Manipur News

SENAPATI, October 10: The first ever Mao Flower Festival with the theme ` A tribute to Mother Nature`™ organised by the Song Song Youth & Student`™s Organisation was held today at Mao Gate Taxi Parking.

The function was graced by Jacintha Lazarus, IAS,DC,Senapati, M.Dili, President of Mao Council and Kabib K IPS,SP Senapati as Chief Guest, Guest of Honour and Special Guest.

Speaking on the occasion, Jacintha Lazarus said flower is synonymous with peace, love, prosperity and development. She also encouraged local flowers growers and participants for actively participating in the festival. Appreciating the organisers for initiating the show, first of its kind in the district and helping the flowers growers expose and promote their produce, and people of Mao Gate for being peace loving people, she said she looks forward to better and bigger event in the near future.

About 51 flower growers coming mostly from Mao area and many from other parts of the District participated.

Daikho Lophro of Kaibi was adjudged 1 prize winner with a cash of Rs.10,000, SHG Ikhro `“ Ikhro won 2nd Prize with cash prize of 7000 and Besa Mayangkhang was placed in the 3rd position with Rs.5000.

The Best Flower title went to Stall-24 put up by Robert Jenet,Senapati. He also took home a cash pize of Rs.2,500. The flower put on display was known as `Anthurium`™.

And the Best Indegenious was won by Stall-8 owned by Elohro Kayina from Song Song. The item put on display was Indegenious Bamboo.

Other consolation prize winners were Elizabeth of Song Song, Ozho Losa Kohriiphe,L.Adaphro Pfoze of Song Song, A.Losa of Tadubi, Kaini of Shajouba and Shibo Eshia. They were awarded cash of Rs.1000 each.

The competition was judged by Mrs. Apinao Muivah, Mrs. S.Eshia and Mrs. Lohrii Chisa.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2015/10/51-flower-growers-participate-in-mao-flower-festival/

IMPHAL, October 11: A 46 year old woman was killed on the spot and many more, including women injured when a passenger bus collided head on with a loaded freight truck at the sharp turn around Pheiginga hillock along the National Highway-2, under the Sekmai police station today at 10,40am.

The deceased woman, D. Pinky wife of D. Saimao of Tangduwan village Senapati district, was declared brought dead at the hospital. Many other injured in the accident are hospitalised in different hospitals in Imphal, though nobody is reported to be in critical condition.

The passenger bus, AS-2B/D-6415, was heading towards Senapati from Imphal when it met with the accident and the loaded truck was on its way to Imphal from Dimapur.

The police have taken the truck and its driver in custody registered a case.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2015/10/woman-dies-as-passenger-bus-collide-with-truck-at-pheidinga/

IMPHAL, October 11: Local Clubs and Meira Paibi bodies of Keirao including Irilbung Library Union, Nongpok Ningthou Panthoibi Development Committee, Keirao bitra and Nupishingi Shemgat Shagatpa Lup Keirao have condemned the arrest of an innocent local youth and hunting for a civilian youth identified as `Ajit` by a gang of armed men suspected d to be security force personals.

A statement jointly issued by Nupishingi Shemgat Shagatpa Lup Keirao president N Lata Devi and Irilbung Library Union said that a gang of armed men suspected to be security force personals who were coming in civil dress in a Maruti Gypsy sans number plate (white colour), on October 7, abducted a local youth identified as Takhellambam Kokngangbi, 28 years S/o T Joy of Keirao Awang Leikai from the Irilbung Bazar suspecting him to be one `Ajit` whom they were hunting for. After verification, the boy was released on the same day.

The release said that Ajit whom the suspected armed men were hunting for abduction is an innocent mason, bread earner of the family. He has no any nexus with any underground outfits. The effort to arrest Ajit might be the handiwork of those wicked people having personal enmity with Ajit, it said.

The incident has caused both mental and physical harassment to the innocent youth and his family, it further said.

The release further said clubs and Meira Paibi organizations of Keirao appealed to those concerned not to recur such incident in future.

If they have any suspicion about the boy, local Meira Paibi and clubs are ready to extend help. However, those armed suspected security men should not manage to arrest the boy, it warned.

Regarding the repeated harassment meted out to the Keirao locals by the armed men, a meeting of the lo local clubs and Meira Paibi organizations held on October 8 at the office of the Irilbung Library Union Keirao bitra minutely discussed the matter and unanimously resolved to condemn the harassment perpetrated by the suspected SF men.

Expressing suspicion that the effort to arrest Ajit was carried out by armed SF men based on false information, it appealed to the government and concerned top ranking security officers to investigate into the matter and take up befitting action against the those armed men coming in a vehicle without number plate.

Stating that every vehicle used by the security forces must have a logo or number mandatorily identifiable to the general public, the release said that the armed men coming in a Gypsy without number plate is against the existing rules. If the government authorizes such free movement of the security forces in vehicle without number plate or logo will continue killing innocent civilians in fake encounters and forced disappearances.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2015/10/keirao-locals-claim-harassment-by-suspected-armed-sf/

IMPHAL, Oct 11: Locally manufactured CC Tea made out of Cymbopogon Citratus or lemon grass is now available in European markets to enthral tea lovers there. Its tag line `Naturally Caffeine Free`™ is already catching attention.

Lemon grass grown in a small state like Manipur is manufactured as CC Tea, an organic tea product with the initiative of MD, The SuiGeneris Inc Ragesh Keisam.

Today during the launch of its e-commerce website www.cctea.in at its corporate office located at the SuiGeneris House, Kwakeithel Lamdong Leikai in the presence of Head of Lithuanian Business Mission to India Mr Gediminas Citukas, Ragesh Keisam said that it was Mr Gediminas that let his product reach European countries.

Head of Lithuanian Business Mission to India Mr. Gediminas Citukas from Lithuania, Europe is here in the state with the aim to promote Indian business and to tie business with European countries. Lithuania is a small country in Europe and people of this small country love yoga, food and culture of India Gediminas mentioned and added that CC Tea was tasted in his country and liked it since then. With the web portal www.e-india.eu, Indian goods are bought in bulk and are made available in the Europe. He said that goods are purchased directly from the manufacturer to avoid middle men and could sell at cheaper price. He expressed that Europeans are more into buying ethical products which promotes and uplifts socio economy.

MD, The SuiGeneris Inc Ragesh Keisam lauding the presence of Head of Lithuanian Business Mission to India Mr Gediminas Citukas in the state he mentioned that it is high time for us to promote our products in the international market. The handloom and handicraft products of Manipur has a story of its own in the product itself which are highly appreciated in the advanced countries, he asserted that with CC Tea in the international arena with the help of Mr Gediminas will be a gate way for other state products for which he said he is happy to help them in promoting their products.

With the launch of e-commerce website Ragesh Keisam said that selling his product beyond the state boundary was a challenge especially in shipping, he said now the company has a warehouse in nation capital Delhi and tied up with top seven couriers and now the company is able ship his product in 15,000 zip codes of India. He said that he is optimist of doing lucrative business in near future in the international market.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2015/10/cc-tea-now-has-presence-in-european-markets/

IMPHAL, Oct 11: The 91st birth anniversary of RK Maipaksana was observed today here at Lamyanba Shanglen, Palace Compound organized by Rk Maipaksana Memorial Trust.

Dr Okram Kumar Singh, former principle of DM College of Commerce, attended the function as the president.

Dr Lokendra Arambam, former director of Audio Visual Research Centre, Manipur University, delivered the RK Maipaksana memorial lecture on `Reflections on the Contemporary Crisis of Indigenous Peoples of Manipur.`

RK Maipaksana Journalist Fellowship for this year was conferred to Daniel Chabungbam, a sub-editor of Poknapham daily, for his excellence in rural reporting.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2015/10/poknapham-scribe-wins-maipaksana-journalist-fellowship/

IMPHAL, October 11: The police department is current entangled in court cases regarding its promotion plans to fill vacant posts of both Inspector of Police and Deputy Superintendent of Police.

As of September end, altogether 71 posts of Inspector of Police and further another 50 posts of Deputy Superintendent of Police continues to remain vacant, as the department is barred from promoting officers to fill them by the court.

It may be recalled, the IFP in its October 11 issue had highlighted the manner in which the police department`™s promotion move to fill the DSP posts were struck down by a ruling of the Manipur High Court. Another ruling of the same court has now barred the filling of the vacant Inspector posts as well.

The matter came to a head in the case of the DSP promotion because the Manipur Public Service Commission, MPSC, has so far been unable to hold DPC for the promotions, and the police department proceeded to have the promotion done from its seniority list.

However this move was challenged in the court successfully by candidates who would be at a loss, putting the matter in abeyance.

Once the final verdict comes, the vacancies will like have to be filled through a DPC conducted by the MPSC, according to a reliable source.

In the matter of the Inspector of Police promotion, the police department had already obtained the ACR and Vigilance clearance of the seniority list it prepared, but the court challenge has forestalled any further progress.

It may be recalled the police department had prepared its seniority list in 2013 and this had been notified in a gazette notification. However, candidates from other units newly brought under the police department challenged this list, therefore the current controversy.

The legal entangle has put the career of many police officer of the sub-inspector rank, who had joined service in 1982, 1984, 1986 and 1990, for they continue to be stuck without promotion despite so many years of service, and may end up retiring without the service benefit.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2015/10/challenges-in-court-hold-up-police-promotion-to-fill-vacant-inspector-and-dsp-posts/