{"id":49216,"date":"2012-12-18T17:20:15","date_gmt":"2012-12-18T22:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/?guid=c8223a7c5f63df35727f4ef6cbb3a70e"},"modified":"2012-12-18T17:20:15","modified_gmt":"2012-12-18T22:20:15","slug":"minorities-rights-day-observes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/2012\/12\/18\/minorities-rights-day-observes\/","title":{"rendered":"Minorities Rights Day observes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The post <a href=\"http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/2012\/12\/minorities-rights-day-observes\/\">Minorities Rights Day observes<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\">\u00a0KanglaOnline.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>IMPHAL, December 18: Media houses should check the facts of their news reports before publishing it, said Minister Agriculture &amp; Fisheries Md Abdul Nasir in his speech as chief guest during the Minorities Rights Day observation at the Kangla Hall, Imphal today.<\/p>\n<p>The program was organised by Manipur State Minorities Commission, MSMC.<\/p>\n<p>The function was also attended by Parliamentary Secy , MOBC &amp; SCs and Sc &amp; Tech Md Amin Shah as president and MLA Wabagai Md Fajur Rahim, Chairperson MSMC A Halim Chowdhury, Member MSMC Ven Panthaw Paa (Prof MS Ningomba) and reverend N Debendra Singh as guests of honour.<\/p>\n<p>Md Abdul Nasir in his speech said that one must be proud of being born in the largest democracy of the<\/p>\n<p>world and that one should not feel down about being a minority in India.<\/p>\n<p>He added that many people from the minority group have had become leaders of the country while many have held high profile posts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, he lamented that media houses of Manipur must dig the facts to bring out the truth before publishing their news reports.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister further lamented the practice of newspapers of issuing corrigendum after publishing reports based on speculation.<\/p>\n<p>Guest of honour Md Fajur Rahim even though there are several government schemes for their welfare and development, the minorities still need upliftment.<\/p>\n<p>He also said that there are some groups of minorities who engaged in taking undue advantages of the schemes rendered by the government.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the function faced some hiccups after several oppositions erupted when militant turned politician MI Khan came up on the stage and started his speech.<\/p>\n<p>The former militant following the opposition stopped his speech and left the function, which however continued.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/2012\/12\/minorities-rights-day-observes\/\">Minorities Rights Day observes<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\">\u00a0KanglaOnline.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">Read more \/ Original news source: <a href=\"http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/2012\/12\/minorities-rights-day-observes\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=minorities-rights-day-observes\">http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/2012\/12\/minorities-rights-day-observes\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=minorities-rights-day-observes<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><p>The post <a href=\"http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/2012\/12\/minorities-rights-day-observes\/\">Minorities Rights Day observes<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\">\u00a0KanglaOnline.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>IMPHAL, December 18: Media houses should check the facts of their news reports before publishing it, said Minister Agriculture &#038; 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