Manipur News

Imphal, Nov 22 (MNS/NNN): A combined team of Thoubal commandos and personnel of 15 Assam Rifles and 27 Assam Rifles have conducted search operations today in different parts of Thoubal district and arrested 6 militants belonging to different outfits with rich haul of varied arms from different locations.
One cadre of PREPAK (PRO) Huidrom Ajit Singh (28), son of H Kesho Singh of Wangkhem Huidrom Leikai was arrested at 8.45 am and recovered a 9mm pistol, 2 live round of 9 mm, 6 demand letters of PREPAK (PRO) signed by Major Erei, Assistant Organisation Secretary (West Division), one dual SIM of Lemon model no. B-129, 1 AIRCEL SIM card and 1 AIRTEL SIM card. On being interrogated, the cadre revealed his identity and working under the command of IED expert of the outfit, RK Kheda Singh of Wangjing Awang leikai, according to Thoubal police.
Thoubal commandoes and 15 ARs conducted search operation at Khangabok part-III and arrested one cadre of KCP-NANDO, Moirangthem Brojendro Singh @ Brojen Singh @ Brojenkaksu (45), son of M Ibochou Singh of Khangabok Part-III Tangkha leikai was arrested at 8.35 am and recovered, a 9mm pistol along with a magazine, 4 live rounds of 9mm and one Lemon (B429) dual SIM and one Micromax (X-285) dual SIM, said police source.
Another cadre of KYKL, Ningthoujam Ngobi Singh (45), son of late N chonjom Singh of Wangjing Hodamba Maning leikai was apprehended by a combined team of Thoubal commamdo and 15 ARs while conducting a search operation at Wngjing Hodamba Maning Leikai at 9.45 am and recovered a 9mmpistol, 3 live rounds of 9mm, 1 Chinese hnd grenade, 12 demand letters of KYKL along with one Samsung mobile.
One KYKL cadre, RK Mobisana Singh @ Loken (35), son of late RK Sanahal Singh of Wangjing Hodamba Maning leikai has been apprehended by a combined team of Thoubal commando and 15 ARs at Wangjing Hodamba Maning leikai at 2.25 pm and recovered a .22 revolver, 3 live rounds of .22, 3 Chinese hand grenade, 1 Kg of explosive substance and 2 electronic detonators, said the police.
Combined team of Thoubal commandos and 27 ARs had a search operation at Kakching Lamkhai and arrested one KYKL cadre, Elangbam Shyamkanhai Singh (38) @ Kanhai, son of E Mangijao Singh of Khangabok Lamlong at about 2 pm along with one mobile handset of Nokia X-1 with one Reliance and one Airtel SIM, according to the police.
In another operation by the combined team at Kakching bazaar, KYKL cadre, Yendrembam RAajenkumar Singh (39) @ Rajen, son of Y Apabi Singh of Wangoo Sabal Sabam leikai was arrested at around 1.30 pm with one Lemon mobile (T-359) with one Airtel SIM, according to the police.

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imphal, nov 22 (mns/nnn): Although the United Naga Council (UNC) has insisted the Naga people not to take part in the Sangai Festival 2012, large number of Naga people are participating it, said Manipur Tourism Department on Thursday clarifying that arrangement for stalls for the festival is now almost complete.
Rajesh Kumar, Commissioner, Tourism Department stated this in the wake of the media reports that had criticized the laxity on the part of Manipur Tourism Department in managing stalls for the festival. The commissioner was briefing the media at Hapta Kangjeibung in Imphal where the 10-day Sangai Festival is being organized.
People from various ethnic communities are actively taking part at the 10-day long festival. Although the UNC has barred the Naga people from participating the festival, even noted folk singer Rewben Mashangva and his son performed at the inaugural function of the festival yesterday.
Expressing confidence that more people will enjoy the Sangai Festival, Rajesh acknowledged the media reports which had said that arrangement for stalls has not yet been finished while informing that the arrangement should be done by Commerce and Industries Department and not by Tourism Department.
According to an official report from Commerce and Industries Department, about 3 percent out of the total 757 stalls is yet to be put in position, he said.
Manipur Police Department are taking up security arrangement round the clock for the festival, the Commissioner further informed. The state PHED is supplying proper drinking water and the Health Directorate is also providing medical teams to meet any health related emergency situation, adding that fire tenders and fire fighters from Manipur Fire Service are also kept to control fire during the festival.

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A sit-in-protest was held at Meira Paibi Sang of Moirang Hanuba Lai Leirak of Imphal West today demanding stringent measures on the culprit of the rape of a 5 year old minor schoolgirl on November 19 last.
Womenfolk and members, numbering around 100 of Moirang Hanuba Chaakhat Khnongthang Lamjing Lup held the protest.
Father-in-law of the victim, who does not want to be named for obvious reason, disclosed to the media that the victim came running out of the school, Vocational Guide School, followed just behind by the chowkidar, called Boy in a strange manner on that fateful day. However, the matter stopped there. Later, her mother called out the victim at around 1.30 pm and found her dress disheveled. On further and closer inspection, her inner-wear was found put-on improperly. Asked, the child disclosed that the chowkidar had put his fingers in her private part. Thus, clinical test was carried out and the child was found raped. He said that the accused is a 29 years old son of Pantipheen Golmei, a resident of Ramji village in Tera Makha of Imphal West. The accused is in the custody of the police.
The victim’s mother mother, who also does not want to be named for obvious reason, told the media that it is upon the government to deliver justice to the victim according to law and threatened serious agitation in the failure of the government to give justice.

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A sit-in-protest was held at Meira Paibi Sang of Moirang Hanuba Lai Leirak of Imphal West today demanding stringent measures on the culprit of the rape of a 5 year old minor schoolgirl on November 19 last.
Womenfolk and members, numbering around 100 of Moirang Hanuba Chaakhat Khnongthang Lamjing Lup held the protest.
Father-in-law of the victim, who does not want to be named for obvious reason, disclosed to the media that the victim came running out of the school, Vocational Guide School, followed just behind by the chowkidar, called Boy in a strange manner on that fateful day. However, the matter stopped there. Later, her mother called out the victim at around 1.30 pm and found her dress disheveled. On further and closer inspection, her inner-wear was found put-on improperly. Asked, the child disclosed that the chowkidar had put his fingers in her private part. Thus, clinical test was carried out and the child was found raped. He said that the accused is a 29 years old son of Pantipheen Golmei, a resident of Ramji village in Tera Makha of Imphal West. The accused is in the custody of the police.
The victim’s mother mother, who also does not want to be named for obvious reason, told the media that it is upon the government to deliver justice to the victim according to law and threatened serious agitation in the failure of the government to give justice.

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/protest-against-rape-of-a-5-year-old/

IMPHAL, Nov 22 NNN: A civilian was hurt in a powerful blast in Imphal West district this evening. The blast occurred just few metres away from the 28 Assam Rifles post. It was an IED blast.
Reports said the bloast occurred at around 5:55 pm in the nothern side of College Road Youth Club located in the Manipur College Road at Chinga Mathak under Singjamei police station, Imphal West district. The injured civilian has been identified as one Naorem Ibomcha (35), s/o late N Kunjo of the locality.
The victim is being treated at Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal. Meanwhile, the locals have demanded the shifting of the Assam Rifles post from the locality. The public of the area also strongly condemned the incident.

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IMPHAL, Nov 22 NNN: A civilian was hurt in a powerful blast in Imphal West district this evening. The blast occurred just few metres away from the 28 Assam Rifles post. It was an IED blast.
Reports said the bloast occurred at around 5:55 pm in the nothern side of College Road Youth Club located in the Manipur College Road at Chinga Mathak under Singjamei police station, Imphal West district. The injured civilian has been identified as one Naorem Ibomcha (35), s/o late N Kunjo of the locality.
The victim is being treated at Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal. Meanwhile, the locals have demanded the shifting of the Assam Rifles post from the locality. The public of the area also strongly condemned the incident.

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/one-injured-in-blast/

Dimapur, Nov 22 NNN : The NSCN-IM has taken strong exception to the propaganda emanating from the Kuki State Demand Committee (KSDC). The NSCN-IM alleged that the KSDC has resorted to public blockade in the Kuki dominated areas and intimidating the neighboring Naga villages to support the demand for Kuki state or face dire consequences.
The NSCN-IM then said it considered the use of provocative languages by the blockade supporters as uncalled for and this must be stopped forthwith.
“To justify their demand for a separate Kuki state the Kuki National Organization(KNO) has produced a forged Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) signed between KNO and NSCN in the year 2010. Going further, there is an open display of bogus sketched map extracted from the Memorandum submitted by the Kuki National Assembly (KNA) to the Prime Minister of India in the course of their demand for Kuki state. This is simply unscrupulous without an iota of truth and just to fool the general populace masterminded from the higher level agencies in connivance with the government of Manipur,” the NSCN-IM said today.
The Naga outfit then said that whatever is the mechanism of propaganda adopted by the Kuki bodies to justify the demand for Kuki state nothing can be far from truth based on the historical and political rights (fact) of the Nagas.
“The physical and political boundary of the Nagas is inalienable and God forbids using His name for spreading false propaganda as resorted by the KNO. So what is being vainly attempted by the Kukis is misleading and obnoxious from the historical point of view. And Nagas will not tolerate any means used by the Kukis to distort the historical foundation of the Nagas. And all said and done, the intrusion of Kuki organizations like KNO and KNA into Naga territories through their bogus sketched map and forged MoU will not stand the test of time,” the NSCN-IM asserted.
Nagas in Chandel district of Manipur under the banner of Chandel Naga People Organisation (CNPO) has discussed the prevailing situation and said ancestral land of the Nagas be preserved at any cost.
“Every bit of land in the hills is under the jurisdiction of and within the ancestral boundary with well defined demarcation and there is no khasland. Since time immemorial Nagas have been living in their respective land and governed themselves with a set of traditional administrative system protecting their right to land, natural resources, custom, culture etc. There was no contest over our historical land ownership by any other communities. However, the Naga peoples living in Chandel district are shocked to learn that whole Nagas’ ancestral territory is in the proposed map of the Kuki State Demand Committee (KSDC),” the CNPO stated today.
Chandel Naga People Organisation (CNPO) had a meeting with all the frontal organisations of Chandel district on November 22 and discussed the proposed map of the KSDC. They decided that at any cost the Naga people must preserve and defend their ancestral land and that in no way they should compromise. Nagas in Chandel have respect for other people’s aspirations and we expect the same to our aspirations and right over our land.
The Nagas in Chandel support the demand of alternative arrangement for Nagas of Manipur from the government of India outside the government of Manipur and pending Indo-Naga settlement should be expedited to bring solution at the earliest, the CNPO added.

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/nscnim-debunks-claims-of-kuki-bodies/

Dimapur, Nov 22 NNN : The NSCN-IM has taken strong exception to the propaganda emanating from the Kuki State Demand Committee (KSDC). The NSCN-IM alleged that the KSDC has resorted to public blockade in the Kuki dominated areas and intimidating the neighboring Naga villages to support the demand for Kuki state or face dire consequences.
The NSCN-IM then said it considered the use of provocative languages by the blockade supporters as uncalled for and this must be stopped forthwith.
“To justify their demand for a separate Kuki state the Kuki National Organization(KNO) has produced a forged Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) signed between KNO and NSCN in the year 2010. Going further, there is an open display of bogus sketched map extracted from the Memorandum submitted by the Kuki National Assembly (KNA) to the Prime Minister of India in the course of their demand for Kuki state. This is simply unscrupulous without an iota of truth and just to fool the general populace masterminded from the higher level agencies in connivance with the government of Manipur,” the NSCN-IM said today.
The Naga outfit then said that whatever is the mechanism of propaganda adopted by the Kuki bodies to justify the demand for Kuki state nothing can be far from truth based on the historical and political rights (fact) of the Nagas.
“The physical and political boundary of the Nagas is inalienable and God forbids using His name for spreading false propaganda as resorted by the KNO. So what is being vainly attempted by the Kukis is misleading and obnoxious from the historical point of view. And Nagas will not tolerate any means used by the Kukis to distort the historical foundation of the Nagas. And all said and done, the intrusion of Kuki organizations like KNO and KNA into Naga territories through their bogus sketched map and forged MoU will not stand the test of time,” the NSCN-IM asserted.
Nagas in Chandel district of Manipur under the banner of Chandel Naga People Organisation (CNPO) has discussed the prevailing situation and said ancestral land of the Nagas be preserved at any cost.
“Every bit of land in the hills is under the jurisdiction of and within the ancestral boundary with well defined demarcation and there is no khasland. Since time immemorial Nagas have been living in their respective land and governed themselves with a set of traditional administrative system protecting their right to land, natural resources, custom, culture etc. There was no contest over our historical land ownership by any other communities. However, the Naga peoples living in Chandel district are shocked to learn that whole Nagas’ ancestral territory is in the proposed map of the Kuki State Demand Committee (KSDC),” the CNPO stated today.
Chandel Naga People Organisation (CNPO) had a meeting with all the frontal organisations of Chandel district on November 22 and discussed the proposed map of the KSDC. They decided that at any cost the Naga people must preserve and defend their ancestral land and that in no way they should compromise. Nagas in Chandel have respect for other people’s aspirations and we expect the same to our aspirations and right over our land.
The Nagas in Chandel support the demand of alternative arrangement for Nagas of Manipur from the government of India outside the government of Manipur and pending Indo-Naga settlement should be expedited to bring solution at the earliest, the CNPO added.

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/nscnim-debunks-claims-of-kuki-bodies/

IMPHAL, Nov 22 (NNN): The Kuki State Demand Committee (KSDC) has called off its ‘public blockade’ this evening after the meeting with the state government of Manipur representatives in Imphal.
The government team led by deputy chief minister Gaikhangam discussed the matter with the 5-member team of the KSDC this evening at around 5 in Imphal.
Meanwhile, a joint statement of the state government and the KSDC states, “Given the demand of the Kuki National Organisation (KNO) and the United People’s Front (UPF) for a political dialogue, the Home Ministry was apprised of the matter. The Union home ministry has responded positively to depute the official team after the Winter Session of Parliament to Imphal.
“In the meantime, the KSDC was requested to call off the blockade and maintain peace. In response to this appeal the KSDC delegates which met the deputy chief minister and others today and have agreed to withdraw the blockade with immediate effect.”
This joint statement was joint signed by Special Secretary (Home), government of Maniopur A.K Sinha and Benjamin Mate, general secretary of KSDC.
MLA Yamthong Haokip, education minister Okendra, chief secretary DS Poonia and director general of police Y Joykumar also participated in the meeting.
The KSDC sponsored ‘public blockade’ began on November 17 evening demanding for the commencement of dialogue with the two umbrella bodies of Kuki militant outfits–KNO and UPF.

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IMPHAL, Nov 22 (NNN): The Kuki State Demand Committee (KSDC) has called off its ‘public blockade’ this evening after the meeting with the state government of Manipur representatives in Imphal.
The government team led by deputy chief minister Gaikhangam discussed the matter with the 5-member team of the KSDC this evening at around 5 in Imphal.
Meanwhile, a joint statement of the state government and the KSDC states, “Given the demand of the Kuki National Organisation (KNO) and the United People’s Front (UPF) for a political dialogue, the Home Ministry was apprised of the matter. The Union home ministry has responded positively to depute the official team after the Winter Session of Parliament to Imphal.
“In the meantime, the KSDC was requested to call off the blockade and maintain peace. In response to this appeal the KSDC delegates which met the deputy chief minister and others today and have agreed to withdraw the blockade with immediate effect.”
This joint statement was joint signed by Special Secretary (Home), government of Maniopur A.K Sinha and Benjamin Mate, general secretary of KSDC.
MLA Yamthong Haokip, education minister Okendra, chief secretary DS Poonia and director general of police Y Joykumar also participated in the meeting.
The KSDC sponsored ‘public blockade’ began on November 17 evening demanding for the commencement of dialogue with the two umbrella bodies of Kuki militant outfits–KNO and UPF.

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/blockade-called-off/