Manipur News

Imphal, August 31 NNN: The Manipur police continued to pull up foreign nationals in the state on Friday with around 450 migrant workers were picked by the state police from different places in Imphal during operations Friday.
Several teams from Imphal West District Police carried out separate operations at places like Nagamapal Kangjabi Leirak, Pandon, RIMS road, Uripok where around 450 migrants including one Nepalese national having no proper document were rounded up. All were found staying at rented houses.
The police later brought them to Bengali High School here and conducted verification. But, later all the non-Manipuris were freed except six of them on suspicions because they did not have legal documents.
Most of the migrant workers were from Assam and West Bengal.However, only one out of the six, a Nepalese national was further detained as he did not possess valid document, police sources said.The Nepalese national is identified as Manoj Shah. He will be produced before the CJM, Imphal tomorrow under Foreigners’ Act, they informed.
Manipur police pulled up 43 foreign nationals, including 24 Bangladeshis and 19 Myanmarese in the early morning yesterday from Hatta and Lilong areas. They were mostly natives of Bangladesh’s Chappai Nabaganj and Latsahi Nabaganj districts while the 19 Myanmarese were from Arakan region of the neighbouring country.The 43 illegal residents of the state have also been registered with Foreigners’ Act.

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Mail News Service
Imphal, Aug 31: The term “SAIINIT’ is an observance of remembering the death of their love and dear ones who have unfortunately meet unnatural and untimely death. It is a customary and traditional event of the Kuki community observing from ancestor since time immemoral.
Kuki Inpi Manipur is all set to observe “SAHNIT NIKHO” on the 13th September, 2012 (the day in which highest casualty/killing of innocent people being a Kuki indentiry by the NSCN-IM way back in 1993) under the banner of “mass prayer for peace, love and security”, The observance would beheld at different Churches and villages and at any convenient places under the aegis of Lhangpi Kuki Inpi (District), Lhang Kuki Inpi (Block) and Social Organisations etc. On this day of Sahnit, every household shall hoist Black Flag (Sahnit flag) and all people have to remain indoor of their respective home in respect of the depart soul by refraining from their daily routine works and entertainment programme.
Kuki Inpi Manipur (Apex body) appealed to all the Kuki people to refrain from their daily duty chores and participate in the said observance.
The Inpi also requested to all the leaders of Lhangpi Kuki Inpi (District)/Lhang Kuki Inpi (Block/Social Organisations/Churches to initiate their invaluable roles/efforts for the successful conduct of the observance said Khaimang Chongloi, Secretaiy, (Adm) Kuki Inpi Manipur.

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/kim-to-observe-saiinit/