March 23, 2014 – Page 2

Court clears PLA cadre in IPS officer killing case

After nearly 25 years the name of a PLA cadre has been cleared by a Court in Imphal in the IPS officer killing case Source The Sangai Express Newmai News Network

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Four ZRF men nabbed

Based on specific information received regarding presence of some UG elements, a commando unit of District Police Imphal West led by K Meghachandra Singh, Addl SP Ops Imphal West along with women police conducted search operation at National Games Village, Zone II and arrested four active members of Zomi Revolutionary Front ZRF , a constituent member of Kuki National Organization KNO including its Commander in Chief namely Songlianlal Hangsing 52 alias Lalpu s o Pumzanang Hangsing of St Peter School Zone II, Game Village in Langol on March 22, according to a press release issued by SP NAB, Manipur cum PRO, Police Department Source Hueiyen News Service

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Vigilante group

A social vigilante group named Anjuman Islahi Muahsharah, Kwakta has been set up with the primary objective of checking anti social activities and violation of Islamic laws Source The Sangai Express

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Gaikhangam blows trumpet of Cong success

MPCC president and Deputy Chief Minister of Manipur Gaikhangam on Sunday said the Congress would sweep the the upcoming Parliamentary election in the State, and dubbed all other parties as ‘desperate’ organisations Source Hueiyen News Service

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Nephiu Rio among 40 star campaigners in Manipur

Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio and hordes of Nagaland Ministers and MLAs are all set to canvass in Manipur for the Naga People’s Front NPF candidate Soso Lorho for the Outer Manipur Parliamentary seat Source The Sangai Express Newmai News N…

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7 parties endorse NCP Outer candidate

Seven political parties of the Left and Secular Alliance LSA have decided to support the NCP’s Outer Manipur candidate C Doungel in the ensuing Lok Sabha election Source Hueiyen News Service

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UGs held, ‘guitar’ seized

Four activists of the armed Zomi Revolutionary Front ZRF , including its commander in chief, have reportedly been arrested by the police during a search operation conducted on March 22 at National Games Village, Zone II and a pistol, concealed inside …

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PLA man cleared of charges in IPS officer killing case

After nearly 25 years, a PLA cadre has been cleared of the charges leveled against him by a court here in connection with killing of an IPS officer, in a case dating back to 1989 Source Hueiyen News Service Newmai News Network

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Japanese envoy attends Battle of Imphal anniversary

The 70th anniversary of the Battle of Imphal was opened today at MFDC auditorium in commemoration of the three months’ long Imphal theatre of the World War II Source The Sangai Express

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Youth interaction prog held

A one day Youth Interaction cum Cultural Exchange Programme was held today at the premises of Industrial Students’ Association, Khurai Kongpal Laididen Imphal with participation of around 100 youths belonging to different communities of Manipur Sourc…

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Legal Courts in all districts assured

Acknowledging inconve niences endured by people from remote and hill district areas in accessing legal services, Acting chief Justice of Manipur High Court Justice Laxmi Kanta Mohapatra said along with making the Sessions Judge functional in Thoubal and Churachandpur districts from April or May, courts of district and sessions judge as well as the chief Judicial Magistrates would be established in all the districts at the earliest possible Source The Sangai Express

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Every district to have a court

Acting Chief Justice of Manipur High Court Laxmikanta Mohapatra has said that every district of the State would have a court within few years Source Hueiyen News Service

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Chargesheets likely soon

Thoubal Police and Kakching Police are likely to file charge sheets for the murder cases of Takhellambam O Binita and Sapam N Ichal shortly Source The Sangai Express

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Khongjom Parva workshop ends

The month long workshop cum demonstration on Khongjom Parva organized by Meidingngu Khagemba Nupi Shumang Leela Marup, Heirangoithong Maibam Leikai under the sponsorship of Ministry of Culture, Government of India concluded at Iboyaima Shumang Leela Sh…

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Fact file

Finance Minister of India br In office 1 July 2002 2004 br Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee br Preceded by Yashwant Sinha br Succeeded by P Chidambaram Source The Sangai Express Agencies

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AR recovers wildlife products

Discovering transportation of banned wildlife products on NH 102, troops of 24 Assam Rifles of 26 Sector AR under the aegis of HQ IGAR South apprehended two smugglers alongwith banned wildlife products on 21 Mar 2014 Source Hueiyen News Service

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Manipur cop caught stealing bikes in city – Times of India

Manipur cop caught stealing bikes in cityTimes of IndiaNEW DELHI: It was a secret mission that brought Mohammed Fakruddin, a special commando in Manipur police, to the capital on a week's holiday. It would have remained a secret but for the Delhi P…

Manipur cop caught stealing bikes in city
Times of India
NEW DELHI: It was a secret mission that brought Mohammed Fakruddin, a special commando in Manipur police, to the capital on a week's holiday. It would have remained a secret but for the Delhi Police which found out what the mission was — stealing high …

4 millionaires in fray in outer ST seat in Manipur – Nagaland Post

4 millionaires in fray in outer ST seat in ManipurNagaland PostFour of the 10 politicians who were in the fray in the Outer Manipur Parliamentary (Reserved) Constituency were millionaires as per the affidavits they submitted at the time of filing their…

4 millionaires in fray in outer ST seat in Manipur
Nagaland Post
Four of the 10 politicians who were in the fray in the Outer Manipur Parliamentary (Reserved) Constituency were millionaires as per the affidavits they submitted at the time of filing their nomination papers. As per the affidavits, 76-year-old …
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Body formed to check intoxicant abuse in Kwakta

BISHNUPUR, March 23: Following a series of meetings convened since March 2, 2014 at Kwakta bazar, the Municipal Council, Kwakta Youth Association and Jamiatul Ulana Hind Bishnupur district have formed an apex body Anjumani En Islami Muashirah with the main objective to ban abusing and selling of intoxicants in the Kwakta area.

The newly formed body will also check the increasing crime rate, gambling, robbery, crime against women and children in the Kwakta area.

President of the newly formed body, Moulana Islahudding Qasmi asserted Kwakta has today become a business centre for drugs and intoxicants.

People coming from Loktak Project, Ningthoukhong, Moirang, Churachandpur and others are seen lining up in open queues to buy drugs and other intoxicants in Kwakta, he observed.

He said various intoxicants especially cough syrups, SP tablets, heroin/no 4, Kani are sold in the area.

Further condemning all kinds of vice committed in the area, he said women of all communities including Tribal, Muslim and Meiteis from other villages come and stealthily stay overnight in the area. He identified the places as Thangjing Road, Tera Khongshangbi and bazar areas.

The president further lamented that due to all these, people from 14 to 40 years old have become addicted to intoxicants in Kwakta and the rate of students going for higher studies after their class X have come down.

127 students passed their Class X exam in 2011-12, 135 in 2012-13, and in 2013-14, 178 students had appeared for the exam and there is an apprehension among the local populace as to how many will pass the exam, he said elaborating on the effects of the unwarranted activities in the locality.

Considering all these issues, the public of the area has been force to come out in unison against the drug culture, he observed.

Indisposed MPP

Manipur Peoples’ Party which is the oldest regional political party of the state has found a new love – the Bharatiya Janata Party. The party has decided to give unalloyed

Manipur Peoples’ Party which is the oldest regional political party of the state has found a new love – the Bharatiya Janata Party. The party has decided to give unalloyed support to BJP in the upcoming Parliamentary election of the state. MPP took birth at a time when regional politics was gaining momentum in the southern states of India. Political party like the DMK was formed in 1967. MPP was formed in the subsequent year. A dissident group from the Indian National Congress led by Yumnam Yaima and Salam Tombi with other members formed the party. Was the party firmly grounded on regionalist line at the time of its formation while regional politics was sharpening up in the south Indian states? Or was it an outcome of power tussle within the Indian National Congress which paved way for the dissident group to form another political party riding on the regional sentiment? There might also be other factors which could have shaped the political move. So a tangible answer to the above questions will have its pitfalls as political formations are a mixture of complex game plans and shrouded aspirations. The decision of the party to support BJP in the Lok Sabha election perhaps gives hindsight as far as its ‘regionalist’ commitment is concern. Explaining the party’s stand to support BJP, the president has reaffirmed the party’s love for Manipur and safeguarding the territorial integrity of the state as their priority. Beyond doubt, ‘safeguarding territorial integrity’ is a catchphrase which every single political party would print in their manifestos; the same words would be heard repetitively in the campaigns. BJP leader P.V. Acharya was quick in embracing the words of MPP president into the larger national fold of his party. That his party BJP is committed in nation building, the issue of protecting the territorial integrity of the state is part of the national agenda. Well said. Political party like the BJP is philosophically committed to an Akhand Bharat (greater India), which does not endorse regionalism. They see it as a diversion from the national building project. A pan Indian Hindu Rashtra is their ideological bedrock. A regional political party like the MPP which once had held power in the state, on the other hand, is in a state of bedlam. This is evident with the change in their leadership, their shifting of affiliation from one party to another. Th. Chaoba, the current state BJP president, other important figures like H. Bhubon Singh, though politically inactive now, and L. Jatra have been prominent faces of MPP. All of them have shifted their allegiance to BJP. O. Joy being the last to decamp has not yet announced his affiliation with any party. RK. Anand and Ng. Bijoy are the two other heavyweights who have left MPP to join the Congress. It seems the regionalist agenda of the MPP is just a garb to accomplish personal political aspiration. Those who have decamped the party have apparently realise that it is no longer pragmatic to stick to a regionalist political vision. Or in simple words, the easiest way to become MLA or minister is to join a party, whatever may be its ideology: the party should be able to give ample patronage for self-gratification. With the anti-incumbency factor looming large in the national politics, the MPP hopes to draw political lifeblood by supporting BJP. We hope the party is not committing a political hara-kiri. The party had managed to win eighteen seats in Assembly election during the 90s. We might not hear of them like the Federal Party of Manipur, anymore.

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