Revisiting CCTVs, traffic lights fiasco Idea of decorative pieces

Catch them ‘live’. This was obviously the mantra behind the decision to instal CCTV cameras at some of the strategic locations in Imphal to make the security agencies more effective in tackling crimes in the capital city. This was way back in 2011, but as is the wont with anything that has to do with […]

Catch them ‘live’. This was obviously the mantra behind the decision to instal CCTV cameras at some of the strategic locations in Imphal to make the security agencies more effective in tackling crimes in the capital city. This was way back in 2011, but as is the wont with anything that has to do with […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/04/revisiting-cctvs-traffic-lights-fiasco-idea-of-decorative-pieces/

Lest BJP forgets its piped water promise Looking at pre-poll promises

Just two weeks old and too early to pass a comment on the functioning of the new Government. However what Mr N Biren and his Council of Ministers should not forget are the huge promises the BJP gave to the people in the run up to the Assembly election. After 15 years of Congress rule, […]

Just two weeks old and too early to pass a comment on the functioning of the new Government. However what Mr N Biren and his Council of Ministers should not forget are the huge promises the BJP gave to the people in the run up to the Assembly election. After 15 years of Congress rule, […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/04/lest-bjp-forgets-its-piped-water-promise-looking-at-pre-poll-promises/

What is there in the Framework pact ? Need more than verbal assurance

Manipuris to be consulted before final Naga accord. This was Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju on February 23, ahead of the just concluded Assembly election. Framework Agreement not final pact. This was Centre’s interlocutor to the Naga peace talk RN Ravi, again on February 23, just before the State went to […]

Manipuris to be consulted before final Naga accord. This was Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju on February 23, ahead of the just concluded Assembly election. Framework Agreement not final pact. This was Centre’s interlocutor to the Naga peace talk RN Ravi, again on February 23, just before the State went to […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/03/what-is-there-in-the-framework-pact-need-more-than-verbal-assurance/

Compelling need to study outside Time to stop the trend

It is that time of the year again and thousands of students are appearing for their Class XII board exams. Whether the students are appearing for the exam conducted by the Council of Higher Secondary Examination, Manipur or the one conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education, should make no difference, for ultimately all […]

It is that time of the year again and thousands of students are appearing for their Class XII board exams. Whether the students are appearing for the exam conducted by the Council of Higher Secondary Examination, Manipur or the one conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education, should make no difference, for ultimately all […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/03/compelling-need-to-study-outside-time-to-stop-the-trend/

Reaching out to the Naga community BJP should capitalise on this

This is an opportunity which the BJP should not lose. Go all out and capitalise on it. The Sangai Express has already underlined the positives of taking the NPF on board the Government and here is the opportunity to see how to take all communities along with the idea of the Government of Manipur. For […]

This is an opportunity which the BJP should not lose. Go all out and capitalise on it. The Sangai Express has already underlined the positives of taking the NPF on board the Government and here is the opportunity to see how to take all communities along with the idea of the Government of Manipur. For […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/03/reaching-out-to-the-naga-community-bjp-should-capitalise-on-this/

Tough for some to be out of the news Out of power but not news

Tough for some men to be out of the news and ex-Chief Minister O Ibobi will certainly come under this category. And not surprising, for remember it is not for nothing why a political figure can remain as the Chief Minister of a State for 15 long years. Not many have achieved this distinction and […]

Tough for some men to be out of the news and ex-Chief Minister O Ibobi will certainly come under this category. And not surprising, for remember it is not for nothing why a political figure can remain as the Chief Minister of a State for 15 long years. Not many have achieved this distinction and […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/03/tough-for-some-to-be-out-of-the-news-out-of-power-but-not-news/

Centre, State should do their bit Put RIMS back on track

Something, somewhere is terribly wrong and this commentary may be taken as an open letter or an appeal to the Union Health Ministry, the State Government and the doctors of RIMS. Tough to even imagine that an institute of repute like RIMS should remain without a Director, after the then Director-in-charge retired from service and […]

Something, somewhere is terribly wrong and this commentary may be taken as an open letter or an appeal to the Union Health Ministry, the State Government and the doctors of RIMS. Tough to even imagine that an institute of repute like RIMS should remain without a Director, after the then Director-in-charge retired from service and […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/03/centre-state-should-do-their-bit-put-rims-back-on-track/

Looking at the pre-poll promises of BJP Piped water supply

The BJP led coalition Government has passed the floor test, as expected. So after Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, the BJP gets another North East State under its belt and this is in line with the agenda spelt out by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after the BJP swept the Lok Sabha elections in 2014. The Modi […]

The BJP led coalition Government has passed the floor test, as expected. So after Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, the BJP gets another North East State under its belt and this is in line with the agenda spelt out by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after the BJP swept the Lok Sabha elections in 2014. The Modi […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/03/looking-at-the-pre-poll-promises-of-bjp-piped-water-supply/

Lifting the longest ever blockade Spell out agreed points

Finally the United Naga Council (UNC) has lifted the 139 days old economic blockade. This is a welcome development and in as much as credit may be given to the BJP led coalition Government and the UNC for coming to a meeting point, it cannot be helped but ask what are the meeting points that […]

Finally the United Naga Council (UNC) has lifted the 139 days old economic blockade. This is a welcome development and in as much as credit may be given to the BJP led coalition Government and the UNC for coming to a meeting point, it cannot be helped but ask what are the meeting points that […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/03/lifting-the-longest-ever-blockade-spell-out-agreed-points/

Statistics not telling the whole story Second best the first

The longest ever economic blockade has been lifted. The BJP may have missed the 48 hours of Government formation promise set earlier before the Assembly election to get the blockade lifted but it has been lifted and this is a fresh development. The Sangai Express will however comment on the decision of the UNC to […]

The longest ever economic blockade has been lifted. The BJP may have missed the 48 hours of Government formation promise set earlier before the Assembly election to get the blockade lifted but it has been lifted and this is a fresh development. The Sangai Express will however comment on the decision of the UNC to […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/03/statistics-not-telling-the-whole-story-second-best-the-first/

How to take along the disparate parties Job cut out for BJP

As expected and predicted in this column, it is a hung House, with the BJP managing to clobber up the needed support of other political parties to form the Government. With a score of 21 MLAs, the BJP managed to rope in four MLAs from the NPP, four from the NPF, one from the LJP, […]

As expected and predicted in this column, it is a hung House, with the BJP managing to clobber up the needed support of other political parties to form the Government. With a score of 21 MLAs, the BJP managed to rope in four MLAs from the NPP, four from the NPF, one from the LJP, […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/03/how-to-take-along-the-disparate-parties-job-cut-out-for-bjp/

Decks cleared for counting today Possibility of hung House

D day is here (March 11). Even before the readers read the 11th March, 2017 edition of The Sangai Express with their morning cuppa, all decks would have been cleared to count the votes cast on March 4 and March 8 as well as in the repolls conducted across many polling stations. As notified by […]

D day is here (March 11). Even before the readers read the 11th March, 2017 edition of The Sangai Express with their morning cuppa, all decks would have been cleared to count the votes cast on March 4 and March 8 as well as in the repolls conducted across many polling stations. As notified by […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/03/decks-cleared-for-counting-today-possibility-of-hung-house/

Blockade noise lost in poll din Losing advantage of NH

In the din of the Assembly election, today silence hangs over the ongoing economic blockade imposed by the United Naga Council since midnight of October 31 last year. This is in stark contrast to the days ahead of the election when the BJP and the Congress went hammer and tongs against each other over the […]

In the din of the Assembly election, today silence hangs over the ongoing economic blockade imposed by the United Naga Council since midnight of October 31 last year. This is in stark contrast to the days ahead of the election when the BJP and the Congress went hammer and tongs against each other over the […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/03/blockade-noise-lost-in-poll-din-losing-advantage-of-nh/

Right ingredients to make it spicy All eyes on 2nd phase polls

All eyes are now on the second phase election. Even as the readers read this commentary, voters would have started getting ready to proceed to the polling station to cast their votes and it is interesting to note that voters will vote along diametrically opposite agenda. So while issues like the territorial integrity of Manipur […]

All eyes are now on the second phase election. Even as the readers read this commentary, voters would have started getting ready to proceed to the polling station to cast their votes and it is interesting to note that voters will vote along diametrically opposite agenda. So while issues like the territorial integrity of Manipur […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/03/right-ingredients-to-make-it-spicy-all-eyes-on-2nd-phase-polls/

To the BJP, Cong is equal to Ibobi Change of tactics in 2nd phase

From the Skybus advertisements that adorn the front page of all the major newspapers published from Imphal, it should be clear that Mr Okram Ibobi is the man the BJP is after. Underlining the point that the Chief Minister is today no longer seen as just the Chief Minister of Manipur, but as someone synonymous […]

From the Skybus advertisements that adorn the front page of all the major newspapers published from Imphal, it should be clear that Mr Okram Ibobi is the man the BJP is after. Underlining the point that the Chief Minister is today no longer seen as just the Chief Minister of Manipur, but as someone synonymous […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/03/to-the-bjp-cong-is-equal-to-ibobi-change-of-tactics-in-2nd-phase/

Fate of candidates sealed in 38 ACs Looking to second phase

First phase poll over. Fate of candidates in 38 Assembly Constituencies sealed and now all eyes are on March 8, when 22 Assembly segments will go to polls. By March 11 the results of all Assembly Constituencies will be out, barring those which will go in for repoll. Now what were the issues under which […]

First phase poll over. Fate of candidates in 38 Assembly Constituencies sealed and now all eyes are on March 8, when 22 Assembly segments will go to polls. By March 11 the results of all Assembly Constituencies will be out, barring those which will go in for repoll. Now what were the issues under which […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/03/fate-of-candidates-sealed-in-38-acs-looking-to-second-phase/

NOTA and its growing relevance

Around 11 lakh people of Manipur are eligible to exercise their right to adult franchise in the first phase of the 11th Manipur Legislative Assembly election scheduled on March 4. Altogether 168 candidates including seven women would be vying for 38 Assembly seats. Out of these 11 lakh people or so, how many people would […]

Around 11 lakh people of Manipur are eligible to exercise their right to adult franchise in the first phase of the 11th Manipur Legislative Assembly election scheduled on March 4. Altogether 168 candidates including seven women would be vying for 38 Assembly seats. Out of these 11 lakh people or so, how many people would […]

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NOTA and its growing relevance

Around 11 lakh people of Manipur are eligible to exercise their right to adult franchise in the first phase of the 11th Manipur Legislative Assembly election scheduled on March 4. Altogether 168 candidates including seven women would be vying for 38 Assembly seats. Out of these 11 lakh people or so, how many people would […]

Around 11 lakh people of Manipur are eligible to exercise their right to adult franchise in the first phase of the 11th Manipur Legislative Assembly election scheduled on March 4. Altogether 168 candidates including seven women would be vying for 38 Assembly seats. Out of these 11 lakh people or so, how many people would […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/03/nota-and-its-growing-relevance/

Absence of pan Manipur leader Game of divide and lead

The BJP has made it clear that they will go in for the polls without naming a Chief Ministerial candidate. For the Congress the question is more or less settled with O Ibobi set to be the Chief Minister provided Congress returns to power. No wonder then that the man from Thoubal Assembly Constituency has […]

The BJP has made it clear that they will go in for the polls without naming a Chief Ministerial candidate. For the Congress the question is more or less settled with O Ibobi set to be the Chief Minister provided Congress returns to power. No wonder then that the man from Thoubal Assembly Constituency has […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/03/absence-of-pan-manipur-leader-game-of-divide-and-lead/

Addressing different issues Underlining the deep divide

Maybe it was the venue but it is interesting to note that Amit Shah, National president of the BJP and Rahul Gandhi, National vice president of the AICC touched on entirely different subjects in their address to the people. So while Amit Shah talked about corruption and failure of the State Government to submit utilisation […]

Maybe it was the venue but it is interesting to note that Amit Shah, National president of the BJP and Rahul Gandhi, National vice president of the AICC touched on entirely different subjects in their address to the people. So while Amit Shah talked about corruption and failure of the State Government to submit utilisation […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/03/addressing-different-issues-underlining-the-deep-divide-2/