the coastal NPR project. The delivery of the RICs would be undertaken by India Post for secure delivery to the usual residents.

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/resident-identity-smart-cards-for-an/

Resident Identity (Smart) Cards for AN

Mail News Service New Delhi, Jan 21: The Union Home Minister Shri P. Chidambaram, launched the first batch of Resident Identity Cards under the coastal National Population Register (NPR) project at Porthrapur village in South Andaman district of Andaman & Nicobar Islands today in the presence of Lt. Governor of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lt. […]

Mail News Service
New Delhi, Jan 21: The Union Home Minister Shri P. Chidambaram, launched the first batch of Resident Identity Cards under the coastal National Population Register (NPR) project at Porthrapur village in South Andaman district of Andaman & Nicobar Islands today in the presence of Lt. Governor of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lt. General Bhupender Singh. Smt. Bhulaxmi, a resident of Porthrapur, was the first recipient of the Resident Identity Card. The RIC, is a smart card having 64 KB micro processor chip. The National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, has finalized the visual layout of the card. It incorporates several physical security features like Guilloché patterns, hot stamped hologram and micro text etc.
Chief Secretary of Andaman & Nicobar Islands Shri Shakti Sinha, Registrar General & Census Commissioner India, Dr. C. Chandramouli, Deputy Director General (NPR), Shri S.K.Chakarabarti, Director of Census Operations ,Shri V. Abraham, Chairman & Managing Director of ECIL, Shri Y.S.Mayya and a host of other dignitaries from the Central Government and UT Administration were present on the occasion.
In Andaman & Nicobar Islands, 365 villages and the town of Port Blair have been covered under the coastal NPR project. A total of 3,88,398 persons have been covered. Of this, 2,82,885 persons above the age of 18 years would be issued identity cards.
The Government of India had decided to create a National Population Register (NPR) in the country. As a first step, the coastal NPR project was taken up in coastal areas of 9 maritime states (Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and West Bengal) and 4 UTs (Andaman & Nicobar, Puducherry, Lakshadweep and Daman & Diu) as one of the measures for strengthening the security of the coastline of the country. The demographic data collection of 1.2 crore persons and the biometrics of 75 lakh persons in the 3331 coastal villages under the coastal NPR project have been completed. At present, production of identity (smart) cards is underway. Till date, 5 lakh cards have already been produced.
The scheme envisages collection of specific items of information of each individual in the coastal areas and issue of Resident Identity (smart) cards (RIC) to all usual residents, who are of age 18 years and above. In all, 3331 coastal villages have been covered in the first phase of the project in these States/UTs. In Andaman & Nicobar Islands, besides villages, the town of Port Blair has also been covered. The approved cost of the scheme is Rs. 216.31 crore. The data collection for the project was done by house to house enumeration by Government officials who were assisted by data entry operators. The collected data was verified by the Government officials after publishing in the local areas and inviting claims and objections. The data was also subjected to biometric de-duplication. The production and personalization of the RIC cards have been undertaken through the CPSUs. They have setup state-of-the-art production and personalization facilities at secure premises for the coastal NPR project. The delivery of the RICs would be undertaken by India Post for secure delivery to the usual residents.

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/resident-identity-smart-cards-for-an/

Territorial integrity should not figure during truce talks : MPP

Imphal, Jan 21 NNN: Manipur People’s Party (MPP) stalwart O. Joy Saturday reiterated that the territorial integrity of Manipur should not be ‘dragged’ into the ongoing Indo-Naga talks and no one should be allowed to mention it in the process. O. Joy stated this while speaking to journalists during a press conference at MPP office […]

Imphal, Jan 21 NNN: Manipur People’s Party (MPP) stalwart O. Joy Saturday reiterated that the territorial integrity of Manipur should not be ‘dragged’ into the ongoing Indo-Naga talks and no one should be allowed to mention it in the process.
O. Joy stated this while speaking to journalists during a press conference at MPP office here.
He said he has prepared to face a debate on the issue of territorial integrity of Manipur on the floor of the State Assembly with aspiring Naga People’s Front (NPF) legislatures, who are projecting themselves as representatives of Naga integration.
“Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio in his recent election rally in Tamenglong district had stated that NPF MLAs would bring up the Naga issue in the Manipur Legislative Assembly,” the MPP leader recollected.
Cautioning the people of Manipur on the issue of territorial integrity of the State, O Joy also warned the electors to ‘think twice’ while casting their votes in the coming January 28 general elections and asked the voters to aware about who will safeguard it.
O. Joy also expressed unhappiness over the rampant corruption, favoritism and nepotism that have practiced in the State where the people are facing armed conflict situation and political conflict too, warning the electorate to fully aware about who can solve such difficult problems.
“Protection of identity is also very, very important,” O. Joy said and described the current state of affairs in Manipur as “landless people waiting to grasp our land whenever opportunity comes.”
Meanwhile, the MPP held a reception function at the party office today to welcome its vice president Y. Mangi who had been in the entral jail here for over two months under NSA. Mangi was detained under the Act for possessing illegal arms belonging to a militant coutfit.
MPP president Dr Nimaichand Luwang asserted that Mangi’s release from jail after 68 days had proven his innocence, saying that his detention under National Security Act (NSA) was politically motivated act committed by his political rival.

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Territorial integrity should not figure during truce talks : MPP

Imphal, Jan 21 NNN: Manipur People’s Party (MPP) stalwart O. Joy Saturday reiterated that the territorial integrity of Manipur should not be ‘dragged’ into the ongoing Indo-Naga talks and no one should be allowed to mention it in the process. O. Joy stated this while speaking to journalists during a press conference at MPP office […]

Imphal, Jan 21 NNN: Manipur People’s Party (MPP) stalwart O. Joy Saturday reiterated that the territorial integrity of Manipur should not be ‘dragged’ into the ongoing Indo-Naga talks and no one should be allowed to mention it in the process.
O. Joy stated this while speaking to journalists during a press conference at MPP office here.
He said he has prepared to face a debate on the issue of territorial integrity of Manipur on the floor of the State Assembly with aspiring Naga People’s Front (NPF) legislatures, who are projecting themselves as representatives of Naga integration.
“Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio in his recent election rally in Tamenglong district had stated that NPF MLAs would bring up the Naga issue in the Manipur Legislative Assembly,” the MPP leader recollected.
Cautioning the people of Manipur on the issue of territorial integrity of the State, O Joy also warned the electors to ‘think twice’ while casting their votes in the coming January 28 general elections and asked the voters to aware about who will safeguard it.
O. Joy also expressed unhappiness over the rampant corruption, favoritism and nepotism that have practiced in the State where the people are facing armed conflict situation and political conflict too, warning the electorate to fully aware about who can solve such difficult problems.
“Protection of identity is also very, very important,” O. Joy said and described the current state of affairs in Manipur as “landless people waiting to grasp our land whenever opportunity comes.”
Meanwhile, the MPP held a reception function at the party office today to welcome its vice president Y. Mangi who had been in the entral jail here for over two months under NSA. Mangi was detained under the Act for possessing illegal arms belonging to a militant coutfit.
MPP president Dr Nimaichand Luwang asserted that Mangi’s release from jail after 68 days had proven his innocence, saying that his detention under National Security Act (NSA) was politically motivated act committed by his political rival.

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/territorial-integrity-should-not-figure-during-truce-talks-mpp/

NPF to play role in forming next govt in Manipur

Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on Saturday was at his expletive best against his counterpart Okram Ibobi Singh and expressed confidence that Naga People’s Front NPF would play a role in the formation of next government in Manipur Source Hueiy…

Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on Saturday was at his expletive best against his counterpart Okram Ibobi Singh and expressed confidence that Naga People’s Front NPF would play a role in the formation of next government in Manipur Source Hueiyen News Service

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DMC Sc students for free and fair poll

The students of DM College of Science, Imphal under the aegis of DMCSc Students’ Union held a sit in today inside the DMC Science campus in order to spread the message of free voting to the people in the ensuing assembly election Source The Sangai …

The students of DM College of Science, Imphal under the aegis of DMCSc Students’ Union held a sit in today inside the DMC Science campus in order to spread the message of free voting to the people in the ensuing assembly election Source The Sangai Express

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BJP releases its video album

In connection with its election campaign, the BJP has released its Ya Ya Ho Ya, a political satirical video play at the Manipur Pradesh BJP office here, ahead of polls to the 10th Manipur Assembly Source Hueiyen News Service

In connection with its election campaign, the BJP has released its Ya Ya Ho Ya, a political satirical video play at the Manipur Pradesh BJP office here, ahead of polls to the 10th Manipur Assembly Source Hueiyen News Service

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Guardians demand sufficient quantity of text books for 2012 academic session

The All Manipur Recognised Private Schools Welfare Association has asked the Board of Secondary Education Manipur BSEM to make text books for 2012 academic session available to students in sufficient quantity or make arrangements so that reference bo…

The All Manipur Recognised Private Schools Welfare Association has asked the Board of Secondary Education Manipur BSEM to make text books for 2012 academic session available to students in sufficient quantity or make arrangements so that reference books are studied in all schools uniformly Source The Sangai Express

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Todays tally Five bombs hurled, two explode

With the Manipur State Assembly Elections round the corner, bomb attacks on candidates and workers seem to gain momentum with yet another 5 bombs hurled out of which two exploded Source Hueiyen News Service

With the Manipur State Assembly Elections round the corner, bomb attacks on candidates and workers seem to gain momentum with yet another 5 bombs hurled out of which two exploded Source Hueiyen News Service

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Rape case to be taken to NCW Accused identified but not nabbed yet

Delhi Police are yet to nab the rapist of a 20 year old girl from Manipur even after claiming they have identified the culprit Source The Sangai Express

Delhi Police are yet to nab the rapist of a 20 year old girl from Manipur even after claiming they have identified the culprit Source The Sangai Express

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No 6th Pay, no vote Govt employees

Reiterating the demand for implementation of Revised Central 6th Pay Recommendations in toto, state government employees working under various sectors have jointly announced their decision to abstain from voting for ‘anti employees government’ Source…

Reiterating the demand for implementation of Revised Central 6th Pay Recommendations in toto, state government employees working under various sectors have jointly announced their decision to abstain from voting for ‘anti employees government’ Source Hueiyen News Service

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