Memo pitches for action against corrupt Vety officials

IMPHAL, November 26: Urging to take up befitting action against tainted officials of Veterinary & Animal Husbandry Department by forming a high-powered committee, a woman claiming to be a public

IMPHAL, November 26: Urging to take up befitting action against tainted officials of Veterinary & Animal Husbandry Department by forming a high-powered committee, a woman claiming to be a public from Lilong Haoreibi has submitted a memorandum to the Governor today.

The woman is identified as S Bino Devi. A copy of the memorandum was also submitted each to the Chief Minister and Chief Secretary.

In the memorandum, the woman alleged irregular maintenance of cash book by DD0/HOO of the Directorate, mis-utilization of fund amounting to Rs 50.14 lakh and misappropriation of fund Rs 136.72 lakh occurred due to no-distribution of procured vaccines, medicines and appliances vaccines and medicines to the Veterinary institutions and illegal transferring of fund Rs 47.32 lakh electronically to the personal account of Deputy Director (Statistics) of the Vety Directorate.

It also alleged payment of salary/pension with higher scale of Grade-III Dy Director/equivalent to six demoted/degraded officers, granting of ACP scheme to 170 employees of Vety Department with the help of non-existing memorandum of PIC, issuing promotion orders of seven Veterinary Officers to the post of Grade-II without the MPSC concurrence, forwarding of necessary pension paper for a retired Veterinary Officer without proper verification and unauthorized collection of the review DPC held by Dr S Joute, the then Director of Veterinary & Animal Husbandry Department and another two MPSC concurrence letters by Dr Ch Nandakishor Singh, Very Officer.

It may be mentioned here that the petitioner had already submitted a memorandum to the Governor on November 2 last urging to crack down against corrupt officials of the Directorate.

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Drive conducted inside Sangai festival to check child labour

IMPHAL, Nov 26: The Department of Labour in collaboration with the Manipur Commission for Protection of Child Rights (MCPCR) and Manipur Alliance for Child Rights (MACR) today conducted a drive

IMPHAL, Nov 26: The Department of Labour in collaboration with the Manipur Commission for Protection of Child Rights (MCPCR) and Manipur Alliance for Child Rights (MACR) today conducted a drive at the food stall chains inside the Sangai Festival venue to check use of chid.

During the drive the joint team detected three minors ranging from 10 to 12 years of age being engaging in servicing work from a food stalls number F-19.

Speaking to media persons, Deputy Commissioner of Labour Department, Elangbam Tomba Singh, said that the department cannot take immediate action as it is a legal matter. However, an investigation would be carried out to ascertain whether the three minor kids were used as child labour, he asserted.

The deputy commissioner assured that the owner of the food stall will be punished as per the law if found guilty.

He further appealed the public not to engage minors as child labour.

The drive led by the deputy commissioner was also accompanied by the MCPCR chairperson- Sarat Sharma, MACR convenor-Montu Ahanthem, and other officials of the labour department.

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O When May it Suffice

Manipur’s cup of woe has never been empty. While it is unlikely any place in the world has not had their shares of misfortunes, Manipur’s chain of tragedies never seems

Manipur’s cup of woe has never been empty. While it is unlikely any place in the world has not had their shares of misfortunes, Manipur’s chain of tragedies never seems to end. Not only this, it does not seem it will end any time soon too either. It is difficult to imagine what those who lose loved ones to unnatural death must have gone through, and must be going through, and it is suffocating to imagine that these losses are unlikely be the last. But first, this invocation cannot but recall the nine youth whose bodies still lay in the ill-equipped Churachandpur District Hospital mortuary. We have no desire to comment or be judgmental of the politics that led to this tragedy, but all the same wish the near and dear ones of the nine the strength to live through what must certainly be an endless nightmare. This beleaguered land has lost so many, to pandemics such as AIDS, and to its myriad enduring soul-tearing conflicts. Often, sitting alone in solemn contemplation of Manipur’s long list of tragedies, it is difficult not to be visited by the haunting lines of Irish poet, William Butler Yeats, hanging desperately on to hope in a time of overwhelming despair and sorrow, “O When May it Suffice”.

Manipur today has far too many things to mourn, overshadowing its occasions for celebration. There is not a day that passes without somebody or the other getting killed violently, either in fratricidal killings or else in the protracted war between government forces and insurgent fighters waging a liberation war. If the tumultuous winds of rebellion fostered by certain ruptures in the smooth flow of history had not swept them away, many generations of men and women probably would be still living amongst us and become eminent respectable citizens, as eminent and respectable as many who occupy the top strata of the society today. But this was never to be. Come to think of it, the storm of this war having spanned over many decades, practically all of us would have known many of them, some brilliant peers who may have won fame and fortune, others merely ordinary nondescript acquaintances in the neighbourhood, suddenly transformed into heroes and martyrs by the winds of the times.

Yeats’s song is of such a sense of void he felt remembering the “martyrs” of his native Ireland who he had known in person, and could have been still with him had it not been for those “martyr moments”. In his celebrated Easter 1916, he looks back to that year when government troops swooped down on the brewing Irish Republican Army rebellion in Dublin, and executed many of the movement’s pioneers. “A terrible beauty is born” he exclaims in the poem, recalling the combine of horror, awe and disbelief he had felt at the time. Ordinary men and women, in ordinary professions, whom “I have met them at the close of day, /Coming with vivid faces, /From counter or desk among grey, /Eighteenth-century houses.” Familiar acquaintances on the streets whom “I have passed with a nod of the head, /Or polite meaningless words, /Or have lingered awhile and said, /Polite meaningless words”. In that September of 1916 everything transformed all of a sudden “All changed, changed utterly: /A terrible beauty is born.” There were also those he envied and did not like very much. “He had done most bitter wrong, /To some who are near my heart, /Yet I number him in the song; /He, too, has resigned his part, /In the casual comedy; /He, too, has been changed in his turn, /Transformed utterly: /A terrible beauty is born.” Yeats also sensed the tragedy that all the spiralling and increasingly senseless violence can bring, and this foreknowledge made his soul burn: “Too long a sacrifice, /Can make a stone of the heart. /O when may it suffice? /That is Heaven’s part, our part, /To murmur name upon name, /As a mother names her child, /When sleep at last has come, /On limbs that had run wild. /What is it but nightfall? /No, no, not night but death; /Was it needless death after all?”

Nearly a century after Yeats went through his soul scorching self-questioning, many of us in Manipur are still left to go through similar soul searches and ask, “O when may it suffice?” wishing to remind those around us that “too long a sacrifice, can make a stone of the heart.” The tears of sorrow that swell can blur vision as we watch the world move on – even our own government contract chasing, easy unearned money loving, little world – unmindful of all the sacrifices and martyrdoms. The haunting forbidden question that shapes up within often is: “Was it needless death after all?”

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CM launches ‘Make in Manipur’ campaign, envisages more job generation – KanglaOnline


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Equip youself to fight AFPSA, says Manipur varsity VC – Nagaland Post

Equip youself to fight AFPSA, says Manipur varsity VCNagaland PostVice-Chancellor of Manipur University H NK Sharma Thursday advised students, scholars and younger generations of today to study the technical and legal provisions given by the Constituti…

Equip youself to fight AFPSA, says Manipur varsity VC
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Smoke signals: how to read the BJP win in Manipur. And why it matters – Catch News

Catch NewsSmoke signals: how to read the BJP win in Manipur. And why it mattersCatch NewsThe BJP office in Imphal broke out in celebration on 24 November as news came that the party had won two seats in the Manipur bypolls. The jubilation was understan…


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The BJP office in Imphal broke out in celebration on 24 November as news came that the party had won two seats in the Manipur bypolls. The jubilation was understandable. The BJP is back in the assembly for the first time since 2002, Kh Joykishan Singh …
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CM launches ‘Make in Manipur’ campaign, envisages more job generation

IMPHAL, November 26: Rendering white collar job to all the unemployed youths of the State is next to impossible but the inculcation of private entrepreneurship will help in boosting economy

CM Ibobi lighting the inaugural lamp of the ‘Make in Manipur’ for Employment Generation at City Convention Centre. IFP Photo.

CM Ibobi lighting the inaugural lamp of the ‘Make in Manipur’ for Employment Generation at City Convention Centre. IFP Photo.

IMPHAL, November 26: Rendering white collar job to all the unemployed youths of the State is next to impossible but the inculcation of private entrepreneurship will help in boosting economy of the State, observed Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh.

He was speaking as chief guest of the launching ceremony of ‘Make in Manipur’ for Employment Generation at City Convention Centre, Palace Compound today.

Ibobi said that it is a headache for every government department to create jobs to meet the unemployment problem.

The Spinning Mill at Khabeisoi, Bamboo Chipping Mill at Jiribam, Sugar Mill at Kabowakching and MSRTC undertaken by the government failed miserably due to unfeasible loops, the CM admitted.

Exuding confidence that ‘Make in Manipur’ campaign will facilitate generation of employment mainly in the manufacturing sector for the youths who are struggling for livelihood, he asserted that availability of raw material alone will not enhance supply of finished products but proper industrial infrastructure and manpower may serve well.

There will be economy stability in the State only when youths acquire determination of work. However, law and order status of the State needs to improve as there had been instances where foreign investors had to discontinue funding due to the worsening law and order situation, Ibobi maintained.

Though the cost of Loktak Downstream Project was estimated at Rs 63 crore, the project was forced to discontinue owing to abduction of one of its engineers by underground outfits for ransom, he said. The estimated cost of the ambitious project has now reached Rs 1600 crores, he revealed.

Ibobi lauded Commerce & Industries minister Govindas Konthoujam for coming up with initiatives to continue sericulture projects though it was discontinued due to the deteriorating law and order situation despite the JICA providing the first phase funds.

Growth and development will come if the State can maintain peace and refrain from imposing bandhs and blockades, the CM said urging the people to take full advantage of the ‘Make in Manipur’ campaign.

During the function, Head of State Bank of India, Urban Bank of India and Manipur Rural Bank were facilitated for their co-operation in lending ‘Term Loans’ to the local entrepreneurs.

Delivering key note address, Chief Secretary O Nabakishore Singh stated that like Make in India, Make in Manipur with the initiative of Chief Minister was launched solely to generate employment in the State.

He asserted that Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry sectors can be boosted further like that of service sector which contributes maximum to economy of the State.

The Chief Secretary mentioned that Manipur contributes 4.7 percent of the entire State GDP and 16 percent as nation-wide.

He said that the Central Government has marked to achieve 25 percent target to contribute in total GDP from the manufacturing sector.

Industrialization in the State will be boosted with the availability of 24×7 power supply from early 2016, he said.

Regretting that there is a lack of entrepreneurs in the State with fear of business risk, he mentioned that manufacture sector has more risks as it requires heavy investment for infrastructure and machineries.

Commerce & Industries and Sericulture Minister Govindas Konthoujam as chief host of the function hoped that the ‘Make in Manipur’ campaign will prove success with support from departments like Forest, Animal Husbandry, Sericulture, Fishery and others.

He announced that Fragrance & Flavour Development Centre (FFDC) will start business in the State soon using the State soil.

For this, Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) has sent samples to PEPSI and COCA COLA company which they already approved for using natural grown herbs as sweetening flavours in their products. To do the needful, large scale plantation has already been started, he informed.

The Minister further informed that a sum of Rs 13.5 crores has been sanctioned for For piggery, bee keeping and honey processing in the State and that Dabur company is also ready to integrate with the State products.

He said that frequent imposition of economic blockade has posed a big hurdle in growth and development of the State.

Today’s launching ceremony was also attended by Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam; Yaiskul MLA E Chand Singh; Principal Secretary (Vety & AH/Seri) L Lakher IAS and Commissioner (Commerce & Industries) VK Dewangan.

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England outclass Thailand 9-2 in polo in Manipur – Times of India

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On the Manipur imbroglio – The Hindu


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Shraddha’s latest play ‘Chaturangam’ (story and script Anand Raghav, direction G. Krishnamurthy) sought to throw light on the problems of Manipur. Throughout the play, two truculent soldiers play chess (chaturangam), the game being a metaphor for the …

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Disquiet in the Hills – Tehelka


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We demand justice for the weak,” shouts Sam Ngaihte, a Manipuri tribal near a makeshift tent in Jantar Mantar in Delhi. For most of November, Sam who is pursuing his doctoral studies from Oxford University and other activists from Manipur, have been at

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Manipur Reaches Crisis Point, … CHANDRANI BANERJEE – Google (press release)

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