Month: June 2013

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Imphal, June 23 : The Kuki Students Organisation General Headquarters KSO-GHQ said it was astounded that state government has cancelled the Common Entrance Test (CMT) 2013 for MBBS/BDS slated to have been held on 9th June 2013 notwithstanding the Supreme Court standing order of 15th January, 2013 which states, the Medical Council of India, the Dental Council of India, as well as the States and Universities and other Institutions, will be entitled to conduct their respective examinations for the M.B.B.S, B.D.S. and Post Graduate courses, but shall not declare the results of the same, until further orders of this Court.
Indeed there was a Notification published on 27th December, 2010 being No. MCI-81(1)/2010-MED/49070 dated 21/12/2010 issued by the Medical Council of India, notifying Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to Post-Graduate Medical Courses conducted in Colleges all across the country. However, the Christian Medical College, Vellore and others have filed a case being T.C.C. No. 98 of 2012 before the Hon¬(e Supreme Court of India assailing the said notification and all the analogous cases were clubbed together for hearing before the Supreme Court.
There is no any interim order prohibiting conduct of the Entrance Examination by any state/Union Territory in the Country. Some states like Puducherry, Tripura and Sikkim have conducted the Entrance Examination and in some States, the result has also been declared.
KSO in the interest of aspiring medical students appealed the state government to revoke its Cabinet decision taken on 6th June 2013 which cancelled the Common Entrance Test (CMT) 2013 as there is no reason why the Examination should not be conducted in Manipur unless the state government has a secret agenda on this issue.
KSO endorsed and lauded the Manipur MBBS/BDS 2013 Entrance Examination Parents/Guardians Association in pursuing the case thus far and pledge to support the association until justice is done on MBBS/BDS 2013 candidates.

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IMPHAL, June 23 NNN: The joint meeting of all Manipur women organisations today demanded that justice be brought to the 68 year old woman who was raped on June 17 by a 25 years old man at K Somrei village of Ukhrul district within 3 months’ time.
Taking a five-point resolution, today’s meeting demanded that the culprit should be given a fitting punishment by the authority concerned. The meeting further demanded that adequate compensation be given to the victim and rehabilitate her by the authority concerned. Today’s women organisations then demanded that the government create a safe environment for the fairer sex. The meeti meeting finally asked that all the pending cases related to molestation or rape be expedited.
On June 19, a 25-year-old man raped a 68-year-old tribal woman and robbed off her money at the village of K Somrei under Yairipok Police Station in Ukhrul district of Manipur.
Alphonsa (not real name), the victim while talking to reporters here said that Mohammad Sanayai of Mayai Leikai in Thoubal district, sexually assaulted her in a paddy field on June 17. She disclosed this to the media outside the Forensic Science, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Imphal where she had come for medical examination in connection with the incident.
She said Md Sanayai raped her around 2 pm on the same day in Antelok hill about 2 km from her native village K Somrei adding that the accused suddenly jumped out of a bushy hillside and committed the crime.
The accused also robbed of her Rs 9000 after the rape, she had further alleged.
Md Sanayai had been taken into custody of the Yairipok Police Station.

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Imphal Jun 23 MNS UNA : At least six militants suspected to be cadres of NSCN K were Sunday killed during a security forces’ operation in Manipur’s Tamenglong district. Police suspect the killed militants to be cadres of NSCN (K).
Sources said that the six militants were killed after a brief encounter with a combined force of 10 Assam Rifles, Paratroopers and Loktak Brigade in the forest located between K Shonglung and Khuman village in the interior Tamenglong district early this morning.
Security forces recovered four AK rifles, one M-16 rifle and one AF-3 rifles with a large quantity of ammunitions, the source said.
The combined force had entered to the area from Kangchup side of Imphal West district yesterday afternoon to flush out the militants based on specific information that well armed cadres of a militant outfit were taking shelter in the area.
The six militants were killed in a brief exchange of fire which reportedly lasted for 10 minutes, the source said, adding that the combined force intercepted with the militants in their further operation after armed militants opened fire towards the troopers yesterday afternoon, around 4 pm.
There was no report of casualty on both sides in the first encounter and the second encounter took place after the combined force moved further to track down the militants who escaped after the first encounter.
A team of Sapermaina police station of Senapati district has moved to the place where the encounter took place to collect the dead bodies and necessary investigation. The team was likely to reach the place tomorrow morning as apart from locating at a far off distance, the place has a bad road communication system.
Even though K Shonglung village is in Tamenglong district, the area of operation lies within the jurisdiction of Sapermaina police station of Senapati district
However, police quoting the army source suspect the slain militants belonging to the NSCN (K), the faction maintaining ceasefire trust with the government of India.

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/six-suspected-nscn-k-cadres-killed/