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IMPHAL, July 24: The road connecting Palace Compound and Wangkhei Thangapat Mapal has been repaired recently by the chairperson of G Khelchandra Memorial Trust, Hareshwar Goswami. The Konung Leikai Nupi… Read more »
IMPHAL, July 24: The road connecting Palace Compound and Wangkhei Thangapat Mapal has been repaired recently by the chairperson of G Khelchandra Memorial Trust, Hareshwar Goswami. The Konung Leikai Nupi Kanglup has lauded the chairperson for the noble work, stated a release.
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IMPHAL, May 10: MPSC defeated UYAC by 5-1 while HU drew with SSA with the score of 3-3 in today’s matches of the 35th mens and 17th womens state hockey… Read more »
IMPHAL, May 10: MPSC defeated UYAC by 5-1 while HU drew with SSA with the score of 3-3 in today’s matches of the 35th mens and 17th womens state hockey league being held at Khuman Lampak Hockey Stadium.
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“In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten, in the human kingdom, define or be defined” said wrote Thomas Szasz, capturing a concern of much of the… Read more »
“In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten, in the human kingdom, define or be defined” said wrote Thomas Szasz, capturing a concern of much of the hitherto inarticulate world of the modern times, in particular various native non-European and indigenous communities which have relatively recently come to belong to the modern literate world. The statement undoubtedly is profound. It says much of the notions and mechanisms of identity formation. We bring up this idea up in contemplating what postcolonial identity has been for various communities, in particular the indigenous world. It is not surprising that much of the identities we know of today were given and brought forth from within. Thanks to new energy given to scholarship in this direction, we are now cognisant of how much of the identities that have come to be internalised amongst not just outside observers who caused these identity formation but also communities given these identities, buttressing in the process, and contrary to what William Shakespeare implied in the famous statement in “Romeo and Juliet”, there is a lot in a name, for often it is the name which gives an identity. The Northeast was a nomenclature once defining a certain cartographical location on the Indian political and geographical map. Today it is an identity. The same can be said of the Arunachalis, Mizos, Nagas, Manipuris and Assamese, and as a matter of fact, Indian. Do these identities conform to ethnicity or do they signify domicile and citizenship status, are some of the problematic questions. Without going too deep into these queries, suffices it to say that once upon a time, people who today profess these identities, never knew of themselves by these identities. They were given these names by others to broadly define them, and today, many of those thus defined, would zealously defend these identities as their own intrinsic self understanding, even to violent extents.
That these understanding of identities have their liberal shares of inner tensions and hegemonies is also an undeniable fact today. Indeed, much of the conflict situations we witness in the region are a manifestation of these tensions within. Again, there is no gainsaying these understanding have a profound bearing on the way policies and programmes of the government are formulated and unfolded. This being the case, we are proposing a need to deconstruct these identities which although were given to the communities have crystallised solidly, and attempt a reconstruction in the manner that French philosopher, Jacques Derrida recommends. This is important, because the new identities thus constructed would be informed by inner needs and dynamics of the communities rather than imposed from outside alone. They would also have shed the redundant and at the same time incorporated answers to new challenges, which indeed different times always throw up. We can begin this process by asking some very basic questions like who is a Manipuri or Naga or Assamese etc. Honest and probing queries into these seemingly simple questions should bring in new and refreshing lights as to how many of the tensions within our societies can be resolved.
It goes without saying that this exercise must not mean the total rejection of what is already there. History can never be reversed and historical events cannot be erased. So if certain identities have evolved because of historical logic of a time, even if it meant identities forming out of nomenclatures assigned to peoples for the convenience of anthropological conveniences of outside researchers of the past, they have become engraved in indelible ink as historical experiences of the place, sparking off myriad chains of other historical events, which in their turns set off other chains of events and these too their own chains etc, in a never ending process. In other words, what has happened has happened and cannot be reversed. They have come to have strong historical roots of their own. But acknowledging the limitations of the circumstances they came into being and the consequences they have caused, should be the beginning of a new dawn of understanding of the way forward for our societies in resolving many of the issues of conflict embedded within. As for instance, new courses can be charted in which the old and the new understandings of identities can confluence and evolve more democratic and mutually acceptable ground for coexistence, and in time perhaps even evolving new identities which are inclusive of all stakeholders in an equitable way informed by the noble idea of justice for all.
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The earthquake that hit east India with epicentre in Sikkim, the full devastation of which… more »
The earthquake that hit east India with epicentre in Sikkim, the full devastation of which is proving to be much more than what was initially expected, should serve as a warning to all the states of the Northeast of the uneasy truth that the region is sitting on one of the most seismically fragile zones in the entire world. It is not exactly in the “circle of fire” as the most dangerously seismically positioned regions such as Japan are often referred to, but it is still in a high danger zone. The prudent thing for the NE governments is expected to do should come across as obvious. They must prepare their people to face any eventuality if major and destructive earthquakes were to hit them. There is nothing to lose even if no big earthquake ever hits, but the price paid for being prepared for the worst is well worth it. In a way it is like the premium paid for buying insurance policies. It should surprise nobody that a majority of the people who buy these policies do not ever meet the consequences they had insured themselves and paid premium for all through the years until policy maturity, but the sense of security they lived with because of their investment is itself a reward in itself. In the case of the insurance policies, it is a business so those who sell these policies would push hard to sell and once the policies are sold would do everything to ensure their clients do nothing that would entitle them to claim their insured amounts, for if all clients were to begin claiming their insured amounts, the insurance companies would go bankrupt. Contrasted to this scenario, in the case of drilling for disaster preparedness, the sellers as well as the clients are the same and therefore nobody would anything to lose but everything to gain.
A decade or two ago, when the NE region was first declared officially as a seismically prone area, government publicity departments in practically every one of the seven states went on top gears doing campaigns on how the people must prepare themselves for any possible earthquake disaster. One of the recommendations was for every family to keep some matchsticks, candles, lengths of ropes and torch lights aside for emergency uses. This would be something like the extremely internalised and good practice in most families to keep a medical first-aid box with the most commonly needed drugs and implements to meet health emergencies, the most common of which are injuries and burns. The earthquake preparedness publicity had not been heard of for decades, and the people have also become complacent to the idea of possible future disasters. If a disaster were to strike anytime now, quite predictably, not only would the consequences be much more than what should have been, but the people by and large would not know how to do meet even the smallest challenges thrown up.
The reminder then is, the government must not take the matter lightly or for granted. It can happen, and to be a realist to the extent of being cynical, it would do well not to forget Murphy’s Law which says that if something can go wrong it will go wrong. We are in such a situation as Murphy predicts. Things can go terribly wrong so let us presume that they would go wrong someday sooner than later. Let the government take the attitude that everybody must prepare for the worst although without giving up hopes for the best. It has a full-fledged publicity directorate with a cabinet minister in charge. We suggest this department be briefed to take on this challenge of spreading awareness of ways to prepare for possible future cataclysmic natural events and their immediate aftermaths. We are told that the Northeast region is struck by thousands of small earthquakes each year which may not even come to public cognizance and these small quakes have been releasing the tensions in the earth’s crust beneath the region thus saving it from major tremors so far. We should thank dame luck for this, but let us also be realistic and not come under any impression that this luck can be forever. The government should also regulate the manner in which people build their houses and other constructions. At this moment, this is not happening and everybody builds the way it pleases them in total disregard of their own as well as the safety of their neighbourhoods. It should be a lesson that a relook at the disasters caused by earthquakes in the past few decades all over the world reveals that it is in poor unprepared nations that tragedies have been most severe. While in poor countries casualties can be in lakhs, among prepared populations, in California or Japan for instance, though bad, the casualties suffered have seldom been more than the absolutely unavoidable.
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IMPHAL, May 6: In a press release, the Jawaharlal Nehru Dance Academy Repertory’s ‘Bidai Abhisap’ will be shown in Dhaka on May 8 at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on the occasion… Read more »
IMPHAL, May 6: In a press release, the Jawaharlal Nehru Dance Academy Repertory’s ‘Bidai Abhisap’ will be shown in Dhaka on May 8 at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on the occasion of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranth Tagore. It is sponsored by the Sangeet Natak Academy, New Delhi under Indo-Bangladesh Cultural Exchange Programme. The much appreciated dance-drama is based on Tagore’s poem of the same title and translated in Manipuri by the renowned theatre-director, Ratan Thiyam, choreographed by N.Amusana Devi, Sr.Production Asst.
The show in Dhaka will be the seventh show including two shows in Santiniketan and Kolkata, it further added. It further mentions that a five member team of Pung Cholom artists will depart for Ethiopia on May 13.
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IMPHAL July 26: Through the initiative of councilor ward no. 6 of Khumbi Nagar panchayet, several relief materials were distributed to flood affected families of Khumbi a/c. Nongmeithem Babudhon Singh,… Read more »
IMPHAL July 26: Through the initiative of councilor ward no. 6 of Khumbi Nagar panchayet, several relief materials were distributed to flood affected families of Khumbi a/c.
Nongmeithem Babudhon Singh, chairperson Kumbi Nagar panchayet today distributed 10kg of rice along with 1 kg pulses (dal) per families affected by flood at Khumbi a/c that were resulted from recent torrential rainfall. Side by side several mosquito nets of the flood affected families from ward no. 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of Khumbi a/c were administered mosquitoes repellent solution this afternoon.
Addressing media persons during the distribution of relief materials and administering of mosquito repellant at Lai- achouba mandop located near Kumbi bazaar, Babudhon Singh said that the initiative was solely taken up by the chairperson with the support of the department concerned of the government. He added that several families are affected by flood that resulted from heavy downpour since the recent couple of days. The distribution of relief material and administering of disinfectant from mosquito was held at various places of Kumbi a/c.
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IMPHAL, Sept 21: KCP (MC)-Lallumba group, in a press handout, has decided to take up… more »
IMPHAL, Sept 21: KCP (MC)-Lallumba group, in a press handout, has decided to take up stringent action against its two erring cadres involved in serving demand notes to a Pradhan at Takyel Kolom Leikai yesterday.
The two cadres are identified as army no. 318040850 Sergeant Major Laishram Sushilchandra alias Tangleikhomba alias Boy, 32, s/o Tombi Singh of Keishampat Jailor Leirak and army no. 318940844 private Irengbam Gulapi alias Naoba Singh, s/o Yaima Singh of Kontha Ahallup Awang Leikai.
The Lallumba group is currently under the tripartite agreement with the union government and the state government.
President of the group, Lallumba further clarified that the two cadres are not related with KYKL (MDF) or any other outfit.
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IMPHAL, Sept 22: NEROCA and MPSC were tied in 1-1 draw while SSU defeated YWC… more »
IMPHAL, Sept 22: NEROCA and MPSC were tied in 1-1 draw while SSU defeated YWC by 2-1 in today’s matches of 6th Manipur State League Football Tournament held at Mapal Kangjeibung.
In the first ground, H Chakravarti scored the lone goal for NEROCA while K Priyokumar scored the goal for MPSC in a penalty kick.
Manish of NEROCA and Nilakumar of MPSC were booked yellow cards while H Chakravarty was given red card during the play.
In the second ground, K Kiran and Kh Naoba scored one goal each for SSU while Y Somendro scored the lone goal for YWC.
Kh Sushilkumar and Md Sahidur of SSU and Y Somendro of YWC were booked yellow cards during the match.
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Are peace talks in the northeast destined to remain a process until finally the process itself becomes the goal? This is a question which cannot miss any serious observers of… Read more »
Are peace talks in the northeast destined to remain a process until finally the process itself becomes the goal? This is a question which cannot miss any serious observers of the region. The answer seems to be in the affirmative, not merely from watching the Naga peace talks, but also the entry of so many other groups in Manipur into this process, in their case without any clear cut route charted out, or even the blueprint of what might be the ultimate solution, known. In fact, for many of the groups entering the fray now, it was never very clear what they were fighting for when they were fighting, unlike say the Nagas who were never in any doubt what they wanted from the time the elite leadership amongst them from the then Naga Club met the Simon Commission when the latter visited Nagaland in 1929. It is also unimaginable these latter groups would be able to come up with any credible, tangible goals, justified by the history or the present, now that they have supposedly stopped fighting. And yet the juggernaut has been set rolling and the “peace process” would carry on, perhaps for a decade, or even several decades, by which time a generation or two would have changed guards, and whatever little tangible goals that can be said to have yoked these disparate groups together would have been lost sight of.
From the state’s point of view, maybe this is a solution in itself. If this indeed is the case, then it would be much more fitting to refer to these peace talks as “peace offensives” rather than “peace initiatives”. In an oxymoronic sense, such a “peace” would become a “war” strategy. We would say this is a legitimate strategy too – that is, legitimised by war. Ultimately, the object in a war, be it open or cold, tepid or by proxy, is to win. But even if it is legitimate under the sweeping war philosophy encapsulated by the terse and familiar phrase: “everything is fair in love and war”, another vital question would continue to haunt. It may be legitimate, but does this necessarily guarantee success? It is for this than for any other reasons that we have reservation about the present push. After a settlement has been reached, would the larger problem of insurgency be solved conclusively, considering also the fact that the “peace offensive” still fails to impress many quarters that matter. After seeing how the state government treated the few dozen militants who it managed to wean away from the rebel camp, the prospect of convincing more of the benefits they can reap from hanging up their jungle boots and saying farewell to arms would have receded even farther away. There is a little more to be said on the “peace offensive”. Probably the new initiatives, especially of enlisting some factions of a hopelessly splintered underground group operating in the valley area, was meant as bait to lure bigger fish. Those with some experience in angling (and many of us are as children with our improvised fishing devices), would know it fully well that when the bait becomes too obvious, particularly when the menacing hook is not covered entirely by the bait, no fish would bite. We are sure those who fashioned his new initiative would know this too. Our hunch is, nobody seriously waging the insurrection war would bite this bait. And like it or not, the chain is only as strong as the weakest link, and here are the obvious weak links of this strategy. Rather than a strategy, what we propose in its place is the offer of an open-minded and open-hearted parley that laid a premium on a solution honourable to all parties involved.
But this “process as end” story is a doubled-edged sword which can cut either way. If “peace talks” are doomed to be reduced to this, insurgency itself is trapped in this same syndrome. This juggernaut too is become a perennial self-sustaining process which follows its own unique logic. The constant fights over government contract jobs by these non state players through their proxies, the need for harsh diktats to ensure public compliance to their agendas rather than voluntary participation etc, are some symptoms of this decay corroding away the soul of the insurrection. Under the circumstance, if the “fish baiting” games are to be abandoned, the “one-up-man ship” war games too must end. What is called for is a one to one discourse, which can give way to more hard-headed dialogues to finally pave the way for a negotiated settlement.
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IMPHAL, May 8: Manipur defeated Assam by 8-0 goals in the 1st quarter final league of the ongoing 19th Sr women football championship being held at Chattisgarh.Y Kamala netted three… Read more »
IMPHAL, May 8: Manipur defeated Assam by 8-0 goals in the 1st quarter final league of the ongoing 19th Sr women football championship being held at Chattisgarh.Y Kamala netted three goals for Manipur while Mandakini and Pramesori scored two goals each while Th Umabati too scored one goal in the match. Manipur will meet Goa in their second quarter final league on May 10.
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IMPHAL, May 9: Candidates of Dimapur(March and September 2011 rally), Bishnupur and Mon Rally who were provisionally selected into the Indian Army and have been issued call-up letters from the… Read more »
IMPHAL, May 9: Candidates of Dimapur(March and September 2011 rally), Bishnupur and Mon Rally who were provisionally selected into the Indian Army and have been issued call-up letters from the Army Recruiting Office, Rangapahar are hereby advised to report to the Office by 7a.m. on June 6 and there is no change to other instructions given in the call-up letter, stated a press release of the PIB (Defence Wing), Government of India.It further added that there will be a change for the candidates of Nalbai, Tuenang, Zakhama and Imphal Rally, on the dispatched dates as to what was written in the call-up letters from Army Recruiting Office, Rangapahar. Further details can be had from the PIB office.
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IMPHAL, May 10: The United Peoples Forum, Tamenglong has demanded clarification from the concern authority of the state power department whether three 100KVA electric power transformers distributed by one Janghemlung… Read more »
IMPHAL, May 10: The United Peoples Forum, Tamenglong has demanded clarification from the concern authority of the state power department whether three 100KVA electric power transformers distributed by one Janghemlung for three villages namely Sangrungpang, Lower Songpram and Duiluan were actually bought by the person in question. The UPF, Tamenglong demands clarification in this regard from the Chief Engineer of the state power department, said a release.
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IMPHL, May 11: 33 Assam Rifles under the aegis of Loktak Brigade, organized a free medical camp at Nongmaikhong for benefit of poor and needy villagers of the locality. During… Read more »
IMPHL, May 11: 33 Assam Rifles under the aegis of Loktak Brigade, organized a free medical camp at Nongmaikhong for benefit of poor and needy villagers of the locality. During the camp more than 465 persons (Male 168, Female 189 and Children 107) were examined. Treatment and free medicines were distributed for diarrhoea, respiratory tract infections, viral fever, skin diseases, Malaria, arthralgias, myalgias etc. Three doctors including two lady doctors attended to the people, in a press released.
The medical camp also aimed at bringing awareness regarding prevention of HIV/AIDS. The camp was especially meant for people of Nongmaikhong including fishermen who do not have easy access to medical facilities, it further added.
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AFGHANISTAN, May 12 (AP): Prime minister Manmohan SIngh called Osama bin Laden`s death an opportunity for the region to unify Thursday and pledged ongoing support for Afghanistan, which has long… Read more »
AFGHANISTAN, May 12 (AP): Prime minister Manmohan SIngh called Osama bin Laden`s death an opportunity for the region to unify Thursday and pledged ongoing support for Afghanistan, which has long been caught in the middle of the power struggle between his country and rival Pakistan.
Manmohan Singh`s first visit in six years appeared to signal that India sees an opportunity to pull Afghanistan closer to its side as Islamabad`s precarious relationship with the U.S. is further strained by the bin Laden strike.
But Singh walked a cautious line between showing support for Afghanistan and trying to assuage any fears in Pakistan that he was enlisting Afghan President Hamid Karzai against India`s longtime rival.
He said bin Laden`s death can be an opportunity to put aside decades-old regional rivalries and work for peace across Afghanistan and Pakistan.
“I sincerely hope that all countries of this region — Afghanistan, Pakistan, India — would recognize that this is a unique moment in the history of this region. Thereby we all should agree to work unitedly to end this scourge of terrorism,” Singh told journalists at a press conference in Kabul, the Afghan capital.
Bin Laden, the mastermind of the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., was killed in a U.S. commando raid on his hideout in Pakistan earlier this month. Pakistan was not consulted about the raid and complained afterward about the violation of its sovereignty.
Despite his call for regional cooperation, Singh`s trip signaled shifts in the regional power play between nuclear rivals India and Pakistan, in which Afghanistan has often been caught in the middle. With Pakistan`s international stature taking a hit after the U.S. raid that killed bin Laden, India may see an opportunity to pull Afghanistan closer to its side — further pressuring Islamabad.
A joint declaration issued by Singh and Karzai said that the two countries agreed to work to strengthen their bilateral agreements. And India announced in the declaration that will give an additional $500 million to the Afghan government for development programs. That brings India`s total development aid to the country to $2 billion.
“India is your neighbor and partner in development,” Singh told a gathering including Karzai and other senior officials earlier in the day. “You can count on us as you build your society, economy and polity.”
But both India and Afghanistan are clearly wary of appearing to be teaming up against Pakistan. The last sentence of the joint declaration states: “The two sides affirmed that their strategic partnership was not directed against any other state or group of states.”
Karzai called Pakistan a good partner, noting that he had a productive meeting with Pakistan`s prime minister just last month.”We`d like expand this relationship with them to have an effective campaign against terrorism — for the benefit of Pakistan, for the benefit of Afghanistan, for the benefit of India,” Karzai said.
Singh said: “We would like to develop the friendliest possible relations with all countries of this region. That includes Afghanistan. That includes Pakistan as well. There is no question of Pakistan feeling that good relations between India and Afghanistan are at the cost of Pakistan.”
But Singh did call for an investigation into whether the Pakistani government knew about bin Laden`s location.
“The picture that emerged immediately after this incident was a picture which caused some amount of confusion,” Singh said.
Singh last visited Afghanistan in 2005, but Karzai has been a frequent visitor to India.
Pakistan, which supported the Taliban`s rise to ensure it had a friendly government on its western border, has deeper ethnic and cultural ties with Afghanistan. Pakistan has long bristled at the post-Taliban government`s friendly terms with its major rival, which supports Karzai`s administration with aid money.
Afghanistan is likely to become more reliant on these warring regional allies as its NATO partners face pressure to withdraw troops. The U.S. plans to start decreasing forces in July, and all NATO partners are committed to handing over responsibility for security to Afghan forces by 2014. And Bin Laden`s death has some in NATO countries pushing for even quicker drawdowns.
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IMPHAL, May 15: Defending champion Manipur has crashed out of the 19th senior women national football championship after loosing to West Bengal in the tie-break. In keenly contested semi final match… Read more »
IMPHAL, May 15: Defending champion Manipur has crashed out of the 19th senior women national football championship after loosing to West Bengal in the tie-break. In keenly contested semi final match played today at Bhillai, Chattisgarh, Manipur was beaten 6-7 in the tie-break by West Bengal after both the teams were locked at goalless draw during normal and extra time. In tie-break too, both the teams were locked at equal goals and the match had to be decided through sudden death in which West Bengal eventually became luckier and move into the final.
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IMPHAL,May16: Brigade Laove Verma, SM, Commander of Logtak Brigade of Red Shield Division distributed books to eighty school children at Khoupum on May16 according to a press release by the… Read more »
IMPHAL,May16: Brigade Laove Verma, SM, Commander of Logtak Brigade of Red Shield Division distributed books to eighty school children at Khoupum on May16 according to a press release by the Bureau (Defence wing), Government of India.The aim of providing books was to create a library in the school where books covering subjects like general knowledge, environmental science, computers, literature and autobiographies could be assessable to the students it added.
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IMPHAL, May 16: The submission of the duly filled in application form for the ensuing Manipur MBBS/BDS Examination, 2011 which was earlier scheduled on May 25 has been extended upto… Read more »
IMPHAL, May 16: The submission of the duly filled in application form for the ensuing Manipur MBBS/BDS Examination, 2011 which was earlier scheduled on May 25 has been extended upto May 26 in view of the ensuing Imphal Municipal Council Election which is on May 25.
In this regard an official notification was issued today by the Director of Health Services, Manipur.
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IMPHAL, May18: Representatives of different organizations joint hands and submitted a memorandum to the Chief Minister, on May18, regarding various matters according to a press release by the organizations. The… Read more »
IMPHAL, May18: Representatives of different organizations joint hands and submitted a memorandum to the Chief Minister, on May18, regarding various matters according to a press release by the organizations.
The said representatives of the organizations are Poukhonlung, Convenor, Zeliangrong Students`™ Union Nungba Area (ZSUNA), Jamuna Kamei, Secretary, Bazar Board, Nungba, K.Bandai, Thoubei(Pei) Nungba, Angampou, President, Nungba Youth Organisation and they have put forward the following matters before the Government: 1) The sub-division officer/ sub-division magistrate/block development officer, Kajaigai Gangmei be transferred within a week. 2) Non-payment of cash component under MSDP and IAY. 3) Misappropriate use of MGNREGS fund under Material Component. 4) Partiality/bias in work allotment and indulgence in Nungba village affairs, it added.
The people are grievously suffering due to the above factors. The organizations demand the Government for immediate action and in case of failure, the organizations are willing to take up democratic agitation and protest, it added.
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IMPHAL May 19: According to an official notification by the deputy director, Tourism, government of Manipur has stated that applications are invited from domiciled candidates of Manipur for admission to… Read more »
IMPHAL May 19: According to an official notification by the deputy director, Tourism, government of Manipur has stated that applications are invited from domiciled candidates of Manipur for admission to the 1st year of three years Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) programme in Hospitality and Hotel Administration during the Academic year 2011-2012 at the Institute of Hotel Management, Guwahati and Shillong.
The notification further added that the applicants should have passed 10+2 stage or equivalent examination in any stream with English as a compulsory subject and atleast 50% marks in aggregate and with 5% relaxation for SC/ST candidates.
The candidates should not be more than 22years of age as on 1st july, 2011 relaxable upto 25 years for SC/ST candidates. The Applications should be submitted to the Deputy Director (Tourism), Manipur in plain paper enclosing (i) bio data, (ii) attested copies of 10 pass certificates (iii) mark sheets of (10+2) standard and (iv) 2 copies of attested pass port size photographs of the candidate on or before 10/6/2011. Total number of candidates to be nominated from Manipur is 13 (thirteen).
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IMPHAL, May 22: The Federation of College Teachers’ Association, Manipur (FECTAM) has decided to boycott the upcoming Imphal Municipal Council election schedule to be held on May 25 besides launching… Read more »
IMPHAL, May 22: The Federation of College Teachers’ Association, Manipur (FECTAM) has decided to boycott the upcoming Imphal Municipal Council election schedule to be held on May 25 besides launching a series of agitation in protest against the failure of the government to implement the revised UGC pay scale in the state for the college teachers.
The FECTAM in a statement said that the decision was resolved unanimously during a special general body meeting held today at GP Women’s College.
It said that the meeting was attended by teachers from both hills and valley and discussed issues relating to the failure of the government in implementation of the revised UGC scale despite memorandum of understanding signed between the Government and the FECTAM in the presence of the Chief Minister.
The meeting deliberately discussed the failure to give executive orders despite the MoU and also lamented that the college teachers are drawing the unrevised salary while the other government employees are receiving the revised pay and also two doses of DA, it said.
It further expressed the discontentment of the disparity meted out to the teachers and stated that the situation has greatly affected the enthusiasm of the teachers in discharging their normal duties. Terming it as a great lost to the society regarding the higher secondary education in the state, the teachers view the indifferent attitude of the government as gross violation of article 14 of the Indian Constitution.
Apart from resolving to boycott the Municipal Council Election the meet also adopted several other resolutions which included submitting an ultimatum to the government with June 4 as the deadline for issuing executive orders for implementation of the revised UGC scale pay in to to.
The meet also resolved to launch series of agitations from June 6 in case of failure on the part of the government to meet the deadline.
It elaborated that the agitations would be launched in phase wise, including a protest rally on June 6, sit in protest on daily basis by each college in turn from June 7, one day hunger strike on a date to be notified by the executive committee, cease work strike from June 15 which will be followed by “Mass Resignation” of the college teachers, in the event of unsatisfactory response from the Government.
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