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Consumers` Forum Kakching informs MSPDCL of high electricity bills

IMPHAL, July 2: Senior Citizen Kakching, Consumers Forum Kakching and a team of Manipur State Power Distribution Corporation Limited led by Deputy General Manager, Kakching Circle and his Staff convened a joint meeting on June 30 at the office premises of the Kakching G.P.W Consumers Welfare Union at 3 pm.

According to a statement of the union, the meeting was chaired by presidum member Nimai Singh, president – Senior Citizen, Y Satya Singh – President G.P.W. Consumers Welfare Union and Shri L. Selungba Singh deputy general manager MSPDCL.

It said Consumer Forum on behalf of the consumers stated that the electric bill collected by the corporation is disproportionate in comparison to other nearby villages and towns and a flat rate of Rs. 480 to each household of KaKching is exorbitantly high for the poor consumers.

The forum also observed that it is also quite obvious that the monthly electric tariff prescribed by the corporation shows quite dissimilarities among the consumers. Consumers in the village of Khongjom are presently paying Rs. 304 while the people of Kakching pay Rs. 480.

The forum also highlighted grievances such as long time disconnection of power due to overload, lack of necessary infrastructure, exorbitant monthly fees and delayed prepaid project during the meeting.

The Deputy General Manager and his Staff heard the grievances and inconvenience faced by the general public and he assured all the members who were attending the meeting that he would take up precautionary measure in no time, it said.

The statement also said that he further swore to Forum members that the prepaid project along with requisite infrastructure will be completed by the end of August this year.

The meeting was concluded with an amicable resolution in order to manage until the assurances given by the corporation are fulfilled, it said.

Case registered against MOBC employee for swindling scholarship amount: CM

IMPHAL, July 2: Director of Minorities and Other Backward Classes (MOBC) Department has registered a case against an employee of the department identified as Shaikh Mujibur Rehman for siphoning off

IMPHAL, July 2: Director of Minorities and Other Backward Classes (MOBC) Department has registered a case against an employee of the department identified as Shaikh Mujibur Rehman for siphoning off a scholarship amount of Rs 1, 67, 000 to be given away to a student, revealed Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh.

He was responding to a motion for disapproval of policy cut raised by MLA Dr I Ibohalbi Singh while putting up Demand No 47 `“ discussion on grant of Rs 34, 87, 58, 000 for Minorities and Other Backward Classes (MOBC) for 2015-16 in the ongoing 11th Session of the 10th Manipur Legislative Assembly today.

The CM said that the incident of fund misappropriation that cropped up in the MOBC Department has tarnished the image of the government.

The employee of the department involved in the fund embezzlement will not be spared, he vowed.

Maintaining that a clear communication has been established between educational institutes and the concerned Ministry through direct online for awarding scholarship amount to students, Ibobi admitted that the government had not been able to verify the scholarship process through scholarship amount had been given away to deserving students.

Therefore, the state government has urged the concerned Ministry to allow an officer not less than the rank of Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO) to verify the scholarship process, he said.

Ibobi then briefed the House about various measures taken up by Youth Affairs and Sports Department for welfare of youths and sportspersons of the state.

MLA Dr I ibohalbi while raising the motion for disapproval of policy cut claimed that the scholarship amount swindled by the employee of the MOBC Department was for a poor student namely Nongyaimayum Afzal Ali pursuing B Tech in Food Technology in an institute in Gangtok, Sikkim.

Surprisingly, the student was quoted as studying B Tech in Civil Engineering in NERIST in the list notified for awarding scholarship amount making him to miss out his scholarship, he said.

He also said that the MOBC Department has been plagued with scandals, which needs prompt intervention by the government to ensure transparency in the department.

Students and meira paibis demonstrate demanding ILPS implementation

IMPHAL, July 2: Continuing to put pressure on the State government to implement the Inner Line Permit System or a similar Act in the State to safeguard the indigenous population,

IMPHAL, July 2: Continuing to put pressure on the State government to implement the Inner Line Permit System or a similar Act in the State to safeguard the indigenous population, meira paibis and school students today took out a rally in Imphal.

The rally led by the meira paibis started off from Kwakeithel Akham leikai Community Hall at 1:30pm.

The demonstrators numbering around 150 shouted slogans demanding implementation of the ILPS and to save the indigenous people of the State.

However, a team of State police personnel inclusive of women personnel blocked the demonstrators from proceeding further at the Tiddim Oil Pump.

After a brief tussle, the women police personnel managed to ward off the demonstrators.

Students of the various schools who were participating the rally in thier school uniforms were also dispersed by the Imphal West Police from the spot.

Houses passes demands amounting to Rs. 722 crores

IMPHAL, July 2: On the fifth day of the ongoing 11th session of the 10th Manipur Legislative Assembly today, the House passed six demands amounting to Rs 7,22,90,39,000. Chief Minister

IMPHAL, July 2: On the fifth day of the ongoing 11th session of the 10th Manipur Legislative Assembly today, the House passed six demands amounting to Rs 7,22,90,39,000.

Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh who is also the leader of the House tabled the demands for discussion.

The demands are demand no 4- Land Revenue, Stamps & Registration and District Administration amounting to Rs 80,31,90,000; Demand no 19- Environment and Forest Rs 1,84,98,16,000; Demand no 25- Youth Affairs and Sports department Rs 55,48,08,000; Demand no 40- Irrigation and Flood Control department Rs 2,82,22,23,000; Demand no 43- Horticulture & Soil Conservation Rs 85,20,44,000 and Demand no 47- Minorities and other Backward Classes department Rs 34,87,58,000.

Opposition MLAs Dr I Ibohalbi Singh, K Shyam Singh, L Ibomcha Singh and Th Shyamkumar Singh moved motions for disapproval of policy cuts during the discussion and voting on the demands for grants, 2015-2016.

During discussion on Demand no 4- Land Revenue, Stamps & Registration and District Administrationm Dr Ibohalbi raised a motion for disapproval of policy cuts on `Failure to collect more revenues from Stamps and Registation by checking undervaluation of land/ property at the time of transfer and standing properties/ buildings thereon, failure to demarcate Dzuko Valley and determine its area, failure to control establishment of service units in the agricultural land of the State and failure to set-up land banks in the State.

Dr Ibohalbi alongwith K Shyam and L Ibomcha also jointly raised a motion for disapproval of policy cuts in regards to Demand no 19- Environment & Forest on `Failure to preserve and protect forest area, failure to protect the reserved Forest Area of the State as a whole and that of Langol in particular, failure to procure appropriate machinery to cut and remove fixed phumdis in both the core and buffer zones of Loktak Lake, failure to protect forest land and forest of Dzuko valley and failure to adopt policy to stop the cutting of trees illegally in the reserved forest areas of the State.

During discussion on Demand no 25- Youth Affairs and Sports department, Dr Ibohalbi and Shyam Singh raised a motion for disapproval of policy cuts on `Failure to maintain quality playground in each and every district of Manipur, failure to develop specific policy to reduce the problem of un-employment amongst the youth, failure to provide promotion avenues to national and international players and failure to focus in the affairs of the youth.

Opposition MLAs Dr I Ibohalbi, L Ibomcha Singh and K Shyam also raised motion for disapproval of policy cuts during discussion and voting on Demand no 40- irrigation and Flood Control department on `Failure to protect the banks and beds of many rivers/ streams flowing in Manipur, failure to maintain water bodies, failure to save Greater Imphal area from submergence in water after light rain, failure to implement remaining portion of the Nambul Project and lack of a long term policy.

During discussion on Demand no 43- Horticulture and Soil Conservation, L Ibomcha Singh and K Shyam raised motion for disapproval of policy cuts on `Absence of horticulture & soil conservation activities in the department and improper implementation of schemes.

However, the Opposition MLAs withdrew their motions following clarifications from the concern minister including the Chief Minister, deputy Chief Minister, IFC minister Ngamthang Haokip, Forest and Revenue minister Th Debendra.

Magfruit factory of Manipur to be revived: Gaikhangam

IMPHAL, July 2: The North East Council (NEC) has sanctioned the first instalment amount for reviving the Magfruit Factory of the State and installation of cold storage for the factory

IMPHAL, July 2: The North East Council (NEC) has sanctioned the first instalment amount for reviving the Magfruit Factory of the State and installation of cold storage for the factory which will be executed by Horticulture and Soil Conservation department, said deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam.

He was replying to a motion for disapproval of policy cut raised jointly by opposition MLAs L Ibomcha and K Shyam while discussing Demand No 43 `“ grant of Rs 85, 20, 44, 000 for Horticulture and Soil Conservation Department today.

He informed the House that the Horticulture and Soil Conservation Department is under the Ministry of Agriculture in the Centre.

Earlier in the State, the department was put under Agriculture department. However, the Horticulture and Soil Conservation department came into existence as a separate department since 1978, Gaikhangam said.

Stating that the total valley area measures 2000 sq km out of the total area of the state while the hill areas coveres 20, 000 sq km, he asserted that the State has the advantage in the field of horticulture.

The soil of the State is fertile for growing varieties of vegetables and fruits. In the last five years, out of the total potential area, around 25, 000 sq km has been able to cover, he said.

He continued that the revenue target set by the department for 2014-15 is Rs 12 lakhs but has already generated an amount of Rs 21.43 lakh as revenue collection.

Functioning of the factory came to a standstill after a major fire broke out in the factory. Knowing the importance of the factory, the department prepared a Detail Project Report (DPR) worth Rs 9.52 crore which was sent to the NEC for revival of the factory, Gaikhangam elaborated, adding that the first instalment amount has been sanctioned.

He went on to say that the department has launched a website through which one could know about its achievement.

Sanjenthong construction to complete by September 6, Works minister informs House

IMPHAL, July 2: Construction of the Sanjenthong which was supposed to be completed by June 6 will take another three months and be completed by September 6, Works minister Dr

IMPHAL, July 2: Construction of the Sanjenthong which was supposed to be completed by June 6 will take another three months and be completed by September 6, Works minister Dr Kh Ratankumar Singh told the House today.

He was replying to a question from Opposition MLA Dr I Ibohalbi.

The minister said, construction of a bridge normally takes two years, however, considering the importance of the bridge efforts are made to complete it within a year.

He said the bridge is a double lane bridge and will have footpaths.

Responding to another question of the Opposition MLA, Dr Ratankumar said compensations have already been provided to the families whose land have been affected by the road widening process from Keishampat to Imphal Airport, however, there is no facility for provision of utility compensation.

Meanwhile, Revenue minister Th Debendra while responding to a question from Dr Ibohalbi said as of now, the State government has no policy to identify clear-cut boundaries of the State`™s districts.

The minister responding to another question from MLA Shyamkumar said there is no approval from the Forest department regarding deforestation at Nongmaiching Hills for poppy plantation.

Although the department has no information of those responsible for the poppy cultivation, a case has been already registered against the act, he continued.

Mistakes galore in COHSEM prescribed textbooks: MLA Shyamkumar

IMPHAL, July 2: Observing that if students are prescribed with textbooks in which conflicting information and wrong diagram are included then it will be a serious issue more dangerous than

IMPHAL, July 2: Observing that if students are prescribed with textbooks in which conflicting information and wrong diagram are included then it will be a serious issue more dangerous than murder case, opposition MLA Th Shyamkumar urged the government to initiate befitting action against those involved in providing such books.

He was speaking while putting up a motion on “™need to review and improve the textbooks prescribed by Council of Higher Secondary Education, Manipur (COHSEM)`™`™ raised during the last business of the ongoing Assembly session today.

The MLA claimed that there are many mistakes in Class XI and XII textbooks guiding students in the wrong direction.

Physics textbook written by three teachers of Class XI and XII and subsequently prescribed by COHSEM is filled with mistakes. There are many mistakes including wrong diagram on page no 5, 41, 73 and 148 in the physics textbook for Class XII. Apart from the subject, there are also apparent mistakes in chemistry and biology textbooks, he pointed out, adding that that such errors are not found in textbooks prescribed by NCERT.

Taking serious note of the mistakes in the textbooks, he drew attention of the House to form a House Committee to look into the matter in the larger interest of students.

Clarifying the issue raised by the MLA, Education Minister M Okendro said that forming a small Committee will be a better option instead of a House Committee to look into the matter.

However, he called for establishment of truth behind the mistakes in the textbooks before the end of the Assembly session, July 10.

When uproar in the House erupted amongst the movers of the motion over the issue, PHED Minister I Hemochandra and opposition MLA Dr I Ibohalbi intervened.

Later, the House unanimously resolved to rectify mistakes in the textbooks but not by forming a House Committee.

Forgive us Sanatomba; we could`nt mourn for you then

By YambemLaba On the 30th of June 1993 the day R.K.Sanatomba was shot dead by suspected UNLF activists the bulk of journalists who mattered in Manipur was in Darjeeling as

By YambemLaba

On the 30th of June 1993 the day R.K.Sanatomba was shot dead by suspected UNLF activists the bulk of journalists who mattered in Manipur was in Darjeeling as a part of AMWJU trip to Arunachal Pradesh,Sikkim and Darjeeling.PradipPhanjoubam and Pokanapham`™sEigyaGopal were also there besidesme.We got the news the next day through an agency despatch that got carried in the Calcutta papers.

Not many of us knew who Sanatomba was but I knew that he was R.K.Nemai`™s brother and for about half an hour we discussed about who the assailants might have been but when it was told that he was Editor of a journal called KanglaLanpung we knew that it had something to do with the on-going strife brewing up in the UNLF,the one led by R.K.Meghen aka Sanayaima now interned in Gauhati Jail and he once trusted aide NamoijamOken.We did not even stood in silence for a minute then in memory of the departed soul maybe because he was not a member of the All Manipur Working Journalists Union or maybe because we were not just sensitive enough to the scenario opening up for scribes in Manipur.

Sanatomba was not a numberedmember of the UNLF that he should have been caught in the fratricidal wave that was sweeping across Manipur was not thinkable then..He was just another youth who loved Manipur and was caught in the cross currents of the turbulent history of Manipur and maybe he followed the lateAchouToijamba too closely and became the founder general secretary of the Manipur National Federation or the Man Federation as it was known then.AchouToijamba or Tachou as we used to call him during the Pan-Manipuri days used to spend a lot of time at our household as my cousin was the late YambemTejendra former General Secretary of the Pan Manipiuri Youth League and Editor of the Lamyanbajournal.Tachou is no more with us today but he was a master organiser and later became the founding Chairman of the KYKL when it was finally formed in January 1994 amalgamating factions of the KCP and Prepak and UNLF Cadres who chose to follow Oken.The killings did not stop with Sanatomba and the KYKL hit back with full gusto culminating in the killing of ArambamSamarendra founder General Secretary of the UNLF .He was killed on the 10th of June 2000 and the KYKL later owned up responsibility for the action.Sometime later thanks to the efforts of the Prepak hostilities between the UNLF ceased and everyone heaved a sigh of relief.

However the killings of journalists did not cease.Itspreaded to the hill areas and A Lalrohu Hmar editor a Hmar Language daily ,Shan was shot dead by the Hmar Revolutionary Army in October 1999.Then came the turn of 70 years old ThounaojamBrajamani Editor of the Manipur News.He was shot dead on 20th August 2000 by an armed organisation who did not own up the Killing.The same group that did away with Brajamani is also believed to have fired the fatal shots that killed YambemMegha an upcoming social activist and a correspondent of the North East Vision a TV channel on 14 October 2012.
.Again there was no owning up.And all that the scribes could do was to stage a day long dharna in front of the Keishampat Power house on both the killings.The police registered their mandatory FIRs and all was forgotten soon.

Then came the killing in 2008 of Konsam Rishi Kanta a young scribe with the Imphal Free Press by suspected Manipur Police Commandos.This time the journalist fraternity really woke up and put enough pressure on the State authorities that they were compelled to order a CBI probe into the killing. In January 2012 anothert journalist in Churachandpur by the name of KhupkholinSimte was also gunned down.He was the editor of Lenlaimagazine.Then came the killing in the not so recent past of another fellow TV journalist,NanaoThangjam in the line of duty when he was shot dead by police personals in Tangmeiband on 24 December 2012.This time the entire who`™s who of the State machinery turned up at the Press Club to pay their last respect to our slain comrade as a fallout of the infamous molestation case of budding Manipuri film starlet Momoko in Chandel.The Press now a much more cohesive body the AMWJU was able to wrest out a big compensation for his killing and a government job for his widowed wife.

While the Press could stand up against wrongs done to its fraternity it still could not get away from the vortex of the non-state actors.On 9th February RatanLuwang then General Secretary of the AMWJU was shot at by one of the numerous factions of the KCP who wanted a quick and easy name for themselves as a deadly force perhaps to ease their path to extortion and labelled baseless charges against Ratan to justify their action-which was not only contradicted by himself in person but also by the KYKL.Ratan survived the deadly attack but had to undergo intensive medical treatment and is today a national leader of the Press fraternity.

The Press continues to be part of the game plan of the numerous group of `patriotic`™ armed non-state actors many of whom have not even fired a catapult(Naori) shot even at an unarmed home guard personnel but is active in planting bombs at residences of SOs,Pradhans and contractors all in the name of liberating Manipur.They would like to diktat their terms of what to print or not to print or broadcast prompting the AMWJU to come with a set of `working rules` and as a result the then President of AMWJU AhongsangabamMobi got a bomb hurled at his house which incidentally exploded.

I was present on Sanatomba`™s 12th Death Anniversary-this being the first time I was invited and listened to Prof.RajendraKshetri`™sdiscourse on Media and Contemporary Manipuri Society as a part of the observance.He was full of praise for the Manipuri media but I found him lacking in the role of the Press in Manipur as the 4th Estate in the literal sense of the term.I recollect running a column called the Acute Angle in the Imphal Free Press which was actually playing the role of the opposition in the State Assembly revealing scams after scam.The opening salvo of the Acute Angle was entitled `Potrait of a Minister as a Conman` and a series of articles thereafter contributed in my humble opinion to the fall of the then Rishang Government in 1997.While Nipamacha could garner enough votes on the Assembly Floor to topple Rishang the public opinion against Rishang Government was built up by the Acute Angles.I am mentioning this because Prof.Rajendra had mentioned about how ArunShourie`™s article led to the dismissal of the A R Antulay Government in Maharastra.

Then there is also the infamous case of the Lottery Scam-when the then Finance Minister in the NipamachaGovernment ,H.Lokhon attempted to wave Rs.1.67 crores due to the State from three Lotery Agents of Manipur all in the name of resource mobilisation.OjaNipamcha was forced to withdraw the waiver order and constituted a Cabinet Sub-Committee to probe the Lottery dealings in Manipur.Then after sometime the sub-committee was constituted I had a very surprised visitor at my office in the form of former fellow scribe and then a Cabinet Minister in the Nipamacha ministry, PuT.N.Haokip-he was a member of the Cabinet sub-committee and came to me with a request to me to make available copies of the Government documents in my possession ,for according to him the Finance Minister had burnt all the documents relating to the lotteries in Manipur.This then was and is still Manipur, a failed State which for us scribes is a `Reporter`™s Paradise`.

Relating to the coverage of the National media on affairs in Manipur I cannot speak about other national media but The Statesman for which I had served as a Special Correspondent between 1990 -1998 was more pro-active in coverage of events in Manipur than many of our local media.For instance two articles which I wrote,the first entitled `UNLF`™s Long March to Geneva` and the second was` PLA:A New Dawn` was according to many legal experts could have been termed seditious in nature was published in The Statesman.And also during the Naga:Kuki killing days I got three by lined headlines stories printed on three consecutive days in my paper.Also how one handles the head office either in Calcutta or Delhi can determine how they treat our despatches-for where in India do you find MLAs armed with guns in hand seeking out to kill the Speaker in the Assembly building except in Manipur and how we package our story with a national relevance is what matters for coverage in the national media in my most humble opinion.
I took a 14 years Sabbatical from active journalism during which I had served as a Member in the Manipur Human Rights Commission and later also as Director of the Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy but in 2012 I returned as the Special Representative of The Statesman and am currently facing a Rs.50 Croes defamation suit from UtlouChaoba President of the Manipur BJP for exposing his corrupt deeds at RIMS and elsewhere.

Anyway thanks to the efforts of Sanatomba`™s elder brother R.K.Nemai who by his own account is one of the most incorruptibleand steadfast officer that Manipur has seen in recent times Sanatomba lives on in the minds and memories of Manipur and also lending recognition and encouragement bestowing an award to a selected scribe thereby encouraging and supporting the media fraternity in the State.

At this juncture my humble appeal to the powers that are at the All Manipur Working Journalists Union is to put up a scroll of honour at the Press Club depicting the names of the journalists who had been killed in their line duty beginning with Sanatomba and ending with Nanao irrespective of whether they members of AMWJU or not, with a lot of space below for more journalists might be shot dead in the near future still

And as for me all that I can say and that too I think represents the feelings of many of my fellow scribes is `Sanatomba,forgive us for we could not mourn for you,when you died`

Immigrants then and now

The question is not an easy one by any standard. Just how is the issue of immigration, economic, political or otherwise, expected to be tackled by those who are at

The question is not an easy one by any standard. Just how is the issue of immigration, economic, political or otherwise, expected to be tackled by those who are at the receiving end? The answer would, to a very great extent depend on the perspective one takes. Against the context of the universal notion of human rights, as enshrined in the UN Charter of Human Rights, economic and political migration is deemed as a basic right. This humanitarian outlook is however premised upon the position that the host nation or region is far superior economically and demographically, and therefore is under no threat from such migrations. Sadly, this condition is not always a reality. The predicament of the Northeast is adequately the proof. Assam today for instance is virtually an extension of Bangladesh, and it is said indigenous Assamese today are no longer a majority in Assam. It is said if the various ethnic communities, like the Bodos, Cacharis, Misings etc were to be excluded as a separate tribal category within the broader Assamese identity, the percentage of Assamese Hindus and original Muslims, would be reduced to a significantly smaller minority, forming perhaps even less than 30 percent of the total population.

It is not as if migration is a new phenomenon in Assam and the rest of the Northeast. But in the olden feudal days, when the power structure was radically different, migrants sooner than later assimilated themselves to the identity of the host communities that their new feudal masters belonged. Hence, Bengali peasant migrants from East Bengal would in no time adopt the Assamese identity (Amalendu Guha: Planters Raj to Swaraj), so that along with the continuous immigration, would be a growth of the Assamese population. This was demonstrated in pre-independence census exercises. Guha also explains, that for the poor illiterate Bengali peasantry who migrated to Assam from the mufossil districts of the then East Bengal, to identify with the powers that be in Assam gave them a sense of greater identity and would readily indigenise. Had they known there was a much greater Bengal and Bengali identity were within their immediate reach, this might not have been. Indeed this was the case with the Hindu Bengali Bhadralok from East Bengal. They wanted to identify with what was then often referred to as the Bengali Renaissance in Bengal rather than rural and backward Assam of the time, creating another layer of ethnic tension. We need not go too far to appreciate this indigenization process Guha refers to, for this was also to a great extent the case in Manipur when it was still a monarchy. The Muslims, again from the then East Bengal, readily became the Pangals, and Brahmins from Kanauj in the modern day Uttar Pradesh and other places from subcontinental India too willingly became absorbed as the Bamons. As long as the indigenization process of immigrants remained a natural phenomenon, demographic frictions were either altogether absent or else within easily manageable limits.

Enter modern times and democracy, and the scenario altered radically. Identity consciousness and knowledge also expanded immensely. To take the Assam example again, in the modern era immigrants from East Bengal (now Bangladesh) are not willing to compromise their origin identity. Viewed against the compulsion of massive immigration on the eve of, and immediate wake of, the Partition of India, this became a huge issue, for then the indigenous Assamese began to see a threat to their own identity by a demographic takeover by Bengalis. Assam even refused to have the Hindu majority Sylhet become part of Assam when the Hindu Bengalis of the district desperately wanted it so in order to be included in India at the time of Partition, and as a result this populous district was forced to join East Pakistan. Sketching the scenario at the time, Sanjib Baruah, another well known Assamese scholar, quotes the memorable and bewildered remark by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru upon reading Gopinath Bordoloi`™s letter, that the way the Assam chief minister was reacting, he might as well treat Assam as an independent country, adding an ironic remark that Nehru`™s remark proved prophetic, that many youth in modern Assam would indeed come to want such a fate. Perhaps not an exact parallel, but the Assam story is generally also the undercurrent behind much of the xenophobia the northeast has now come to be afflicted by. In the democratised world, immigrants no longer are willing to indigenise, setting them apart from the populations of the host regions. Struggles for power and economic spaces between them are the inevitable consequences. Democracy being ultimately a system of deciding who gets to hold the reins of power by a headcount, xenophobic tensions are also only natural. This, in our opinion, is one of the most fundamental challenges in tackling and overcoming the xenophobia issue in the northeast.

Leader Writer: Pradip Phanjoubam

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MDAVO objects to 15-day deadline for Chadong villagers to shift

IMPHAL, July 2: The Mapithel Dam Affected Villagers Organisation strongly objects the office notification of the executive engineer, Thoubal Project Division I, IFCD Manipur published in local newspapers on June

A statement of the association signed by its chairman Themson Jajo said the very notice is an imposition and illegal as it contradicted para 8 (page 52) of the rehabilitation plan of the oustees 1998 where it states that `the rehabilitation plan would be completed before 1 year of the completion of the project`.

Additionally, the current notice is also a violation of the High Court stay order of April 25, 2012 in which it is clearly stated that `agreement dated September 24, 2011 for RnR package shall not be given effect to until further order, it said.

It said Chadong is gradually being submerged and like animals the villagers are asked to move to a government designated site.

Rehabilitation and resettlement is about rebuilding a new village with all amenities and new life skills that allows better life as they have sacrificed the ancestral homes for the greater common good, it observed adding that the farmlands have been submerged long since.

The statement said it may be mentioned here that except for ground leveling, the land allotted for `relocation`™ is bereft of the basic requirements for a person to live with dignity and respect. It is almost as if the human rights of the villagers, having been snatched with the construction of the dam, may be abused and violated over and over again. We are concerned and extremely suspicious of the present government who have the audacity to ask the villagers to move to a place where there is not even amenities for drinking water- a basic right to life and survival? There have been no proper plans for livelihood, it said.

The criminal intent and action will be met with legal action and resistance by the villagers who have withstood this far and still continuing, it said.

MDAVO would like to reiterate in a final note that the final comments and recommendations by the Expert Review Committee (ERC) on RnR constituted by the government of Manipur on January 18, 2008 as per Order of Governor of Manipur letter dated No. 20/1/2005-IFC(Pt) be made at the earliest before the angst and agony of the submerging village and villagers take over, it said.

Tremendous improvement in health care system says Phungzathang

IMPHAL, July 1: Health minister, Phungzathang Tonsing has claimed that the health care system in the State has witnessed a tremendous improvement during the pass few year despite shortage of

IMPHAL, July 1: Health minister, Phungzathang Tonsing has claimed that the health care system in the State has witnessed a tremendous improvement during the pass few year despite shortage of doctors.

The Health Minister stated this while replying to a query raised by Andro MLA, Th Shyamkumar during the Question Hour of the ongoing Assembly session today.

He said while there are only 1196 doctors of the total requirement of 2222 doctors in the State, there are altogether 522 health centres including seven district hospitals in the entire State. Nevertheless, the health care system has improved a lot compared to previous years, he observed. The minister attributed this to careful planning of the department including the recruitment of 832 doctors this year.

He said that his department is trying its best to further improve the system and gradually the vacant post of doctors will be filled.

Of the total requirement the need for MHS Grade-I is 16 in numbers, 134 for MHS Grade-II, 599 for MHS Grade-III and 1470 for MHS Grade-IV. However, at present there are only 1961 doctors including 2 MHS Grade-I, 34 in Grade-II, 90 in Grade-III and 1070 in Grade-IV, he continued.

Of the total 522 health centres there are 17 CHC, 85 CHC, 420 PHSC and 7 district hospitals.

Th Shyamukar in his questioned initially sought information on the number of hospitals, doctors under the health department of Manipur.

Further in his supplementary question he enquired the Minister how can the health service operate when there was a deficiency of 1026 doctors with 522 health centres to operate.

Prof Gangmumei appointed North Eastern Council member

IMPHAL, July 1: Prof Gangmumei Kamei, a distinguished academician, author has been appointed as a member of the North Eastern Council along with Chandra Kanta Das, a senior retired IAS

IMPHAL, July 1: Prof Gangmumei Kamei, a distinguished academician, author has been appointed as a member of the North Eastern Council along with Chandra Kanta Das, a senior retired IAS officer (`™75 batch).

The announcement was made by Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh, in his capacity as chairman of the North Eastern Council (NEC), today, according to a PIB statement.

The two eminent persons as been appointed as the new members of the council for a period of three years, it said.

They will function as full time non-official members from the NEC headquarters at Shillong, according to the statement.

Prof Gangmumei Kamei retired as Professor of History, Manipur University, and is widely hailed for his excellence as an educationist and researcher in the subjects related to the Northeast, the statement said.

It also said that Chandra Kanta Das superannuated as chairman, Assam Electricity Board in December 2008 following which he served as adviser to the Chief Minister, Assam till 2011 and was thereafter actively engaged in public life as a civil society activist.

The two members appointed today will draw the salary, dearness allowance and perquisites as applicable to a Secretary in the Government of India. Das and Prof Gangmumei will fill in the vacancies that arose following the acceptance of the resignations of earlier NEC members Ashoke K. Dutta and MP Bezbaruah respectively.

Dr Jitendra Singh has also said that shortly a senior IAS officer from Government of India will be appointed as the new Secretary of the NEC, since the post fell vacant following the posting of the earlier Secretary Ameising Luikham as Union Secretary, Department of Public Enterprises, it said.

Stab victim dies on way to hospital in Takhel

IMPHAL, July 1: In an unfortunate incident, a 25 year old went on a stabbing spree leaving one dead, and two injured. The incident occurred today at 9:45 am at

IMPHAL, July 1: In an unfortunate incident, a 25 year old went on a stabbing spree leaving one dead, and two injured.

The incident occurred today at 9:45 am at Takhel Keithel Macha under Lamlai Police Station.

The dead victim has been identified as Khundrakpam Sanathoi Singh, 24, son of Kh Shamungou Singh of Takhel Mayai Leikai

It is learnt that Sanathoi was reading the morning newspaper at the site of the incident site when 25-year old Arambam Naobi Singh son of (L) A Ibomcha Singh came and suddenly stabbed him on his chest with a knife.

Even as by-standers were in shock over the stabbing, Naobi rushed forward and attacked 18-year old Yumkhaibam Premchandra Singh son of Y Angou Singh of Takhel Mayai Leikai who came riding a two-wheeler.

Following the second attack, the by-standers tried to control Naoba and seize the knife from him. In the effort, Naoba attacked another person identified as Thaoroijam Jugeshwar Singh, 55, of Takhel Mamang Leikai. However, he escaped with a little scratch on his hand.

On the other hand, Sanathoi was rushed to JNIMS but succumbed before reaching the hospital around 10:10 am.

Naoba who was also injured in the effort of the by-standers to control him was taken to JNIMS along with Premchandra

At the same time, Lamlai Police has registered a case in this regard and taken Naobi in its custody.

Meanwhile, eyewitnesses said Naobi has been suffering from some psychological imbalances since sometime.

A JAC was formed in this connection and held a meeting today demanding befitting punishment to Naobi.

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Govt investigating unauthorized absence of IFS officer, says CM

IMPHAL, July 1: The State government will not spare Indian Forest Officer (Manipur-Tripura cadre) SK Srivastava who has resurfaced again after missing for over six years, if he is found

IMPHAL, July 1: The State government will not spare Indian Forest Officer (Manipur-Tripura cadre) SK Srivastava who has resurfaced again after missing for over six years, if he is found guilty of any charge, Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh said during the ongoing session of the Manipur Legislative Assembly today.

The leader of the House was responding to a calling attention motion moved by Oinam MLA Dr I Ibohalbi.

Further clarifying on the controversy surrounding the promotion of the IFS officer SK Srivastava to the rank of additional principal-chief conservator of forest (AP-CCF) from being a DFO, Ibobi said that the State government has not accepted the joining report as AP-CCF furnished by Srivastava.

The State government is taking the matter very seriously and a thorough investigation is underway against the IFS officer, said Ibobi while assuring the House that the government will not spare the officer if found guilty.

However, the Chief Minister observed that it would not be sensible to form a House Committee and conduct an enquiry at this stage overlooking the department and the Ministry concerned.

Moving his motion, MLA Dr I Ibohalbi said that SK Srivastava`™s act openly mocked the administrative set up of the nation and Manipur in particular.

Stating that Srivastava had completely defied the authority and the RR, Ibohalbi questioned whether his service was any longer required in the State?

The MLA drew the attention of the House stating that a House committee should be formed to conduct a probe against the IFS officer opining that his action could demoralise the entire administrative set up.

SK Srivasta a 1987 Manipur-Tripura cadre, who was then a Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) went missing from the State in 2008 finally resurfacing on September 8, 2014 with a joining report furnished to the State government stating his designation as AP-CCF.

It was reported that the officer had reportedly gone on deputation to the RD Ministry in 1996 and went on to extend the deputation for several years.

With him failing to return to the state the DP declared him `unauthorised absentee` from January 20 2008 to June 5, 2012 and also reportedly sent summons for furnishing detail reports on his immovable assets.

However, he made several attempts to justifying himself including the joining report as APCCF on September 8, 2014 which allegedly on May 14 this year was granted by the Chief Secretary of Manipur after a mild warning.

Naga Hoho pronounces deadline for Mao Council to withdraw memorandum submitted to Manipur govt

IMPHAL, July 1: The Naga Hoho has unanimously resolved to direct the Mao Council to immediately withdraw within a five-day period its memorandum submitted to the Manipur government on the

IMPHAL, July 1: The Naga Hoho has unanimously resolved to direct the Mao Council to immediately withdraw within a five-day period its memorandum submitted to the Manipur government on the issue of the Dzuko Valley dispute.

According to a statement of the Hoho, a consultative meeting of the Naga Hoho was held today at the Heritage Kohima in Nagaland.

It said the consultative meeting acknowledged the decision of the Naga Hoho in serving the directives issued to both the Southern Angami Peoples`™ Organisation and the Mao Council on June 5.

After a thorough discussion on the ensuing impasse between the SAPO and Mao Council, it has unanimously resolved to direct the Mao Council to immediately withdraw the Memorandum submitted to the Government of Manipur within five days period, it continued.

It said the meeting also deliberated at length the border issues between Assam and Nagaland and resolved to apprise the Nagaland government to immediately convene an emergency meeting with all the tribal bodies.

House passes six demands amounting to Rs 11,04,22,80,000

IMPHAL, July 1: Altogether six demands amounting to Rs 11,04,22,80,000 were passed today unanimously by the House during Discussion and Voting on Demands for Grants, 2015-16 on the fourth day

IMPHAL, July 1: Altogether six demands amounting to Rs 11,04,22,80,000 were passed today unanimously by the House during Discussion and Voting on Demands for Grants, 2015-16 on the fourth day of the ongoing session of the 10th Manipur Legislative Assembly.

The demands were tabled by the Chief Minister of Manipur which included Rs 1062,05,80,000 for demand no. 7 Police; Rs 3,07,75,000 for demand no. 24 Vigilance department; Rs 10,48,00,000 for demand no. 31 Fire protection and control; Rs 16,40,22,000 for demand 32-Jails; Rs 10,65,06,000 for demand no. 3-home guards and Rs 1,55,97,000 for demand 34-Rehabilitation.

Prior to passing the demands, opposition MLAs moved cut motion on certain demands.

In response to the cut motions moved by the opposition MLAs in regard to demands, Home minister Gaikhangam said that the police department is the most crucial department with huge role but is less appreciated.

Despite the fact that it has maximum number of disciplined and decorated officers, the department`™s image is sometimes tarnished by some blacksheep within it.

Nevertheless, the department and its officers are organising interaction programme in collaboration with the media and social organisation to boost the relationship between public, said Gaikhangam.

`Our top priority is instilling public confidence and to do so we need public support`, observed the Home Minister.

He clarified that the intelligence wing of the department is commendable for the fact that it lacks infrastructures.

Gaikhangam further revealed that the CCTV cameras installed within the heart of Imphal will be restored soon, and will be extended to Greater Imphal areas adding that the finance department have sanctioned the required funds to do so.

Justifying on the delay in solving of cases, the Home minister asserted talks of substantial improvement.

He said that in 2012 altogether 2396 cases were registered of which charge sheets have been framed in 406 cases, similarly in 2013, 262 charge sheets were frame of the total 3930 cases registered, 406 of 4510 in 2014 and 2036 of the total 2396 till May 2015.

With regards to the demand of the VDF and Home Guards, Giakhangam revealed that financial constraint and time factors are the two important factors holding back the government.

For demands no. 7-Police, MLA L Ibomcha and K Shyam moved motion for disapproval of policy cut supplemented by Dr I Ibohalbi and Uripok MLA L Nandakumar on account of inability of Manipur police to maintain good relation with public, failure of intelligence of police department, failure to develop a policy for the promotion of officers in Manipur police/MRs/IRBs etc, failure to install CCTV in the strategic areas of Imphal city, delay in investigation and filing charge-sheets in time, failure to enhance the allowances of VDF, failure to open station in Dzuko valley and inability to boost morale of the police personnel.

For demand no. 24 Vigilance department a motion for disapproval of policy cut was moved by MLA Ibomcha and Dr I Ibohalbi Singh on account of non-submission of department enquiry report against charge-officers even though there is specific allegation and evidence for committing offense and failure to give more autonomy to state vigilance commission.

For demand no. 32-Jails a motion for token cut was moved by L Ibomcha on account of failure to open/construct proper jail building in the Hill districts and insufficient man-power in the jails. At the same time, demand for disapproval of policy cut on demand no.33 home guards was moved by Dr I Ibohalbi Singh on account of failure to strengthen Manipur Home guards and motion for token cut by L Ibomcha Singh on account of failure to enhance Home guards.

Mission Blind School seeks govt`s attention

IMPHAL July 1: Students and teachers of the Mission Blind School, Heikakpokpi, Chandel today took out a rally in the scorching heat shouting slogans against the apathy of the government

IMPHAL July 1: Students and teachers of the Mission Blind School, Heikakpokpi, Chandel today took out a rally in the scorching heat shouting slogans against the apathy of the government to their demand for government recognition of their school and implementation of the repeated assurance from the authorities to upgrade it into a full fledge government institution.

They were however, blocked from proceeding towards the ongoing Assembly session by the State police.

The State has remained mute to our cries despite repeated verbal assurance from all levels including our Chief Minister, alleged K Pareng Kom, principal of the school.

We are the only operating blind institute in all the five hill districts of Manipur since February 2003, he said.

At present there are 55 students and 13 teachers in our institute and we do not charge any fees from our students, he continued.

Till date we are surviving on NGOs and public donation facing various hardships of both food and other basic needs. Assam Rifle has assisted us since 2005, however we face acute resource constraint and have not been able to pay our teachers for five years, he lamented.

He said, even among the disables we are at the most disadvantage and the State should have prioritized our needs but unfortunately, till date they have not extended any assistance.

He said, after repeated appeals and submissions, the Education minister assured us to upgrade our school into a full-fledged govt institution or provide grant.

The minister assured us that the case will be forwarded to the CM and a cabinet decision taken accordingly at the earliest, he said.

However, we have been left wanting without any significant progress on the issue. Such is the outrageous treatment of the State towards the blind people in the State, he said.

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National Doctor`s Day 1st July 2015

By Dr. Khetrimayum Kala Singh `Doctors perform vital diagnosis, treatment and care 365 days per year, this is the day to honor them` Introduction Doctor`™s Day is observed to pay

By Dr. Khetrimayum Kala Singh

`Doctors perform vital diagnosis, treatment and care 365 days per year, this is the day to honor them`

Introduction

Doctor`™s Day is observed to pay tribute to Dr. B.C. Roy and salutes the spirit of his dedication. The red carnation was chosen as the official symbol of doctors Day because of the color of the flower is in spirit of characters of medical profession. It represents adoration, charity, sacrifice, bravery and audacity.

When is the National Doctor`™s Day in 2015

The national Doctor`™s Day is always observed in the United States of America on the 30th Day of March each year. in India it is observed on 1st July every year.

The origin and History of the National Doctor`™s Day

Following overwhelming approved by the United States Senate and the House of Representatives, on October 30, 1990 President George Bush Signed March 30th as `National Doctor`™s Day`.

Doctor`™s Day in India was established by the Government of India in 1991 to be recognized and celebrated every year on 1st of July as National Doctors day. It is celebrated on 1st of July on the birth and death anniversary of the most famous physician of India Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy (Dr. B C Roy) to pay lots of honor and tribute. He was honored with the great Indian civilian award called Bharat Ratna on 4th of February in 1961. He was born on 1st of July in 1882 in the Patna, Bihar. He had completed his medical graduation from Calcutta and returned to the India in 1911 after completing his MRCP and FRCS degrees in London and began his medical career as a physician in India in the same year.

Later he joined the Calcutta Medical College as a teaching staff and afterwards he moved to the Campbell Medical School and then to Carmichael Medical College. He was a most famous physician and renowned educationalist as well as a freedom fighter as he joined the Mahatma Gandhi during Civil Disobedience Movement. Later he became Indian National Congress leader and then Chief Minister of the West Bengal. He passed away on his birthday means 1st of July in 1962, after 80 years of his great service in this world. Behind his name, Dr. B. C. Roy National Award was instituted in the year 1976 to pay honor, respect and tribute.

Why National Doctors Day Is Celebrated

National doctors day is celebrated every year all across the India on 1st of July to provide honor to the most famous and legendary physician as well as 2nd Chief Minister of the West Bengal, Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy.

It is a great observance in India which helps in fulfilling the actual need of doctors and physicians in the lives of everyone as well as their significant roles and responsibilities. The annual celebration of this awareness campaign helps common public to get aware about the roles, importance and the precious care of the doctors.

Large population crowd of the India depends in many ways on the physicians and their quality treatments which show the remarkable improvements and progress in the cure and treatments methods. Annual celebration of the doctors day has been proved as a way of encouragement and big eye opener for all the physicians and doctors of the India to wake up from their failing career due to the lack of commitment towards their profession.

National doctors day celebration has been marked as the day of respect for entire professional doctors who have made their great efforts in saving the life of patients. Doctors day means a whole day which has been dedicated to the medical profession especially for doctors and physicians to commemorate their efforts and roles. It is a day to say them vote of thanks for their love, affection and priceless care of their patients.

National Doctors Day Celebration

National doctors day is being celebrated for years by the government and non-government healthcare organizations in order to get familiar with the doctors contributions. Staff of the healthcare organizations organizes variety of events and activities for the campaign celebration. `Rotary Club of the North Calcutta and North East Calcutta Social & Welfare Organization` organizes big event every year for the grand celebration of the doctors day.

A discussion program is organized to discuss about the various aspects of medical profession such as health check-up, cure, prevention, diagnosis, proper treatment of the disease and so many. Rotational medical services by the doctors are also promoted and encouraged in the community for better and healthy social development. Free medical checkup camps are organized at many health centers and public places by the health care organizations to promote quality medical services without cost among common public.

General screening test camps are also organized to assess the health status, health counseling, health nutrition talks and chronic diseases awareness among poor people and senior citizens. Free blood test, random blood sugar test, ECG, EEG, blood pressure checkup and etc activities are organized to aware people about the priceless roles of doctors in everyone lives.

Some of the activities at the schools and colleges level are also organized for encouraging more youth students toward the dedicated medical profession. Discussion on the medical topics, quiz competitions, sports activities, availing scientific tools to students for the creative knowledge, implementing new and effective educational strategies for making the medical profession strong and more responsible.

On the 1st of July patients greet their doctors by distributing greeting cards, appreciation cards, Ecards, giving them bunch of flowers or bouquets, greeting messages through the mails and etc. Special meetings, party and dinner are organized at the health centers, hospitals, nursing homes or at homes by the doctors in order to commemorate importance of day and contributions of doctors towards medical profession.

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Debtors and creditors

The catastrophe unfolding in Greece is painful to watch, but in the impending tragedy are plenty of lessons for all. On July 5, the beleaguered country will vote whether it

The catastrophe unfolding in Greece is painful to watch, but in the impending tragedy are plenty of lessons for all. On July 5, the beleaguered country will vote whether it is willing to accept the conditions set on it by three powerful institutions, referred to as the `troika`, the European Commission, the European Central Bank, and the International Monetary Fund, for a bailout loan of 110 billion Euros to tide over its estimated debt total of 323 billion Euros. The terms set are extremely harsh. As knowledgeable analysts have noted, a `reform plan foisted on Greece five years ago has been abysmal, resulting in a 25% decline in the country`™s GDP.` They also note that the troika is still demanding Greece reach a budget surplus by 2018, and reserve 3.5 percent of its GDP for the repayment programme of their proposed loan. Without going into too much details of Greece`™s unenviable budgetary balance sheet, suffices it to say the situation is tragic for the country. On July 5, if the country says `yes` to the troika`™s plan, it would virtually be surrendering its financial sovereignty to these banks. If on the other hand it says `no` it would be courting chaos and impoverishment, for indeed Greece`™s economy is on the verge of total collapse. Besides its GDP declining at 25%, among other things unemployment has risen to 60% and pension funds having virtually disappeared. Understandably, there has been an upswing of suicides and during the last one year, and it is said over 3000 ended their lives.

The Greece situation has raised many interesting questions. These range from the philosophical, political, economic and administrative. It has also brought to the fore once again the antagonism between the socialist vision and the capitalist one. Left leaning Nobel Prize winning American economist, Joseph Stiglitz, for instance sees vendetta and claims that the Troika`™s bailout plan is not meant as assistance but punitive measures. Greece is ruled by a Leftist coalition known as Syriza and its Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras been quite irreverently pushing policies which is against the Capitalist ethos of creating wealth at any cost, including extreme social inequalities. This obviously did not go well with Capitalist Europe, therefore nobody is keen to rescue Greece in its time of crisis and instead endorse directly or indirectly, punishing and humiliating the country till it ultimately submits.

Another well known economist and columnist, Paul Krugman, agrees. Krugman, newspaper readers will recall has always been sceptical of the Euro Zone, saying it was unrealistic to presume different peoples with very different saving and spending habits can share purse. Much before the current Greece crisis he had predicted that it was unlikely for instance for the thrifty and financially prudent Germans, and the spendthrift, carefree Greeks to get along well sharing a single purse. If the EU was a single federal country, the problem would have been different. If one of its units landed in trouble, it would have become obligatory for the Union to come to its rescue. This would be something a situation in which an acute financial crisis befalls Manipur or any other states of India. Such a crisis would have made the Union of India obligatory to come to the rescue of the beleaguered state. But politically, EU is hardly near this arrangement.

Another observation is interesting. It says creditors cannot be made to solely define what justice should be, or the debtors bear all responsibilities of failure. German sociologist and philosopher, Jurgen Habermas, for instance stepped out into public space to ridicule how bankers are being allowed to define a nation and not the citizens. Creditors are not doing the debtors a favour out of charity, but earn handsome profits from loans they extend when the loan contracts succeed, so in situation where these contracts genuinely fail, they too, apart from the debtors, must be made to bear the cost. There are other more obvious lessons. Any economy, from the smallest unit of a family to that of a nation, runs on money they earn. For a nation, this revenue comes from taxes. Hence, an economy cannot afford not to earn, and equally important, it cannot afford to spend more than it earns. In the worries in the Northeast over the Centre`™s plan to end the special category status for Northeast states, is again this same equation. To be independent, an economy must be productive so that there will be a surplus for the government to build a tax coffer with which to run the economy. People in Manipur and the Northeast often forget this and think only in terms of what they are entitled to get and not also what they are obliged to give.

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One of two brothers shot at dies; local mob sets ablaze accused nephew`s house

IMPHAL, July 1: Kh Krishnamohon, one of the two brothers who were shot at by their nephew yesterday at Naoremthong Khullem succumbed to his bullet injury today, resulting in a

IMPHAL, July 1: Kh Krishnamohon, one of the two brothers who were shot at by their nephew yesterday at Naoremthong Khullem succumbed to his bullet injury today, resulting in a mob attacking the nephew`™s house and setting it on fire along with vehicles and household items.

Krsihnamohan who was hit in his upper thigh succumbed today at 5:15 am at the Shija Hospital and Research Institute.

Post mortem was conducted today at the RIMS Morgue, however, the JAC formed in connection to his death has decided that the body will not be accepted unless the perpetrator Khulem Jiten, who is absconding is arrested.

It is also learnt that the condition of the other brother Priyobarta has improved much and he has been shifted to the ward for further treatment from the ICU at the Shija hospital.

In the meantime, soon after getting information of the death of Krishnamohon, an angry mob ransacked Kh Jiten`™s house and set ablaze the house along with his Scorpio jeep, two-wheeler and a generator.

However, a fire service team also arrived at the scene and tried to douse the fire.

Later, the angry locals led by the JAC staged a sit in protest along the Uripok-Kangchup road by blocking half of the road.

The JAC also took several resolutions including expelling Jiten from the locality and any family found supporting Jiten.

It may be mentioned that Khulem Priyabanta alias Nungshitombi, 54, of Naoremthong Khulem Leikai and his younger brother Kh Krishnamohon, 42 were shot at by their nephew Khulem Jiten for interfering in his quarrel with his father Kendrajit yesterday.