February 15, 2015 – Page 3

KSO Moreh sets guidelines

Kuki Students’ Organisation KSO , Moreh has set some guidelines for the students and teachers of Moreh Private Centre regarding Class X examination commencing February 17 Source The Sangai Express

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LIC office opened at Moreh for first time

MOREH, Feb 15: An LIC office has been opened at Moreh for the first time today with a simple function attended by SDC Moreh Y Sher, marketing manager of LIC

MOREH, Feb 15: An LIC office has been opened at Moreh for the first time today with a simple function attended by SDC Moreh Y Sher, marketing manager of LIC Sichar divisional office T Lakra and branch manager of LIC Moreh L Lhouvum and Kakching LIC branch manager L Leisan was chief guest, president and guests of honour respectively.

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Farmers protest against proposed land acquisition for SEZ

IMPHAL, February 15: The land owners affected by the proposed Special Economic Zone, SEZ Multi product staged a sit in protest under organised by the Lemba Laijing Loukon Protection Committee

IMPHAL, February 15: The land owners affected by the proposed Special Economic Zone, SEZ Multi product staged a sit in protest under organised by the Lemba Laijing Loukon Protection Committee at Kakching Lamkhai today.

The sit in protest was held against the government decision to acquire 450 acres of agricultural land forcibly in between Kakching Lamkhai and Kuraopokpi in Thoubal district for the construction of the proposed SEZ Multi product.

The protestors held placards reading `We want transparency,` `Don`™t grab poor farmers land`, `we condemn unlawful acquisition of law by force`, `we want justified development protect farmer`™s right.`

Speaking on the sideline of the protest, assistant secretary of the committee N Amuyaima Singh said the committee was formed after the deputy commissioner Thoubal issued a notification for acquiring 450 acres of agricultural and farm land at Lemba Laijing Loukon area in December 10, 2013.

He said the committee has also submitted several memorandums to the DC and the State government to revoke the decision to acquire the said land.

The protestors are demanding the government to revoke the decision regarding the land acquisition for the industrial estate and to seek another side where there is no dispute, he said stating that in case the government fails to meet the demand by April, the farmers have no option other than launch various forms of agitation including road blockade.

Amuyaima also alleged that certain unidentified persons had provided their consent for the land acquisition before the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry during her recent visit and inspection at the proposed site, while the genuine land owners were kept detained at Kakching Lamkhai and not allowed to meet the Union Minister.

The DC`™s order, he said will affect 400 household and added that the committee has already submitted a memorandum on the issue to Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman through the BJP Manipur Pradesh.

State observes Lui-Ngai-Ni

IMPHAL February 15: The State Level Lui-Ngai-Ni festival was celebrated today at the Tribal Research Institute, Chingmeirong under the theme `Sowing the seed of peace and prosperity` organised by the

IMPHAL February 15: The State Level Lui-Ngai-Ni festival was celebrated today at the Tribal Research Institute, Chingmeirong under the theme `Sowing the seed of peace and prosperity` organised by the State level Organising Committee Lui-Ngai-Ni 2015.

Speaking to media persons, general secretary Organising Committee Dr Xavier Pamei stated that Lui Ngai Ni- the seed sowing festival was consolidated after a great deal of studies and consultations and was finally christened, `Lui Ngai Ni`™ in the year 1986.

The State government in recognition of the identity and the culture of the festival has declared it a State holiday, while the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India has also listed the festival as one of the tourist festival of India.

The celebration was also attended by deputy Speaker of Manipur Legislative Assembly MK Preshow Shimray, Phungyar (ST) MLA Victor Keishing, Tamenglong MLA Janghemlung.

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Angry with shoddy constructions, locals dismantle school building

IMPHAL, February 15: An under construction school building extension of Patsoi Tulihal New Government Primary School was dismantled by local club and women organization along with angry locals alleging that

The school building construction is an initiative undertaken under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA).

The incident occurred this afternoon at around 2 at Patsoi Part-II Makha Leikai under Patsoi PS in Imphal West.

The school building was dismantled by members of Patsoi MakhaYaipha Lup (PAMYAL) and Patsoi Part-II Makha Leikai Women Development Association along with people of the locality.

A local speaking to IFP said that the contractor who has been assigned with the construction work of the school building is not maintaining the quality of the work.

He pointed out that the pillars are installed only for the namesake with the size visibly too small and the distance between the two pillars is more than 20 feet.

The cement usage in constructing the building is very less and the CI sheet used for covering the roof is of very cheap quality, he maintained.

The local club and women organization had instructed the contractor to stop the work few days, he said.

The contractor and the Headmaster of the school were also informed to be present at a meeting today at 1:30 pm by the local club. However the two did not turn up, he said.

Following which the angry locals along with local club members and women organization dismantle the under construction school building, he added.

Kadangband JAC warns of `economic blockade` against govt`s failure to table inquiry report

IMPHAL, February 15: The Joint Action Committee formed against the alleged killing of Khupneilal Neihsiel and Robert Hesei Kipgen at Kadangband on January 28 by 8 Assam Rifles has decided

IMPHAL, February 15: The Joint Action Committee formed against the alleged killing of Khupneilal Neihsiel and Robert Hesei Kipgen at Kadangband on January 28 by 8 Assam Rifles has decided to impose economic blockade for five days with effect from February 18.

The decision to impose the blockade was arrived at against the State government`™s failure to produce the magisterial inquiry report within the set 15-day deadline, informed the JAC.

According to a statement issued by the JAC`™s convenor Thangminlen Haokip and co-convener Lunmang, the JAC had made it clear to the government to furnish the inquiry report regarding the alleged Kadangband encounter in which a civilian driver, Khupneilal Neihsiel and the Central Administrative Officer CAO of KNF Robert Hesei Kipgen were shot dead while three others were grievously injured.

However, the government has miserably failed to establish the veracity of the fake encounter, it said.

The statement continued that the JAC has contemplated a State-wide general strike and remonstration, however, in view of the ongoing HSLC ad HSSLC examinations it has instead decided to resort to economic blockade so as to not disturb the exams.

The JAC, it said will also make sure there is no disruption both in transportation and in exam centres and also wants to reassure the students of peace of mind, support and cooperation.

It has further stated that the JAC and Kuki civil bodies had opted for a magisterial inquiry in lieu of the judicial inquiry with a view for immediate commencement and early culmination of the inquiry but the government`™s apathy towards the gesture by delaying the inquiry is hurtful.

The nature of the killing incident requires swift delivery of justice since an innocent civilian driver and a CAO of a SoO signatory of Kuki armed organization were slain in a fake encounter, it alleged.

The JAC has resorted to this extreme method of protest with the resolve to halt the repeated human rights violation by the Assam Rifles of which every person in the State irrespective of tribe or community is a victim in one way or another.

Most importantly, the JAC appeals to all state and inter-state transporters of economic goods to respect the blockade and abstain from any act of defiance that would aggravate the prevailing tension, it said.

Unclaimed body still lying at JNIMS morgue

IMPHAL, Feb 15: An unidentified non-local who died at JNIMS on February 12 at around 12:30 am after he was admitted there by passersby who found him lying unconscious remains

IMPHAL, Feb 15: An unidentified non-local who died at JNIMS on February 12 at around 12:30 am after he was admitted there by passersby who found him lying unconscious remains unclaimed and unidentified.

Police have informed that the body is still lying at JINMS morgue.

The man seems to be around 40 years old, 5`™5` tall, wheatish complexion, he wears a shot and black hair, slim body, wears a black long pant with white and black stripes shirt.

Police said they will hand over the dead body to IMC for disposal if no one comes forward to claim the body by 10 am of February 18.

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Union Looking East

Quite obviously Prime Minister Narendra Modi meant it when he said developing the Northeast is going to be one of his top priority areas. In what seems a translation of

Quite obviously Prime Minister Narendra Modi meant it when he said developing the Northeast is going to be one of his top priority areas. In what seems a translation of this informal statement of policy intent, in the past one week, almost on a daily basis, important Union cabinet ministers have been visiting the Northeast, many of them making Manipur a stop on their tours. These visits no doubt would put the state government on the alert, and nobody will disagree this is good. Democracy works best when checks and balances are built into the system at every level, from the very top right down to the bottom. No need for reminder again that this is precisely what has been lacking in Manipur for all this while. Those at the apex of the hierarchy of state power have come to think they are untouchables, not even by the law, and have been virtually doing whatever they fancy. This has also expectedly been having a cascading effect, and down the hierarchy too, this sense impunity has percolated. Today the entire officialdom has become a monolithic corruption structure where each class of employees scratch the back of the ranks above them and together reap their unholy harvest of public money. This will be more than evident even in a cursory scan of the wealth disproportionate to the known sources of income of these employees.

However, Like so many abnormal trends in governance, corruption too has become Manipur`™s new normal. But the trouble is, the government can give employment to barely 2 percent of the population, therefore even if this corruption monolith were to be accepted as a skewed form of wealth distribution system, it cannot reach the majority of the population. This being case, we are concerned because unless this monolith has been effectively checked, even if total dismantling of it is impossible, all talks of resolution to some of the most vexing social issues of Manipur, including insurgency, will remain in vain. This notwithstanding, though everybody knows corruption is a scourge affecting their individual lives directly or indirectly, their spirit of resistance has now been lulled effectively by the intimidating belief they are powerless to change anything. It is from this vantage that we are encouraged by the signs of new and sustained vigil the Union government seems intent on keeping on the state government. Hopefully, at the end of it, there will be some governance accountability introduced. Wasn`™t it the Prime Minister who had himself said government servants must remain as servants of the society and not its masters? We do hope this current rush of ministerial visits from Delhi is a way of the Prime Minister putting his money where his mouth is.

We must however say there are obvious cautions. Manipur is under a Congress government and the Union government is BJP. This must not result in any vendetta thereby topple democratic norms in Centre-State relations. We say this caution is essential for we also see the state unit of the BJP trying to take advantage, even encouraging the use of undemocratic means to unsettle the state government. This is especially repulsive because as yet the BJP does not have the people`™s mandate in the state, and the party is without a single seat in the state Assembly. The party still did not have this mandate in a bye election to a vacant Assembly seat held after the BJP government was installed at the Centre. If the BJP leadership in power at the Union were to facilitate in any way the undemocratic backdoor entry of the state BJP to the state Assembly through the undemocratic means of using the office of the state Governor, it may amount to some immediate gains for the party, but the longer term losses, in terms of a general depletion of faith of the people not just in any political party, but the Indian democratic polity itself, will far outweigh these immediate gains. Let the state BJP wait till the Assembly election next year to prove its credentials, and it would be to everybody appreciation if the Central BJP leaders rein in its state unit to ensure this is the case.

Leader Writer: Pradip Phanjoubam

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NPO celebration calls for Naga unity

KANGPOKPI, February 15: Celebrating the unique cultural facade by the 16 tribes of Nagas of Manipur, Lui-Ngai-Ni festival hosted by Naga People Organization was organized today at Senapati Public Ground.

Traditionally the festival is to invoke the blessing of the creator on the seed crops by showing devotion through folk dances, songs and rituals and to reawaken their past glorious and values for their years to come.

Since the `seed sowing festival`™ is collective to all the Naga tribes and celebrated simultaneously during the onset of spring, it was christened `Lui-Ngai-Ni` in 1987.

L. Dikho, MLA 48(ST) Mao was the chief host of the event while Nagaland minister of Social Security & Welfare Kiyanilie Peseyie was the chief guest, Chandel MLA ST Nunghlung Victor was the guest of honor.

Special invitees include Zomi Council chairman LB Sona, Hmar Inpui president Dr. John Pulamte, Naga Hoho president P Chuba Ozukum, NSF president Tongpang Ozukum, speaker of UNC, ATSUM officials, women`™s union, chief headmen and other dignitaries.

The main highlights of the celebration were folk songs, cultural dances from various tribes such as Poumai, Inpui, Anal, Kharam, Zeliangrong, Chiru, Moyon, Mao, Lamkang, Maram, Chothe, Thangal, Maring, Tangkhul, Tarao and Mongsang.

In his presidential address, UNC president Gaidon Kamei asserted that the socio-cultural and ethno-political unity and solidarity inspires a common future.

So, in spite of the absence of completely identical cultures, dialects, belief system existing among the Naga tribes of Manipur and elsewhere, we have immense commonality in those aspects, he added.

He also urged the Naga community to work for unbending unity in true spirit of their cherished and common political aspiration and hope, which will keep stirring their aspiration.

He further plead that to ponder about our adversaries which hiss out venom of separatism, groupism, self-interest expressed it against the oneness of the Naga family while appealing that `let us stand firm lest our adversaries get a upper hand over us`.

Perhaps as we are in midnight`™s watch at this juncture, waiting for the dawn for which we have been looking forward to, the UNC president said.

He further shared the hope for `early solution to the decade-old Naga political problem in time bound manner with the political will under the new political dispensation in Delhi under the dynamic and able leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

In his concluding message he urged the people to strengthen the unity and let Lui-Ngai- Ni celebration inspire everyone afresh and make it more vibrant.

Kiyanilie Peseyie prayed that the leaders sow the best seed and reap the harvest in abundance with the blessing of Almighty from the people of peace and unity.

He urged the Nagas to join hand and look forward for future by building peace, unity and prosperity in the motherland and by forgetting the bad stories of the past.

He reminded the leaders of Nagas of Manipur that the outside people cannot bring change but only by themselves can bring the change through hard work, which always have a reward in manifold.

In solidarity message from LB. Sona, President, Zomi Council, he brings the regards from all the Zomi tribes which is scattered all over Northeast States and petitioned that `the seed of unity, prosperity and brotherhood`™ must be sowed in the Naga tribes.He manifested his appreciation to UNC for maintaining the society in harmony and unity and plead that UNC continue to work for the society and keep unified.

In the words of the Speaker of Naga Hoho `Silver or gold I have none, but what I have is many brothers and sisters living together in this beautiful land. We are one, I`™m proud of you. Our traditions, culture, rich attires, food habits, dances, folktales, music are all same and interwoven.`

He claimed that the festival theme `Sowing good will, reaping understanding` is the most relevant theme in the present context.

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Path Dependence So Far And Need For Path Breaking: Manipur`s tragedy and the remedy

By Amar Yumnam One important development of Economics since the 1990s is the discovery that `History matters`. But I must hasten to add that this is not history for the

By Amar Yumnam

One important development of Economics since the 1990s is the discovery that `History matters`. But I must hasten to add that this is not history for the sake of cultural arrogance and remembering the dates of rule of a king or otherwise howsoever important the dates are. Economists now attach importance to the yesterday, day before yesterday and the days even earlier as determinants of the character and direction of events today. This new understanding and approach for appreciating the dynamics of a society is now being emphasised irrespective of space. The trajectory of any development process in any geographical context is accounted for to a large extent by what events that space had experienced in the past. Similarly the development dynamics of any society at any point of time is explained by what social norms and habits the members of the society have acquired individually, collectively and in interactional dynamics over decades. Thus history matters both for geography and society. This arises because of several reasons. `First, cognitive selections developed over time can be seen as shaping a collective memory, being one part of reducing choices for actors due to historical reasons. Second, firm-specific investments might also be a part of such path dependence, sensitive to earlier historical events. The third reason relates to strong interrelatedness in complex organizations, which also would include technological interrelatedness`.

Now it becomes necessary and important for us as to what has been the most path-dependent characteristics of Manipur during the last few decades. The significance of this endeavour arises because of the dogged refusal of the society of Manipur to evolve towards a direction indicating greater sincerity, higher social justice, and widening and deepening trust among the population. While the social changes or rather qualitative deterioration has been our worries, what has been happening in my own locality is almost like products of experimental research.

The collective behaviour in my home locality has been strongly dominated by the violent, repressive, imposing and absolutely rent-seeking approaches of a group supposedly looking after the property and interests of the sylvan deity of the locality. Now the dynamics of the composition of this group is very revealing. It has been dominantly composed of members from a clan which has been successful as participants in the highly corrupt governance process during the last four decades or so. This successful participation in the corruption process of the administration of the land has definitely established certain kind of aura for the families of this clan; one best example of their success relates to the public distribution channels of Manipur. Since wealth has been accumulated more by faulty means than through globally appreciated and socially acceptable means, the actors simply did not possess deep qualities of commitment to social transformation. Instead they have rather been characterised by pseudo drive for indulgence in supposedly common interest while the inner ethos was one of assuming the collective for granted. From among the collective too, there were people who could be easily sucked into the mechanism as the scope for economic and social advancement has been very limited. This latter group could be easily mobilised by offering regular country-liquor with the ill-gotten wealth and mis-using the property of the local deity in the name of common interest, and help in projecting a positive image of the social-thieves.
It is here the relevance of the character of governance in Manipur over the decades arises. How could such a group emerge with impunity and sustain itself? This takes us to the `mithibong mitambal` who politically represented our locality during the 1990s coupled by the head of district police during that period. The mithibong mitambal found it very convenient to collude with these lumpen elements and had no qualms in indulging in any nonsense as desired by these elements for purely personal gains and social looting. The head of the district police during the period was someone who some people describe as the most-decorated officer. This person was marked by his ready indulgence in violence, flamboyance with absolute disrespect for the rule of law and thought he could get anybody along his lines of liking irrespective of reasonableness or otherwise. Now both the mithibong mitambal and the police officer are no longer in limelight, and with them the wealthy lumpen elements have found themselves in a position of inability to sustain their modus operandi.

Now what is the worry when these elements have their aura compromised? It is the path-dependent nature as reflected in the behaviour of the contemporary youths in the locality. As growing teenagers they have learnt that one could still prosper and accumulate wealth at personal levels by adopting a pseudo interest in common welfare. Indulgence in spreading lies and revealed preference for violent approaches are absolutely salient among them. This is what sucks our society. This is the challenge for the society, which demands responsiveness from governance. I only hope that this character in my local society is not a generalised feature of Manipur. Or am I wrong in wishing for this?

Path Dependence So Far And Need For Path Breaking: Manipur`s tragedy and … – KanglaOnline

Path Dependence So Far And Need For Path Breaking: Manipur`s tragedy and …KanglaOnlineNow it becomes necessary and important for us as to what has been the most path-dependent characteristics of Manipur during the last few decades. The significance o…

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Now it becomes necessary and important for us as to what has been the most path-dependent characteristics of Manipur during the last few decades. The significance of this endeavour arises because of the dogged refusal of the society of Manipur to …

IRCS gesture to Manipur widows – Assam Tribune

IRCS gesture to Manipur widowsAssam TribuneAddressing a group of media persons on Friday afternoon at Manipur Press Club in Imphal, the president of Red Cross Society Manipur branch Y Mohen said that the move will provide an economic impetus to financi…

IRCS gesture to Manipur widows
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Regional FCI office will be made fully-functional, says Union CAF & PD Minister Ram Vilas Paswan

IMPHAL, February 15: The regional FCI office will be made fully functional and the General Manager of FCI has been directed to act in this regard, announced Union Consumer Affairs,

Union Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution Minister Ram Vilas Paswan opening the foundation plaque for the FCI storage depot at Sawombung.

IMPHAL, February 15: The regional FCI office will be made fully functional and the General Manager of FCI has been directed to act in this regard, announced Union Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution Minister Ram Vilas Paswan while laying the foundation stone for the construction of food storage depots of Bishnupur and Sawongbung.

`I have a great affection for the North East` stated Ram Vilas Paswan while describing his origin in a poor Dalit family.

He said that though he will appeal to the concerned authorities for maximum recruitment of the locals, the regional office will also have staffs from around the country.

He appealed the State CM for providing safety to staffs from other parts of the country. The Union Minster expressed that the conversion of the railway link to a broad gauge will be completed for the transportation of food grains.

He lamented that the work progress may hinder due to the Nagaland bandh from February 17, mentioning that once the Lamding- Silchar broad gauge is ready, sufficient food grains will be made available in the State. Talking about the complaints of truckers on their staying idle as tenders are held at Assam, he assured that once the regional office starts running in full swing then tenders will be held at Manipur.

He also said that he will instruct the FCI officials to consider hiring local transporters.

He further expressed that 90 percent of food grains would have to be acquired by the State government with the remaining 10 percent supplied by the Central government and all the latter has to do was to make sure that food grains reach the targeted destinations.

He said that the State government is concerned about the locations of fair price shops and its pricings. He said that at present the existing state FCI depots have stocks for three months only, mentioning that the requirement for food grains of India is 580 lakh tons, out of which 450 lakh tons of food grains are transported through the railways.

He added that FCI depots in India have capacity of 750 lakh tonnes while depots located at North East India have the capacity to store 5.02 lakh tonnes. He asserted that the construction of FCI depots for the capacity of three lakh tons has been instructed at the cost of around Rs 500 crore.

He stated that FCI depots located at Manipur have capacity of 33423 tonneswith another 57000 tons of food grains still being needed.

He said the Government has planned to construct depots at eight places in the State which are Jiribam, Senapati, Thoubal, Churachandpur, Bishnupur, Imphal East, Chandel and Tamenglong and added that if these depots are constructed then the state will have extra food grains of 27500 tonnes.

Regarding the implementation of National Food Security Act, he mentioned that the Act was implemented in the country on July 4, and after a year only 11 states have effectively implemented the Act. He said by May 31, NFSA will be effectively implemented in the State; and for the same, 88 percent of the rural and 85 percent of the urban population have been identified as beneficiaries.

He said once NFSA is implemented, there will be no BPL and APL category within citizens but only the Antyodaya Anna Yojna will remain.

Appreciating the culture of Manipur that he witnessed during his stay in the State, he said he would visit the State in the future but whenever he visits, he would like to visit with a purpose.

Speaking as the chief guest, the State Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh said he is not new to the State and understand the sentiments and problems regarding mainly the transportation of food grains in the State.

He said after repeated requests from the State government and after great difficulties, the regional FCI office came into being after many years on January 14, 2014. He added that the said depot and office is not fully functional and not allotted autonomy. The State government cannot intervene into the activities of the regional office as it is a GOI branch office at Imphal.

He said the State was eagerly awaiting the implementation of NFSA without delay, adding people below the poverty line were more concerned about the Act.

He said the State government is acquiring rice at seven rupees per Kg and selling at three rupees per Kg to the BPL families. The Government will suffer a huge lose and difficulty, he added while also stating that handling the fair price shops will cost a huge amount of money and the State has no resources was going through a financial crunch. The State Chief Minister further stated that if the fund is released for the land acquisition for the purpose of FCI depots at Tamenglong and Chandel districts then the process will soon be completed.

He said Tamenglong is one remote district and sometimes food grains are transported through helicopter during raining season which cost a lot of money.

The Chief Minister appealed the Union Minister to make the regional depot fully functional at the earliest and to release the funds for the land acquisition at Tamenglong.

The two foundation stones for the construction of food storage depots of Bishnupur and Sawongbung were unveiled by the Union CAF & PD Minister Ram Vilas Paswan. The CAF & PD and Education minister M Okendro was also present as the guest of honour at the function.

The function was held at the Regional Office of FCI in the old Assembly complex, Imphal, organised by the Food Corporation of India.

Discover of North East yatra held in Manipur – Nagaland Post

Discover of North East yatra held in ManipurNagaland PostThe 3rd phase Discover of North East Yatra Manipur was conducted successfully connecting Senapati, Tadubi, Maram, Kangpokpi and Imphal from February 5 to 7 in collaboration with Department of Art…

Discover of North East yatra held in Manipur
Nagaland Post
The 3rd phase Discover of North East Yatra Manipur was conducted successfully connecting Senapati, Tadubi, Maram, Kangpokpi and Imphal from February 5 to 7 in collaboration with Department of Art & Culture, Government of Manipur. Altogether 125 …

5-day economic blockade in Manipur from Feb 18 – Nagaland Post

5-day economic blockade in Manipur from Feb 18Nagaland PostJoint Action Committee (JAC) formed in connection with the recent killing of two persons including a chief functionary of Kuki National Front (KNF) Sunday announced a five-day economic blockade…

5-day economic blockade in Manipur from Feb 18
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Joint Action Committee (JAC) formed in connection with the recent killing of two persons including a chief functionary of Kuki National Front (KNF) Sunday announced a five-day economic blockade in Manipur from February 18. The committee said it was …