Silchar-Agartala train service launched

Silchar, May 7: The Northeast Frontier Rail-way(NFR) has begun running a special passenger train between Agartala and Silchar on a daily basis from Friday.
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Silchar, May 7: The Northeast Frontier Rail-way(NFR) has begun running a special passenger train between Agartala and Silchar on a daily basis from Friday.

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Surrendered militants to receive schemes: Centre

NEW DELHI, May 7: Central Government is implementing a scheme in the northeast for surrender-cum-rehabilitation of militants.
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NEW DELHI, May 7: Central Government is implementing a scheme in the northeast for surrender-cum-rehabilitation of militants.

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Police rescue PRO from TRA cadres

IMPHAL, May 7: Imphal West district police have rescued Public Relation Officer of Singhat AC MLA GS Haopu from the hands of Tribal Revo-lutionary Army (TRA) cadres during a daring operation conducted at a jungle in Kontam village of Senapati district …

IMPHAL, May 7: Imphal West district police have rescued Public Relation Officer of Singhat AC MLA GS Haopu from the hands of Tribal Revo-lutionary Army (TRA) cadres during a daring operation conducted at a jungle in Kontam village of Senapati district at around 1.10 am today.

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Emergency Operation Centre set up in State

Imphal, May 7: The Department of Relief & Disaster Management under the Government of Manipur has set up Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) at the State level and the District level for emergency communication from district to State and from State to the Central Government.

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Imphal, May 7: The Department of Relief & Disaster Management under the Government of Manipur has set up Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) at the State level and the District level for emergency communication from district to State and from State to the Central Government.

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Road repaired

IMPHAL, May 7: Personnel of Assam Rifles, police and local populace jointly repaired the stretch from New Keithelmanbi (Imphal-Jiri highway) to 9 Sector AR headquarters.
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IMPHAL, May 7: Personnel of Assam Rifles, police and local populace jointly repaired the stretch from New Keithelmanbi (Imphal-Jiri highway) to 9 Sector AR headquarters.

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JCILPS 42-hr public curfew ends

IMPHAL, May 7: The 42-hour public curfew imposed by the Joint Committee on Inner Line Permit System (JCILPS) has ended peacefully today. The JCILPS imposed the public curfew from midnight of May 5 demanding implementation of inner line permit system an…

IMPHAL, May 7: The 42-hour public curfew imposed by the Joint Committee on Inner Line Permit System (JCILPS) has ended peacefully today. The JCILPS imposed the public curfew from midnight of May 5 demanding implementation of inner line permit system and ended at 6 pm today. For the second day, all the business establishments including

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Manipur: 8 injured, houses set on fire in Imphal mob violence – Hindustan Times

Hindustan TimesManipur: 8 injured, houses set on fire in Imphal mob violenceHindustan TimesManipur DGP control room sources said violence broke out at Mayang Imphal Bengoon in Wagoi sub-division during a bandh called in the area against the killing of …


Hindustan Times

Manipur: 8 injured, houses set on fire in Imphal mob violence
Hindustan Times
Manipur DGP control room sources said violence broke out at Mayang Imphal Bengoon in Wagoi sub-division during a bandh called in the area against the killing of two youths for allegedly trying to steal a motorcycle during a Holi programme on April 7 last.

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Four general strikes end in Manipur, a new one imposed – Zee News


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Four general strikes end in Manipur, a new one imposed
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Imphal: Three general strikes and one public curfew of different durations which had paralysed normal life in Manipur ended one after another. However the drivers plying along the 222-km-long Imphal-Jiribam national highway 37 imposed another 48-hour …
Manipur crippled by double shutdownTimes of India
Double shutdown cripples life in Manipurthenortheasttoday.com
‘Public curfew’ affects normal life in ManipurBusiness Standard
The Statesman –New Kerala –NorthEast Today
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Four general strikes end in Manipur, a new one imposed
Zee News
Imphal: Three general strikes and one public curfew of different durations which had paralysed normal life in Manipur ended one after another. However the drivers plying along the 222-km-long Imphal-Jiribam national highway 37 imposed another 48-hour …
Manipur crippled by double shutdownTimes of India
Double shutdown cripples life in Manipurthenortheasttoday.com
'Public curfew' affects normal life in ManipurBusiness Standard
The Statesman –New Kerala –NorthEast Today
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On Mother’s Day, We Salute the Naked Protest of Manipur’s Mothers – The Quint


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On Mother’s Day, We Salute the Naked Protest of Manipur’s Mothers
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On 15 July 2004, an image from Manipur shocked the entire world. 12 middle aged mothers stood naked in front of the Kangla Fort in Imphal with a banner that read ‘Indian Army Rape Us’. The Assam Rifles was stationed at Kangla then. The ‘naked protest’ …

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On Mother's Day, We Salute the Naked Protest of Manipur's Mothers
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On 15 July 2004, an image from Manipur shocked the entire world. 12 middle aged mothers stood naked in front of the Kangla Fort in Imphal with a banner that read 'Indian Army Rape Us'. The Assam Rifles was stationed at Kangla then. The 'naked protest' …

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Manipur CM ensures medical aid for desitute woman – The Hindu

Manipur CM ensures medical aid for desitute womanThe HinduBed-ridden since 2011, R.K. Tamphasana felt abandoned by the world, with no money and no land to bank upon. But things changed overnight on Monday when her story was flashed on a local televisio…

Manipur CM ensures medical aid for desitute woman
The Hindu
Bed-ridden since 2011, R.K. Tamphasana felt abandoned by the world, with no money and no land to bank upon. But things changed overnight on Monday when her story was flashed on a local television channel, ISTV, and the state government stepped in …

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Manipur: Woman beats up jawan who tried to molest her – thenortheasttoday.com

thenortheasttoday.comManipur: Woman beats up jawan who tried to molest herthenortheasttoday.comIMPHAL: On Friday evening, a woman was allegedly molested by a Village Defence Force(VDF) personnel in the New Cheko Traffic Island in Imphal East. The incid…


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Manipur: Woman beats up jawan who tried to molest her
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IMPHAL: On Friday evening, a woman was allegedly molested by a Village Defence Force(VDF) personnel in the New Cheko Traffic Island in Imphal East. The incident took place around 7:30 pm. The woman was returning home after going out to buy …

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Tribute paid to students

/IMPHAL, May 06 MU : Mao Council under the aegis of the United Naga Council (UNC) observed the 6th Anniversary of the Martyrdom of (late) MeliChakho and (late) DikhoLoshuo at the Martyrs Park, Mao gate on Friday. The observance is held in the memory of two students who lost their life at the hands of […]

/IMPHAL, May 06 MU :
Mao Council under the aegis of the United Naga Council (UNC) observed the 6th Anniversary of the Martyrdom of (late) MeliChakho and (late) DikhoLoshuo at the Martyrs Park, Mao gate on Friday.
The observance is held in the memory of two students who lost their life at the hands of Manipur Police on this particular day during 2010, while trying to control a large agitators in Mao Gate of Manipur, bordering Nagaland.
The imposition of AFSPA in all the Naga inhabiting areas by government of India, is an implicit idea to end all the Naga peoples and the then Prime Minister Jawaharal Nehru was the main proponent of the ideas, said UNC (United Naga Council) president Gaidon Kamei while speaking at the observance.
“Naga National Problem is a political issue, so cannot solved through other means. And, Naga got its Independence a day ahead of India’s independent from the then British Rule, the president of Naga CSO added. The Naga efforts for “peace process”, he stated that the neighbours are trying to hijacked and sabotaged it.
The Naga apex CSO president also said that the Manipur CM O Ibobi and his deputy Gaikhangam is harassing the Naga People to protect their interest.
“The Naga are not save under the communal government of Manipur”, the UNC president Gaidon Kamei stated criticising in a veil manner.
President Gaidon Kamei said also criticised three Bills in the state assembly by terming it as “Anti-tribal Bills” and stated, “Manipur government introduced and passed the “anti-tribal bills in the Manipur Assembly”. And he also strongly challenged the reported statement (of an MLA in the assembly) that there is no Naga in the Manipur state by adding that this may not be end of the Manipur Government and they have determined to sabotage the Naga Talk.
Calling the attention all Naga people, he asked to prepare physically and mentally to defend the Manipur government and “Naga will not compromise its history, culture, identity,and national at any cost. Naga have to stand together for this cost”, Gaidon Kamei said.
Naha Hoho President ChubaOzakum called for Naga Unity in his speech at the Martyrdom Observation.He said time is not far away for the Naga political solution, which Naga has been waiting for the moment for more than past70 years.
He said, “let’s not lose the hope for the solution” and made appeal to all Naga not to fight among themselves”. He said the people Naga did not recognised the artificial boundary between the Nagaland and Manipur.
He expressed hope that Naga leaders will not betrayed the people of Naga, unlike the past. He also said that the historic framework agreement that was signed between NSCN and Government of India on 3rd August 2015 will fulfils the Naga aspirations.
“Though we have not known the exact contain of the agreement, we have heard from different angles that some of the main point of the agreement is to recognised the unique Naga history, recognised the universal principal of the democracy that sovereignty lies with the people”. He added that the frame also proposes to agreed the settlement according to the wishes of people, showing sovereignty and both (GOI and NSCN) agreed to maintain co-existence.
Leaders from All Naga Students’ Association Manipur (ANSAM), Mao Students’ Union, Naga Students’ Federation, Naga Women Union, NMA, NPMHR, ZB attended the observace and marked the respect to the departed students by offering solidarity messages, florals tribute along with two minutes silence observation. Family members of the two students were also present in the observation and large numbers of students from Mao area also attended the observation function.

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SCHEMES FOR THE WEAKER SECTION OF THE SOCIETY IMPLEMENTED

  DIPR, Imphal 6th May 2016:The Department of Social Welfare under the State Government has taken up various welfare programmes in the social welfare sector especially for the weaker sections of the society, the Department of Social Welfare, provides welfare programme and services towards realizing goals and objectives through (I) Social Defense (Prohibition and social […]

 

DIPR, Imphal 6th May 2016:The Department of Social Welfare under the State Government has taken up various welfare programmes in the social welfare sector especially for the weaker sections of the society, the Department of Social Welfare, provides welfare programme and services towards realizing goals and objectives through (I) Social Defense (Prohibition and social security for the Aged), (ii) Welfare programmes for persons with disabilities , (iii) Integrated Child Protection schemes, (iv) Women and Child Development including supplementary nutrition programmes and other development schemes.

The Department is implementing National Social Assistance Programme and Manipur Old Age Pension Scheme under which old persons are given monthly pension.

Apart from the other programmes initiated by the Dept., the Women Welfare Programme implemented from the year 2011-12 provides (I) Financial Assistance and Support services to victims of Rape. A scheme for Restorative Justice provides financial assistance and services such as shelter, counseling, medical aid, legal assistance , education and vocational training to the victims. The rate of assistance ranges from Rs.70,000/- to Rs. 1,20,000/- per victim. (ii)Financial assistance for the Needy Widow Women Scheme provides security by way of giving one time financial assistance @ Rs. 2000/- to widows in the age group of 18-40 years.(iii) The Welfare Training Institute ,Takyel, provides capacity building for self employment for destitute women in trades like embroidery, tailoring and cutting. Sewing Machines are provided to trainees on subsidy. (iv)The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 has been implemented in 2007.So far, 597 cases have been taken up by Protection Officers designated under the DAV Act, 2005.

The Department initiates to provide education to differently abled persons by running 2(two) Special Schools for providing education upto 10th standard for the Blind and the Mute at Takyel. One Braille Press was commissioned and inaugurated in the year 2011.

Four schemes – Unemployment Allowance to educated unemployed person with disabilities, financial assistance to the persons with disabilities, Grant-in- Aid to the Associations formed by the persons with disabilities or parents of persons with disabilities and Marriage Incentive Award have been implemented by the Department.
Under Central Sector, the department had launched the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) at Ukhrul TD Block on 2nd Oct, 1975. The Scheme has been expanded throughout the entire state covering 42 CD/TD Blocks. The 43 ICDS Projects sanctioned by Govt. of India are functioning in full swing through Anganwadi Workers and Helpers in each Anganwadi Centre.
Under the Integrated Child Protection Scheme, two Shelter Home for girls in need of care and protection are established at Imphal West and Thoubal. Four NGO run Open Shelter provides Schooling and other alternative for Vulnerable Children in Urban Areas to protect from abuse and negligence. Under the provision of Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection) Act 2000, there are five State Government run Specialized Adoption Agency in Imphal East, Bishnupur, Ukhrul and Chandel with a total capacity of 50 children who are orphan, surrendered and abandoned children and one NGO run SAA with an intake of 10 children in Imphal West District
The state Bal Bhavan, affiliated organization of the National Bal Bhavan, New Delhi, was established at Khuman Lampak with an aim to provide development and participation opportunities among children. 14(fourteen) children from the State had received National Awards.

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