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KSO condemns abduction

The Kuki Students’ Organisation, Imphal Branch strongly condemned the abduction of former Chief Engineer of Irrigation and Flood Control Department (IFCD) Pu Kakap Gangte’s son Mr Henjomlien Gangte aka Calvien and his friend Mr. Malsawn Gangte on 27th February at New-Lambulane, Imphal by a suspected underground group reportedly connected with a monetary demand served to […]

The Kuki Students’ Organisation, Imphal Branch strongly condemned the abduction of former Chief Engineer of Irrigation and Flood Control Department (IFCD) Pu Kakap Gangte’s son Mr Henjomlien Gangte aka Calvien and his friend Mr. Malsawn Gangte on 27th February at New-Lambulane, Imphal by a suspected underground group reportedly connected with a monetary demand served to his father.
The KSO appealed to the group/party involved in the abduction to clarify and make public to their act, and release the two youths unconditionally at the earliest if they are a true revolutionary group.
As, such act of abducting a son due to non complying of monetary demand served to a father is not justifiable and are done only by gang groups said SEIBOI HAOKIP, General Secretary, KSO, Imphal Branch.

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Bamboo Day observed in Mizoram

Aizawl, Mar 4 NNN : The first ever Bamboo Day was observed in Mizoram on Saturday. The occasion was organised to promote bamboo craft in Mizoram. The state is bestowed abundantly with bamboo. Speaking on the occasion of historic “1st Mizoram Bamboo Day” programme on Saturday at Reception Hall, Aijal Club, chief minister Lalthanhawla said […]

Aizawl, Mar 4 NNN : The first ever Bamboo Day was observed in Mizoram on Saturday.
The occasion was organised to promote bamboo craft in Mizoram. The state is bestowed abundantly with bamboo.
Speaking on the occasion of historic “1st Mizoram Bamboo Day” programme on Saturday at Reception Hall, Aijal Club, chief minister Lalthanhawla said Mizoram is one of the richest bamboo growing areas in India both in terms of yields as well as in species diversity with around 44% of the sates’ geographical area covered with bamboo having some 35 odd species.
Besides the normal observation of Bamboo Day, a seminar was also held on bamboo.
Lalthanhawla while delivering a speech on “seminar-cum- Interactive Meet on Bamboo: Technology , Livelihood, Export Potential & Prospects” in commemoration of 1st Mizoram Bamboo Day said the utility, especially in terms of value addition in bamboo products is still to be developed in Mizoram, which is the biggest challenge for the people of Mizoram, adding, how China has become a world’s leader in bamboo production
. He then stated that many of the north eastern states like Tripura, Assam and Meghalaya are way ahead than Mizoram in terms of Value Addition related to bamboo.
The chief minister then welcomed all the participants of seminar –cum- Interactive Meet hoping that interactions and exchange of ideas will surely share valuable information to further the promotion of bamboo production in Mizoram.
For Mizoram, starting from Resource Inventory to Value Addition, the state Government is at present giving sharp focus towards bamboo plantation and management.
However, owing to lack of basic infrastructures like roads, power and electricity and other logistic support, the state government had not been able to properly capitalize on the true potential of bamboo till today, official sources said here today, adding, until a few years ago, before the last gregarious flowering (Mautam) between year 2003-2006, Mahal system or open auction was the main method adopted for Disposal in SITU. However, it is a welcome relief that during the last few years, people have realized the potential of bamboo thanks to the Natioanl Bamboo Mission, the entrepreneurs in bamboo mat ply, agarbatti sticks et al, with Mizoram government even entering into a joint venture with Venus Bamboo to produce World Class Bamboo Panels and Boards.

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Fire kills one

Imphal, March 4: A devastating fire gutted 25 lodgings which housed labourers of a ply wood factory, causing one dead and destroying properties worth over 20 lakh in the early hours of Sunday Sadar Hills, Manipur. The incident happened around 3:15 am when a fire believed to be started from one of the lodgings, which […]

Imphal, March 4: A devastating fire gutted 25 lodgings which housed labourers of a ply wood factory, causing one dead and destroying properties worth over 20 lakh in the early hours of Sunday Sadar Hills, Manipur.
The incident happened around 3:15 am when a fire believed to be started from one of the lodgings, which accomodated labourers of Mangalam Wood Industry, caught fire and rapidly spread and engulfed rest of the lodgings which left in shambles. One labourer was charred to death in the fire broke out at the lodgings of the ply wood industry at Kangpokpi under Sekmai police station in Sadar Hills, Senapati district.
Sources said prima facie the fire was started from a candle light at the lodging of the deceased.
The victim was identified as Surjit of Silchar, Assam. Fire tenders rushed to the site around 3:40 am, 15 minute before the fire broke out, but the lodgings built by mostly ply woods were reduced to cinders before they could douse the raging fire, the sources added.

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Qureshi happy over outstanding performance by voters in state polls

New Delhi, Mar 4 (ANI): As the fate of poll candidates from 690 constituencies gets sealed with the conclusion of assembly elections in five states, Chief Election Commissioner S.Y Qureshi has lauded voters, terming their participation as ‘outstanding.’Voter turnout during this year’s assembly elections conducted in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Goa has recorded an […]

New Delhi, Mar 4 (ANI): As the fate of poll candidates from 690 constituencies gets sealed with the conclusion of assembly elections in five states, Chief Election Commissioner S.Y Qureshi has lauded voters, terming their participation as ‘outstanding.’Voter turnout during this year’s assembly elections conducted in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Goa has recorded an all time high in recent years, with only Manipur playing a spoiler with low turnout following incidents of violence. “Free and fair and totally incident free, except this incident in Manipur which we had already reported. I would like to thank the voters of all the five states for their outstanding performance,” Qureshi told the media here.
Qureshi further said that a key feature of the polls held in five states was the huge participation of women voters.
“Highest turnout of women voters- very high turnout, women have outdone men in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and in Manipur. In Uttar Pradesh the turnout has been remarkable with an increase in this year’s attendance by 42.77 percent. The increase in Uttarakhand is 6.88 percent and in Manipur also women are more, 694,000 as against 631,000 men voters,” said Qureshi.
He further said that this year’s election also witnessed an impressive youth turnout.
“Youth turnout was very high, youth participation was remarkable this time. We are yet to develop the figures. We will supply to you later,” he added.
Qureshi also indicated that the commission is trying to find out how to fight urban apathy during polls. He appreciated the participation of 100 million school children in spreading awareness about the polls.Qureshi informed that 15,420 vulnerable hamlets were identified under which special protection was provided to 345,015 voters. “Special arrangements were made for the protection of vulnerable groups. Steps were taken to build their confidence, during which additional forces were deployed. In areas where we anticipated that these certain sects of people would be exposed to harassment or the upper dominant caste would not allow them to participate in the polls, special police squads were formed to check that. Preventive actions on a very large scale were taken. Elaborate planning and effort has gone into the error and incident free execution of the polls,” he said.In Uttar Pradesh, polling in the seventh phase on Saturday has been tentatively 62 percent. This makes the overall turnout in the Uttar Pradesh election approximately 60 percent, which is 30.23 percent increase over 2007 turnout when the was 46.07 percent.
Punjab saw the turnout of 78.57 percent, which is an increase of 8.43 percent over 2007 turnout when it was 72.12 percent. In Uttarakhand, turnout is 67.89 percent, which is 6.15 percent increase over 2007 turnout when it was 63.96 percent.
While in Goa, the turnout is 81 percent, which is an all time high and is an increase of 14.87 percent over 2007, when it was 70.51 percent. Only in Manipur, there was a decrease in turnout from 84.83 percent in 2007 to 79.41 percent this year .

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Repoll held, to continue today

Imphal, March 4 MNS NNN : Re-polling under nine constituencies in five hill districts of Manipur was recorded 64 per cent turnout on Sunday. But, four polling stations under Tamei constituency in Tamenglong district will have to go to re-poll tomorrow as the polling officials were not able to reach the stations due to heavy […]

Imphal, March 4 MNS NNN : Re-polling under nine constituencies in five hill districts of Manipur was recorded 64 per cent turnout on Sunday. But, four polling stations under Tamei constituency in Tamenglong district will have to go to re-poll tomorrow as the polling officials were not able to reach the stations due to heavy rain and landslide.
In today’s re-polling, Chandel constituency alone voted in 25 polling stations followed by 13 polling stations in Karong constituency, while one polling station each in Tengnoupal, 45-Chingai and Singhat constituencies, two in Saikul constituency, six in Mao constituency, 10 in Tadubi constituency, and eight in Tamei constituency went to re-polling.
In Chandel district, 83.04 per cent voting was registered followed by Ukhrul at 73.88 per cent and Senapati 61 per cent, while record for Tamenglong district was not available.
In Tamenglong district, four polling stations will go to re-poll tomorrow as the polling personnel could not reach their destination due to heavy rain and landslide, official sources said. The leftout polling booths are 52/1 Makuilong, 52/2 Lemtak, 52/5 kadi and 52/7 Dulong, the source informed.
Polls to the 60-member Manipur Legislative Assembly were held on January 28 last. A re-poll was also conducted on February 4 over widespread rigging and another round of re-polling was held today following mass proxy voting.
In Chandel district, 10 polling stations are located near the international border with Myanmar and all the EVMs and the Presiding Officer would be airlifted to facilitate smooth counting of votes slated for March 6, the district Deputy Commissioner, Th. Chitaranjan said while briefing the media here on Sunday.
Two polling booths of Chandel district—Modi and Unapat —had voted in the February 4 re-poll too, but again went to re-poll today after reports of mass proxy voting.
Although the poll started since seven a.m. most voters came out to cast their votes at nine a.m. The security personnel searched the voters before casting their vote and also verified the identity card of the voters.
However according to a reliable source, some armed persons fired about 100 rounds from a hill near the Ikeremolang polling station 46/15 Saikul A/C this morning around 9.50 a.m. The incident took place when the voters were casting their votes. No casualties were reported in the firing. The BSF, state security forces took position however there was no encounter. A team of 36th AR posted at Saikul also controlled the situation and the voters again cast their votes. The re-poll was held in 25 polling stations in Chandel A/C, two in 46-Saikul, 13 in karong, 10 in TAdubi, six in 46-Mao, six in Tamei and one each in Tengnoupal, Chingai and 60 Singhat.

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2 UGs apprehended

In a joint operation based on specific information about presence of UGs cadres in general area Jiribam, 22 Assam Rifles under the aegis of Red Shield Division alongwith Manipur Police Commandos apprehended one United National Liberation Front UNLF c…

In a joint operation based on specific information about presence of UGs cadres in general area Jiribam, 22 Assam Rifles under the aegis of Red Shield Division alongwith Manipur Police Commandos apprehended one United National Liberation Front UNLF cadre namely SS Sgt Loiramlakphum Jayenta, UNLF s o Brajeshwari Devi, age 49 years, r o Dibong Awang Leikai, Jiribam, district Imphal East, according to a statement issued by PRO Assam Rifles Source Hueiyen News Service

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2 UGs apprehended

In a joint operation based on specific information about presence of UGs cadres in general area Jiribam, 22 Assam Rifles under the aegis of Red Shield Division alongwith Manipur Police Commandos apprehended one United National Liberation Front UNLF c…

In a joint operation based on specific information about presence of UGs cadres in general area Jiribam, 22 Assam Rifles under the aegis of Red Shield Division alongwith Manipur Police Commandos apprehended one United National Liberation Front UNLF cadre namely SS Sgt Loiramlakphum Jayenta, UNLF s o Brajeshwari Devi, age 49 years, r o Dibong Awang Leikai, Jiribam, district Imphal East, according to a statement issued by PRO Assam Rifles Source Hueiyen News Service

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Abducted 3 Congress workers released, vehicle hijacked

Three Congress workers were reportedly abducted, but released afterward although a vehicle had been hijacked in poll related incident which occurred in the lone polling station of Chingai A C under Ukhrul district, where re poll was conducted today S…

Three Congress workers were reportedly abducted, but released afterward although a vehicle had been hijacked in poll related incident which occurred in the lone polling station of Chingai A C under Ukhrul district, where re poll was conducted today Source Hueiyen News Service

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Abducted 3 Congress workers released, vehicle hijacked

Three Congress workers were reportedly abducted, but released afterward although a vehicle had been hijacked in poll related incident which occurred in the lone polling station of Chingai A C under Ukhrul district, where re poll was conducted today S…

Three Congress workers were reportedly abducted, but released afterward although a vehicle had been hijacked in poll related incident which occurred in the lone polling station of Chingai A C under Ukhrul district, where re poll was conducted today Source Hueiyen News Service

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Power Department not in power trading list N Sarat

Clarifying over the allegations that the Power Department of the state is indulging in selling out power of the state to other states, N Sarat, Chief Engineer, Electricity Department, has categorically stated that the Power Department is not included i…

Clarifying over the allegations that the Power Department of the state is indulging in selling out power of the state to other states, N Sarat, Chief Engineer, Electricity Department, has categorically stated that the Power Department is not included in the power trading section, even though Power Trading was instituted in the year 2006 by the Union government, and hence there is no question of power being sold out by the Department to other states Source Hueiyen News Service

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Power Department not in power trading list N Sarat

Clarifying over the allegations that the Power Department of the state is indulging in selling out power of the state to other states, N Sarat, Chief Engineer, Electricity Department, has categorically stated that the Power Department is not included i…

Clarifying over the allegations that the Power Department of the state is indulging in selling out power of the state to other states, N Sarat, Chief Engineer, Electricity Department, has categorically stated that the Power Department is not included in the power trading section, even though Power Trading was instituted in the year 2006 by the Union government, and hence there is no question of power being sold out by the Department to other states Source Hueiyen News Service

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School children join ‘free Anthony campaign’ in Ukhrul

Even after a tiring school hours the Naga students are doing their bits all in the name of peace by embarking on the signature campaign to free NSCN IM ‘s head of foreign affairs, Ningkhan Anthony Shimray, from detention in Tihar jail Source Hu…

Even after a tiring school hours the Naga students are doing their bits all in the name of peace by embarking on the signature campaign to free NSCN IM ‘s head of foreign affairs, Ningkhan Anthony Shimray, from detention in Tihar jail Source Hueiyen News Service Pamreiso Shimray

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School children join ‘free Anthony campaign’ in Ukhrul

Even after a tiring school hours the Naga students are doing their bits all in the name of peace by embarking on the signature campaign to free NSCN IM ‘s head of foreign affairs, Ningkhan Anthony Shimray, from detention in Tihar jail Source Hu…

Even after a tiring school hours the Naga students are doing their bits all in the name of peace by embarking on the signature campaign to free NSCN IM ‘s head of foreign affairs, Ningkhan Anthony Shimray, from detention in Tihar jail Source Hueiyen News Service Pamreiso Shimray

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One charred to death in Kangpokpi fire

A devastating fire gutted 25 lodgings, which housed labourers of a ply wood factory, causing one dead and destroying properties worth over 20 lakhs in the early hours of Sunday at Sadar Hills Source Hueiyen News Service Newmai News Network

A devastating fire gutted 25 lodgings, which housed labourers of a ply wood factory, causing one dead and destroying properties worth over 20 lakhs in the early hours of Sunday at Sadar Hills Source Hueiyen News Service Newmai News Network

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One charred to death in Kangpokpi fire

A devastating fire gutted 25 lodgings, which housed labourers of a ply wood factory, causing one dead and destroying properties worth over 20 lakhs in the early hours of Sunday at Sadar Hills Source Hueiyen News Service Newmai News Network

A devastating fire gutted 25 lodgings, which housed labourers of a ply wood factory, causing one dead and destroying properties worth over 20 lakhs in the early hours of Sunday at Sadar Hills Source Hueiyen News Service Newmai News Network

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Saikhom Menjor’s ‘Ancient History of Thoubal’ released

A book entitled ‘Ancient History of Thoubal’ written by Saikhom Menjor was released at a formal function held at the premises of the Royal Institute of Resonance Education, Nawa Sindam Sang, Thoubal Kshetri Leikai today Source Hueiyen News Service

A book entitled ‘Ancient History of Thoubal’ written by Saikhom Menjor was released at a formal function held at the premises of the Royal Institute of Resonance Education, Nawa Sindam Sang, Thoubal Kshetri Leikai today Source Hueiyen News Service

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Saikhom Menjor’s ‘Ancient History of Thoubal’ released

A book entitled ‘Ancient History of Thoubal’ written by Saikhom Menjor was released at a formal function held at the premises of the Royal Institute of Resonance Education, Nawa Sindam Sang, Thoubal Kshetri Leikai today Source Hueiyen News Service

A book entitled ‘Ancient History of Thoubal’ written by Saikhom Menjor was released at a formal function held at the premises of the Royal Institute of Resonance Education, Nawa Sindam Sang, Thoubal Kshetri Leikai today Source Hueiyen News Service

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