Month: May 2015

IMPHAL, May 15: The skeletal remain of a person which was recovered from at bushy area near the office of Manipur Tribal Development Corporation located on the way between RIMS Complex and Minor Irrigation Department under Lamphel Police Station on May 12 has been identified by his family members to the Police.

The person has been identified as Md Riyaiuddin, 32, son of (L) Md Basiruddin, of Lilong Chingkham Makha Leikai.

The skeletal remain of the decease has been handed over to his family after a post mortem examination at RIMS morgue.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2015/05/recovered-skeletal-remain-identified/

IMPHAL, May 15: The Saikul Area Naga People`™s Organisation (SANPO) has vehemently condemned the brutal killing of the two persons, Moirangthem Dayananda of Patsoi-III and Maibam Premananda of Haorang Keirel and also brutally assaulting a young boy, Konthoujam Bishal of Haobam Marak on May 10.

According to a release of SANPO, the organisation viewed the act of killing innocent persons and a assault on students seriously and such act should be condemned by every right thinking citizens.

The organisation appealed to all organisations not to commit such unwanted activities in future so that peace and tranquility can prevail amongst all the communities. It also share in the sorrow and agony of the bereaved families and also pray to the Almighty God for speedy recovery of K. Bishal, it said.

The Aam Aadmi Party, Manipur has strongly condemned the killing of the two labourers and burying the bodies at the KRF campus and brutally assaulting the young boy by the militant group.

A press release of the party, it condoled the death of a person who died on the way to the hospital due to injuries sustained from assault by unknown assailants at Haorang Keirel Khaidem Palli Loukol and the three persons currently undergoing treatment at RIMS hospital.

The party appealed to the citizens of Manipur to refrain from organising communal riots. It also appealed to the government to take up measures to control the situation so that labourers and students do not face any problems, it said.

The CAF and PD Labourers`™ Welfare Association has also strongly condemned the Haorang Keirel incident.

A press release of the association has said that the such incident caused by a militant group under SoO only proved that the government is incompetent.

The association will support any form of agitations taken up by the JAC if justice is not met out to the culprits within the allocated time period given by the JAC. The association also share the grief of the bereaved families, it said.

The All Manipur Meitei Christian Forum has also strongly condemned the killing of the two labourers and assault on a school boy by some the KRF group who is on SoO with the Centre and Manipur Government.

A press release of the Forum has said that it deemed the burning of a Meitei Christian Church at Patsoi by supporters of the JAC of the two labourers who were killed to be unfortunate. The forum also condemned the killing of the driver of Shaktiman truck and brutally assaulting three other passengers of the truck by the protestors.

It has appealed to all civil society organisations, women organisations, student organisations and community leaders to help in controlling the situation, it said.

Furthermore, destruction of religious sites is an act of uncivilisation. It appealesd to the concerned authority to look into the matter. The forum also appealed to the Centre and State Government to carefully monitor cadres of SoO militant groups so as to prevent any incidents, it said.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2015/05/-killing-of-innocents-condemned-by-many-manipur-civil-organisations/

IMPHAL, May 15: Irom Chanu Sharmila will be produced before the Patiala House Court in New Delhi on June 5 and 6.

It may be mentioned here that it has been over 14 years now that Sharmila is on hunger strike demanding repeal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958 from Manipur.

Sharmila is planning to leave Imphal for New Delhi on June 4 for her physical appearance in the Court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate on June 5 and 6.

The State Home Department has already sanctioned Rs 1.40 lakhs needed for her trip to New Delhi.

Health Services, Manipur has also granted medical fitness certificate for her physical appearance at the court.

A team which include doctors, nurses, police personnel and jail staffs will take Sharmila to New Delhi.

She is going to appear before the court regarding a case (FIR No 222/06 u/s 309 IPC) registered against her at Parliament Street Police Station by Delhi Police for staging a protest demonstration at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi in 2006 demanding repeal of AFSPA.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2015/05/sharmila-to-leave-imphal-for-new-delhi-on-june-4/

THOUBAL, May 15: The Apex Kuki Civil bodies of Chandel District has vehemently condemned the incident of Sehao Village in which some armed cadres of KNLF brutally assaulted the innocent Villagers of Sehao including the Village Chief and labourers who were engaged in construction of Inter Village Road recently and blamed the Government for the incident.

In a joint press statement, the Kuki Chiefs`™ Association (KCA) Chandel, Kuki Peoples`™ Forum (KPF) Chandel, Kuki Women for Human Rights (KWHR) Chandel, Kuki Students`™ Organisation (KSO) Chandel and Thadou Students`™ Association (TSA) Chandel jointly said that the civil bodies vehemently condemned the unwanted incident of Sehao Village in which a particularly UG group brutally beaten up the Villagers of Sehao including its Village Chief and some labourers who were engaged in construction of PMGSY Road recently.

The present chaos and suffering of the people of Khengjoy area is a result of high handedness on the part of the Government. Therefore, the concern authority of the Government should held responsible for the unwanted incident, alleged the civil bodies.

The joint statement further stated that to avoid such unwanted incident of kidnapping and torturing of innocent villagers, the Kuki Civil Organisations of Chandel District have appealed and submitted several memoranda to the concern authority of Government in the past for not accommodating two warring armed outfits within the same region.

However, the concern authority of the Government accommodated a particular armed outfit near a designated camp of another despite of all the memoranda and appeals of the Civil Organisations, stated the joint statement.

While sharing the pain and hardship faced by the people of Khengjoy Area particularly the Sehao Villagers, the Civil bodies also appealed the concern authority including the State Home Department and Ministry of Home Affairs to bring permanent solution at the earliest and bring back normalcy in Khengjoy area so that the people of the area can settle peacefully.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2015/05/chandel-kuki-bodies-flay-attack-on-sehao-village-by-knlf/

IMPHAL, May 15: The director Sericulture, Waikhom Ibohal, said its projects in the four valley districts have met with encouraging success, and warned that if any of his staff is found involve in collecting money from prospective beneficiaries, he will be punished.

Addressing a press meet at the directorate, Sangaipat today, Ibohal said that after the MSP phase 1 failure in Manipur which was funded from Japan, new scheme of Sericulture funded from North East Region Textile Promotion Scheme through Central Silk Bad of Ministry of Textile is now making headway successfully.

The scheme is implemented in four valley districts of Manipur for year 2014-15 successfully he said.

All together 500 farmer beneficiaries have received 70% of sanction funds till today said Ibohal.

Even Minister of Sericulture has been conducting and inspecting the fields in every district frequently, to make sure the scheme are on target, he said.

Unfortunately, a rumoured has been spread to that some sericulture staff has been involved in collecting money and promising selection to prospective beneficiaries for the year 2015-16.

Our staffs are conducting survey for selecting genuine farmers who love sericulture to avail of the projects, he said. Even the district level applications are being screened by a committee he said.

He further appealed to farmer of sericulture not to believe in any such rumours

If any farmer has complaints to make or any problem to consult, he should contact or complain to the Director Sericulture, he said.

We have 500 beneficiaries for 2014-15 in four districts. Of these 50 are in Imphal West, 150 in Imphal East, 200 in Thoubal, and 100 in Bishnupur District he said.

In the second phase all four district will double their beneficiaries, he said.

He further said that Integrated Sericulture Development Project (ISDP) for five Hill districts which is going to be implement from NERTPS through NEC funding will be launched very soon.

The department has decided to implements Mulberry projects in Ukhrul and Churachandpur and in the there will be Iri projects, said Director.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2015/05/seri-director-issues-warning-to-staff-not-to-take-bribe/