Kidnapped

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IMPHAL, Feb 29: Unidentified persons suspected to be operatives of a hill based underground outfit have abducted two persons for a ransom amount of Rs one crore.

According to reliable sources, Henzomlen Gangte alias Calvin,29, s/o Kakap Gangte, , resident of New Checkon  has been abducted from New Lambulane area last night. Kakap Gangte is a retired executive engineer of the IFCD. The person abducted along with the stated is identified as Maelsawm Gangte,23, s/o late Muamalien of New Lambulane ,second street. Both have remained missing since 7.30 pm yesterday.

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YCPA Chandel and Uchekon SYUC victory at U-14 boys state level hockey tournament

IMPHAL, Feb 29: YCPA Chandel makes it with 3-2 victory beating Moral Education Intellectual Renascent… more »

IMPHAL, Feb 29: YCPA Chandel makes it with 3-2 victory beating Moral Education Intellectual Renascent Athletic Association into the semi  final in the 21st U-14 Boys State Level Hockey Tournament played at Khuman Lampak Hockey Main Stadium.

The YCPA team proved early as John struck the opening goal in the 4 minute and later M.Mukesh consolidates with a field goal in the 22 minute to dominate with 2-0 goals. However just before the first half, Moral Education player Th.Ronaldo makes his connection in the 26 minute to trial by 1-2 goals in the first half.

YCPA makes further charge as N Sachindra Singh hits home his team third goal but Moral Education rank surge up with Th Thonglen Singh putting in his team second goal in 37 minute but enough to save them from elimination.

In another match, Uchekon SYUC makes into the last four stages beating Cosmopolitan Youth Club by 5-1 goals in the 21st U-14 State Level Boys Hockey Tournament 2012 played at Khuman Lampak Hockey Stadium.

The Uchekon team had theirs gun blazing as L.Johny strikes in the opening goal from a field goal in the 7 minute and later N Robert put up another goal on board to speed up the attack.

Uchekon team flourished as Th Suresh Singh makes a perfect connection from a penalty corner in the 13 minute and later Sh.Amujao Singh rush things up in the 15 minute to dominate the proceddings by 4 goals lead.

The Cosmopolitan Youth Club, who seems to be fighting a losing battle, gets some relief as skipper G.Dingku find the target in the 17 minute. However the marauding Uchekon team gets further cracking as Sh Ronesh hits home the fifth and winning goal in the 24 minute to post 5-1 goals in the first half.

Cosmopolitan skipper G Dingku gets another crack at the goal in the 33 minute but had to bow out of the tournament, for lack of further goals.

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Heed the Word

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Union Home Minister P Chidambaram’s statement on Tuesday at a meeting of the parliamentary consultative committee of the home ministry in New Delhi, regarding trifurcation of police in the states by creating separate cadres for investigation and prosecution, besides one for the law and order handling is noteworthy in respect of conflict ridden states of the Northeast and Jammu & Kashmir. In these states, the police force have been concentrating most of its energy towards handling law and order and counter-insurgency, while neglecting the area of crime investigation and criminal prosecution. As a direct result of which, pending cases have been piling up every month every year reaching unmanageable heights. One stark example can be the huge number of undertrial prisoners in the state jails and the long periods they had to wait for their charge-sheets to come up in the courts. Indirectly, the abnormal situation has created room for more corruption in the police force. On the other hand, public confidence in the police force has been diminishing day by day. Consequently, a vigilante culture has developed to fill in the vacuum created by the police inaction.

In the last few years in Manipur, we have been witnessing several instances of angry mobs ransacking the houses of alleged perpetrators of crimes, while the police role have been reduced to that of rescuing the alleged perpetrators from the mob. In their rescue attempt, they also have not been able to impress upon the general public that they are trying to drive home the dictum of ‘innocence until proven guilty.’ In fact, they are viewed as the protectors of criminals and not as upholders of law. This necessarily indicates that, the police force cannot extricate itself from the imagined maze of law and order and insurgency problem.

The police in Manipur have long forgotten it has an essential role to play in crime investigation and prosecution also. The strength of the state police force was substantially increased during the two consecutive terms of the O Ibobi led SPF government. The need for increasing the number of police personnel or of opening more MR/IRB battalions was emphasized by Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh and top security officials of the state, every time they meet the Union Home Minister P Chidambaram or top officials of the Home Ministry. Most of the time, the Home Ministry agreed and the strength of state police force including the Manipur Rifles and IRB, increased in leaps and bounds. In fact, the O Ibobi Singh government had a gala time in the recruitment spree and massive gains were made in their respective support bases. Sadly, the increase was more in the law and order front like Police Commando or IRB battalions. The crucial branches of crime investigation and prosecution were simply ignored. The recent bifurcation in the District Police set-up by creating two posts of Additional SPs each in the districts, one for handling operations and another for supervising crime investigation, could not do justice towards strengthening investigation. These days, nobody wants a posting in the police stations. The lure of the Commando Branch and its advantages in promotion and other sops is such that, anyone who has enough political backing or lakhs to spare will strive for a posting in the Commando Branch.

If the Home ministry is really serious about police reforms or revamping the investigation and prosecution branches, it should also take into account the above factors. Although law and order is a state subject, the home ministry must impress upon the states the need for strengthening the two branches while discouraging opening of more battalions for counter-insurgency operations. Enough is enough. A line has to be drawn somewhere. 

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Election and Democracy: Lessons to be learnt from Mauritius

(A report on the backdrop of vexatious election of Manipur, India) By L. Muhindro Singh… more »

(A report on the backdrop of vexatious election of Manipur, India)
By L. Muhindro Singh
This paper is specially developed when the writer joined Rodrigues Regional Assembly Elections, Mauritius recently held on 5 February 2012 just after a week of Manipur Legislative Assembly Elections 28 January 2012. As the writer found a drastic contrast, it seems to compel to see the way for consolidation of democracy, whether it is possible in Manipur. The writer is now attaching in the University of Mauritius as nominated by UGC, New Delhi to make a comparative study on contemporary electoral trends of India and Mauritius.

“Mauritius has never developed a ‘bullet’ culture, adopting instead a culture of the ‘ballot’.” (Bunwaree, EISA 2005)

According to the newly released London-based Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index which monitors 167 nations, Mauritius ranks in 24th out of 25 “full democracies” whilst Norway in the top rank and India in the 39 as “flawed democracy”. The Index is based on five criteria: electoral process and pluralism, civil liberties, the functioning of government, political participation and political culture. On the basis of electoral democracy, Freedom House report 2011 also mentioned that Mauritius is free in political rights and civil liberty.

The Republic of Mauritius is a group of islands in the South West of the Indian Ocean, consisting of the main island of Mauritius, Rodrigues and several outer islands. The islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues, with a total area of 1,969 sqkm, have an overall population density of 644 persons per sqkm. The population, estimated at 1.3 million, comprises Hindus, Muslims, Sino-Mauritians and mixed European and African origin. Mauritius has been successively a Dutch, French and British colony. It became independent from Great Britain on 12th March 1968 and acceded to the status of Republic within the Commonwealth on 12th March 1992. The official language is English, but French is widely spoken. However, Creole is the predominant mother tongue and several ancestral languages are still spoken. (Bertha C, EISA, 24 June 2005)

Mauritius has a good track record in respecting human and fundamental rights as well as democratic principles. Civil society is today regularly consulted on national policy formulation and stakeholders are involved in issues of national interest. (National Assessment Report 2010) Since its independence in 1968, Mauritius has a parliamentary democracy based on the Westminster system. Since 2002, the island of Rodrigues enjoys significant autonomy as well as its own regional assembly. National and local elections are held every five years under universal adult franchise and all the registered electorates who have attend the 18 years have the right to vote.

Mauritius is considered one of the most stable and democratic countries in Africa. Mauritius has an acceptable constitutional and legal framework, a largely satisfactory electoral system, a sound and transparent electoral process and legitimate and credible electoral management bodies (Bertha 2005). The constitution provides for freedom of speech, press and assembly and the government generally respects these rights in practice.

The electoral system used in Mauritius is the first past the post block vote (FPTP-BV) and best looser system. The present National Assembly comprises 62 elected members who are elected by party list from 20 constituencies returning 3 members each and only two members from (21) Rodrigues. Each voter has to vote for three candidates of their choice. If the voter chooses two candidates (for example), the ballot becomes invalid. Furthermore, 8 additional seats are allocated to the best losers who represent ethnic groups that would have been missed by the elected parties. The advantage of the block vote system is that it allows voter preference for individual candidates. The disadvantage is that if voters cast all their votes for candidates from the same party the BV system produces highly disproportional results. (Mauritius Election Observer Report 2000, EISA) The independent Electoral Supervisory Commission (ESC) and the electoral commissioner determine how the ethnic and political balance of the National Assembly will serve minorities by naming a maximum of 8 best losers.

Election related conflicts are quite prevalent in Africa. However, Mauritius has been fortunate in that in its more than 40 years of holding elections the country has never fallen victim to serious electoral conflict. (Bertha 2005) This has led to its becoming renowned as one of the most stable and democratic countries in Africa with its citizens enjoying political and civil rights. Any electoral challenges are managed through the judicial process. Mauritius has been committed to upholding the fundamental rights and freedoms embodied in its constitution and legal framework as well as to holding free and fair, credible elections. 

Vote buying case is a big issue in many developing democratic countries. It is also learnt that no vote buying case is found so far in this tiny island, when I asked to some electorate, they said that “all the electorates have mobile phone so it will inform to the concern police officials, so such kind of happening like distribution of cash for vote will be very tough”. The same response was also found when I made conversation with Chief Electoral Officer of Mauritius. The significance of mobile phone on the eve of election is very high for free and fair election in Mauritius.  Yes there is little bit suspicion that some candidates might have indulged in the malpractices that there is allegation of distributing some utensils and other material to the poor electorate with a view to influence them. The culture of donation by well wishers or corporate bodies to the prospective parties or candidate is appeared that can be influencing factor to unfair election. To get nominated from a party is very crucial that new comers has less chance though they said parties required any sum of money from candidates to secure their candidacy; however, once candidates were offered seats they must be ready to contribute a huge amount for party campaigns. (Bunwaree, EISA 2005) 

Significantly election code of conduct was started on trial basis when there was by-election in the Quartier Militaire/Moka in March 2009. In prior to this, there was no specific rules or codes of conduct although there are various informal practices and unwritten rules by which parties have to abide. The media is a critical stakeholder in helping the electorate to make a well informed choice. Prospective candidates use newspapers, radio and TV to influence voters. Of these, TV is the most powerful electoral apparatus, followed by radio. The publicly funded Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) enjoys an absolute monopoly in the Mauritius media structure. The monopolistic status and the broad audience that the MBC enjoys combine to make them the most powerful tool in the management of public opinion, especially during the election period. (Mauritius Times) During election campaign, streets and building facades in each constituency strewn with banners, posters and plastic ribbons popularising the symbols and colours of competing parties. Election manifesto is considered very seriously that all the parties have strong commitment to follow their policy programmes led down in the party manifestos that was also formulated through different level of responsible committees of the parties.

The Rodrigues Regional Assembly Elections 2012

All the electorates have well aware of their electoral system but one outsider will have tough to understand the system easily. The Rodrigues Regional Assembly is consisting of 18 members elected, 12 of whom for local region members and the other 6 for Island region members. Election system is mixing in the sense that electorates have 3 votes comprising of two local region votes and one Island region vote. The local region votes shall be given for 2 candidates to be members for the local region. The Island region vote shall be given for a registered political party having submitted a list of candidates for election as Regional Assembly members for the Island region. The 2 Regional Assembly members for each local region shall be returned under the simple majority system. The members for the Island region shall be returned under the system of proportional representation. (The Rodrigues Regional Assembly Act 2001)

For this 2012 elections, altogether 24 candidates were in the fray as nominated by four political parties, all the four parties have submitted a list of 6 candidates each {FPR (Front Patriotique Rodriguais); Mouvement Rodriguais (MR); Muvman Independantis Rodriguais (MIR); OPR (Organisation du Peuple de Rodrigues)}.

Election is very likey to India, out of total 27,776 electorates 22,550 casted their vote (on 5 February 2012 at Rodrigues) which is 81.19%. For the convenience of electorates and officials the election was conducted in 78 voting rooms of different 15 polling stations. Surprisingly the election was very very peaceful that no report of violence or intimidation was found which is also proved that the police personals who engaged on the election duty had not possessed weapon / armed; this is the symbol of true and democratic election. Election campaigns started with music gathering where party leaders have been trying to woo their supporters by consolidating their policy programmes that led down in election manifestos. In this regard, mention may be made two important issues that they pledged to strengthen or solve the water problem and the other for more autonomy for Rodrigues. Note, Rodrigues is another island that depends on the Mauritius but they have separate Regional Assembly to govern the region.  

Factor contributing free and fair election in Mauritius

• Good governance / incumbency factor

Voice of repentance against the government is very minimal and coming up mostly from the opposition leader of the national assembly who made positive criticism to alert the ruling party. The main issue of the nation is to be water problem, electoral reform which also includes women reservation so as to enable them more participation in the decision making bodies. Differences are not appeared in between hill and valley / urban and rural that almost all the road and other facilities are provided the same. All the roads are connected with national bus transport. One of the remarkable appearances of the government is “Practicability” that all the laws and regulations can be implemented up to the expectation. For instance, free education up to 16 years (Hr. Secondary), free transport to all the students, free health care to all the citizens, old age pension and housing for poor, and other many more welfare programmes are implementing very effectively. Besides government respect all the fundamental rights. Action taken against the people who contravened law of the land is very fast. For the matter of corruption there is also Independent Committee Against Corruption (ICAC) that looks into all the cases of corruption, so the corruption rate is also relatively less, as per the report of the worldwide corruption perception ranking 2011 published by Transparency International, Mauritius is in the 46 rank while India got 95.  

In Manipur, both the central and state government have no sincere that every issue and matter is carrying forward for another issue and ultimately politicised it. This is one of the most important factors to ignore the existing laws and failure of implementation of various schemes for the welfare of the people. Almost all the government departments have issues of abnormal activities like, ignorance of duty, monopoly, favouritism, corruption… is it not the in-activism of governance. It is also seemingly influenced to general populace to develop a stereotype mindset to indulge in malpractices. Recent inauguration of many central funded projects like City Convention Centre will still remain to complete and it will take more time to have its utility.

• Rule of law

All the people respect law of the land very strictly that most of them have try to protect public  order which is also result of good governance in the sense that government has also care of their activities that whether it is against the fundamental rights and freedom of the citizens. As such police forces usually have not carried armed weapon, instead they are engage in the traffic control. Yes, at times, the cases of theft and other minor illicit cases are reported in the newspapers but no report of killing by state and non-state or terrorist is found.

What we have experiencing in the Manipur is very negative that if the government orders band something someone will search the way to go through backdoor, as such the order seems to be only namesake. Besides the government has no cared of its subsequence effect whether it is against the will of the people or against the basic rights. Very interestingly most of the people do what they wish that they do not bother of others right or respect. You see the HSLC exam scandal, frequent band and blockade, overestimated power of different organisations. It is vis-versa, if the government is weak or failed the civil organisation will strong and even encroach as law enforcing agency. It is seemingly normal process as the civil organisation sanctions reward to the people even settles the guilty. See the matter of present state election; the election commission of India have tried to bring maximum free and fair election. Having aware of the conflict situation and the previous election records of malpractices the commission has taken up various novel strategies but all the stakeholders (party, candidates and electorates) do not cooperate even though they are talking about democratic election. Most of the political elites and candidates had busy to search the loopholes of the election code of conduct and also supported by maximum electorates that is proved by cash for vote that doesn’t claim all the electorates. Violation of election code of conduct and cash for vote is taking in to consider normal electoral phenomenon in India. Even the Minster of Law (Khursheed) acted against the recommendation of ECI that witnessed the ignorance of the law.  Very remarkably, it is known to all that the mentality of the candidates supported by Nagaland’s regional party who speak senseless voices alleging one and all even against the efforts of ECI.

• Mentality and civic sense

All the citizens wanted to live in mutual coordination and understanding that shows by their normal practices. They will not throw any waste on the roadside or other that it will put down Dustbin placing in every corner of the road and public places. They care of environmental pollution that no one can see smoke from such huge amount of vehicles they are using. All communities live together in every place where they prefer or owned and support the inter-caste marriage. Though the island has inhabited many ethnic groups none of them committed any act that may lead or heart the other sentiment, community or individual. None of them criticised other religions and respect each other and try to strengthen their religion with the financial assistance of government. Most significantly, they maintain discipline which is one of the core elements to consolidate democratic culture that they will follow what the elders say.

In Manipur most of the leaders whether in the public and private has very less commitment that they do on the wrong way that has more self-centre interest which shows the mental standard. One or another conflict will come up when any task carried out by using in the interest of people. For instance the gimmicks of Manipur-Japan friendly football match, one way traffic system of Paona Bazar where powered groups will encroach the binding while they advise to follow the public; HSLC exam scenario etc. It is indeed very confused that even who talk for the better of the society turns immediately and involved in unexpected allegations without considering human integrity and dignity. Plurality and multifaceted issues is becoming a common phenomenon in various movements, perhaps there might be influencing factor from the politicians. Confidence to one and another is seemingly lost as such unethical and immoral practices are very often. 

Yes socio political background is so difference that no issues, conflict and movement is there in Mauritius whilst umpteenth issues and movements are normal procedure in Manipur as the government is irresponsible. In democratic states, parties everywhere have the potential to be effective and accountable, but they face enormous challenges of the political context and the conflict environment in which they function. But it is late to change their mindset to pay attention for consolidation of democratic government. For the better society and good governance, free and fair election will possible only when the political elites respect political morality, that they have to draw attention to renovate people / electorate’s mindset to feel free to vote whatever they like without any influence on the basis of good governance. Let’s try once, to produce a government who elected by democratic election that political parties have responsibility to do. By the way all the electorates are also appeal not to expect influential materials from the party or candidates. Such mental change can be activated by the political party only that all the civil societies and other illegal organisations cannot bifurcate from the pool of electoral politics which is experiencing today itself, it is quite natural.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2012/02/election-and-democracy-lessons-to-be-learnt-from-mauritius/

Maoist movement will bring up proletarian society, asserts Manipur Maoists – KanglaOnline

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Re-poll in 67 Manipur booths – The Hindu

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Re-poll in 67 Manipur booths
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Dubious Electoral System : Republic or Oligarchy – E-Pao.net

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Manipur repoll on March 4 – Assam Tribune

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Manipur repoll on March 4 – Assam Tribune

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IMPHAL, Feb 29 – The Election Commission today ordered re-poll in 67 polling stations of 9 Assembly seats across five hills districts in Manipur on March 4. Fresh polls will now be held between 7 am and 3 pm in Manipur. Chief Electoral Officer PC
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EC orders repoll in nine Manipur assembly seats – Firstpost

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EC orders repoll in nine Manipur assembly seats
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EC orders repoll on March 4 in nine Manipur assembly seats – India Today

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EC orders repoll on March 4 in nine Manipur assembly seats – India Today

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EC orders repoll on March 4 in nine Manipur assembly seats
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NGO to campaign against use of toy gun by children – Zee News

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Manipur: Insurgent arrested during search operatio – Zee News

Manipur: Insurgent arrested during search operatioZee NewsImphal: An insurgent of banned People's Liberation Army (PLA), armed wing of Revolutionary People's Front (RPF), was arrested by a combined team of police commandos and 10th Assam Rifles…

Manipur: Insurgent arrested during search operatio
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Imphal: An insurgent of banned People's Liberation Army (PLA), armed wing of Revolutionary People's Front (RPF), was arrested by a combined team of police commandos and 10th Assam Rifles personnel from Imphal west district of Manipur, police said on

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Manipur: Insurgent arrested during search operatio – Zee News

Manipur: Insurgent arrested during search operatioZee NewsImphal: An insurgent of banned People's Liberation Army (PLA), armed wing of Revolutionary People's Front (RPF), was arrested by a combined team of police commandos and 10th Assam Rifles…

Manipur: Insurgent arrested during search operatio
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Imphal: An insurgent of banned People's Liberation Army (PLA), armed wing of Revolutionary People's Front (RPF), was arrested by a combined team of police commandos and 10th Assam Rifles personnel from Imphal west district of Manipur, police said on

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Decide candidate’s complaint in 5 days, HC to Manipur officer – Times of India

Decide candidate's complaint in 5 days, HC to Manipur officerTimes of IndiaIn its Imphal bench sitting, the court asked the RO (Churachandpur district) to take the decision within five days of the receipt of the judgment. To elect sixty legislature…

Decide candidate's complaint in 5 days, HC to Manipur officer
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In its Imphal bench sitting, the court asked the RO (Churachandpur district) to take the decision within five days of the receipt of the judgment. To elect sixty legislatures for the ensuing tenth Manipur assembly, the state went to the polls on

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AMTU writes to President on repoll issue

Imphal, Feb 28 (NNN): The All Manipur Tribal Union (AMTU) has intimated to the President of India requesting to intervene in the near impasse over the electioneering process in Manipur. With the Election Commission of India (ECI) finding difficulties to decide over the proxy voting issue, the AMTU said the President of India should instruct […]

Imphal, Feb 28 (NNN): The All Manipur Tribal Union (AMTU) has intimated to the President of India requesting to intervene in the near impasse over the electioneering process in Manipur. With the Election Commission of India (ECI) finding difficulties to decide over the proxy voting issue, the AMTU said the President of India should instruct the ECI to conduct re-polls in all the polling stations in Manipur that have been considered rigged or proxy.
” We, the undersigned, on behalf of the Manipur tribal people, have our highest tribal traditional etiquette honouring your esteem while stating the ambiguous conduct of Election Commission of India on the controversial process between electoral photo comparison with that of the polling day voters photographs and the stagnant indecisiveness for re-poll where anomalies were detected,” said Romeo Bundon and Wilson Gangmei of AMTU.
In a memorandum faxed to the President of India today, the AMTU said as a matter of fact mass bogus voters through proxy voting were found in some hill polling stations in the presence of central observers while mismatching of photographs by chief electoral officer of Manipur. “However, the statutory statement that was declared by ECI that re-poll shall be a must against such anomalies is being suppressed on the ground to save more expenditure on re-polls by some political parties of Manipur,” the AMTU mentioned. “These political parties also urged and perhaps influenced the ECI to declare such detected voters as reject vote to instantly go ahead with counting. To reject such detected voted selectively amidst genuine votes from EVMs is technically impossible even if latest software be applied. Again the whole detected compact EVMs must not be rejected at the cost of genuine voters containing in such EVMs which definitely will deny constitutional voting right as a citizen,” the tribal body said.
According to AMTU, the factors provided by the political parties are not rationally appropriate to the democratic sanctity and its execution of franchise to Indian citizens and is frivolous as this right must not be treated as tradable commodity. The exchequer comes under the economy which is mendable whereas voting right is not an economy but a grass root formation of governance by birth right which is not mendable economically, it added.
“Therefore, your Excellency is humbly pleaded to instruct the Election Commission of India to conduct re-poll in the anomaly-detected polling stations of hill districts of Manipur where democracy had been a mockery due to such anomalies that also has been development implications of the regions,” the AMTU prayed.

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CBI rescues missing minor girl

Mail News Service New Delhi, Feb 28: The Central Bureau of Investigation has rescued a 14 year old minor girl who was missing from Darjeeling since November, 2011. The Anti Human Trafficking Unit of CBI received information this month that the 14 year old girl was missing from Darjeeling since November, 2011. After intensive search […]

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New Delhi, Feb 28: The Central Bureau of Investigation has rescued a 14 year old minor girl who was missing from Darjeeling since November, 2011.
The Anti Human Trafficking Unit of CBI received information this month that the 14 year old girl was missing from Darjeeling since November, 2011. After intensive search operation at various places and special technical methods, CBI has recovered the girl from Munirka, New Delhi on February 22, 2012. Initial enquiry reveals that the girl was brought to Delhi by a boy on the pretext of providing her a job in Delhi. After bringing her to Delhi, the girl was allegedly abused by various persons.
A criminal case has been registered to bring the culprits to book. Further investigation is continuing.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on January this year designated one Unit in Special Crime Zone of CBI in Delhi as Anti-Human Trafficking Unit. This unit is responsible for collecting, collating & analyzing data on kidnapping and abduction of persons from all over India. Any person giving information leading to arrest and criminal action against any such gangs would be rewarded upto Rs.Two Lakh. A helpline number 011-24368638 has been established by CBI, on which any person having inputs about such gangs can give information. In a major breakthrough, the Central Bureau of Investigation today arrested a Bhopal-based Interior Designer in an on-going investigation in connection with killing of Ms.Shehla Masood in Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh). She is allegedly believed to be a conspirator in the killing. Another person, understood to have been hired by the accused lady, has also been arrested by the CBI.
Ms Shehla Masood was killed outside her residence at Koh-e-fiza, Bhopal inside her Santro Car on 16.08.2011.CBI had registered a case on 03.9.2011 U/S 302 of IPC against unknown persons in relation to the alleged murder of Ms.Shehla Masood on the request of the Madhya Pradesh Govt. and further Notification from Govt. of India. The CBI took up the investigation of the case, earlier registered at Police Station Koh-E-Fiza, Distt. Bhopal (MP).
The arrested accused persons will be produced in the Designated Court at Bhopal tomorrow.

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