8th Governors` Taekwondo Cup

IMPHAL, April 2: Mixed day for all taekwondo units but UTA Keishamthong surge up to… more »

IMPHAL, April 2: Mixed day for all taekwondo units but UTA Keishamthong surge up to add three more gold medals to lead in the 8th Governors’Taekwondo Cup Manipur 2012 held at Indoor Hall Khuman Lampak.

Throwing a challenge, the SAI RC team and Naoriya Taekwondo Units also improve theirs showing in day two adding two gold each, keeping theirs hope alive in the competition.

In the junior boys U-48kg bout saw S.Laljing of UTA defeating K.Keshorjit of SAI for the gold and silver while Duge Ado of National Sports Academy, Imphal and M.Amarjit of SAI settles for the bronze medals.

The Naoriya Units alsp sprang up suprises as N.Singhajit beat L.Ojit of SAI RC to claimed the gold and silver in the junior boys U-68kg while H.Chittaranjan of Keishamthong UTA and Md.Sahidur of PTA fetch the bronze medals.

E.Sanatomba Singh of SAI RC grabs the gold beating H.John of Sagolband CTI in the senior boys U- of 58kg while I.Ireiba of Keishamthong UTA and Ph.Bijoy Pratap of Keishamthong UTA collects the bronze medals.

In the senior girls U-67kg bout, Sunila Thokchom of Naoriya Units gets the gold while O.Wangoileima Chanu of UTA got the silver medals. The U-57kg bout gold medal was won by L.Anita Devi of SAI RC while compatriots W.Ronibala Devi was left with the silver medals.

The day saw Rahul Chettry of CTA in the junior boys U-27kg, O.Khumanleima of UTA in the sub junior girls U-41kg and S.Nancy of UTA in the sub junior girls in the U-24kg claiming theirs respective gold medals.

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Growing up in difficult times

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We have earlier spoken about the lack of socially sanctioned spaces for interaction among our teenage boys and girls in present times. Romantic relationships tend to develop during adolescence. It is a natural process, yet a difficult phase. It is a transitional period the chief purpose of which is the preparation of children for adult roles. We have all gone through that adolescent phase and there are no bypasses. It marks a time of sexual maturation, which manifests in social interactions as well. The expression of sexual desire among adolescents is influenced by family values and the culture and religion they have grown up in. An adolescent’s sexual socialization is highly dependent upon the society they live in and how restrictive or permissive that society is when it comes to sexual activity. Add to that, the manifestations of a conflict-ridden society and high unemployment rate. One can imagine the push and pull factors against the backdrop of conflict between the state and non-state actors. In the adolescent phase, one goes through a difficult period of shaping behavior against peer pressure and when one is faced with multiple career options, both negative and positive. One could be easily frustrated in such a scenario, as we have seen in the last few decades. Look at drug abuse among our youth and its related issues engulfing the state and its policies. In plain words, we have to simply understand the conditions in which our boys and girls are growing up. Only then, we could start the debate of regulating social interactions among the youth. But, certainly not by imposition and strictures on youth behavior or public humiliation through restaurant drives by condom waving vigilantes. It is true, our boys and girls are meeting in semi-lit restaurants. Every now and then, we are witnessing raids in semi-lit restaurants by different pressure groups and even public humiliation of young people found in unsavory conditions. With the advent of information technology and cell phones, instances of blind dates and sex crimes have increased in recent times. Instances of married men duping young girls and date rape in restaurants and of young housewives being ensnared by gullible men have come out in the open in the said raids. But, banning cell phones would not be a solution to such crimes. Or for that matter, public humiliation of young people meeting in restaurants is not the solution. For the self-righteous groups, imposition and public humiliation is the name of the game and they still refuse to go beyond that. As we had opined earlier, these drives are negative on adolescent behavior which could only lead to increase in date rape and pre-marital sex and other forms of sexual behavior. The pertinent question here is who and what has led our youth to the restaurants? It is the restrictive society which had driven our boys and girls in a corner. It is not their fault. The fault lies in the society and its restrictive norms. So, the task in hand before us is how to revive socially sanctioned spaces for adolescent interaction and positive relationships taking into account the changing dynamics of our society. Or we have to think in terms of developing newer spaces or rendezvous for a positive regulation of romantic relationships and sexual socialization of our youth. In our ancient lore, there are stories of young boys courting girls in the latter’s home with parental sanction. We had Likkon Saanaba where young boys and girls get to know each other through a local game of dice. We had Thabal Chongba dance, again a rendezvous for our youth. With the advent of Hinduism, the Meiteis began to shed their martial tradition and its associated baggage and had become conservative. Still, they did not do away with the socially sanctioned spaces for youth relationships at once. But with the Meiteis becoming more and more conservative, these socially sanctioned spaces had vanished. Having said this, we would appeal to all rational beings and social scientists to converge in the search for spaces and rendezvous for the youth. If not, we would be betraying our 2000 year old civilization and forfeiting the future of our youth.

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Science exhibition begins – KanglaOnline

Science exhibition beginsKanglaOnlineThe inaugural ceremony of the exhibition was attended by W Rajen Singh, director of education (S), government of Manipur as chief guest and CB Paudyal, additional director of education (S/V), government of Manipur a…

Science exhibition begins
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The inaugural ceremony of the exhibition was attended by W Rajen Singh, director of education (S), government of Manipur as chief guest and CB Paudyal, additional director of education (S/V), government of Manipur as president. Speaking on the occasion

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Two Manipur churches served eviction notice – ChristianToday

Two Manipur churches served eviction noticeChristianTodayTwo Baptist churches inside the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Imphal, Manipur have been served a notice ordering them to vacate within 15 days. A leading medical institute, RIM…

Two Manipur churches served eviction notice
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Two Baptist churches inside the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Imphal, Manipur have been served a notice ordering them to vacate within 15 days. A leading medical institute, RIMS summoned the elders of Lamphel Baptist Church and

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Grounded – Indian Express

GroundedIndian ExpressIn Manipur, political turmoil and the state's weakness reinforce each other, and a sense of crisis pervades everyday living. Situated right at the end of the two highways to the region (NH-39 and NH-53), Manipur has often been…

Grounded
Indian Express
In Manipur, political turmoil and the state's weakness reinforce each other, and a sense of crisis pervades everyday living. Situated right at the end of the two highways to the region (NH-39 and NH-53), Manipur has often been choked off by road

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Grounded – Indian Express

GroundedIndian ExpressIn Manipur, political turmoil and the state's weakness reinforce each other, and a sense of crisis pervades everyday living. Situated right at the end of the two highways to the region (NH-39 and NH-53), Manipur has often been…

Grounded
Indian Express
In Manipur, political turmoil and the state's weakness reinforce each other, and a sense of crisis pervades everyday living. Situated right at the end of the two highways to the region (NH-39 and NH-53), Manipur has often been choked off by road

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Heavy turnouts mark Ram Navami – Times of India

Heavy turnouts mark Ram NavamiTimes of IndiaThe highlight of this year's procession was the martial arts demonstration by Manipuri artists. Some of the akharas that invited Manipur artists for martial arts plays, enthralled the audience through the…

Heavy turnouts mark Ram Navami
Times of India
The highlight of this year's procession was the martial arts demonstration by Manipuri artists. Some of the akharas that invited Manipur artists for martial arts plays, enthralled the audience through their breathtaking stunts at the Sakchi roundabout.

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Migratory birds tagged in Manipur reach China – Times of India

Migratory birds tagged in Manipur reach ChinaTimes of IndiaThe successful tracking of routes of these birds locally known as Nganu Thangong has put Manipur on the map of the global bird flight network. Over fifty species of migratory birds, including R…

Migratory birds tagged in Manipur reach China
Times of India
The successful tracking of routes of these birds locally known as Nganu Thangong has put Manipur on the map of the global bird flight network. Over fifty species of migratory birds, including Ruddy Shellducks, visit various wetlands including Loktak,

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Nungba`s day in dubious deals

By yambem laba NUNGBA is a nondescript town 125 km from a dust-laden, pot-holed dirt… more »

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NUNGBA is a nondescript town 125 km from a dust-laden, pot-holed dirt track that passes off as National Highway No.53. It lies in an otherwise forgotten district of Manipur called Tamenglong but Nungba’s importance stems from the fact that it is halfway between Imphal and Jiribam on NH-53 which is also called Manipur’s second lifeline. But the Border Roads Task Force that prides itself in connecting India’s remotest corners with the mainland can take pride that it is also responsible for maintaining what could be the worst-managed National Highway in the country and definitely one of the worst in Asia.

On 14 March, Nungba came alive when various civil society leaders and organisations from Imphal and elsewhere in Manipur decided to converge on the sleepy town to observe International Rivers Day and demand that the Centre let the “Barak run free” — meaning a halt to all plans to construct a high dam over the river at Tipaimukh in Manipur’s Churachandpur district that borders Mizoram. For the record, the Tipaimukh Dam controversy has been raised at various Indo-Bangladeshi meetings.

But the gathering at Nungba was different in the sense that it took place far from the glare of the media but within arms’ length from the people whose villages – prodded day and night by oil prospectors — would be submerged once the Tipaimukh Dam comes up.

The organisations that decided to converge on Nungba included the Zeliangrong Indigenous People’s Forum, the Joint Action Committee on the Protection of Hydro Carbon and Resources, the All Zeliangrong Students’ Union, Citizens’ Concern for Dams and Development, Action Committee Against Tipaimukh Project, Singlung People’s Human Rights Organisation, Committee on Land and Natural Resources, North East Dialogue Forum and the Indian National Trust on Cultural Heritage, besides the All Loktak Lake Fishermen Union.

Participants in a mass rally carried placards which read, “Land, water, forest is our life”, “Stop petroleum exploration in Manipur”, “Go back Jubilant Oil and Gas Company”, and “Stop Militarisation in our area”. The message was clear.

The biggest discovery came a day after this convention: that the government of India had, in cloak-and-dagger fashion, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Jubilant Oil and Gas Private Limited, a firm registered in the Netherlands and listed on the London Stock Exchange but which operates out of Noida near Delhi. This signing took place in July 2011 at New Delhi’s Shastri Bhawan, paving way for the group to begin exploration in Tamenglong, Churachandpur and Jiribam. The Manipur government was even reportedly kept out of the picture.

The Jubilant Oil and Gas Company apparently lost no time for soon after the MoU was signed with the Union ministry of petroleum and natural gas it engaged another firm from Hyderabad, namely Alpha Geo Private Limited, to begin conducting operations. According to villagers of the area, the explorations began in July 2011 itself.

In a throwback to the 18th century when white explorers would visit African villages offering trinkets in return for occupying the land for mining purposes, the officials of Alpha Geo Private Limited would first venture into the villages promising development activities like building roads and constructing buildings to house their “Village Authority” offices and obtained no-objection certificates to survey and explore the areas. The case of Mukti village is also a pointer to how powerful the oil lobby can be. When the villagers soon enough realised that the Alpha people were doing no development work but were instead digging up their land and blasting away to collect samples, they halted the process. But Alpha Geo went straight to the United Naga Council of Manipur — the apex body that controls the destiny of almost every ordinary Naga in the state — and returned to dig again, saying their operations had been okayed by the council. The chairman of the Mukti Village Authority is now a confused man for he is big enough to halt the digging process in his village but too small to stand against the will of the all-powerful UNC.

Speakers at the convention pointed out that the oil companies were rich enough to buy any government and insurgent group if need be. It seems the UNC’s “no objection” falls in this category.

The convention adopted several resolutions, chief amongst these being the immediate revocation of the memorandum between the Centre and Jubilant Oil and Gas Pvt. Ltd and the immediate cancellation of Petroleum Exploration Licences to both AA-ONN-2009/1 and AA-ONN-2009/2 respectively and a halt to all work being undertaken by Alpha Geo in the name of development work in Manipur.

On the Tipaimukh Dam front, the convention called for the immediate revocation of the memorandum between the Manipur government, the National Hydro Electric Projects Corporation and Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd, signed on 28 April 2010. It also called for the revocation of the environmental clearance granted by the Union ministry of environment and forests on 24 October 2008 without a public hearing.

Talking to The Statesman, Yumnam Jiten, the main organiser of the meet, said the government of India had been using development activities as a ploy to increase militarisation, thereby increasing the misuse of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act. “How can you bring development at bayonet point?” he asked. He pointed to the fact that the United Nations had declared in no uncertain terms that the rights of indigenous people had to be guaranteed before pursuing mega projects like the Tipaimukh Dam or oil exploration. (Courtesy: The Statesman)

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PLA, Maoists signed MoU for fighting war against Govt., claims Delhi Police – Newstrack India

PLA, Maoists signed MoU for fighting war against Govt., claims Delhi PoliceNewstrack IndiaNew Delhi, Apr 2 (ANI): Delhi Police Special Cell has found emails exchanged between two members of the Manipur-based banned outfit People's Liberation Army (…

PLA, Maoists signed MoU for fighting war against Govt., claims Delhi Police
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New Delhi, Apr 2 (ANI): Delhi Police Special Cell has found emails exchanged between two members of the Manipur-based banned outfit People's Liberation Army (PLA) and top Maoist leaders Kishenji and Ganapathy. The police have filed a chargesheet in

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India: ‘Lost tribe’ dreams of return to Israel – Vancouver Sun

Hindustan TimesIndia: 'Lost tribe' dreams of return to IsraelVancouver SunThe Bnei Menashe, as the community is known, comprise around 7200 members of the Kuki-Chin-Mizo tribe who live in the northeast Indian states of Mizoram and Manipur near …


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India: 'Lost tribe' dreams of return to Israel
Vancouver Sun
The Bnei Menashe, as the community is known, comprise around 7200 members of the Kuki-Chin-Mizo tribe who live in the northeast Indian states of Mizoram and Manipur near the border with Myanmar. Their oral history tells of a centuries-long exodus
Manipur's 'lost tribe' dreams of IsraelHindustan Times
India's 'lost tribe' dreams of return to IsraelKuwait Times

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Excuse me! Am I an Indian? – Rediff

Excuse me! Am I an Indian?RediffIt gets complicated given that there are some 40-odd armed groups in Manipur alone (where I come from) who are supposedly fighting for their own homelands and at one point of time were fighting to secede from the country…

Excuse me! Am I an Indian?
Rediff
It gets complicated given that there are some 40-odd armed groups in Manipur alone (where I come from) who are supposedly fighting for their own homelands and at one point of time were fighting to secede from the country. The latter bit is complex

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Excuse me! Am I an Indian? – Rediff

Excuse me! Am I an Indian?RediffIt gets complicated given that there are some 40-odd armed groups in Manipur alone (where I come from) who are supposedly fighting for their own homelands and at one point of time were fighting to secede from the country…

Excuse me! Am I an Indian?
Rediff
It gets complicated given that there are some 40-odd armed groups in Manipur alone (where I come from) who are supposedly fighting for their own homelands and at one point of time were fighting to secede from the country. The latter bit is complex

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BSF Recruitment 2012 For Inspector, SI In Engineering

BSF Recruitment 2012 For Inspector (Architect) and SI/JE in Civil and Electrical Engineering:Applications are invited from male Indian citizens for appointment to the following Group ‘B’…

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BSF Recruitment 2012 For Inspector (Architect) and SI/JE in Civil and Electrical Engineering:Applications are invited from male Indian citizens for appointment to the following Group ‘B’…

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