Sarangthem Manaobi’s flag hoisted

Trinamool Congress candidate in the Inner Manipur Parliamentary Constituency Sarangthem Manaobi alias Khoiranthaba pledged to protect the State’s territorial integrity, repeal AFSPA 1958, empower women and ensure secure environment for the younger gene…

Trinamool Congress candidate in the Inner Manipur Parliamentary Constituency Sarangthem Manaobi alias Khoiranthaba pledged to protect the State’s territorial integrity, repeal AFSPA 1958, empower women and ensure secure environment for the younger generation if elected to the 16th Lok Sabha Source The Sangai Express

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SoO cadres allow to vote,but many left fuming

For the first time in the electoral history of Manipur, underground cadres belonging to the Kuki outfits under the tripartite agreement of Suspension of Operation SoO with the Central and State Government exercised their adult franchise in the parlia…

For the first time in the electoral history of Manipur, underground cadres belonging to the Kuki outfits under the tripartite agreement of Suspension of Operation SoO with the Central and State Government exercised their adult franchise in the parliamentary election to the reserved Outer Manipur Parliamentary Constituency at their respective designated camps today Source Hueiyen News Service

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IED found near Meinya’s residence

An Improvised Explosive Device IED was found near the residence of Inner Manipur LS MP, Dr Thokchom Meinya who is also a Congress candidate in the ensuing Parliamentary elections in Inner Manipur PC today Source The Sangai Express

An Improvised Explosive Device IED was found near the residence of Inner Manipur LS MP, Dr Thokchom Meinya who is also a Congress candidate in the ensuing Parliamentary elections in Inner Manipur PC today Source The Sangai Express

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Dr Nara takes a dig at Congress

Dismissing contention by the Congress party that on the basis of its 47 MLAs success of the party nominees in the 16th Lok Sabha election is a foregone conclusion, CPI candidate in the Inner MPC Dr M Nara said it will be him who will represent Manipur …

Dismissing contention by the Congress party that on the basis of its 47 MLAs success of the party nominees in the 16th Lok Sabha election is a foregone conclusion, CPI candidate in the Inner MPC Dr M Nara said it will be him who will represent Manipur in the Parliament Source The Sangai Express

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An interview with Sarangthem Manaobi

Sarangthem Manaobi aka Khoiranthaba is the Trinamool Congress candidate contesting the 16th Lok Sabha election in Inner Manipur Parliamentary Constituency Source Hueiyen News Service

Sarangthem Manaobi aka Khoiranthaba is the Trinamool Congress candidate contesting the 16th Lok Sabha election in Inner Manipur Parliamentary Constituency Source Hueiyen News Service

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Gaikhangam condemns

Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam while condemning the attack at Litan on Deputy Speaker MK Preshow Shimray said that the attack was launched out of frustration as Congress party has performed well in the Lok Sabha election held in Outer Manipur PC toda…

Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam while condemning the attack at Litan on Deputy Speaker MK Preshow Shimray said that the attack was launched out of frustration as Congress party has performed well in the Lok Sabha election held in Outer Manipur PC today Source The Sangai Express

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Kangpokpi votes peacefully

Voters in 46 Saikul ST , 50 Kangpokpi GEN and 51 Saitu ST Assembly Constituencies today exercise their franchise peacefully to elect their representative from the II Outer Manipur Parliamentary Constituency Source Hueiyen News Service

Voters in 46 Saikul ST , 50 Kangpokpi GEN and 51 Saitu ST Assembly Constituencies today exercise their franchise peacefully to elect their representative from the II Outer Manipur Parliamentary Constituency Source Hueiyen News Service

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Dy Speaker Preshaw escapes 2nd attack

Deputy Speaker of Manipur Legislative Assembly MK Preshaw Shimray escaped another bid on his life today as suspected militants triggered a powerful blast apparently targeting him at Leingangching near MATA farm under Litan Police Station in Ukhrul dist…

Deputy Speaker of Manipur Legislative Assembly MK Preshaw Shimray escaped another bid on his life today as suspected militants triggered a powerful blast apparently targeting him at Leingangching near MATA farm under Litan Police Station in Ukhrul district Source The Sangai Express M Zimik

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Preshaw escapes 2nd life bid

Deputy Speaker of Manipur Legislative Assembly and MLA of Chingai A C MK Preshaw Shimray came under an armed attack near Leingangching under Litan police station of Ukhrul district on Wednesday afternoon Source Hueiyen News Service Pamreiso Shimray

Deputy Speaker of Manipur Legislative Assembly and MLA of Chingai A C MK Preshaw Shimray came under an armed attack near Leingangching under Litan police station of Ukhrul district on Wednesday afternoon Source Hueiyen News Service Pamreiso Shimray

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Birth of Manipuri cinema recalled – E-Pao.net

Birth of Manipuri cinema recalledE-Pao.netImphal, April 09 2014: The birth of Manipuri cinema was celebrated under the name "Mani Numit" at Manipur Film Development Corporation (MFDC) auditorium hall here today. Jointly organized by Manipur F…

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PDS and Human Right

A human right group has thrown light on the mismatch of work done and the record that are maintained in government file. The Human Rights Initiative (HRI) has sent a

A human right group has thrown light on the mismatch of work done and the record that are maintained in government file. The Human Rights Initiative (HRI) has sent a request to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India on April 7 seeking intervention on the way the Targeted Public Distribution System function in the state. The group has alleged that the Targeted Public Distribution System has failed in the state as the guidelines of PDS (Public Distribution System) control and an interim order of the Supreme Court, writ petition number 169 of 2001, have not been complied. They have also alleged that the MLAs and the ministers are either directly or indirectly involved in siphoning off the food grains which are supposed to be distributed to the poor through the PDS. In a report published by the group, ‘The Food Drama’ a detail status on the functioning of PDS in Manipur has been brought out for the public to go through it. This research based report is headed by an expert who had formerly served as member of the Manipur Planning Advisory Committee. A report of this kind is a timely intervention from a human right group. The report makes an effort to demystify the skewed notion of human right, which is generally construed as something that is concern only with excesses committed by the security forces while dealing with people. This is put forwarded in the preface of the report that ‘Manipur is an armed conflict ridden state… consequently; gross human right violations are a daily experience.’ It emphasised that ‘the deprivation of Right to Food is one of the most important human rights violation committed by the State and non-state actors in Manipur’. We would say this is indeed a bold proposition that the right group have placed in a public document. The report has put on record the historical events like the Nupilal of 1939 and the Hunger Marchers Day of 27th August 1965, which purportedly gave a foundational bed for movement like the Meira Paibi and student group like AMSU to grow to its present day form. These movements, as they have rightly argued, sprouted from the problem of food scarcity. An important point that the group have vociferously asserted is the irony that today’s civil organisations; eminent personalities and other pressure groups have been keeping quite when there is a serious crisis of PDS, wherein a plunder has been taking place in great scale. Whether it is the civil organisation or the NGO, their silence against such violation of right is because of fear. This is true particularly when one cannot identify the perpetrator. As it is said, that like the politicians, the state and the non-state actors have become strange bed fellows, nothing is in black or white – things are all hazy and grey. We would like to congratulate the team of Manipur Cultural Integration Conference and Human Rights Initiative Manipur for coming out with a report of this kind. A wide range of data from various districts is included, along with the analysis. A case study of Senapati is also part of the report, with an overview of the performance of the state. The report will serve not only as a guidebook for PDS and its related studies but it will also give direction to unearth the covert activities that has been taking place. On a critical note what is seemingly missing is a closer look into the administrative lexicons of Governmental Schemes and the term of reference like BPL, APL, RTF etc. which are mostly confined with the economist and the Planning Commission, and mostly guided economic policies of different government that comes to power. For instance, the definition of poverty is a matter of debate. Nevertheless, the report could be just the beginning for an onward march to wider vistas.

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86% turnout of voters in Moreh

Moreh, April 9: People voted peacefully in all the polling stations under Moreh Block. Between 7am and 5 pm, 11,075 voters, about 86 % of the total voters, turn up

Moreh, April 9: People voted peacefully in all the polling stations under Moreh Block. Between 7am and 5 pm, 11,075 voters, about 86 % of the total voters, turn up for voting in Moreh and its adjoining areas.

However, no news from the two remaining polling stations namely T Bongmol primary 42/61 and T Khongnomjang primary school 42/62 could be gathered till the filing of this report.

Most of the polling stations where the voters turn out were less than 10% before 10 am saw a sharp increase in the turn out after 1.30 pm.

The number of voters who turn out as per their polling stations is given as under: 553 in 42/41, 876 in 42/42, 714 in 42/43, 471 in 42/44, 518 in 42/45, 566 in 42/46, 590 in 42/47,578 in 42/48, 528 in 42/49,241 in 42/50, 265 in 42/51, 454 in 42/52, 284 in 42/53, 753 in 42/54, 503 in 42/55, 626 in 42/56, 156 in 42/57, 786 in 42/58, 953 in 42/59, 660 in 42/60.

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61 percent voter turnout at Jiribam

JIRIBAM, April 9: Jiribam witnessed a 61.16 percent turnout of voters today in the Outer Manipur Schedule Tribe reserved Parliamentary Constituency voting. Voting at the 40/Jiribam Assembly Constituency was conducted

JIRIBAM, April 9: Jiribam witnessed a 61.16 percent turnout of voters today in the Outer Manipur Schedule Tribe reserved Parliamentary Constituency voting.

Voting at the 40/Jiribam Assembly Constituency was conducted from 7am to 4pm without any untoward incident.

However, one of the EVMs had to be replaced due to link error at the 40/25 Yaralpokpi polling station around 9am.

40/Jiribam Assembly Constituency has 25,953 voters with 13,205 males and 12413 females. 15873 voters cast their votes. The constituency has 12 sensitive polling stations and 28 normal polling stations.

Four Sector Magistrates, two Micro Observers and State Armed Personnel (SAP) and Central Para Military Force (CPMF) personnel provided security.

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Tangkhul Katamnao Long Imphal condemns

IMPHAL, April 9: The Tangkhul Katamnao Long Imphal said in a press release that they strongly condemn the life attack by unidentified individuals on Chingai Constituency MLA MK. Preshaw Shimray

IMPHAL, April 9: The Tangkhul Katamnao Long Imphal said in a press release that they strongly condemn the life attack by unidentified individuals on Chingai Constituency MLA MK. Preshaw Shimray who is also the Deputy Speaker of Manipur Legislative Assembly while coming from his native village, Poi after casting his vote in the Outer Manipur Parliamentary Constitution.

The TKLI calls upon the perpetrators to clarify on the grievous crime for a peaceful co-existence in the land.

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Weapons recovered during joint search operation

IMPHAL, April 9: A combined team of the Imphal east district police and 30 Assam Rifles conducted search operation this morning and recovered one AK 47 Rifle along with 30

IMPHAL, April 9: A combined team of the Imphal east district police and 30 Assam Rifles conducted search operation this morning and recovered one AK 47 Rifle along with 30 live rounds, one lethod shell and two hand grenades.

According to the reliable source, the search operation was conducted by a combined team of Imphal east district police and 30 Assam Rifles personnel under the supervision of Singhajit additional SP Imphal East led by Achouba officer in charge Imphal East commando at B Gamnom Village, Sungphei Village Keihao Village and Bongbal Khulen under Yairipok Police Station Ukhrul District

Sources further said that the combined team recovered one AK 47 Rifle along with 30 Live rounds, one lethod shell and two hand grenade and there is no report of any one arrest during the search operation

On the other hand Imphal east district police arrested one over ground worker of PLA from his residence today morning

According to the reliable source the over ground worker has been identified as Khoisnam Khogen Singh alias Tamoyai 45 son of (L) Nimai of Khurai Ningthoubung.

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Locals recover IED fitted tin can

IMPHAL April 9: Moidangpok locals found an IED fitted inside a tin can along the National Highway 37, Imphal-Jiribam road some 200 meters far from the residence of sitting MP

IMPHAL April 9: Moidangpok locals found an IED fitted inside a tin can along the National Highway 37, Imphal-Jiribam road some 200 meters far from the residence of sitting MP Dr Th Meinya around 11.45 am today.

The MP is also the INC candidate for the Inner Seat in the 16th Lok Sabha Election.

According to reliable information, the IED fitted tin can contain 300 grams of gelatine sticks and splinters. The locals informed the police, who arrived soon and detonated the bomb around 12.30pm.

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Critiquing Development Discourses: It`s time to go beyond Sustainable

By  Yumlembam Khogen Singh In accordance with the prevailing narrowly defined and often ineffectually articulated definitions of development, ‘development’ signifies ends like increased income, reduced poverty, and transition to modernity

By  Yumlembam Khogen Singh

In accordance with the prevailing narrowly defined and often ineffectually articulated definitions of development, ‘development’ signifies ends like increased income, reduced poverty, and transition to modernity palpably reflected as better roads and architecture, improved means of communication and transportation, etc. which are achievable through narrowly defined means like ‘science and technology’. Against the claims of achieved development, hard facts suggest that irrespective of developed, developing or underdeveloped countries, present world is facing development induced displacement and environmental crisis. On the prevailing development discourses, some theorists put forward that there are three main perspectives on development namely – Mainstream Perspective on Development (MPD), Alternative Perspective on Development (APD) and Post-Development Perspective (PDP). MPD originated from colonialism and its civilizing missions, it pursues development through modernization and westernization. It assumes development as a homogenous process thereby underestimating diversity and complexities. Rebuffling the singular notion of modernization, APD emerged as an alternative model and strive for development through participatory and self-reliant strategies, i.e. it advocates people-oriented development. And thereafter, under the influence of post-structuralism, PDP questions the very notion of modernity and development; and it comprehends development as treatment for the maladies invented by modernity. These development discourses seems complementing as well as critiquing one another for a better model of development, but the hunt is still unfinished. It can also be argued that whether it is socialist, capitalist or mixed model of development there are always cognitive blackouts in displacement, disparity, distress and discrimination in the prevailing dominant discourses on development. Thus, the leading development discourses can be criticized for their omissions and cost, and there is need for a broader perceptions, methodologies and strategies to deal with the issues concerning development. There is still need for a better model of development. Here, what we can do is to re-question the desirability of the existing conceptions of development. Imperative questions are- whether we are having development or mal-development, and whose development we are concerned about?

When the writer attended the 14th North West Indian Sociological Association Conference on ‘Challenges of Social Development in North-West India’ at MDU, Rohtak on 3rd March 2011; in his inaugural address, world renown sociologist and Padma Bhushan awardee Prof. T. K. Oommen theorized some unanticipated consequences of the prevailing ‘homocentric’ model of development and explained four unanticipated Ds of development: disparity, displacement, discriminations and distress. Sagacious people can also see how disparity exists despite of the so-called development, e.g. male-female, rural-urban disparities, etc. and how development becomes axiomatic with displacement, say displacement of tribal by big development projects. The prevailing divides like gender discrimination, caste discriminations, etc. against the slogan of ‘equality for all’ are unacceptable and the odd distress like increasing rate of suicides despite development in the developed countries insinuate towards flaws in the existing development models. Escalating ‘Genocides’, ‘Culturocides’, and ‘Ecocides’ further substantiated the above mentioned unanticipated consequences of development. Unfortunately the United Nations’ definition of genocide given in 1994 excluded some forms of genocides like killing of an ideological group by the State and killing of people by displacement resulting from huge development projects. If W.H.O. termed such killings as silent genocides; for human rights activists and cultural revivalists, the acts of destroying the characteristics of a group, prohibition of the use of their language and destruction of their cultural heritage should also come under the category of genocide. Prof. Oommen (1986) called such systematic destruction of people’s life in general and the systemic liquidation of cultural identities of minorities in particular as ‘Culturocide’. For a social environmentalist, the deliberate destruction of the ecology of a group of people or the ecological degradation in general is ‘Ecocides’. Thus the ongoing development projects guided by homocentric view on development can be accused of causing such consequences like ‘Genocides’, ‘Culturocides’, and ‘Ecocides’.

As replacement for development, ‘sustainable development’ as a long-term proposal grew out of the ‘Limits to Growth’ debate of early 1970s and it became fully established in late 1980s. As a broad concept it was first widely publicized by the World Conservation Strategy and the term itself was coined in October 1987 when the Brundtland Commission released a document titled ‘Our Common Future’ or ‘Brundtland Report’, and the report defined ‘sustainable development’ as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. Nevertheless, it can be argued that the present model of development being adopted in the present world is still ‘Homocentric’ in view, guided by excessive individualism and rigidity with prime focus on human generations, thereby neglecting other living beings and non-livings like culture, identity, etc. Till the early 1990s, almost all approaches to sustainable growth or sustainable development seem endorsing the same core ethic of intergenerational equity that future generations are entitled. However, human distress as an unanticipated consequence of development can only be reduced if we reduce such excessive individualism and excessive rigidity.

The critique of anthropocentric value system started a few decades ago. In 1980s, American philosopher J. Baird Callicot with his profound knowledge of religious studies made an impact in the development of environmental ethics. Callicot’s (1984) main argument was – “An anthropocentric value theory, by common consensus, confers intrinsic value on human beings and regards all other things, including other forms of life, as being only instrumentally valuable, i.e., value only to the extent that they are means or instruments which may serve human beings. A non-anthropocentric value theory on other hand would confer intrinsic value on some non-human beings”. Amartya Sen (1998) also emphasized matters of life and death, well-being and illness, happiness and misery, freedom and vulnerability in the conceptual debates of development. As Giri and Ufford (2003) also says that notions of ‘can do’ (management) rather than ‘must do’ (responsibility) are increasingly dominant in the problems of definition of development.
As an improvement, twenty-first century’s recent development in the concept of ‘sustainable development’ aims to include ‘cultural sustainability’/ ‘institutional sustainability (say good governance)’ as the fourth domain into the previously existing three constituent parts of environmental, economic and socio-political sustainability. Even though we have an evolved concept of ‘sustainable development’ to mitigate the ill consequences of mal-development, the problem with the present conception of ‘sustainable development’ is that even if we achieve sustainability in our development, still we are having homocentric view of development. Men’s generation, men’s future, men’s needs, etc. That is, the philosophical basis or thought behind the conception of ‘sustainable development’ is inadequate. Hence, for harmonious existence of ‘nature’ and ‘human’, it is high time to craft a holistic vision that bestow due importance to nature and confer intrinsic value on non-human beings. Therefore, the need of the time is to have a model of development which considers all forms of life, culture, and non-living things as equal beneficiaries of development.

(The writer teaches at the Department of Sociology, Manipur University )

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Election training held

IMPHAL, Apr 9: Election training on theoretical/statutory election procedures for the conduct of poll of all the Polling Personnel appointed for election duty under SDO/ARO Lamsang, Imphal West District was

IMPHAL, Apr 9: Election training on theoretical/statutory election procedures for the conduct of poll of all the Polling Personnel appointed for election duty under SDO/ARO Lamsang, Imphal West District was held today at Kuranganayani Hall, DC’s Office Complex, Lamphelpat, informed a statement of the DIPR.

The training was conducted by SDO/ARO Lamsang under the supervision of DC/DEO, Imphal West District in which polling personnel were trained about the statutory election procedures with 200 personnel each in three phases, it said.

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Tombisana High School protest school demolition

IMPHAL, April 9: The Managing Committee of the Tombisana High School said in a press release that the demolition of their school to construct a market place without prior notice

IMPHAL, April 9: The Managing Committee of the Tombisana High School said in a press release that the demolition of their school to construct a market place without prior notice to the committee by the Government is an insult to the education system.

The Committee has put a case to the Revenue Tribunal regarding the shifting of school plot, it said.

Miscreants using association name: Rickshaw pullers body

IMPHAL, Apr 9: The All Manipur Rickshaw Drivers` and Pullers` Welfare Association has said in a press release that certain individuals have used the name of the association while canvassing voters for the upcoming 16th Lok Sabha No.1 Inner Manipur Parliamentary Constituency Election.

However, the said individuals are not connected or related to the association in any manner, it declared.

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