Hiyanglam by-poll campaign: CM takes jibe at BJP State president

IMPHAL, October 14: With just three days remaining to the Hiyanglam by-poll, both the Congress and the BJP were busy wooing electors today. As the CorCom- a conglomeration of underground

IMPHAL, October 14: With just three days remaining to the Hiyanglam by-poll, both the Congress and the BJP were busy wooing electors today.

As the CorCom- a conglomeration of underground outfits based in Manipur has called a State-wide general strike on October 15 as part of its Black Day observation, today is as good as the last day of campaigning for the political parties.

The by-poll is scheduled for October 17 and the campaigning for the by-poll was to end on October 15.

While, the BJP continued to campaign for the second consecutive day with film personalities in tow, Chief Ministe Okram Ibobi Singh was also busy wooing voters at Hiyanglam Lai Panganba.

Continuing his exchange of diatribes with BJP Manipur Pradesh president Th Chaoba which has been a staple for the past few days of election campaigning, Chief Minister Ibobi today alleged that the president of BJP Manipur Pradesh has misled the people of Hiyanglam constituency by levelling baseless allegations against the Congress party.

Addressing the public at Hiyanglam Lai Panganba, he elaborated that the BJP president is fooling the people of Hiyanglam asking them to open bank accounts with false promise of crediting the accounts with Rs 5000 per account however it is yet to be clear from where the said amount will be coming.

Moreover, he said that the assurance of transforming Hiyanglam into a model constituency is only a strategy of the BJP to woo voters, he asserted.

Warning the voters to be aware of such deceptive approaches of the BJP, Ibobi assured the people of Hiyanglam that the State government will not leave any stone unturned in bringing a sea change to the constituency by recovering the two and half years wasted by the earlier representative.

Pitching in for Elangbam Dwijamani the Congress candidate for the by-poll, the Chief Minister lauded him as a true representative of the people willing to sacrifice for the welfare and development of his constituency.

Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam exuding confidence of winning the by-election stated that the Congress party is the oldest political party and has steadfastly adhered to its ideology.

Gaikhangam further belittled the BJP`™s strategy for bringing in prominent artistes of the State in the political fight by terming it as wastage.

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Qualifying Child Labour

Despite the controversy surrounding the selection of this year`™s Nobel Prize for peace, jointly shared by a courageous girl from Pakistan, Malala Yousafzai, 17, and an Indian social worker, Kailash

Despite the controversy surrounding the selection of this year`™s Nobel Prize for peace, jointly shared by a courageous girl from Pakistan, Malala Yousafzai, 17, and an Indian social worker, Kailash Satyarthy, 50, it is indeed heartening to see that the Nobel committee thought it important to draw world attention to a widespread scourge of the modern times `“ child labour. This is especially so in the developing world where either the laws regarding the matter is vague or else their implementation lax. In these countries, including India, poverty often drive parents to have their children join the adult world early in life to work and augment family earnings in order to keep the family hearth burning. This being the case it is still very much a common and painful sight everywhere in India so see impoverished children in worksites that demand intensive and hazardous low skill labour, such as at brick kilns, stone and sand quarries, rag picking and even organised beggary on the streets of Indian metropolises.

Children should be in schools learning to be fit to face the big bad world when they become adults. When they are not studying, they should be playing and discovering that life can be fun too. Extreme poverty however still deprives a great many children from these privileges and pleasures of life, and no effort can be nobler than to try and end this miserable predicament. Two cheers then for the Nobel committee for bringing the focus back to fighting child labour. The last cheer we will hold back for the committee`™s unwarranted political bias in choosing to condemn only the atrocities against children by the Talibans, and not show equal concern or condemnation at the killing, maiming and terrorising of numerous other unnamed children in these same battlefields by Drone raids by the armies of the West fighting the Talibans. Malala richly deserves the award, but we also wish in commending the girl for her bravery in her fight against the savagery of the Talibans, the Nobel committee also had at least a word of condemnation against the Drone raids which have killed and terrorised indiscriminately.

While we support the fight against child labour with all our mites, we must however throw in a caveat at the very beginning. This is in regards to the description of child labour which is rather vague largely because of the modern notion of education, where education means only formal education, and in the case of children, school education. We however feel this notion needs to be broadened a little. Many children, especially in indigenous communities, are for instance engaged in parental occupations from very young ages. When it is not parental occupations, they are also sent as apprentices to various workplaces by their parents. In these cases, it would not be wrong to imagine the works they are engaged in constitute education. Indeed, many of these children grow up to be masters of the crafts they pick up at their places of apprenticeships and start successful businesses of their own when they come of age. It is true the line dividing work and lesson can be very thin in these cases, but this is precisely where the government can intervene to ensure these children learn the crafts but not end up exploited or unfit for independent adult lives. The government could also for instance design and set up special schools for these children where they are given basic schooling so their knowledge bases are deepened and career options widened. This not however be at the cost of their informal education at their places of apprenticeships. If a study were to be done, some of the best motor mechanics, tailors, carpenters etc, it would probably be discovered, had such apprentices. This is in keeping with tradition too. Among the Meiteis, many of whose surnames are professional, once upon a time the Thangjams were great sword makers, the Sanabam and Sanasam, great goldsmiths, Sagolsem were horse tenders… Today, the shape given to the economy being such, these crafts families want to trade off their traditional professions so their children can join the hunt for meaningless degrees even if these are worth only a lowly government clerk`™s job.

Leader Writer: Pradip Phanjoubam

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Ebola scare in Manipur, high alert in the north-east – Daily News & Analysis


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Ebola scare in Manipur, high alert in the north-east
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A Japanese tourist currently living in Manipur has been kept in isolation for showing symptoms akin to Ebola. Alerted by this development, all state governments of the North East have increased their screening procedures for immediate detection of


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Ebola scare in Manipur, high alert in the north-east
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A Japanese tourist currently living in Manipur has been kept in isolation for showing symptoms akin to Ebola. Alerted by this development, all state governments of the North East have increased their screening procedures for immediate detection of

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Chief Minister acknowledges plights of ex-servicemen in State

IMPHAL, October 14: `I am aware of the plight of the ex-servicemen in our State and I would like to re-assure all that the government is looking into their various

CM Ibobi

IMPHAL, October 14: `I am aware of the plight of the ex-servicemen in our State and I would like to re-assure all that the government is looking into their various problems. These problems will be resolved in the near future,` State Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh said today during an ex-servicemen rally.

The rally was organised by the Red Shield Division of the 57th Mountain Division at Leimakhong.

Today`™s rally is a platform, which provides has us with an opportunity to interact with the ex-servicemen and their families and help in identifying their problems, he said.

The Chief Minister also said that the State government has taken measures to pay Rs 1200 per head per month as financial assistance to the 18 surviving veterans of the World War II.

It may be mentioned that the State cabinet, during a meeting on October 9, had approved a pension scheme for the surviving WW II veterans which was announced the same evening by government spokesperson M Okendro.

Chief Minister Ibobi said Manipur has experienced a sea change and is trying to emerge out of decades of conflict and economic stagnation.

`There has been a visible transformation all around. I see a silver lining in the cloud for all of us.`

He said Manipur has been a part of the Indian Military history for many years and is proud to be associated with the likes of Netaji Subhash and the martyrs who had made the supreme sacrifice for the nation.

It was here in Manipur that we stalled the attacking troops during the second Second World War, he said.

The Chief Minister also expressed appreciation of the hard work done by the Red Shield Division in getting together the ex-servicemen fraternity under one umbrella during the ceremony.

Meanwhile, the deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam said it is for these men in `olive green`™ that we all sleep peacefully in our homes.

The morale of the ex-servicemen and veer naris are inspiring to all of us, since they have acted as a strong foundation during tough times, he said.

During the ceremony, Chief Minister Ibobi also distributed gifts to WW II heroes, while deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam distributed gifts to widows of servicemen.

The rally was also attended by Social Welfare minister Ak Mirabai, GOC 3 Corps Lt General Bipin Rawat GOC 57th Mountain Division; Major General PM Bali, IGAR (S) Major General Rajeev Chopra as the functional members of the rally.

Lt General Bipin Rawat briefing media persons said that the rally is being organised for ex servicemen, war widows and disabled ex servicemen of Manipur.

He stressed on the wide publicity of various central/ State/ army welfare schemes for the ex-servicemen and also spoke about the inaugural edition of the bi-annual news letter for ex-servicemen.

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Wangjing locals storm Thoubal PS, 10 injured in mob control exercise of police

IMPHAL, October 13: Reacting against the failure of the police to release two locals arrested in connection with the October 8 death of a VDF personnel in mob violence, residents

IMPHAL, October 13: Reacting against the failure of the police to release two locals arrested in connection with the October 8 death of a VDF personnel in mob violence, residents of four localities of Wangjing area stormed the Thoubal Police Station today.

It may be mentioned that VDF personnel Md Aboca alias Ahamatullah, 28 was lynched by a mob for allegedly stealing a bicycle from Wangjing Wangkhei Sabal Leikai under Thoubal district on the night of October 8.

Two persons- secretary and joint secretary of the Zodiac Club Wangjing Wangkhei, who were picked up by the police in connection with the incident are yet to be released.

The residents of Wangjing area have been demanding the unconditional release of the two.

Meanwhile, in trying to control the mob which had stormed the police station, personnel of the Thoubal police resorted to firing tear gas shells, mock bombs injuring 10 persons.

Those injured in the police action have been identified as Laishram Inaocha, 45 of Wangjing SK Leikai, L Ibemmu, 45; P Lalita Devi, 50; S Dasumati, 56; M Tara, 50; M Borni, 42; Ch Suranjoy, 37 all of Wangjing Wangkhei, M Inaobi, 45, of Wagjing Tekcham Leikai M Savitri, 55, Wangjing Heitup-pokpi and S Damyenti, 60 of Wangjing Hodamba.

All the injured were treated at the Thoubal District Hospital. Five of them are stated to have received some serious injuries and are continuing treatment at the hospital.

According to eye witnesses, around 2pm, the locals came in vehicles and stopped at Thoubal-Yairpok crossroad and proceeded in a rally towards Thoubal Police Station.

Shouting slogans against stealing and the police for encouraging stealing, the mob tried to force their way into the police station.

The mob action was retaliated by the police with the firing of tear gas shells, and mock bombs.

Afterwards the protestors tried to meet the Thoubal SP, however, were informed that the SP is on duty at Heirok as the Chief Minister was on a visit.

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MPP predicts end of Congress in 2017 general election

IMPHAL, October 13: The 2017 general assembly election in the State will bring an end to the Congress party in the State, Manipur People`™s Party president N Sovakiran said. Addressing

IMPHAL, October 13: The 2017 general assembly election in the State will bring an end to the Congress party in the State, Manipur People`™s Party president N Sovakiran said.

Addressing an election campaign for party candidate Mayenbam Amutombi for the Hiyanglam by-poll, Sovakiran said it is unfortunate that the public are unable to have faith in the MPP.

But is now time to restore the faith and confidence of the people in the party, he said before appealing to the people to vote for the MPP.

People who are working for their own gain today have joined the BJP and other parties, he said.

At the same time, the public has rejected the Congress as a corrupt party, he said before citing the 2014 Lok Sabha election result as the public`™s mandate.

People are fed up with the scandals of corruption which resulted in the Congress becoming a minority in the House, he said.

This is the sign of the Congress`™ end in the Centre, he observed before adding that the 2017 general election will be the end of Congress in the State.

Meanwhile, reacting to yesterday`™s BJP road show with film personalities and singers in tow, the MPP president said participation of artists in politics is really unfortunate.

Artists should not be inappropriately used, he asserted.

They should not be tainted by dragging them into politics, he said before adding that if this trend continues it wouldn`™t be long before people would start identifying artists with the party they sing and dance for.

MPP candidate, M Amutombi said the people of the constituency are simple and straightforward.

It is shocking that the MLAs, minister and even the Chief Minister are cheating the people because of their simplicity, he continued.

Before the elections not a single MLA or minister are seen around the constituency to ask for the public`™s grievances, but ever since the date for the by-poll has been announced, ministers and MLAs are making a beeline in the constituency, he claimed.

Will they continue to come even after the elections, he questioned.

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CBI summons RIMS doctors in dental chair supply case

IMPHAL, October 13: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Imphal office has summoned three RIMS doctors, in connection with the dental chair supply row of RIMS, a case which had

IMPHAL, October 13: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Imphal office has summoned three RIMS doctors, in connection with the dental chair supply row of RIMS, a case which had even led to the premature retirement of RIMS director Dr S. Sekharjit.

The doctors have been identified as Prof H Shanti Singh, department of Anesthesia, who was medical superintendent from March 1, 2011 to February 28, 2013; E Devendro Meitei, chief account officer RIMS and Dr Rajiv Ratna, professor of dental college RIMS and the then Principal in-charge dental college.

Reports said that the doctors were summoned to give their statement before the CBI.

The doctors are respondents in a case lodged against Dr Sekharjit by the CBI on charges of corruption regarding irregularities in the supply of dental chairs and other misappropriations. (FIR No.R.C 6(A)2014-IMP u/s 120-B,420 IPC, 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) Prevention of Corruption Act,21.5.2014)

Lal Gopal of M/S Mukherjee Enterprise, Thakur Road, Kolkotta, the main supplier of the dental chair is also a respondent in the case.

Meanwhile it may be mentioned that the Court of the Special Judge, Manipur East had recently rejected the bail plea of Dr S. Sekharjit the main accused in the case.

Sekharjit had submitted a petition praying for granting bail besides a direction for ad-interim pending final disposal of the case.

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MPTCC lashes out at Congress for preventing party workers from attending public meeting

IMPHAL, October 13: Manipur Pradesh Trinamool Congress Committee has condemned the incident in which AITC workers were prevented from attending a public meeting of the party yesterday by the State

IMPHAL, October 13: Manipur Pradesh Trinamool Congress Committee has condemned the incident in which AITC workers were prevented from attending a public meeting of the party yesterday by the State security forces deployed purportedly for providing security cover to the Chief Minister who visited Hiyanglam for addressing a public meeting of the Congress candidate at around the same time.

Speaking to media person in a press meet at the MPTCC office this afternoon, MPTCC spokesman P Premananda expressed disappointment at the coarse manner in which the ruling Congress government use State security personnel to prevent AITC workers from attending a public meeting in the name of providing security for Chief Minister Okram Ibobi who took the same route as the AITC workers for addressing a public meeting of the Congress candidate.

He further said that the Congress has displayed such uncultured behaviour before by organising a public meeting at the Langmeidong Public ground in front of the AITC candidate Dr Yumnam Radheshyam. It is the second time that the Congress has caused disruptions for AITC workers, he added.

Yesterday`™s incident was just a way of reminding which was the most powerful among the Congress, AITC and BJP candidates. But despite using the State security personnel, their intention of breaking the determination of the Trinamool remains unfulfilled. The turnout for the meeting was huge and beyond expectation despite the police causing hindrance to AITC workers. Those who gathered for the meeting showed their solidarity to Dr Yumnam Radheshyam, Pramananda said.

MPTCC vice president M Thoiba, currently the president in-charge, said two Trinamool Congress MPs have expressed deep concern for the people of Hiyanglam and Manipur.

The vulgar display of power by the ruling Congress yesterday was shameful and people of Hiyanglam must make the Congress aware that people cannot be bought with money during this election, he added.

We are confident that the AITC candidate will defeat its nearest rival, the Congress candidate, by a huge margin of votes as the Congress candidate Dwijamani has lost to the AITC candidate before, the MPTCC vice-president said.

Meanwhile, another MPTCC vice president MI Khan said the party was not raising any complaints to the Election Commission of India or the returning officer of the Hiyanglam bye-poll for preventing AITC workers from attending a public meeting yesterday because they have raised many complaints earlier but officials have always favoured the ruling party.

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`People must be aware of the powers vested in them by the Constitution`

IMPHAL October 13: A two day workshop on `Role on Media to strengthen the Panchayati Raj System in Manipur`™organised by the All Manipur Working Journalists Union began at the Classic

IMPHAL October 13: A two day workshop on `Role on Media to strengthen the Panchayati Raj System in Manipur`™organised by the All Manipur Working Journalists Union began at the Classic Hotel today.

The State department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj is sponsoring the workshop.

The inaugural of the workshop was graced by Deputy Chief Minister G Gaikhangam as the chief guest whereas professor N Mohendro was a special guest with AMJWU president W Shamjai as the president. Rural development & Panchayati Raj principal secretary J C Ramthanga and Manipur State Panchayat Parishad vice president Md Abdul Latif also attended the inaugural.

In his speech at the inaugural, Gaikhangam said Panchayati Raj or the ground level of the Indian parliamentary democracy is in a dormant state and the need of the hour is to make it pro active for development and welfare of the people of the State.

Communication gap between people is the main reason for misunderstandings between people, he added.

He attributed lack of honesty, sincerity and the ability to think as the root cause for the failure of the State in functioning well.

The functionaries, functional and funds are the 3Fs playing crucial role in the devolution of power while developing the State or the country which need to be analysed closely at the grass root level, the deputy CM said.

He further said that the people of the State should be aware of the powers vested by the Constitution otherwise they will become beggars in their own State.

Speaking at the occasion, N Mohendro said it is time for the people of the State to change the concept of rural development from the periphery to the foundation.

The foundation of development is in rural areas as manpower, area and abundant resources are found there and what is required is to spread awareness to the people living in the rural areas on how to tap these resources, he added.

He also pointed out the present deprivation in rural areas such as knowledge gap, information gap, communication gap, lack of guidance for the organisations of the poor and consumerism.

The role of the media is to give information, communication and education (ICE), he added.

He also appealed to all the newspaper agencies to reserve a column about Panchayati Raj to bring transparency between elected members and the people.

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Mountain And Valley Divide In Manipur And What Not: The politicians want it, the government cares a hoot and the irrelevant seeks relevance there

By Amar Yumnam Manipur is an interesting place from the political economy angle. This `interesting` case is exactly like a doctor would speak of a serious patient suffering from dangerous

By Amar Yumnam

Manipur is an interesting place from the political economy angle. This `interesting` case is exactly like a doctor would speak of a serious patient suffering from dangerous ailments. In the case of the patient the doctor, the relatives and the family do struggle hard to restore the health of the patient to normalcy. But in an absolute contrast, in the case of the land and society of Manipur, those who should be playing the roles of the doctor, the family and the relatives play games (social and political) to exploit the condition of sickness in an absolutely non-sharing way `“ the disease condition invariably worsens.

Let us look at the delivery of the core functions of the state in areas like infrastructure, service and security. In any of these functions of the state, the private housing and private care of the household of the official responsible for any kind of delivery would be much better off and much superior to created or creating infrastructure, service and security. This is true and has been true in the governance characteristics in both the mountains and the valley of Manipur. This has been happening despite the cries and counter-cries relating to the mountain-valley divide. In fact, it is as if the cries and counter-cries create a facilitating milieu for the continuance of the fragility in delivery of infrastructures, service and security. Both the politicians and the individuals in the government have been and are thriving in the midst of these cries. There has never been any attempt to meaningfully address this fragility.

Recently some news item came up in connection with the autonomy status of some parts of the mountain areas consequent upon dialogues between the Union Government and one non-state agency. It has caused a mild, unlike widespread ones in earlier cases, socio-political flutter in the valley. This has been a recurring phenomenon in Manipur, and any responsive and responsible provincial government should have put in place policies and programmes in order to address the cause of the socio-political flutter. The government, in the sense of the individuals in the government, have thrived in the atmosphere of recurrent social flutter on issues unrelated to the core aspects of development `“ development dismissed.

The fragility particularly in the mountain areas of Manipur has been a long run feature. But there are no tangible signs of the provincial government putting in place policies to reduce, if not eliminate, the fragility relating to the core functions of infrastructures, service and security. This has been the same for the last seven decades. There is not even minimal transparency. While there has been serious tussle about the credibility of census figures in the mountain areas, there has not been any attempt to collect and disseminate aggregate data relating to the mountain areas. This absence of the minimum effort for transparency could be explained only by what I had said in the beginning: the private housing and household of the official responsible for any kind of delivery in the core functions of the state (infrastructure, service and security) would be much better off and much superior to created or creating infrastructure, service and security; the absence of transparency facilitates the non-performance of the governance for personal aggrandisement.

Instead we find the governance fully involved in creating atmosphere for the people to fully submerge in issues absolutely non-contemporaneous. While the traditional social institutions (like the Umang Lai committees) have been functioning and while there could be good reasons for bringing them under regulation, the need for creating mild social turmoil by the regulation being put in place is hard to digest. The method of the regulation itself is faulty, and the logic can only be explained by an urge to divert the attention of the people from the failure of the state in attending to the core functions of governance and personally thrive in the resultant environment.

Two greatest impacts of the globalisation have been the blurring of the correspondence between state and society, and also the blurring of the partition between movement and territory. With the expanding flows of people, culture, knowledge and ideas along with commodities, the traditional synchronisation of state with a particular society is fast disappearing. The newly emerging societies are marked by heterogeneity and divergence though driven by shared objectives of welfare. Further, border is now conceived in terms of networks instead of fixed boundaries; flows are now emphasised instead of fixity. But what we experience in both the mountains and the valley of Manipur today are group activities quite un-attuned to the emerging global scenario. Well, even here, let us interpret these in terms of the economics of nationalism as the commitment of the people to the land and the society of Manipur. This is a very powerful tool to cause development. If the provincial government could mobilise this nationalism, it would be an altogether development scenario in Manipur. But what we encounter rather is the indulgence of the administration in wasting the energy of the people in issues of divide and related articulations instead of harnessing the collective strength; there is urgency and necessity to focus the attention of the government (read the individuals manning the government) on positive dimensions of transformation and mobilisations for these.

However, whether prepared or ill-prepared we are socially and administratively, globalisation is now being strongly pushed in this part of the world as well under a new dispensation from the Union Government. In the prevailing and emerging scenario, the responsibility, coherence and responsiveness of the government at the provincial level are critical. We need and want the Government of Manipur to deliver inter alia at least in the

A. Core functions of state in infrastructure, security and service;

B. Address the deepening and increasingly politicising inter-ethnic polarisation; and

C. Become alive to the emerging relationship between South East Asia and India particularly under the new dispensation under PM Modi and endeavour to address the imperatives of Manipur in the changing scenario.

But I cannot help increasingly feeling if we are committing a sin in expecting anything from a government which CANNOT EVEN OPEN A PASSPORT OFFICE.

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Unaware of being relieved from post, official executed fund transfer

IMPHAL, October 13: Unaware that he has been relieved of his post as the executive officer of the Wangoi Nagar Panchayat more than a week ago on October 4, an

IMPHAL, October 13: Unaware that he has been relieved of his post as the executive officer of the Wangoi Nagar Panchayat more than a week ago on October 4, an official identified as S Gojenro Singh transferred a huge sum amounting to Rs 21 lakhs to different accounts of local bodies of the Nagar Panchayat.

Dwelling into the case, IFP conducted an independent investigation, wherein it was found that the funds were credited to different account numbers of various wards of Wangoi Nagar Panchayat from UBI A/C no. 0484010097659 for list of work programmes under assignment to local bodies and others aided institutions (Non-plan) 2013-14.

Of the total Rs 21, 43, 000 a sum of Rs 5,32,000 was credited to the Nagar Panchayat fund while the remaining was credited to the accounts of nine wards Rs 1,69,371 each totalling to Rs 15,24,399.

The application for the work programme under the letter head of the Wangoi Nagar Panchayat appealing for transfer of the funds was submitted to the bank on October 9, attested by the chairperson along with the signature S Gojenro Singh, the executive officer of Wangoi Nagar Panchayat.

Subsequently, the fund was transferred to the respective account numbers of which five wards (no. 1, 3, 6 and 7) have already withdrawn their respective amounts.

The transactions took place despite the fact that S Gojendro was relieved from his post on October 4 and replaced by the sub-deputy collector (HQ), SDO office Wangoi by an order signed by H Balakrisna Singh, under secretary (MAHUD).

When IFP contacted S Gojendro Singh, he claimed that he only realised of his transfer this morning.

He revealed that he was contacted by the SDC only this morning and collected his transfer order from the secretariat this afternoon at 12:45.

Gojendro further confided that he had intimated the UBI manager personally later today to stop further transaction of the fund.

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Sinking Nobel Credibility

The 2014 peace Nobel Prize has been jointly awarded to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzay, an Indian and a Pakistani, both for their commendable work towards ending child labour. At

The 2014 peace Nobel Prize has been jointly awarded to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzay, an Indian and a Pakistani, both for their commendable work towards ending child labour. At only 17 when she was announced the winner of this coveted but now increasingly controversial prize, Malala has set another record for being the youngest ever to receive the award. She is a courageous campaigner for education of the girl child, and for her work which offended the Taliban, she was shot and left for dead, but was eventually flown to England for emergency treatment and successfully rescued. Since then, she has in defiance of all Taliban diktats, been continuing with her good work of advocating education for girls in her beleaguered homeland. Quite without doubt, she deserves the prize and all the goodwill of the world she has earned. Kailash Satyarthi, the man who shared the Peace Nobel, has also been a tireless worker for children education and for an end to the widespread atrocity of child labour in India. The 60 year old man however has drawn some flak for being associated with evangelical missions in his work, but this is immaterial and he should be judged by the quality of his work and dedication to his mission alone. Of this, nobody who has known him and his work, has complained so far.

Deserving as the two winners may be, this year`™s Nobel Peace Prize has drawn a lot of criticism not so much for any doubt about the credibility of the winners, but for the West biased politics quite evident in the choices. As many knowledgeable observers have pointed out, had Malala been a child victim of the war the West has been waging on the Taliban region of Pakistan and Afghanistan, probably she would have remained ignored by the Western media and therefore out of reckoning for the Nobel Prize. The fact also is, there have been and there continues to be numerous indiscriminate children victims of the continuing Western Drone strikes on these countries. Malala could easily have been one of them. Alternately, these observers also point out that Malala would have equally remained ignored and unknown had she been campaigning not against the Taliban, but against the terror of the West`™s Drone strikes on her homeland. They argue that Malala fitted well into the racist narrative which interprets these Western interventions in Afghanistan and Pakistan as the White Knights rescuing the damsels in distress from the hands of the evil and savage war mongers, therefore the sympathy for her. The reality of the destruction caused by the West itself to the lives of thousands of innocent children in these countries is conveniently forgotten. Kailash Satyarthi too has his part in this new `Great Game` as Arundhati Roy calls it. The instability of Pakistan is making the West look for firmer grounds to launch its assaults on its enemies, and India is a candidate on its radar.

Even without reading too much into the new `Great Game` theory and how even the Nobel committee is party to this, what is evident is, only those fighting the enemies of the West can hope to win the Nobel Peace and so too the Literature prizes. Gandhi, although acknowledged internationally as the undisputed messiah of peace, never received it for he was fighting the British. Leo Tolstoy never received the literature prize too though considered by many to be the greatest novelist the world because his native Russia has always been for most part of its history at cold war and sometimes open wars with the West. Dalai Lama and Aung San Suu Kyi received it for they were pitted against the ideological enemies (then) of the West. Quite controversially again, Henry Kissinger who was behind some of the world`™s worst and murderous bombings in Vietnam and Cambodia, received the peace prize. This being the case, one of the obvious conclusions for us in Northeast India for instance would be, if this bias were not there, there is every likelihood Irom Chanu Sharmila`™s campaign against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, AFSPA-1958, a draconian law which has been on so many occasions declared as untenable under the International Humanitarian Law, would have been a very likely candidate to win this prize. Sharmila not receiving the prize is just a Northeast centric thought, but we do hope the Peace and Literature Nobel Prizes, undoubtedly the most important and controversial of the five (six including later addition economic sciences, the other three being Chemistry, Physics and Medicine) are able to recue themselves from this sinking lack of credibility.

Leader Writer: Pradip Phanjoubam

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JCILP laments Nagaland CM`s remark on ILPS

IMPHAL, October 13: The Joint Committee on implementation of Inner Line Permit System conducted its migrant survey today at Wangkhei Ayangpali area, with cooperation from local clubs and Meira paibis,

IMPHAL, October 13: The Joint Committee on implementation of Inner Line Permit System conducted its migrant survey today at Wangkhei Ayangpali area, with cooperation from local clubs and Meira paibis, said a statement of the committee.

The release signed by its convener, publicity committee, W Ananda Meitei condemned the statement of Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang that ILP is not effective in Nagaland despite its implementation.

It said the statement was given by Zeliang in an IANS interview on October 6 at Kohima.

The statement is not only unfortunate, but it also discourages the movement for implementation of ILP which are being taken out in Manipur and Meghalaya.

The statement continued that Manipur has been facing peculiar problem in identifying illegal migrants who have come from Bangladesh and Myanmar. It said migrants from Bangladesh easily take shelter among the Muslim population of the State by taking advantage of same religious affiliation.

It has been the same case with Naga, Kuki and Nepali illegal migrants, who also easily take shelter within the same community to which they belong, the statement added. It said that this can only be checked by enacting a stringent law.

Further it continued that ineffectiveness of ILP in Nagaland is because the government of the said State does not maintain proper scrutiny of migrant labourers. For example, migrants who have come to work with the permission of only 15-day stay continue to stay as long as six months without validating their permits, it added.

The statement maintained that ineffectiveness of ILP is not with its system; rather it is the incompetence of the Nagaland`™s government authority.

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Irabot Day Celebration 2014 (Oinam)

By Lukhendro Keisham Oinam, 30/09/14:   Regarded as one of the biggest campaign of its kind in Oinam the Irabot Celebration Committee (Oinam) conducted a mass sanitation programme from 27th to

By Lukhendro Keisham

Oinam, 30/09/14:

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Regarded as one of the biggest campaign of its kind in Oinam the Irabot Celebration Committee (Oinam) conducted a mass sanitation programme from 27th to 30th of Sept., 2014 at Oinam. It was a sanitation campaign to create an awareness of the life and ideologies of Lamyanba Jananeta Hijam Irabot to the denizens of Oinam and the masses.

Around 200 volunteers from various leikais of Oinam participated the daily mass sanitation drive at various sites and leikais of Oinam. It includes cleaning of public properties like road sides, drains, govt. building campuses, crematorium, etc. The cleaning of road sides covered from Irom Leikai at Mamang Leikai to Keithel Leikai at Tiddim Road extend of Oinam.

On the 30th of Sept. a celebrational birth anniversary function in the name of Hijam Irabot was held at Oinam Mamang Leikai. The function was presided by Oinam Budhi Singh (Chairperson, Oinam Nagar Panchayat) who shared his happiness and support for the youth who took part in such a noble cause. Oinam Chandrahas Singh (senior citizen) was the chief guest and Yumnam Joykumar Singh (Project Director, NESRIP, P.W.D – Manipur) and Oinam Chaoba Singh (retired advocate) were the guest of honors. Oinam Chaoba spoke about the life and journey of Lamyanba Irabot to the attending crowds. Joykumar stated that the development of a society depends on the youth and request the people of Oinam to collectively come forward in unity and work together irrespective of a separate leikai or group. Apart from the presiding guest the function was attended by various leaders, youth, social workers and individuals of Oinam.

After the speeches a traditional local boat racing competition, Hiyang Tanaba was held at Oinam Turel (Oinam River). Categories of the competition includes Men’s & Women’s Group along with a Men’s Individual. The winners and participants were awarded with a very nominal cash prize just after the competition at the main stage at the open community hall of Ireima Laimang Laibung, Oinam Mamang Leikai.

Later an entertainment non-competitive dance session was conducted at the main stage. Fourteen dancers from Oinam and the surrounding areas participated the show. The main attraction of the day’s event was the musical concert by the most trending singing sensations of the state. During the concert a mass candle lighting ceremony also took place in which both sides of the road from Mayai Leikai’s Pukhri Mapal (Bammon Mamang) to Mamang Leikai till the venue of the event were lighted with paper lanterns. The four day observation and sanitation programme in memory of the most important reformer, Lamyanba Jananeta Hijam Irabot came to an end.

Apart from the four days campaign the Irabot Celebration Committee, Oinam extended the cleanliness drive on the 2nd Oct., birth anniversary day of Mahatma Gandhi (Father of Indian Nation). On this day the volunteers cleaned the campus of Ibudhou Tangleibung, the wholesome worship site of Oinam town.

The Irabot Celebration Committee, Oinam’s sanitation campaign of 2014 was not possible without the mention of the valuable donors, guests, participants, volunteers of Oinam Sports Association and most importantly the denizens of all the leikais and supporters who came out wholeheartedly. It was the effortless and priceless dedication and hard works by the youths of the organizing committee that made it all possible. Special grace to all who with no boundaries of day or night, wealthy or poor, came out honestly for such a noble cause.

 

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Mary Kom, Sarita Devi among Asian Games 2014 medalists from Manipur … – India.com


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Imphal, Oct 12: The Manipur government has felicitated boxer M.C. Mary Kom and other six medal winners,and participants of the Incheon Asian Games, at a grand reception here. In the felicitation programme at the indoor stadium of Khuman Lampak Sports …
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Lotus in winters of Manipur – E-Pao.net

E-Pao.netLotus in winters of ManipurE-Pao.netThe state BJP has a reason to smile now. BJP created history by winning Kakching Municipal by-election, defeating Congress candidate. Few months back, BJP in Manipur was humiliated for it could not win a sin…


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Lotus in winters of Manipur
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90th Birth Anniversary of RKCS held

The 90th Birth Anniversary of renowned painter Rajkumar Chandrajitsana Singh RKCS was celebrated today at the premises of RKCS Museum of Arts Crafts at Keishamthong, Imphal West Source Hueiyen News Service

The 90th Birth Anniversary of renowned painter Rajkumar Chandrajitsana Singh RKCS was celebrated today at the premises of RKCS Museum of Arts Crafts at Keishamthong, Imphal West Source Hueiyen News Service

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Philately Day

As part of the National Postal Week observance under the aegis of Department of Post, Manipur Postal Service Division, a workshop on philately was held to mark the Philately Day today at Head Post Office here Source The Sangai Express

As part of the National Postal Week observance under the aegis of Department of Post, Manipur Postal Service Division, a workshop on philately was held to mark the Philately Day today at Head Post Office here Source The Sangai Express

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Congress wipeout from Manipur politics expecting by next assembly election MPP

Manipur People’s Party MPP president N Sovakiran on Monday took a jibe at Congress Party which he said could be completely wiped out from the state politics by next Manipur assembly election 2017 Source Hueiyen News Service NNN

Manipur People’s Party MPP president N Sovakiran on Monday took a jibe at Congress Party which he said could be completely wiped out from the state politics by next Manipur assembly election 2017 Source Hueiyen News Service NNN

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NPF sees red

Urging the Chief Minister to take immediate stringent measure against six doctors who are posted at Tamei and Tousem PHCs but failed to join duty there, the Naga People’s Front NPF Manipur State Unit has warned of taking the matter to the higher leve…

Urging the Chief Minister to take immediate stringent measure against six doctors who are posted at Tamei and Tousem PHCs but failed to join duty there, the Naga People’s Front NPF Manipur State Unit has warned of taking the matter to the higher level unless the grievances of the people are attended to at the earliest Source The Sangai Express

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