Day: December 9, 2013

IMPHAL, December 9 (NNN): At the backdrop of Zeliangrong Youth Front (AMN) asking the people not to support the upcoming 10th State Level Orange Festival, an emergency meeting of several organizations of Longmai (Noney) area was held today and the participating organisations have thanked the state government, especially the Tamenglong district administration for choosing Longmai to be the venue for this year’s Orange Festival and pledged to participate the festival.

Longmai Area Village Authority Council, Rongmei Naga Council, Inpui Naga Union, Longmai Bazaar Board and other organizations in its joint meeting held here today at Longmai bazaar Board meeting resolved to extend full cooperation to the successful conduct of the festival, said a release by the Longmai Area Village Authority Council today.

While stating that it was due to the state government’s intervention that the orange trees were exhumed from fatal diseases that attacked the plants in the recent years the organizations praised the state government for organizing such festival to facilitate the growing and marketing of oranges in the district.

It also appealed to all organizations not to call any bandh, blockade or boycott but rather to extend cooperation for the smooth conduct of the festival in the larger interest of the public.

The Orange Festival 2013 is slated to be held on December 14 at Longmai village of Nungba , Tamenglong with the Governor Ashwani Kumar will be attending as the chief guest while several Manipur ministers will also be attending.

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UKHRUL, December 9: In a tragic road accident, a 32-year old passenger vehicle driver was killed when his vehicle lost control and swirled down a deep gorge along the Ukhrul-Kamjong route on Sunday evening last. The tragic incident left the only passenger of the vehicle with grievous injuries.

Family sources said that the accident occurred around 3:30 pm Sunday when the ill-fated Tata Winger, while coming from Imphal side, skidded and fell into a gorge at a spot nearby Sambui Village bus waiting shed which is about 5 kms off Kamjong sub division towards Ukhrul town.

The deceased has been identified as Chanreingam Kasar, 32, son of Ramsing Kasar of Chadong Village but presently residing at Phungreitang West in Ukhrul district headquarters.

According to sources, the Winger taxi bearing Regn No AS-07C-1352 belonging to the deceased driver normally ply in between Ukhrul town and Kamjong but on the fatefull day it was returning from Imphal after servicing and there was only one occupant who had boarded at Gamnuom, about 45 kms from Ukhrul district hqs.

On finding the driver in a critical condition down at the gorge soon after the accident, passers-by took him to a nearby Assam Rifles camp for treatment at around 3:30 pm but he succumbed to injuries at around 7:30 pm the same day.    The injured occupant is said to be the headman of Ningthi village and is still under treatment, added the source.

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IMPHAL, December 9: The Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee gracefully accept the verdict of the people and the defeat in the general elections of the four states. However, this is not the end and the party is not out, asserted Manipur deputy chief minister Gaikhangam.

The MPCC president was addressing media persons during the observation of the 67th birthday celebration of the All India Congress Committee president, Sonia Gandhi today at Congress Bhawan.

Replying to a query regarding the killing of the MPP vice president, Manisana Gaikhangam who also holds the Home portfolio replied that the police is doing its job and will soon book the culprits.

All involved will be punished according to the law, he asserted.

Gaikhangam also said that notwithstanding the loss in the four states, there is still a strong belief that the party will win majority in the upcoming Lok Sabha election.

The assembly election result in the four states is a small set back, however, every party faces ups and downs, he observed.

The MPCC has to introspect on what had gone wrong for the party in the four states, in order to strengthen the party in the state, he continued.

The representatives should honour the people’s verdict and not challenge it, he said.

Gaikhangam also greeted the public on behalf of MPCC on the 67th birthday of Sonia Gandhi.

Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh and other MPCC members also attended the observation.

In connection with the 67th birthday various items were distributed to BB Paul Mentally Handicapped Persons School, Mongsangei led by Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam.  

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IMPHAL, December 9: Encouraging unity and a healthy relationship among the people of the hills and valley of the state is the main objective of the United Committee Manipur, said Y Nabachandra, president, UCM.

He was speaking during a one day training programme on Rabi crops and distribution of Rabi crop seeds and inputs under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana, RKVY.

The seeds distributed today were supplied to the All Manipur Young Farmer Union, AMYFU by the district agriculture officer, Imphal East, department of Agriculture to be distributed to the Seijang people.

The programme was held today at Seijang Community Hall at around 11.30am.

Y Nabachandra attended as the chief guest, Kh Sarat, chairman Seijang Vegetable Group as the guest of honour with Dr Kh Nimai Singh, expert Plant Health Clinic, department of Agriculture and M Dinachandra Singh, subject matter specialist Horticulture KVK Central Agriculture University as resource persons.

Nabachandra said farmers could be more productive with the use of new technology and incorporating new ideas in their farming.

UCM has been working for long to bring development in the state and will also continue in the future, he said, before adding that the organisation is ready to extend help to any farmer in the future.

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IMPHAL, December 9: The People’s Revolutionary Front of Kangleipak (PREPAK) while expressing solidarity with those persons fighting for human rights by resisting various forms of challenges to their struggle has sent its warm greetings to the people in general and specially those residing in Kangleipak on the occasion of International Human Rights Day.

In a press release issued by assistant secretary publicity and propaganda, Leibakngakpa Luwang today, the proscribed outfit stated that human rights are the birth rights, and only when the society and government pay due regards and dispense the required duties the overall prosperity of the whole society and an everlasting policy can be ensured.

It stated that the revolutionary movements in United States of America (1776) and the French Revolution (1789) sowed the seeds for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10, 1948 in the aftermath of the Second World War. The international community declared its commitment to the inalienable rights and fundamental freedoms of all human beings and to building a world where all people are “born free and equal in dignity and rights’. The international community has reaffirmed its commitment to the realization of the cultural, social, economical and social rights for everyone, it stated while adding that though India is one of its signatory and incorporated its basic elements in the Constitution, it is very unfortunate for the world that the country cannot fully entrust the rights to its people including those residing in the frontiers.  

The democracy of India is good in papers but not practical and human rights of the people loving there have been usurped. The preamble of Indian Constitution is based on republican democracy but it does not actually function as a republic. The Part III and Part IV have not been fully realized and the Constitution of India is sufficient proof that the basic rights of the people have been violated, it stated.

The release added that under the draconian laws like AFSPA the rights of the people to live in WESEA region and Jammu-Kashmir have been transgressed. The Indian army has engaged in committing excesses against innocent people and carrying out genocide in this region. The cases of disappearance after arrest, violations of modesty of males and females and torture of the common people by the imperialist force have been witnessed.

The bench of Supreme Court Justice Avtabh Alam and Ranjana Prakash Desai had exposed the extrajudicial killings committed against innocent people in the name of staging war to suppress the freedom movement, it stated. The Human Rights Commission, India and Amnesty International, India has also exposed the cases of fake encounters.

The divide and rule policy among communities who had dwelled together for ages has opened the door for the conception of Alternative Arrangement and Statehood Demand. Despite the open secret that Indian government is trying to create wedge among the people, many groups among the hills and valley are still unaware of the secret agenda, it stated. The objectives of the people cannot be realized until a united policy is brought about after understanding and breaking down the secret agenda of the imperialist, the statement said.

It added that on the occasion of the International Human Rights Days, the path to achieve our desired goal for fulfillment of human rights can be achieved only though a united confrontation against the deceptive policies of the imperialist, it added.

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