IMPHAL, Nov 18: The birth centenary celebration of (late) Sanasam Gourahari Singh, eminent administrator, writer,… more »
IMPHAL, Nov 18: The birth centenary celebration of (late) Sanasam Gourahari Singh, eminent administrator, writer, educationist and social worker of the pre and post independence periods will be held on December 29, 2011.
Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2011/11/birth-centenary/
IMPHAL, November 18: The state finance department has directed the competent authorities of the state… more »
IMPHAL, November 18: The state finance department has directed the competent authorities of the state departments to submit their respective budget estimates for 2012-13 and revised estimates of the current financial year before November 30.
According to an official source, the instruction came in response to a directive from the Planning Commission of India.
Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2011/11/budget/
IMPHAL, Nov 18: The 5th Edition of G Khelchandra memorial men’s open hockey tournament will… more »
IMPHAL, Nov 18: The 5th Edition of G Khelchandra memorial men’s open hockey tournament will commence from November 20 at Khuman Lampak Hockey Stadium.
Altogether six teams, namely MPSC, SYUC, YCCIC, SSA, MEIRAA and UYAC are taking in the tournament.
The inauguration function of the tournament will be attended by Kshetrigao MLA Th Nandakishore, Shamu Singh, vice-president of Imphal East Hockey Association, and L Dhaballo, EE PHED as the chief, president and guest of honour respectively.
YCCIC will meet SYUC in the opening match of the tournament.
Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2011/11/5th-g-khelchandra-hockey/
IMPHAL, Nov 18: The trial selection of state canoeing and kayaking team for participation in… more »
IMPHAL, Nov 18: The trial selection of state canoeing and kayaking team for participation in National Canoeing and Kayaking Championship to be held at Bangalore will be held at Kangla Moat on November 20 and 2, stated an official release.
Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2011/11/trail-selection/
IMPHAL, Nov 18: In an equalling match game between NISA and TRUGPU, the former defeated… more »
IMPHAL, Nov 18: In an equalling match game between NISA and TRUGPU, the former defeated the latter by a goal line of 4-3 through the tie breaker after both teams were locked goalless before the end of normal time.
NISA defeated TRUGPU by 4-3 via tie-breaker in the last pre-quarter final match held today at Mapal Kangjeibung, Imphal.
Both teams were locked in goalless draw till the end of normal time.
NISA defeated TRUGPU by 4-3 goals in the tie-breaker.
The scorers of NISA were L Ratan, L Nabachandra, P Somorendro and Th Borish while N Rakesh, N Dhananjoy and Sh Meiraba scored for TRUGPU.
L Ratan and Michael Joute of NISA and T Thomas Boy of TRUGPU were booked with yellow cards during the match.
With this win against TRUGPU, state league champion NISA has stormed into the quarter-final.
Goalkeeper L Premkumar was instrumental in making NISA victorious against TRUGPU.
Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2011/11/nisa-defeats-trugpu-by-43/
Leader Writer: Sukham Nanda State government taking the opportunity of being a democratic state had… more »
Leader Writer: Sukham Nanda
State government taking the opportunity of being a democratic state had chosen the right steps by offering dialogues with different insurgent groups operating in the state with an objective to end three decades turmoil law and order situation caused by the insurgency in the state.
It was under the provision of the democracy any under world organisation or reactionary groups in a democratic country or state have allowed to claim their rightful demands and the same have been applied in the small state of Manipur by various insurgent groups who are still claiming as real patriots of the state.
It is well known that, over the last three decades the state Manipur had been facing serious turmoil in terms of law and order maintenance by the ruling governments due to over acting by the mushrooming growth of different insurgents organizations from different communities inhabited in the state.
On the other hand state government had chosen the idea of suspension of operation (SoO) as a sharp weapon at the need of hour to reduces the violent activities of the militants to some extend so that the deteriorating law and order situations caused by the uncontrolled activities of militancy in the state shall be reduced to some extend.
No doubt, state government had taken good initiative in order to have the tripartite Suspension of Operation (SoO) agreement between the Ministry of Home Affairs’ Government of India, state government and UG groups belonging to Kuki under the umbrella organization of Kuki National Organisation KNO and United People’s Front during 2010.
More over another milestone seems to be achieved by the state government with the signing of similar tripartite agreement with the one of valley based insurgent groups Kangleipak Communists Party, Military Council KCP(MC)- Lallumba group which was signed on August 6, 2010, which was the first valley based UG groups to have entered into such agreement.
In fact the sincerity on the part of the governments have shown by holding regular SoO meetings attended by concerned officials of army, paramilitary forces which have been dealing the counter insurgency operations in the state with the leaders of the militants who have entered the SoO apart from delivering of rehabilitation package for the cadres and assured monthly stipends as laid down in the ground rules of the agreements.
Most unfortunately, the report of creating violence activities which amounted to the peace and tranquility of areas in different parts of the state involving armed cadres who were under the SoO some times causes mistrust in the sensitivities of the inner ideology of SoO.
It was very unfortunate to heard that, the cadres belonging to the cadres of KCP Lallumba were oftenly arrested by the security forces during the courses of counter insurgency operations in the state for violating the ground rules of the SoO.
The very matter indicate the lack of sensivity on the part of the government which fails to give strong instructions to maintain the ground rules of the already signed SoO agreement. Lapses and failures to maintain the agreed upon ground rules of the SoO agreement on both sides will possibly turn to a negative impacts in the society which common people of the state are still feel apprehensions for.
The policy of the state on the issue of the already entered SoO with the different militant groups operating in the state need to bring an amicable solution at the nearest so that the positive impact of the SoO in terms of restoring peace and harmony is waiting by the peace loving citizen of the state.
If the governments shows there successful solutions once made through these SoO by holding dialogue with the insurgency groups in the state, it may led to bring a route for the other insurgent groups to take their path to the same as many of the insurgent groups operating in the state are now seems to be tending towards their peaceful solution with the government.
Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2011/11/rightful-end-solution-dialogue-under-soo-is-need-of-the-hour-in-the-state/
By: Dr Irengbam Mohendra Singh On December 3 2010 while my wife and my son… more »
By: Dr Irengbam Mohendra Singh
On December 3 2010 while my wife and my son were browsing in the small book shop of the TajMahal Hotel in Mumbai, I happened to glance at a paperback book with the title “ Do and Die, The Chittagong Uprising 1930-34” written by Manini Chatterjee. I instinctively felt that it must have something to do with the Chittagong Armoury Raids.
When I was a school boy, I heard about the Chittagong Armoury Raids from my old mate, Moirangthem Gojendra (deceased), who retired as a legal advisor to the Manipur Legislative Assembly. I only remember that he said – the ‘terrorists’ came wearing military uniforms and fooled the sentry at the gate. I never came across any book about this until I found this one.
The history of the Chittagong Armoury Raids, showed the extreme bravery of the Bengali race as pioneers of the armed Indian revolutionary movement until it moved to the north in the U P and Punjab During 1912-1947, the Sikh population of India was only 1.1 per cent, but 75 per cent of the revolutionaries serving in prison were Sikhs.
The Chittagong Armoury Raids of 1930 were carried by many men and two women, who were enthused with patriotism. The revolutionaries, four Bengalis and one domiciled northern Indian and sixty-one students between16-18, titled themselves Indian Republican Army (IRA) based on the Irish Republican Army (IRA).
The uprising was a simulation of the Irish “Easter Uprising” in Dublin. They even chose the Easter week of 1930 on the night of April 18, to strike at the British Armoury; Telephone exchange and Telegraph office; and the European Club inChittagong.
Another group severed the rail connections. They planned to hold the town for a week, like the Irish Republican Army that heldDublinfor one week. Theirs was “do and die” and “not to do and die”.
This incredibly brave volunteer Army though small in number, were armed and trained, willing to go down fighting like the Dubliners did. Their leaflet proclaimingIndia’s freedom was a carbon copy of the Proclamation of Independence, declared on behalf of the Provisional of theIrishRepublicby Patrick Pearse on the steps ofDublin’s General Post Office, fourteen years before the Armoury raids.
Now, a visitor inDublinwill see a small plaque in the General Post Office, commemorating the uprising on Monday April 24 1916.
The disparaging words of Thomas Babington Macaulay who despised Bengalis, most probably helped in fostering the nationalist feelings in Bengal. Macaulay’s remarks about the Bengali character and physique definitely played a bigger role in the subsequent growth of the violent agitation inBengal.
Leaders like the Presidency College–educated Bankimchandra Chatterjee who now had access to English literature, propounding the virtues of equality and freedom, wrote the religio-patriotic song Bande mataram, used by the Chittagong revolutionaries until it was later replaced by Inquilab Zindabad and Jai Hind.
Another was Cambridge-educated Aurobino Ghosh, who later became a seer in Portuguese Pondicherry after escaping fromBritish India, provided much more direct encouragement to the first revolutionary activists. Aurobindo who failed ICS only because he could not ride a horse, was to become the most prominent and the first to go in for direct armed action.
Macaulay wrote in his essay on Warren Hastings: “The physical organisation of the Bengalees is feeble even to effeminacy. He lives in constant vapour bath. His pursuits are
sedentary, his limbs delicate, his movements languid. During many ages he has been trampled
upon by men of bolder and more hardy breeds. Courage, independence, veracity are qualities to which his constitution and his situation are equally unfavourable.”
The statement led to the mushrooming of physical culture clubs where young men were taught body-building, lathi play and other martial arts. The Chittagong armed revolutionaries were such products. Macaulay gave these young men a desire for physical and military activities to challenge the colonial rule.
The insulting remarks of Macaulay on the Bengalis had a parallel for the Sikhs who for
umpteen years had been at the receiving end of a fertile joke, mainly from the north Indians – Sirdarjee bara bajge. The punch line is that when the clock strikes 12 the two hands of the clock lie on top of each other; Sikhs go “mad” thinking that one hand is missing. This is of course not true, just humour, but in bad taste.
During 1947-1966, the Sikh Diaspora in Vancouver, Canada, began the Khalistan (Pure-land) movement for an independent Punjabi-speaking Punjab. Prior to this, in the linguistic civil disorder of the 1950-1960 the Sikhs wanted to adopt Punjabi as an official language of Punjabi suba, which was opposed by the Punjabi-speaking Hindus.
As a result, in the 1951 and 1961 census Punjabi-speaking Hindus declared Hindi as their mother-tongue – advocated by Lala Jagat Narain, the owner and Editor of Hind Samachar (later assassinated by Sikh militants). Eventually, Haryana was born.
My Punjabi friend Dev Dutt Puri (deceased, who owned a sugar factory and heavy engineering plant at Jamunanagar in Haryana, began to speak in Hindi in the family instead of Punjabi. The whole family now speak Hindi.
While holidaying with him on the breathtakingly beautiful Lakshadeep Islands, off the Coast of Cochin, where there was nothing to do apart from drinking whisky and eating; no newspaper, no telephone, no television, he explained to me the meaning of a Mother-tongue.
A newly-born baby of a mother who speaks a language, if brought up by another woman speaking a different language, the baby will speak the adopted mother’s language, not the biological mother’s tongue.
In the Khalistan Independent movement, theGoldenTempleinAmritsarwas attacked by the Indian Army in Operation Blue Star, ordered by Indira Gandhi. A lot of the GoldenTemple complex was destroyed including the Akal Takht on June 4 1984.
The Temple was completely restored to its original grandeur when my son Neil and my late nephew Major Naorem Deepak, the Deputy Commander of BSP Academy in Gwalior at that time, visited it in December 2007.
The Calcutta Congress Session was held in December 1928 with Motilal Nehru as the President. All the top fiveChittagongleaders – Surya Sen (masterda), Ananta Singh, Ganesh Ghosh, and Loknath Bal, who attended the session were struck by the disciplined Congress
volunteers who were dressed in military khaki uniforms displaying military pageantry with Subhas Chandra Bose as the General Officer Commanding the Corps, supervising the volunteers on horseback.
In the earlier Congress Sessions, volunteers usually wore white khadi clothes and the white Gandhi cap. When they returned home they organised a district volunteer corps attached to the Congress party as a cover, inChittagong. They took months of secret preparations.
On the night of April 18 1930, a group of six armed men in a car, dressed in Army uniforms, approached the building containing the Guard room and the Police armoury. The sentry saw the car coming up.
Ananta Singh and Ganesh Ghosh stepped out of the car with all the authority of senior officers who had come suddenly for an unexpected inspection. The younger men jumped out
of the back seat as though they were their ADCs.
They stood less than ten feet away from the sentry who called out his routine challenge: ‘Halt, who goes there?’ Ananta and Ganesh shot him dead. Then they shouted as ploy to get the policemen inside the barracks on their side: Hato, bhago, Jan bachao, Gandhiji ka raj hogaya (get away, run, save your lives, Gandhiji’s raj have come). It worked; not a single policeman of the 200 or so stirred that night.
Things did not turn out quite as they had dreamed. When they broke open the armoury there were rows of ‘303 rifles, Lewis machine guns and revolvers, but empty wooden chests with no ammunition. Ananta Singh and Nirmal Sen knew their plans were doomed.
However, in honour of the Provisional Revolutionary Government, the solders of the IRA, Chittagong branch, fired three volleys in the air; the bugle was blown, and three times they shouted; Bande Matram. Masterda then hoisted the Indian national flag.
The 3/4 British officers in Chittagong, who were far from being cowards, were organising themselves. In the meantime, the revolutionary leaders who momentarily lost their nerves trudged out in the dark and eventually some of them hid on Jalalabad Hill, just outsideChittagong.
On April 22 there was a firefight with the British Indian troops. The dead bodies of the revolutionaries were burnt with petrol and wood.
Revolutionary activities continued until most of the top leaders were arrested in the later half of 1933. Among others, at the stroke of midnight of January 12 1934 Surya Sen was hanged in theChittagongjail, after he kissed the gallows. Kalpana Dutta was jailed for life in the Andamans. It marked the end of the Chittagong uprising.
The writer is based in the UK
E-mail: imsingh@onetel.com
Website: www.drimsingh.co.uk
Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2011/11/chittagong-armoury-raid-of-18-april-1930-the-bravery-of-bengali-revolutionaries/
From 23 November to 04 December (12 DAYS 10 STATES) After receiving an overwhelmed support,… more »
From 23 November to 04 December (12 DAYS 10 STATES)
After receiving an overwhelmed support, responses, wishes for Srinagar Imphal Save Sharmila Jan Karwan, it is decided by the campaign to start the next phase of karwan in the form of Jattha to meet the objective of the campaign, that is, to spread awareness among people of non victim states (states where AFSPA is not imposed) and to stengthen nationwide signature campaign which is already running by the campaign.This next phase will be an effort to cover other states that were not covered during Srinagar-Imphal Jan karwan.
This was the first time when any such journey (Srinagar to Imphal Jan Karwan) organized for the cause of AFSPA and covered various states of India to raise the voice of NE states and J&K. This karwan created an atmosphere and people of all states along with media supported the cause.
Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign believes that non violence should not be ignored. The campaign has become involved in creating a positive atmosphere of talk to bring out a solution for NE states and J&K for repeal of AFSPA. Through this solidarity Campaign, we express our solidarity towards people of NE states and J&K. Irom has become a symbol of peace and non violence through her fast. We are followers of non violence and peace and thus we support Irom through this Solidarity Campaign which is based on humanity, peace, justice and democracy.
The campaign decided to start its 12 day Ahemdabad- Srinagar journey in which a Jattha (small group) of activists will start its journey from the land of Gandhi, Sabarmati Ashram, Ahemdabad and will culminate its journey at the Hazratbal, Srinagar. On one side, where starting point is known for its lessons of non violence and peace, the culminating point , Hazratbal, that is a symbol of love, harmony and spiritualism. Besides it, Hazratbal was the same place from where the previous journey (karwan) was started (on 16th October) for the same cause.
This Jattha will travel along 10 states to create the public opinion and to get support through public meetings, pamphlets distribution, press meet, road march etc for the demands of campaign.
Schedule is given below:
Starting:
Jattha will start its journey on 23 NOV at 03:00 PM from Sabarmati Ashram after ”all religious prayer” and oath to promote non violence, peace and justice.
23 NOV: Ahemdabad: Sagar Rabari (079-27557199), Ila Pathak (9913176612)
24 NOV: Mumbai: Mukta Srivastava (9764472667), Kishore (7208007055)
25 NOV: Banglore: Sister Cielia (9945716052), Gururaj (9448849353)
26 NOV: Chennai: Md. Tanveer (9940140284)
27 NOV: Hyderabad: Ramakrishna Raju (9866887299)
28 NOV: Cuttack : Dr. Vishwajit (9437218171), Akshya (9937427611)
29 NOV: Raipur : Gautam Bandopadhyay (9826171304)
30 NOV: Bhopal: Kumud Behan (9926311225), Arvind (9425783165)
01 DEC: Jaipur : Akshya ( 0141-2594131), Krishna (9460118463)
03-04 DEC: Srinagar : Er. Ab. Rashid (9419003104), Dr. Muzaffar Bhat (9596081900), Tanveer Hussain (9940140284), Shahabul Haq (9419168555)
Thanks
Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign
Delhi Contact: Ravi Nitesh (9958907799), Qamar Intekhab (9990505438)
Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2011/11/ahemdabad-sabarmati-ashram-srinagar-hazratbal-save-sharmila-jattha/
IMPHAL, November 17: A 55 year old woman has this evening leveled charge against the… more »
IMPHAL, November 17: A 55 year old woman has this evening leveled charge against the doctors of the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences, JNIMS of negligence, cheating and wrongly operating upon her.
The woman identified as Achoubi of Hatta Golabati called a press conference at the Manipur Press Club this evening concerning her charges and has informed that she is ready to charge legal actions against the erring doctors.
Speaking at the conference, the woman informed that a JAC has also been formed in this regard and a memorandum submitted to the Governor and the state Chief Minister today.
She has further charged that she was admitted to the hospital on October 3 with back pains. The doctor examining her advised to get an ultrasound at the earliest. She took the ultrasound from Adarsh Laboratory on October 5.
The doctor after examining the report of the ultrasound informed her that she would have to undergo an operation to remove a Kidney stone and a gallbladder stone and the said operation was conducted on October 11, she informed.
However, soon after regaining her consciousness, the doctor concerned informed her that there was no kidney stone and that she doesn’t have gallbladder.
Surprised and at the same time astonished with the information she along with her family and local elders met the Medical Superintendent of the hospital and informed him of the happenings. However even after assuring her that the hospital will consider her further treatment and reimbursement of the operation, the hospital authority forcibly discharged her on November 5 without complying to any of the assurances provided by the MS, she further informed.
Meanwhile, the JAC against the Wrong Operation for Mrs Achoubi has warned of various forms of agitations if the concern authorities fail to take up any positive actions, a JAC member warned.
Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2011/11/woman-charges-jnims-doctors-of-negligence/
IMPHAL, November 17: The premiere coaching institute of the country, Resonance, Kota has announced nation-wide… more »
IMPHAL, November 17: The premiere coaching institute of the country, Resonance, Kota has announced nation-wide biggest academic talent hunt test called ‘Scholarship cum Talent Reward Test (STaRT) 2012’, which is a two-stage national level talent test for students of class VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and XI & XII of Science Stream. Along with the academic and self development benefits for students like National Benchmarking and exposure to real life academic competition, STaRT-2012 is also loaded with excellent & biggest prizes & awards to the winning students.
The Stage-I will be qualifying examination for the Stage-II followed by Felicitation Function & Champion’s Camp at Kota.
The unique feature of prizes in STaRT-2012 is that the finally declared National toppers (1st Rank) of each class (total seven students, one from each class) shall win a Gold Medal & Eleven days visit to USA including three days visit to Space Camp at Kennedy Space Centre, NASA, USA and also four to five other tourist attractions in USA .
The prize worth for 1st Rank will be more than Rs. 2 Lac to each student. The National Runners-up (2nd Rank) of each class (total seven students, one from each class) shall win a Silver Medal & Six Days visit to Singapore including SCIENCE CENTRE SINGAPORE and also four to five other tourist attractions in Singapore. The prize worth for 2nd Rank will be more than Rs. 1 Lac to each student The National 3rd Rank of each Class (total seven students, one from each class) shall win a Bronze Medal & a high-end Laptop of worth Rs. 50000 each. The students from All India Rank from 04th to 10 in each class shall be rewarded with Desktop PCs worth Rs. 25000 each. The students from All India Rank 11to 500 shall also win prizes ranging from Personal Music Players (PMPs), Sports Watches to branded Writing Pens.
Through STaRT-2012, Resonance shall give away various attractive prizes & awards as mentioned above, having a total worth of more than Rs. 50 Lacs , to 3500 students in total (500 students from each class). Resonance has also generously allocated scholarships of maximum worth of Rs. Six Crores for the final top hundred students, from each class, if they enroll into yearlong classroom programmes of Resonance targeting CBSE, NTSE, KVPY Olympiads, IIT-JEE, AIEEE, AIMPT as relevant to their class and aspirations. The winners will be invited at Kota for the Felicitation Function to be held in February, 2012.The final top hundred students of all classes except class XII shall also be invited for three days Champion’s Camp at Kota, Rajasthan in which expert mentors of Resonance shall educate and guide them with a focus on establishing foundation for future competitive exams like NTSE, IJSO, KVPY, Olympiads, IIT-JEE and other Engineering & Medical entrances according to relevance of the class of students.
According to the format of STaRT-2012, the schools can conduct first stage test of STaRT-2012 in their own premises and also become entitled for awards of worth more than Rs. 12 Lacs in various reward categories for schools, their principals and coordinators based on performance and participation of their students.
A student, apart from his/her own school, also has options to participate in first stage of STaRT-2012 by taking test either at Resonance test centre or Online.
The first stage test of STaRT-2012 shall be conducted on various dates in December, 2011 and the second stage test shall be conducted on January 22, 2012. Both the tests will be OMR based, comprising objective type questions from Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology & Mental Ability, mainly from NCERT syllabus of the respective class. Class XI and XII students of Mathematics and Biology shall get different papers.
Registration for STaRT-2012, has already opened on September 26, 2011 & would close on November 26, 2011 whereas the complete information and guidance for STaRT-2012 has been made available on STaRT’s official website www.resostart.in . The same is also available on Resonance’s website www.resonance.ac.in
According to R.K. Verma, MD, CEO & Head (Academics), Resonance holds a high reputation for the sincere & successful methodology in its programmes for the tough competitive examinations like IIT-JEE, AIEEE, AIPMT, KVPY, International Olympiads & NTSE and the expertise & understanding of the crux of competition at Resonance are the backbone of devising STaRT-2012 to effectively give students a chance to compete with their true mettle and also adjudge themselves against the prevailing level of competition in the country.
Manoj Sharma, vice president (Operations & Business Development), Resonance, said, “Today no student in India can by-pass tough competition in realizing his/her career dream and through STaRT-2012, Resonance is offering a genuine platform to students so that they can judge themselves on a national benchmark and also develop temperament for forthcoming important formal competitive& talent examinations in their career”. He also added that, “The excellent prizes are kept to make STaRT-2012 interesting for students and scholarship support goes up to the level that a class X student opting for IIT-JEE programme at Resonance may even earn continuing scholarship of worth Rs. 11 Lacs till he/she completes his/her four year B.Tech. at IIT.”
Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2011/11/resonance-announces-scholarship-cum-talent-reward-test/
IMPHAL, November 17: Aspiring candidate of the Thoubal assembly constituency Oinam Indira today called a… more »
IMPHAL, November 17: Aspiring candidate of the Thoubal assembly constituency Oinam Indira today called a press conference at the Manipur Press Club and reacted sharply to some alleged remarks made by works minister K Ranjit against the aspiring opponents of Chief Minister O Ibobi.
Reacting to statement, she ridiculed that the insult from the state works minister has only strengthened her resolve to fight the election and further added that a candidate’s winning lies in the hands of the public and not in the hands of some ministers.
Further speaking at the conference, she informed that bogus electoral rolls of Thoubal district should be rectified at the earliest for a free and fair election in the district.
Indira who is aspiring to fight the Chief Minister who is the only one to complete a whole term as the state Chief Minister, further observed that the state government should maintained properly the prescribed guidelines of the Election Commission of India.
Meanwhile, Thoubal Kendra Kanba Lup president informed that the association has submitted a representation to the Election Commission of India and the concerned district authorities for a physical verification to pick out the bogus and repeated voters from the existing voters list of the district.
The association has further suggested that all political parties and aspiring candidates should allow proper functioning of Booth level agents at every polling stations throughout the state as directed by the ECI.
Meanwhile, the coordinator of the association has further termed the insult from the minister as unfortunate and further added that such repeated provocations should be considered as an insult to the whole women community.
She has further added that the association will not tolerate any more insults.
Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2011/11/thoubal-aspiring-candidate-hits-out-at-works-minister/
IMPHAL, November 17: A man after getting prank calls on his mobile phone since last… more »
IMPHAL, November 17: A man after getting prank calls on his mobile phone since last afternoon from a person identifying himself as a militant cadre traced the phone number and found out that the prankster is none other than a local boy who has been helping him in harvesting his paddy.
The man identified as Ningthoujam Mangilal, 37, s/o (L) Bapu of Heinoubok informed media persons that he has been receiving calls on his mobile phone since 12 noon yesterday from a person who identified himself as a militant cadre.
He further informed that the caller has been asking him to come out as his party has to solve some issues with him, on his he answered that the caller could have mistaken him to be someone else. However the caller yelled back at him and started threatening him.
He received multiple calls afterwards asking him to come to Patsoi, he further informed.
Angered and at the same time surprised over the repeated calls, Mangilal tried to find the caller and trace it back to the lad who he identified as Naorem Imo, 27, s/o (L) Kunjamani of Patsoi part I. he further informed that Imo used to help him in his harvesting his paddy some days back.
He himself went to Imo’s Patsoi residence this morning and later handed him over to the Women Welfare Association Heinoubok, he further informed.
Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2011/11/pranskster-turns-out-to-be-helper/
IMPHAL, Nov 17: The United Kuki Liberation Front (UKLF), while condemning the act of assualting… more »
IMPHAL, Nov 17: The United Kuki Liberation Front (UKLF), while condemning the act of assualting two persons by some unknown armed miscreants at Sajik Tampak yesterday, has clarified that the outfit was not involved in the incident.
A release of the UKLF stated that the organization has been cooperating with the government on suspension of operation pact. It has been following the ground rules with strict discipline.
The news report on the local papers were also contradictory as some paper mentioned that the victims were MGNREGS workers and some other mentioned as PMGSY workers. Such false and contradicted allegation made to defame the organization will not be accepted by the organization and should not be trusted by the general public, it added.
Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2011/11/uklf-clarifies/
IMPHAL, Nov 16: Discovering the movement of UG cadres in the general area of Langathel,… more »
IMPHAL, Nov 16: Discovering the movement of UG cadres in the general area of Langathel, troops of 15 Assam Rifles of 9 Sector under HQ IGAR (South) launched operation in the area and apprehended one KYKL cadre today.
According to a PRO IGAR (s) reease, the apprehendee has been identified as No. 1755, s/s sgt Pukhrambam Amarjeet Singh alias Kamo, 22, s/o P Subachan Singh, r/o Langathel.
One 9 mm Pistol with magazine, five live rounds and 48 SP tablets were recovered from the apprehendee, the release added.
In yet another incident, troops of 17 Assam Rifles of 10 Sector under HQ IGAR (South) launched operation in general area Kachal and apprehended two individuals alongwith 300 kgs of Ganja yesterday.
The apprehendees have been identified as Lalkeng Doungel, 53, s/o Prokholan, r/o Dongshum.Ukhrul dist and Holace Haokip, 30, s/o Thongjang, r/o Shongphel.Ukhrul dist.
Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2011/11/arrested/
IMPHAL, Nov 17: The 10 Assam Rifles hosted and greeted students of Tamenglong College, Manipur… more »
IMPHAL, Nov 17: The 10 Assam Rifles hosted and greeted students of Tamenglong College, Manipur University today Students from Tamenglong College are conducting a rally from Tamenglong to Imphal on the occasion of silver jubilee of Manipur University. The college is also organizing a Inter College Youth Festival from 18 Nov to 20 Nov 2011. 2ic, 10 Assam Rifles appreciated the positive effort of the students and exorted them to bring in peace and harmony through social and cultural exchanges with the population in other areas of Manipur. The unit provided light refreshments to the students and bid them good luck and god speed in all their endeavours.
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IMPHAL, Nov 17: NEROCA defeated SSU by 4-3 goals in the tie-breaker in today’s match… more »
IMPHAL, Nov 17: NEROCA defeated SSU by 4-3 goals in the tie-breaker in today’s match of 55th CC Meet Football Tournament held at Mapal Kangjeibung, Imphal.
Both teams were locked in goalless draw till the end of normal time. However, NEROCA defeated SSU by 4-3 in the tie-breaker.
Four strikers of NEROCA, namely M Ashok, Ng Tomarjit, Th Roshan and T Kornan succeeded in making the goals while only three strikers of SSU, namely K Kiran, Md Sahidur Rahman and Th Shyamsunder scored the goals in the tie-breaker.
With this win against SSU, NEROCA has stormed into the quarter-final match.
Goalkeeper Ksh Naoba was instrumental in making NEROCA team victorious against SSU in the CC Meet tournament.
NISA will meet TRUGPU in tomorrow’s match.
Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2011/11/neroca-beats-ssu-by-43-in-tiebreaker/
The time has again come for Manipur to do some serious introspection. If the different… more »
The time has again come for Manipur to do some serious introspection. If the different communities must remain together within a single map, it must have to be as willing partners. At this moment, it is not sure if this is the case at all. Manipur is so terribly and depressingly divided on multiple fronts. The much talked about hill-valley divide may be the most visible, but the division within goes much deeper, as anybody in the state and serious observers from anywhere would be aware of. The issue of the Sadar Hills and indeed similar demands for the formation of new districts have demonstrated this beyond any doubt. Sometimes, the centrifugal forces pulling away from Manipur are so brazen that it is difficult to imagine how many communities living within the boundaries of the state actually share an interest in the territorial and emotional integrity of their home state. Indeed, it is even difficult to claim with any certainty how many who live in Manipur would actually with comfort like to call Manipur their home, that is besides the majority community, the Meiteis, who for various reasons, many of which beyond easy control of anybody, have also come to be referred to by many as Manipuri, as if the term Manipuri denotes an ethnic identity and not a citizenship status. This is unfortunate, for in an ideal situation, every citizen of Manipur should be a Manipuri. It would also be in the interest of the state to undo the reverse trend.
But at this moment, a way must be found to determine how many would like to remain emotionally affiliated to Manipur. This is particularly relevant in the face of reports that an agreement on a supra state arrangement between the NSCN(IM) and the Government of India is imminent. Although from preliminary reports, the proposed agreement does seem to be another way of sugar-coating the status quo, the fact remains that there would be a shadow of a Greater Nagaland in the agreement. Posters in Naga dominated districts that greet any visiting Central government official and journalist from outside the state also pronounce it quite clear that Nagas, or at least many Nagas, do not want to be associated with Manipur anymore and are drunk on the idea of an integrated Greater Nagaland. There would be Nagas who think otherwise, but as in all cases of hawks and doves made to articulate their aspirations from a single platform, only the hawks normally are heard. This would is especially so when dissent is extremely liable to be met with extreme violence. We all know this is also very much the reality. The ambush on the late MLA Wungnaoshang Keishing from the Phungyar Assembly Constituency, and sport minister, D.D. Thaisii, are evidence enough. All the same, we are of the opinion that forced unions are meaningless, only a willing partnership can be fruitful.
Again, even if the supra state arrangement comes to be adopted, we are at a loss as to what territory would be considered as belonging to not just the Nagas, but any single community as such. We are witnessing the tussle over Sadar Hills currently indicating the trouble potential there is in any effort to demarcate territory on ethnic lines anymore. It should also be evident to one and all that all claims to territory overlap considerably between various ethnic groups. Under the circumstance, it would be expectedly difficult to arbitrate on whose claim should be given more weight. Vast tracks of long uninhabited and uncultivated lands that the Nagas claim as their ancestral land could also now be the current homes of the Kukis and Nepalis. They could also be the ancient trade routes that linked the erstwhile kingdom of Manipur to South East Asia to the east and the plains of Assam and Bengal to the west. This difficulty in reconciling notions of overlapping ethnic homelands and living spaces has been the cause of many dangerous passions and conflicts in the past. However, if an amicable demarcation is possible, perhaps a friendly parting of ways is the best way forward. Let each ethnic community be allowed to be true to their instincts and aspirations, and this include the majority community. If a partnership is not possible, let each be left alone to be themselves freely and with no burdens of trying to live up to another’s expectation.
Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2011/11/another-crossroads/
IMPHAL, Nov 16: Poumai Naga Tsiidoumai Me (PNTM), in a release, has condemned the attack… more »
IMPHAL, Nov 16: Poumai Naga Tsiidoumai Me (PNTM), in a release, has condemned the attack on education minister DD Thaisii carried out by some unidentified armed assailants on November 12 in Senapati district.
Meanwhile, the 2nd Federal Assembly of Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) will be hosted by Poumai Students’ Union at Oinam Hill Village on November 19.
Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2011/11/pntm-condemns-attack-on-thaisii/
IMPHAL, Nov 16: Poumai Naga Tsiidoumai Me (PNTM), in a release, has condemned the attack… more »
IMPHAL, Nov 16: Poumai Naga Tsiidoumai Me (PNTM), in a release, has condemned the attack on education minister DD Thaisii carried out by some unidentified armed assailants on November 12 in Senapati district.
Meanwhile, the 2nd Federal Assembly of Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) will be hosted by Poumai Students’ Union at Oinam Hill Village on November 19.
Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2011/11/pntm-condemns-attack-on-thaisii/
IMPHAL, Nov 16: The first state level cultural festival will be organized by Tribal Research… more »
IMPHAL, Nov 16: The first state level cultural festival will be organized by Tribal Research Institute, Manipur on November 18 and 19 at TRI Auditorium, Chingmeirong, Imphal.
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