Month: September 2014

IMPHAL, Sept 30: The High Court Bar Association of Manipur today organised a social service cum tree plantation programme in the complex of the High Court.

The association planted tree saplings and organised a cleaning programme under the theme `Mother Earth`™ in the High Court Complex at Chingmeirong today.

Today`™s programme was also attended by advocate general Th Ibohal Singh, addl advocate general Kh Nobin Singh and Justice N Koteshwar Singh alongside other bar members.

Bar association secretary, S Jhaljit Singh said the programme was conducted so as to coincide with the court holiday today.

The advocates over and above of rendering legal services to the people have also a social responsibility to keep the environment clean, he observed.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2014/09/tree-plantation-at-high-court-complex/

IMPHAL, September 30: There have been cases of people outside the media fraternity using media house issued id-cards to avail certain benefits, All Manipur Working Journalists Union president Wangkhemcha Shamjai said today.

He lamented that many contractors have been often found possessing media id-cards and taking undue advantages.

This has tremendously tarnished the images of the media houses of the State, the AMWJU president claimed before appealing to all concern against issuing id-cards to people outside of the media fraternity.

Shamjai also said that the union will be providing 50 kgs of rice at a subsidised rate of Rs 9.50 per Kg to its members on a monthly basis starting this month.

The initiative has been taken up with support and collaboration from the State Consumers Affairs and Food & Public Distribution, he told fellow media persons during a press conference at the Manipur Press Club.

This will be followed by provision of SK Oil at subsidised rate from next month and if in case the demand for sugar is there it will also be provided, he continued.

However, due to a constraint in fund, the union is unable to pay upfront the amount of Rs 1.80 lakh for 200 quintal of rice and as such appeals to the members desiring to avail the 50 kgs of rice to deposit Rs 455 for the first month at the front desk of the union`™s office during October 1 to 3, he said.

Shamjai also appealed to all media persons holding DIPR card to submit their names for the pension scheme with the department in case they haven`™t done so.

With support from the State Chief Minister, pensions for the media persons have been increased to Rs 4000 per month from Rs 2000 while the pension for widows have also been increased to Rs 2000 from Rs 1000, he said.

He continued the Chief Minister has also assured that the government will allot Rs 5 lakhs on an annual basis for the pension fund for journalists.

Shamjai also appealed to all non-working staff of media houses not to stick `Press` labels on their vehicles and instead to stick the names of their respective firms.

The press meet was also attended by AWMJU general secretary G Naocha Sharma and AWMJU standing committee president Asem Bhakta.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2014/09/contractors-found-holding-media-idcards-amwju-president/

IMPHAL, September 30: The Sarda Translation Award, 2014 was conferred to Tayenjam Bijoykumar Singh during the observation of the International Translation Day, organised by Sahitya Thoupang Lup (Sathoulup), in recognition of his translation work at the Manipur Press Club here today.

The award named after Ningombam Sarda Devi (1969-2006) was presented by former director of the Song and Drama division, Govt of India, N Nabachandra Singh, also the chief guest of the function.

The function was attended by JN Manipur Dance Academy director L Upendro Sharma as the president, and other poets and literary enthusiasts of the State.

The lecture was followed by recitals and narration of translated poems and short stories of some of the well known poets and writers of Manipur such as the poems of Raghu Leishangthem recited by Simran Lairenjam, poems of R K Bhubonsana recited by Athena Thiyam, the poems of A Minaketan recited by Eureka Yurembam, a short story of Yumlembam Ibomcha narrated by RK Sanathoi, a short story of Lamabam Viramani narrated by L Jimmala and a short story of Bimabati Thiyam Ongbi narrated by Ch Lamnganbi.

Tayenjam Bijoykumar was conferred with the Katha Award for Translation, 2005. He received the Second prize in the International Online Funga Wari (Folk tales) competition, 2007 organised by the Internatonal Manipuri Progressive Forum, UK and the Sulekha.com-Penguin Online Writing Contest (December, 2007).

His original writings and translations in Manipuri have appeared in Sahitya, Wakhal, Poknapham, Saklon etc.

While delivering the keynote address at the function, Saratchand Thiyam said that Sathoulup was established on November 25, 2003 at Imphal.

The Lup works for the development of the Manipuri language and literature and to uplift it to the national and international level, he said, adding that Sathoulup has been observing the International Mother Language Day on February 21, World Poetry day on March 21 and International Translation day on September 30 every year.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2014/09/tayenjam-bijokumar-receives-sarda-translation-award-2014/

IMPHAL, September 30: `Political parties with Congress as the suffix` are secondary routes for becoming a part of the Indian National Congress, so people of Hiyanglam must beware of this fact in the bye-poll, stated Manipur People Party president Nongmeikapam Sovakiran.

Briefing the media at the MPP office this afternoon, he said parties affixed with Congress such as the Trinamool Congress, MSCP, NCP are gateways to INC as a secondary route.

Suggesting that these parties are the two sides of the same coin, Sovakiran opined that the Congress is the capital while the parties suffixed with Congress are the interests. Interest is dangerous because it doesn`™t sleep the whole night, he added.

The Congress was established as a public platform for the people of India before independence by an Englishman known as AO Hume in 1885 but became a political party taking an active role in gaining independence from the British. Unfortunately, the leaders of the party post independence lost its bearings with its dynasty rule of the Gandhis, Sovakiran said.

In the context of Manipur, the MPP was formed under leaders like Salam Tombi, Sekmai Chaoba and Yumnam Yaima after separation from the Congress but the party has never used the suffix Congress again from then on, he added.

Sovakiran further said that parties like the P Chidambaram led Tamil Congress Party, Nationalist Congress Party, Trinamool Congress formed by Mamata Banerjee and MSCP formed by Nipamacha are always in favour of the Congress and, in scientific terms, they carry Congress blood in their DNA.

Five MLAs of MSCP have joined INC after getting elected in MSCP tickets. MSCP has now splintered into two parties and people are confused about which of the two represents the real MSCP in the ensuing Hiyanglam bye-election, Sovakiran added.

He said that unfortunately, the returning officer has rejected the MPTC candidate purportedly to stop the confusion created by the two groups of Trinamool `“ the MPTC and MPTCC. The action of the RO of the Hiyanglam bye-poll seems biased.

The Congress is always creating confusions for the people of Manipur, he said, appealing people to refrain from voting for the Congress suffixed parties too if they hate the Congress and instead elect a regional party like MPP in the Hiyanglam bye-election.

BJP is in a friendly fight with the MPP and people should be aware that the Congress has sunk at the Centre and the trend of its sinking will soon reach to peripheries of the country too, he added.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2014/09/parties-with-congress-as-a-suffix-are-secondary-routes-to-the-congress-says-mpp-president/