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Appeal from AMCOKanglaOnlineIMPHAL, Aug 24: All Manipur Christian Organization (AMCO) has appealed to the entire people of Manipur to refrain from any provocative activity that could cause unwanted tension in the wake of sensitive situation prevailing …

NPO cautions political partiesKanglaOnlineIMPHAL, Aug 24: The Naga People's Organization (NPO), considering the increasing tension and enormity of the prevailing situation in regard to Sadar Hills Demand for Districthood, advised Manipur Government…

Turning stability on its headE-Pao.netManipur will be voting for her 10th Assembly then and in all these years it has been more a case of understanding Parliamentary democracy by its name than by its principles and there are reasons to draw this conclu…

Times of AssamManipur's Iron Lady extends support to AnnaHindustan TimesSocial activist Irom Sharmila, who has been on fast demanding repealing of the much-derided Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Manipur for the last ten years, has exten…

Organisations denounce abduction of engineerMorungExpressThe official is attached as Surveyor of Works in the PWD, government of Manipur presently. The council's assembly also opposed any move to carve out any inch of the Nagas' land against th…

Deer from Assam dies at NandankananTimes of IndiaBHUBANESWAR: Of the ten animals which reached the Nandankanan Zoological Park here on Tuesday from the Assam State Zoo, a female dancing deer of Manipur (Sangai) died on Wednesday. The animal died of spi…

Motor Workers Union appeals to Home Minister ManipurE-Pao.netA Committee meeting of Assam, Nagaland and Manipur Motor Workers Trade Union was held on August 22, 2011 at Dimapur Motor Workers Trade Union office, Golaghat Road. Following this, the union …

Assam Rifles jawan drowns in Manipur's Loktak Lake, probe orderedE-Pao.netAn Assam Rifles jawan drowned in Manipur's Loktak Lake and a probe has been ordered into the incident. 21-year old rifleman Bablu Hussain Mazumdar of 33 Assam Rifles drow…

Times of AssamIrom Sharmila stopped from joining Hazare''s agitation: PatkarIBNLive.comPTI | 06:08 PM,Aug 24,2011 New Delhi, Aug 24 (PTI) Manipur-based social activist Irom Sharmila, who has been fasting against AFSPA for the last ten years, wi…

SportstarVikramjit needs supportSportstarSince Manipur had no reservation counters, the 24 hours to Guwahati to merely book rail tickets was nothing compared to four or five-day journeys (only one way) to places as distant as Calicut (now Kozhikode). W…

Gadkari urges PM Manmohan Singh to solve Manipur highway blockadeTimes of IndiaManipur unit BJP secretary (media affairs) L Bashanta Sharma, who also attended the meeting, said the party, which supports the SHDDC agitation, would also highlight the mat…

Muslim college teachers of Manipur demanded introduction of Urdu in schoolsTwoCircles.netAll Manipur Muslim College Teachers' Association (AMMCOTA) raised some of the issues faced by the Muslim community in the field of education in Manipur at the …

Times of AssamManipur newspapers trash invite to SharmilaIndian ExpressManipur does not seem to be amused over Team Anna's invite to Irom Chanu Sharmila – who has been on a fast for nearly 11 years now — to join the campaign against corruption an…

Film Interaction ProgrammeKanglaOnlineIMPHAL, August 23: The Manipur Film Development corporation limited is organizing a one day 'Interaction Programme' with the faculty of the Satyajit Ray film and Television Institute, Kolkata on August 26 a…

KanglaOnlineCPI (M) lambastes state govt on Sadar Hills issueKanglaOnlineIMPHAL August 23: The Communist Party of India (Marxist), Manipur State Committee has criticized the Congress-led SPF for putting several lakhs of people under undue rigors owing …

MSN IndiaManipur issues differ from those of Delhi, says Iron Lady SharmilaKanglaOnlineIn a letter to team Anna, the Iron lady of Manipur said, “My humble suggestion is if you feel seriously, please try to reach the concerned legislators to let me ge…

Calcutta TelegraphCycle formula to beat fuel crisisCalcutta TelegraphManipur has been facing a severe shortage of all commodities, including petrol and diesel, after two separate blockades were enforced along Manipur's three supply lines by the Sad…

HOW DID MANIPUR COME UP FROM UNDER WATER?KanglaOnlineThere is some archaeological evidence that the valley of Manipur was once filled with water. The Meitei Puya also mentions that the water in the valley dried up by draining through Chingninghut ie tu…

PhD Degree awardedE-Pao.netImphal, August 23 2011: MPS Sarangthem Ibomcha has been awarded PhD Degree by Life Science Department, Manipur University on his thesis "Chromosome behaviour in certain reptiles and birds" . Sarangthem Ibomcha is cu…

Calcutta TelegraphBlockade hard hits life in ManipurAssam TribuneIMPHAL, Aug 23 – The three week-old economic blockade and indefinite highway bandh in Manipur over the demand and counter-demand for a separate district has led to scarcity of life-savi…