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Body flays govt for not punishing police

A sit in protest staged by Uripok Tourangbam Leikai Welfare Association denounced the State Government for not punishing the police personnel involved in killing of Sapam Robinhood a class eleven student of Ananda Higher Secondary School who was protesting along with his friends in school uniform near his school demanding implementation of a proper inner line permit system to safeguard the indigenous people of Manipur Source Hueiyen News Service

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BJP leader feted

Lok Sabha MP and BJP National executive member Prahlad Singh Patel was felicitated today by BJP Manipur Pradesh at their Nityaipat Chuthek office on his appointment as the party’s Manipur in charge Source The Sangai Express

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House okays MRVTMW Bill withdrawal, CM proposes new Bill within 3 months

The Manipur Legislative Assembly, in a special sitting held today agreed to withdraw the Manipur Regulation of Visitors, Tenants and Migrant Workers MRVTMW Bill 2015 Source The Sangai Express

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Nambashi students union demands

Nambashi Students’ Union appealed to the government to allocate backlog teachers and staff in Nambashi High school on the ongoing school session Source Hueiyen News Service

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JCILPS rejects 3 months, gives 15 days time

Even as JCILPS executives have turned down Chief Minister Okram Ibobi’s invitation for talks, the civil society organisation which is spearheading the ongoing pro ILPS movement has written to the Chief Minister clearly mentioning their conditions for t…

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People want ILP, not driving back nonlocals IPAK

Indigenous People’s Association, Kangleipak IPAK stated that people of Manipur are not trying to push back non locals but simply demanding the Inner Line Permit ILP already implemented in three States of the Northeast Source Hueiyen News Service

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Seized contraband items handed over to FSO

Troops of 20 Assam Rifles of 26 sector AR under the aegis of Hqs IGAR S apprehended five individuals along with contraband items from Bongyang NH 102 , Chandel on July 11 Source The Sangai Express

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House withdraws MRVTMW Bill Political parties galvanized meeting to be held today

The Manipur Legislative Assembly on Wednesday withdrew the controversial Manipur Regulation of Visitors, Tenants and Migrant Workers MRVT MW Bill 2015 which was passed on March 16 last Source Hueiyen News Service

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Sitin protests continue

Sit in protests demanding implementation of ILP in Manipur continued at different locations of the State today Source The Sangai Express

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MSAD holds meeting on ILP

A public meeting was organised by Manipur Students’ Association Delhi MSAD on Tuesday against the demographic invasion by the state policies and state atrocities at Delhi University Garden Source Hueiyen News Service

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Accused remanded to custody

Sagolsem Ranabir 30 s o Khagemba of Mayang Imphal Konchak Maibam Thongkhong, who has been accused of raping a minor girl, was produced before the Court and remanded to police custody till July 20 Source The Sangai Express

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ILPS Pulse Of The Common People Sincerity, delaying tactics suspected

The State government in its special Assembly sitting had withdrawn the controversial MRVT MW Bill on Wednesday Source Hueiyen News Service James Khangenbam

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Young housewife found hanging

IMPHAL, July 15: A newly-wed housewife was found dead hanging in her living room at Kakmayai Mamang Leikai under Yairipok Police Station in Thoubal district today around 2 pm. The

IMPHAL, July 15: A newly-wed housewife was found dead hanging in her living room at Kakmayai Mamang Leikai under Yairipok Police Station in Thoubal district today around 2 pm.

The deceased has been identified as Konthoujam ongbi Devala Devi, 20 wife of K Amarjit, 18 son of K Khamba Singh of Kakmayai Mamang Leikai Satjal.

Devala who hails from Huikap married Amarjit on April 27, 2014.

According to the husband`™s father Khamba, Devala was with two of her sister-in-laws at the time when he and Amarjit who both are tractor drivers were performing agricultural activities in their farmland.

When Amarjit returned home after the work at around 2 pm, he found the door of their living room closed, Khamba said.

After his wife failed to response to his call, he broke the door and found Devala hanging from the beam of the living room using a cloth, the father narrated.

He said that there had been no argument or fight between Amarjit and Devala so far as both of them shared a good rapport in the family.

On receiving the news, a team of police led by SDPO Yairipok along with a Sub-Magistrate arrived and conducted inquest. The dead body was pulled down in the presence of family members of the deceased; member of Wangkhem Zilla Parishad Kh Sobha; ex-Pradhan of Leirongthel Ningel Gram Panchayat M Ingocha and locals.

The body has been kept at JNIMS morgue for post mortem examination.

Though a large number of people from the locality of the deceased rushed to the residence on hearing about the death, there is no news of any untoward incident following the incident.

No one has been pulled up and interrogated by police in connection with the incident till the time of filing this report.

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Yairipok general strike suspended

IMPHAL, July 15: The Yairipok area indefinite general strike called after police personnel reportedly threatened ILPS movement supporters in the area that the Chief Minister has sanctioned shooting at protestors has been suspended today following an amicable solution brought between the police and the agitators.

Agitators arrested by the police have also been released today.

Yairipok Police Station SDPO S Hemanta today met with general strike supporters and brought the understanding to lift the general strike immediately.

Agitators who were arrested yesterday and the supporters of the general strike who were arrested today have also been released following the truce between the two sides.

Even though the general strike has been lifted, the agitation demanding the ILPS and the boycott on local MLA will continue in the area, informed sources.

Meanwhile, during the general strike today, shops and other business establishments remained closed and road blocks were imposed by burning tyres at several places in Yairipok.

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Write or be written

Plenty of debates had been generated and are still being generated on the explosive issue of preserving the indigenous face of Manipur, especially after the death of a young school

Plenty of debates had been generated and are still being generated on the explosive issue of preserving the indigenous face of Manipur, especially after the death of a young school boy, Sapam Robinhood, 16. Although initially there were little coming out from mainstream media in the metropolises, now that a denouement is seemingly approaching on the issue of introduction of the ILP, there are indeed stories appearing in the national media, print as well as the TV. It is also encouraging that they have been by and large positive, endorsing the view that while the methods of protest may be questionable the reason for them is not illegitimate. The Inner Line Permit System now being sought in Manipur is an expression of the legitimate existential angst of a small community that it may become drowned in the ocean of the infinitely larger community of continental India. As an article in the Mumbai based Daily News and Analysis, DNA India, today put it, this angst was officially made known by the Nagas as early as 1929, when the then Naga Club presented a memorandum to the Simon Commission, when it came visiting the Naga Hills.

The ILPS is perceived as a means of regulating inflow of migrants, therefore a check on the threat of any radical transformation of demography of the state. While the anxiety is legitimate, it is debatable if the ILP as an instrument which can adequately address this anxiety, for Nagaland which has the ILP is still faced with the same threat of settlers outnumbering the original population, even more than Manipur. But the good thing is, Manipur can fashion its regulatory mechanism modelled on the ILP but it does not have to be the ILP as it exists today, and we do hope those who will now be responsible for the new Bill will be up to the job. They must also take care that the purpose is achieved effectively, but we must reiterate, without unduly victimising any other group. As we see it, ensuring land ownership transfers to non domiciles are next to impossible should serve the purpose to most great extents. This is already the case in the hill districts, and as we are witnessing during the past week of violent agitations, the ILP issue is not taken as so urgent by the hills as it is by the valley, though by and large the concerns for an impending demographic transformations marginalising the local populations, is shared.

There has hardly been anybody in Manipur who rejects totally the need for a migration regulation. Few who did were only recommending variants of the screening mechanism though there was at least one writer who throwing below-the-belt blows to discredit the agitation. In an article in the web magazine, Scroll.in, he so cheaply and communally portrayed the movement as a strategy of the valley Meiteis community in their bid to be included in the Schedule Tribe list so that they may continue have their stranglehold on the state`™s power structure. Although the arguments were puerile and therefore far from coherent or convincing, it is shocking that such venoms also exist. But to make the best of what a grotesque and hideous mind has to say, let the valley begin thinking in terms of seeking consensus first before presuming all its issues by definition are Manipur`™s issues. Even if there is little to doubt that all in the state, and indeed the whole of the Northeast, share the concerns on any issue, let no section of the population, even the smallest, be taken for granted, and assent of each be sought before the issue is billed as `Manipur issue`. This is the democratic way. This is also the only way to bridge the ethnic divides in Manipur.

One more inadequacy came out glaring. From the beginning of the stir, and even after the death of a school boy, one complaint reverberated `“ the national media had no interest in Manipur. But to be fair, maybe they were simply clueless on what or why things were unfolding the way they were. The fault it not just theirs. It is also majorly with the state`™s own intelligentsia, the articulate section of the society, including the media and academics. The state`™s Diaspora is widely spread across the length and breadth of India, and many of them are in the business of idea and knowledge `“ academia. At times like this, it is their moral responsibility to speak up and communicate, not just on the social media, important though it may be, but also the mainstream media for the audience here is much wider. Moreover, what goes on the social media is not peer reviewed therefore still less credible than the media where articles are screened for quality and authenticity by professional editors. Some of us in the local media did do something in the regard, but the voice must be from many, to be heard loudly and convincingly. What is often said of the food chain in the natural world, `eat or be eaten` is also very true of the world of ideas and communication `“ `write or be written about`, or worse still, `write or be written off`.

Leader Writer: Pradip Phanjoubam

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Farmer`s Pre-Kharif awareness programme held in Senapati

KANGPOKPI, July 15: A One Day Farmers`™ Pre-Kharif Awareness Programme was organized by KVK under the aegis of Zonal Project Directorate (Zone-III) Barapani, Meghalaya at Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Hengbung

More than 100 farmers including farm women of the district participated in the programme.

Dr. N. Jyotsna, Programme Coordinator, KVK-Senapati at the inaugural session briefed on the theme of the programme and also spoke on the importance of participatory seed production as a measure to overcome the dearth of quality seed at doorstep.

I. Premjoy Singh, DDM/APM, NABARD- Senapati District, who attended the programme as special guest enlightened the participants with some of the NABARD sponsored schemes for farmers and advised the participants to develop the habit of saving on regular basis.

It will serve in the long run as a measure against financial insecurity, he added.

K.S. Minlen, Secretary of FEEDS/KVK while addressing the gathering stressed on the application of scientific production technologies for higher productivity and also advised the participants to take maximum benefit and advantage out of the programme.

Ksh. Ranjit Singh, Supt cum Accountant of KVK-Senapati spoke on sustainability of SHGs.

The programme was marked by events like agro-displays and exhibits focusing on contingent measures against adverse climatic condition, agro-film show, farmer-staff interaction, group discussion and finally a visit to different demonstration plots of KVK by the participants.

Robinhood`s JAC calls 12-hr bandh today

IMPHAL, July 16: The JAC Against the Brutal Killing of Sapam Robinhood alias Thoi who was killed in police excesses while taking in a protest demanding ILPS implementation in the

IMPHAL, July 16: The JAC Against the Brutal Killing of Sapam Robinhood alias Thoi who was killed in police excesses while taking in a protest demanding ILPS implementation in the state on July 8, has imposed a 12-hour state-wide bandh with effect from 6 am of tomorrow in protest against the assurance of Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh that a fresh bill to monitor the incessant entry of non-locals into the state will be drafted and placed before the House within three months.

According to the JAC, the timeframe set by the government to draft an effective bill to do the needful is too long.

It appealed to civil society organizations, clubs and women`™s organizations to extend support to the proposed bandh which was called to press the government to draft the bill within a short period.

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Kwatha villagers lament govt apathy towards village

IMPHAL July 15: The Kwatha Junior High School in Kwatha VIllage, Tengnoupal did not open for a single class last year and remains acutely defunct this year too, with just

IMPHAL July 15: The Kwatha Junior High School in Kwatha VIllage, Tengnoupal did not open for a single class last year and remains acutely defunct this year too, with just two teachers available in the school, a member of the Kwatha Village Authority told media persons today.

Kwatha Village Authority, meira paibis and the local youth club called a joint press conference today at the Manipur Press Club decrying the negligence of the Education department towards the school.

Speaking to media persons, spokesperson Kshetrimayum Yaima said the village has more than 65 children and one third of them have been put at Imphal, Moreh, Pallel and Kakching for schooling due to the apathy of the Education department to ensure Right to Education in the village for primary students.

He said three teachers are posted at the junior high school, but one of them has remained absent on a permanent basis.

The classrooms of the school have no partitions and there are no other facilities available, yet the concern Education department has failed to monitor the attendance of the teachers or the state of the school till date, he lamented.

Yaima lamented the total apathy of the present government to the issues confronting the school.

During the last election campaign in the village, deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam had told the village that `development of State can happen only when the remote peripheries like your village are equally developed,` he said.

However, this statement of the deputy CM has not been turned into action, he lamented.

He said, only two nurses man the local Primary Health Centre without any doctor or caretakers present. This has caused deaths during numerous delivery cases, he continued.

Yaima also continued that the fortnightly rotational visit of the doctors have also stopped for more than two months.

The only seven km road stretch connecting the village to the Asian Highway 1 remains neglected by the government and its PWD for several years, he continued.

`When the Works minister visited us, we were elated with hope however there was no attention given to this lifeline of the surrounding villages`™ he lamented.

The villagers have been collectively maintaining the road clearing monsoon landslides, log blocks, he said.

Yaima also said that they had never allowed money to influence them during the election and had always voted honestly, however, MLA Korungthang has not only abstained from visiting us but have denied an audience even when we come to visit him in Imphal.

No PDS items have ever reach the village during the last more than three years, he continued.

As for the ICDS provisions, Yaima said the villagers have to themselves bear the transport expenditures.

The unskilled villagers have to act as electric linesmen as there is no other choice, he continued.

Customs, Police, Forest and CID collects tax from us for our vegetable products yet we have no choice, he said.

While we are the real ones safeguarding the territorial integrity of the State, our plight remains unattended by the government, said K Yaima.

JCILPS rejects CM`s invitation for talks; says cannot accept three-month timeline for new bill

IMPHAL, July 15: The JCILPS cannot accept the resolution of the House to withdraw the Manipur Regulation of Visitors, Tenants and Migrant Workers Bill, 2015 and to bring out a

IMPHAL, July 15: The JCILPS cannot accept the resolution of the House to withdraw the Manipur Regulation of Visitors, Tenants and Migrant Workers Bill, 2015 and to bring out a new Bill within three months taken during today`™s emergency sitting of the House and as such turn down the invitation for a meeting from the State Chief Minister, informed a statement of the joint committee.

The statement signed by its assistant media co-ordinator Md. Kheiruddin Shah Moijingmayum said the Joint Committee on Inner Line Permit System didn`™t send any representative for the meeting with the Chief Minister and instead submitted a written statement clarifying on the reasons for turning down the invitation.

Elaborating on the highlights of the written reply submitted to the Chief Minister, the statement from the JCILPS said the committee cannot accept the resolutions to withdraw the infamous bill and the three months time set by the House to draft a new bill.

In its reply, the committee has also informed the government that the House should not only withdraw the bill but should also bring out the new bill to protect the indigenous population and pass it within 15 days and for which, the Assembly Secretariat should issue a notification before 4pm of July 16..

The reply also informed the government that in case the Assembly Secretariat fails to issue the formal notification by the set deadline, the committee will launch stronger forms of protest, the statement said.

The committee has also included that it will not hold talks with the State government until and unless befitting punishment are awarded to the police personnel involved in the death of Sapam Robinhood and those who injured several protestors during the peoples`™ movement demanding withdrawal of the MSVT&MW Bill, it said.

The JCILPS`™ demand is full-implementation of the ILPS in the State and the three months time announced by the House for preparing the bill is not reasonable, it said.

It said the preparation for the draft of the much resented previous bill which was presented to the joint committee did not take more than a week.

The statement further elaborated since a bill has already been passed, it wouldn`™t take much time to bring out a bill by making some modifications and adjustments to please the public.

It said considering the present steps taken up by the State government, it is hard to believe that the government will bring out and pass a new bill according to the wishes of the people.

The committee further appeals to the people to continue staging democratic forms of agitations and demonstrations against the government.

House resolves to draft fresh bill within three months

IMPHAL, July 15: As decided by the State government, an emergency sitting of Manipur Legislative Assembly was convened today and the House unanimously passed a resolution to withdraw the Manipur

IMPHAL, July 15: As decided by the State government, an emergency sitting of Manipur Legislative Assembly was convened today and the House unanimously passed a resolution to withdraw the Manipur Regulation of Visitors, Tenants and Migrant Workers Bill, 2015 which was passed in the House on March 16.

During the discussion, Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh assured the House that a fresh bill to address the issue of implementation of Inner Line Permit or similar law within the framework of the Indian Constitution will be drafted and placed before the House at the earliest with a maximum time limit of three months.

He asserted that in this regard, the state government has already taken up measures to prepare the new bill.

The state government will seek and take the suggestions and views of all the stake holders namely JCILPS, political parties, civil organisations, legal /constitutional experts, esteemed members of media etc on specific issue in a time bound manner, the CM said.

To address the current issue, Chief Minister extended his invitation on behalf of the government to convenor JCILPS for discussion on the Inner Line Permit System and other related issues on July 14 and the reply is awaited from JCILPS.

Considering the urgency and the people`s demand, as a first step, an All Political Party Meeting is being scheduled on July 16 at 9 am to discuss on the time line and road map to be followed to prepare a new bill with an aim to protect the indigenous people of Manipur within the ambit of the Constitution of India.

Stating that state government is fully geared-up to complete the preparation of the bill for placing before the Manipur Legislative Assembly at the earliest, Ibobi assured the people that his government will ensure the passage of bill to protect the indigenous people of the state.

The CM appealed to all the citizens of the state to maintain peace, remain calm and extend full cooperation to the government to complete the exercise.