President honours Manipur’s brave sons, inaugurates Khongjom War complex

IMPHAL, April 23: President Pranab Mukherjee today presided over the 125th Khongjom Day observation and inaugurated the Khongjom War Monument cum Tourist Complex at Khebaching Khongjom. Amid a boycott called by the CorCom against his visit to the State…

IMPHAL, April 23: President Pranab Mukherjee today presided over the 125th Khongjom Day observation and inaugurated the Khongjom War Monument cum Tourist Complex at Khebaching Khongjom. Amid a boycott called by the CorCom against his visit to the State, the President arrived at the Tulihal International Airport at around 2.20 pm and was airlifted to

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BJP lauds NDA’s nomination of Mary Kom as Rajya Sabha MP

IMPHAL, April 23: The previous Central governments had never done anything significant for the North Eastern States since India got her independence, however, things have changed since the BJP led NDA government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi came …

IMPHAL, April 23: The previous Central governments had never done anything significant for the North Eastern States since India got her independence, however, things have changed since the BJP led NDA government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power in the Centre, BJP Manipur president Th Chaoba said lauding the Centre on nominating Mary

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CorCom boycott affects normal life

IMPHAL, Apr 23: The boycott call of the President’s Khongjom Day visit to the State by CorCom affected normal life in the State today. Passenger services including both the Inter-State and Inter-district vehicles and auto-rickshaws stayed off the roads, except for a few personal vehicles and passenger auto-rickshaws. Business establishments and the Bazar areas also

IMPHAL, Apr 23: The boycott call of the President’s Khongjom Day visit to the State by CorCom affected normal life in the State today. Passenger services including both the Inter-State and Inter-district vehicles and auto-rickshaws stayed off the roads, except for a few personal vehicles and passenger auto-rickshaws. Business establishments and the Bazar areas also

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Woman injured in late night fire

IMPHAL, April 23: A woman sustained serious burn injuries after her house caught fire around 11:30 last night at Kwakeithel Lamdong. She was rushed to the RIMS for treatment. The house belongs to Thounaojam Shantikumar Singh, 36, son of (L) Th Achou Si…

IMPHAL, April 23: A woman sustained serious burn injuries after her house caught fire around 11:30 last night at Kwakeithel Lamdong. She was rushed to the RIMS for treatment. The house belongs to Thounaojam Shantikumar Singh, 36, son of (L) Th Achou Singh who is the younger brother of the injured victim. The woman identified

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Khongjom Day celebrated at Silchar

SILCHAR, Apr 23 (JNN): Commemorating the 125th Khongjom Day observation, a large number of people offered floral tributes at the statue of Major General Paona Brajabasi at Silchar Airport Road, Assam today. Members of Assam Manipuri Meira Paibi Lup (AMPAL), All Assam Manipuri Students’ Union (AAMSU), youth activist from Barak circle Seram Herajit and member

SILCHAR, Apr 23 (JNN): Commemorating the 125th Khongjom Day observation, a large number of people offered floral tributes at the statue of Major General Paona Brajabasi at Silchar Airport Road, Assam today. Members of Assam Manipuri Meira Paibi Lup (AMPAL), All Assam Manipuri Students’ Union (AAMSU), youth activist from Barak circle Seram Herajit and member

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I guess the fan just hit the caste

By Garga Chatterjee Last week, I happened to see an advertisement on television that was supposed to sell fans. In the advertisement, a girl and her father is there to pick up what is presumably a college admission form for the girl. The girl looks at …

By Garga Chatterjee Last week, I happened to see an advertisement on television that was supposed to sell fans. In the advertisement, a girl and her father is there to pick up what is presumably a college admission form for the girl. The girl looks at the two sets of forms laid out in a

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Thunderstorms continue to create havoc in State

CHANDEL, April 23: The continuing spell of thunderstorms accompanied by hails sweeping across the State has also left its trail of destruction in Chandel district. Several houses were damaged in the thunderstorm. Other structures like church buildings …

CHANDEL, April 23: The continuing spell of thunderstorms accompanied by hails sweeping across the State has also left its trail of destruction in Chandel district. Several houses were damaged in the thunderstorm. Other structures like church buildings and government buildings were also damaged at Tengnoupal sub-division in Chandel district as a storm accompanied by hails

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The Great Game in the East

How geopolitics and geography shaped the idea of the Northeast. (This review appeared in the Indian Express on Saturday, April 23) By SanjibBaruah Book: The Northeast Question: Conflicts and Frontiers Author: Pradip Phanjoubam Publisher: Routledge Pages: 228 Price: Rs 875 Manipuri playwright RatanThiyam’s staging of AndhaYug (The Blind Age) is set against the backdrop of

How geopolitics and geography shaped the idea of the Northeast. (This review appeared in the Indian Express on Saturday, April 23) By SanjibBaruah Book: The Northeast Question: Conflicts and Frontiers Author: Pradip Phanjoubam Publisher: Routledge Pages: 228 Price: Rs 875 Manipuri playwright RatanThiyam’s staging of AndhaYug (The Blind Age) is set against the backdrop of

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Relief material handed over to storm affected families

IMPHAL, April 23: Altogether 48 individuals most of them women and children of Sekmai Assembly constituency who have been rendered homeless during the recent storm are currently taking shelter at Kanto Khullen Primary School. It is learnt that 13 house…

IMPHAL, April 23: Altogether 48 individuals most of them women and children of Sekmai Assembly constituency who have been rendered homeless during the recent storm are currently taking shelter at Kanto Khullen Primary School. It is learnt that 13 houses were destroyed in the area during the storm that had wreak havoc across the state

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Heavy rains damage Manipur houses, flood villages – The Statesman

The StatesmanHeavy rains damage Manipur houses, flood villagesThe StatesmanHeavy rainfall has damaged many houses and caused flooding in low-lying villages in the northeastern state of Manipur, officials said on Sunday. Also, thunderstorm accompanied b…


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Heavy rains damage Manipur houses, flood villages
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Heavy rainfall has damaged many houses and caused flooding in low-lying villages in the northeastern state of Manipur, officials said on Sunday. Also, thunderstorm accompanied by hails battered Manipur and several northeastern states on Sunday.

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Villagers in Manipur wary of losing land to Myanmar – thenortheasttoday.com


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Villagers in Manipur wary of losing land to Myanmar
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IMPHAL: Leery of fencing work along Indo-Myanmar border, a committee of about 40 villages in Manipur has announced it will not allow any government official or work inside their area. “No government agent shall be permitted to enter these border

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Villagers in Manipur wary of losing land to Myanmar
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IMPHAL: Leery of fencing work along Indo-Myanmar border, a committee of about 40 villages in Manipur has announced it will not allow any government official or work inside their area. “No government agent shall be permitted to enter these border

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Manipur’s tribal people demand constitutional protection of rights – thenortheasttoday.com


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Manipur’s tribal people demand constitutional protection of rights
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NEW DELHI: Tribal leaders from Manipur’s hills insisted on Saturday that they would not bury the bodies of nine protesters killed in clashes with the police after the state assembly passed three controversial bills last year till a constiitutional
Manipur Tribals Demands 6th Schedule StatusNorthEast Today
Manipuri tribal women to protest against land bill in DelhiThe Statesman
MTWU urges for 6th ScheduleE-Pao.net

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Manipur's tribal people demand constitutional protection of rights
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NEW DELHI: Tribal leaders from Manipur's hills insisted on Saturday that they would not bury the bodies of nine protesters killed in clashes with the police after the state assembly passed three controversial bills last year till a constiitutional
Manipur Tribals Demands 6th Schedule StatusNorthEast Today
Manipuri tribal women to protest against land bill in DelhiThe Statesman
MTWU urges for 6th ScheduleE-Pao.net

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