Day: January 9, 2015

IMPHAL, Jan 9: Atleast 20 people including two children were injured in a bus accident which occurred at near YK College, Wangjing at around 3.30 pm today.

The bus bearing registration number MN-07-1503 which provides to and fro service from Imphal to Sugunu had a self accident while coming to Imphal.

The injured persons were taken to Thoubal District Hospital however three women were referred to RIMS as they have more serious injuries.

The police have registered a case in regard to the incident.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2015/01/20-people-injured-in-bus-accident/

JIRIBAM, January 9: President of BJP, Manipur Pradesh, Th. Chaoba has stated to the media that Jiribam will be converted into a full-fledged district if BJP wins the 2017 Assembly Election. He said this during the office inauguration of Bharatiya Janata Yuba Morcha (BJYM) at Kalinagar, Jiribam,

The inspection around the NH-37 Imphal-Jiribam was also taken part by President, Meinam Bharat, Sh. Shantikumar Sharma, General Secretary, Ashnikumar, Spokesperson , RK Shivadutta, Treasurer Robin Blacky, ex-Minister, Samuel Jendai, ex-Minister, A Biren Singh, MP Candidate, K Ranjan, Social Worker, E. Dipti Kumar and K. Sarat. Villagers of Noney, Kambiron and Phaituol welcomed H. Chaoba and villagers of Gularthol, Jiribam welcomed the ex-Minister, A. Biren Singh and a meeting was also held at the village.

President of BJP, Manipur Pradesh, Th. Chaoba has said that decision has been taken to strengthen Jiribam BJP Mandal and efforts are being taken up by the Jiribam Mandal to win the upcoming Municipality Election and Assembly Election. Works are also taken up at Tamenglong for the upcoming Council Election. He further said that the party will repeatedly appeal to turn NH 37 into a 4 lane road.

He further said that 10,000 forms have been submitted for members for the Jiribam Mandal and forms have been issued 3 times for the state. He added that by March 31, an accurate number of the form submission will be established. He also added that there is communication gap between Jiribam and him when he was the Chief Minister. He concluded by saying that Jiribam will be converted into a district if BJP makes government in the state.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2015/01/bjp-promises-district-status-for-jiribam-if-party-comes-to-power/

IMPHAL, January 9: The Zelianrong Youth Front, AMN, (ZYF) has held a public meeting on January 8 at Chingkham Kabui Village Community Hall, Imphal West District at 11:00 am.

According to a release of the Front, the meeting was necessitated following some persons led by Md. Ziao Rahaman son of Md. Habibur Rahaman of Turel Ahanbi, Md. Asharbali, son of (L) Mufizudin alias Tamfao of Karampat, Md. Faju Hafi, son of (L) Abu Haji of Turel Ahanbi and others intruded upon the peaceful existent of the villagers and dismantled a newly constructed house situated within the territory of the village land on December 22.

The public meeting strongly condemned the unlawful activities and decided to submit Memorandum to the Chief Minister of Manipur, the Deputy Chief/Home Minister of Manipur for immediate intervention into the matter and provide necessary protection and to ensure safety and security of lives and properties as deemed fit under the Constitution by the citizens of the country.

Another memorandum was also submitted to the Civil Judge (Senior Division) Thoubal to take up the matter/case at the earliest which has been pending in the Court of Civil Judge (Senior Division) Thoubal, in compliance of th Gauhati High Court, Imphal Bench which passed an order on July 11, 2014 directing the Civil Judged (Sr. Division) Thoubal to dispose of Original (Declaration) Suit No.12 of 2013 as early as possible preferably within one year from the date of communication of this order in order to avoid such incident in future.

The public meeting took serious note of the incident as the personnel of the Lilong Police Station led by its Officer-In- Charge miserably failed to enforce law and order despite their physical presence during the incident which is a clear testimonial of their bias attitude towards the people of Chingkham

Kabui village in particular and Nagas in general, it said.

The public meeting also decided that the State Govt. should compensate for the properties damaged and loss in incident as per the customary law of Zeliangrong as it was happened in the physical presence of the personnel of the Lilong Police Station. The Zeliangrong customary law states that pulling down/damaging/destroying/dismantling a house unlawfully amounts to committing murder. The incident would be considered as pre-meditated and pre-planned one with ulterior motive orchestrated by the State Govt. in case the State Govt. does not compensate for the properties damaged and loss.

The public meeting also strongly warned the perpetrators to stop such unlawful activities in order to maintain and uphold communal harmony and decided that repeat of such activities in future will not be

tolerated but only retaliated in befitting manner of which consequences should be borne by the State Govt. The Front also warned that the Zelianrong people in particular and the Nagas in general will not tolerate such unlawful activities, it said.

The meeting was attended by the President of the United Naga Council, the President of the Front (Assam, Manipur & Nagaland), Vice-President of the Zeliangrong Union (Assam, Manipur & Nagaland), the President of the Rongmei Luh Phuam (Assam, Manipur & Nagaland), the Joint Secretary of the Zeliangrong Baudi, Manipur, Chairmen and his Colleagues of the Zeliangrong Youth Front, Bishnupur Zone, Imphal East Zone, Nungba Zone, Imphal West Zone, the Vice-Chairman and his Colleagues of the Zeliangrong Youth Front, Sadar Hills Zone, the General Secretary and his Colleagues of the Zeliangrong Youth Front, Churachandpur Zone, the Chairman of the Zeliangrong Union, Imphal Zone, National Student`™s Union of India Imphal Unit representative, the President and his Colleagues of the AZACO, the Chairmen and Elders from different Zeliangrong Villages, Leaders from different Women`™s Organisations, Youths Club representatives etc.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2015/01/zyf-holds-emergency-public-meet-after-alleged-aggression-on-village/

THOUBAL, January 9: As a part of the agitations launched yesterday by the students union of Thoubal College and people settled on either side of the road leading to the College from the Thoubal College Lamkhai, lvehicular movement on the National Highway 2 (39) was disrupted today.

Students of the College and RUDA Academy, and Meira Paibis of Wangmataba came out at the National Highway at around 10.30 am and carried out the road blockade. The blockade caused disruptions to the vehicular traffic on NH-2. After a Police team led by DSP (Opps) Shankerdev talked with the agitators, normal vehicular traffic resumed at around 1.30 pm.

General Secretary of the Thoubal College Students Union, Rojit said that the third semester exam of BA/BSc/BCom conducted by Manipur University would be boycotted from the day after and if the government fails to give us an assurance of developing the road by January 15, the road blockade would resume the next day

Lamenting the non-development of the road which leads to a College which is more than 50 years old, a woman who took part in the agitations stated that the residents of the locality would support the agitations of the students.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2015/01/students-and-locals-disrupt-vehicular-movement-on-nh2/

IMPHAL, Jan 9: A press statement signed by Nonglen Meitei of the banned Maoist Communist Party, Manipur has said that the people of Manipur are suspicious that the BJP Manipur must have taken a huge amount of money from the `corrupt government` to keep mum regarding the Loktak scandal and demanded the BJP Manipur for a clarification regarding the issue.

After the Loktak scandal was exposed by Tehalka, a magazine based in Delhi, in 2010 the follow up actions taken up by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems very fishy, it said.

There is a strong suspicion that the leaders of the BJP Manipur must have taken a huge amount of money from `CM Ibobi and his family, who are the main accused in the said scandal`, to bring an end regarding the issue, Maoist said.

The then BJP national president Nitin Gadkari submitted a memorandum to the then President of India Pratibha Patel on February 17, 2011 charging corruption of above Rs 63,000 crore in the north east states, it further said.

In that memorandum, it was mentioned that Rs 5000 crore has been misused in the state of Manipur. The memorandum also expressed serious concern regarding the `Loktak lake multi crore scam` and urged the President to set up a special court and to handover the case to NIA and CBI to find out the culprits, it recounted.

Maoist in its statement also recounted others BJP leaders submitting memorandum to the concern authorities urging to take action regarding the issue including BJP Manipur president Th Chaoba.

Narendra Modi during his visit to Manipur for the MP election had also promised to bring out the truth regarding the Loktak issue, it said.

Now it has passed six months that the BJP is maintaining silence over the issue. Narendra Modi during his visit to Manipur to attend the Sangai Festival had not said a single word on the issue, it resented.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2015/01/why-keeping-mum-on-loktak-scam-maoist-to-bjp/

IMPHAL, January 9: The United People Front (UPF) Manipur today observed the Re-consolidation Day at Manipur College Auditorium at the CYCL, Chinga Mathak Pishum Ground commemorating the 181st death anniversary of Maharaj Gambhir Singh.

Senior citizen Dr Arambam Lokendro attended the function as chief guest, UPF president MB Yaima Shah as function president, All Manipur Working Journalists Union president Wangkhemcha Shamjai and Indigenous Minority Organisation Manipur president Khupler Kom as guests of honour.

Manipur University Professor N Joykumar spoke at the observation as resource person.

Speaking on the seven years devastation, the MU professor said the devastation is one of the most crucial and important period of Manipur.

Maharaj Garibniwaj was the strongest king of the land and he was known and respected far and wide in the neighbouring countries, Joykumar said.

However, following his death, his sons fought for the throne weakening the kingdom of which Burma took advantage, he continued.

Manipur was under Burma from 1819 to 1826, the period known as the seven year devastation during which many Manipuris were taken as slaves to Burma, he said.

At the time Manipur had become so weak that none of the kings tried to free the land from the clutches of Burma except for Maharaj Gambhir Singh and his brother Nar Singh who managed to defeat the army of Burma and reclaim the lost sovereignty with the help of the British, he said.

Soon after, Gambhir Singh was announced the King of Manipur, he said adding that as per records of the time, the population of the land had gone down to just 10 thousand.

The MU professor continued that main issue today is to bring about a united Manipur, which was the desire of Maharaj Gambhir Singh.

He said the Manipuris have no regards for each other which is the main cause for the crack in the unity and it is time to respect, regard and unite with one another.

We also have no work culture which has been exploited by the non-locals who have taken over all kinds of work in the State, he said.

The time has come for the people of the land to follow in the footsteps of the forefathers, he continued.

Khupler Kom seconded the need to unite and said it is time for all communities to become united and protect Manipur following in the footsteps of Maharaj Gambhir Singh.

Everyone is aware that some people are trying to break the State and it is time for the people to come together and defeat all such people, he continued.

Shamjai said the younger generation should learn from the history of the land.

He also spoke on the need for unity and urged all to do away with the thoughts of disintegrating the land.

Manipur is today an emerging market for Indian industries which are giving prominent opportunities to the outsiders, he observed.

The State capital is today filled with non-locals and the indigenous people seem to be vanishing, he continued.

The AMWJU president also called on all to fight the issue of drug abuse which has become rampant in the State today.

Meanwhile floral tributes were offered at the Samadhi of Maharaj Gambhir Singh at Langthabal Kunja.

The observation was also attended by representatives of various civil organisations, meira paibis, locals who later took out a mass torch rally starting from Langthabal and continuing to Manipur College and returning back.

The day was also observed at Nandapur Durga Mandir, Hojai organised by the Assam Pradesh Manipuri Association with the Apunba Meira Paibi Nagaon district committee.

The observation was attended by Apunba Meira Paibi Nagaon president Th Thoibi, APMA president Th Babukar, UCM president Y Nabachandra, MSP, Assam president U Kunjabihari, UCM organisation secretary Y Dhiren, UCM IPR secretary Ng Deva and UCM secretary accountant RK Mangisana as chief guest, president and guests of honour respectively.

Floral tributes were offered to a portrait of Maharaj Gambhir Singh during the observation.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2015/01/clarion-call-for-unity-sounded-at-reconsolidation-day-celebration/

IMPHAL, January 9: Candidates whose applications for the posts of Food Safety Officers were rejected by the Manipur Public Service Commission despite possessing `recognised qualification notified by the Union government` have demanded for the postponement of the examination for the same posts due on January 11 or either to allow them to appear in the examination.

Speaking to media person at a press conference at the Manipur Press Club today, Mutum Bhupendro, representative of the rejected candidates, said MPSC have rejected the applications of 100 candidates who learned about their applications having been rejected despite possessing `recognised qualification notified by the Union government` on December 31 when they visited the MPSC office to collect their admit cards under the condition that they don`™t meet the required educational qualifications.

However, it was notified twice on October 30 and November 29 last year that the minimum educational qualification for the posts was `a degree in food technology or a degree in diary technology or bio- technology or oil- technology or agriculture science or bio-chemistry or micro biology or master in chemistry or a degree in medicine from recognised university or any other equivalent or recognised qualification notified by Central Government`.

He further said that the authorities should explain as to their applications were rejected in spite of the MPSC notifications including the `recognised qualification notified by the Union government` among the eligible qualifications.

The concerned MPSC authorities have been approached but they couldn`™t give an answer. Instead they asked us to consult officials in the secretariat on the issue but the Secretariat officials also told us to consult the MPSC office, he said.

The authorities have only created confusion among the 100 students and instead of being able to provide appropriate answers they are also confused about this issue, he stressed.

He also added that a notification from the Secretariat on January 7 concerning the ineligible qualifications is reportedly being discussed by the Union Government on January 8 but any information or notification from the Union government is yet to be issued.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2015/01/rejected-applicants-want-examination-postponed/

IMPHAL, January 9: The Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee President, Gaikhangam has condoled deeply the sudden demise of former and 1st Chief Justice at the Gawahati High Court, RK. Manisana, 82 of Sega Road Leimajam Leikai on December 9.

According to a release of the committee, the death of RK. Manisana is a great lost for Manipur as he was dedicated in working hard for the development of the state. The committee also shared in the grief of the family members and prayed for the departed soul for its heavenly abode, it said.

Meanwhile members of the Manipuri Benevolent Society (MBS), Silchar in collaboration with All Assam Manipuri Students`™ Union (AAMSU) has offered heartfelt condolence on the death of the former Chief Justice of Guwahati High Court, RK Manisana at a function held at Manipuri Boys Hostel near SP Office today.

President of MBS and former Principal of Gurucharan College, Okram Churamoni Singh offered his heartfelt condolence and added that the former Chief Justice who had visited Manipuri Boys Hostel was not only a good justice but also a society lover. RK. Manisana had passed away on January 9 at Shija Hospital. He also served at various other organisations which included Chairman of the Assam Human Rights Commission and was also the Chairman of the NSA.

He also served as the chairman of the two wage board namely working journalists and non-journalist news paper and news agency employees, said the President of MBS.

Various members of both the organisation such as RK Gopalsana, Konsam Gulapi Singh, Secretary of MBS, IS Thingom Singh and President of AAMSU, Seram Herajit Singh offered their condolences to the departed soul. The members also observed a 1 minute silence for peace of the departed soul.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2015/01/dy-cm-others-condole-justice-rk-manisana/