Manipur News

IMPHAL, April 19: Deputy Speaker MK Preshow Shimray wishes a Happy Easter Sunday to the people of Manipur. And said that nothing is better than the word of God that says in the book of John 15:13; Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Jesus died for our sins and has risen from dead to have remission of sins for the mankind. As Christ forgives us let us also put aside all our differences and forgive and serve one another in love for peaceful co-existence and development of the state, said he.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2014/04/dy-speaker-greets-state-on-easter-sunday/

LAMKA, Apr 19: The secretary, information and publicity of the Manipur Alliance for Child Right  (MACR) Ccpur Chapter, in a press handout has said that it will organised a one day awareness campaign on on integrated child development scheme and juvenile right on April 24 2014.

The alliance said that the awareness program will be held at N.Ramthar Veng ,Lamka,CCpur.

On the occasion the  Deputy Commissioner  of CCpur PK Jha  IAS and Superintendent of Police CCpur Kabib.K  and other officers will attend as resource persons.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2014/04/child-right-workshop-to-be-held/

IMPHAL, April 19 (NNN): Rape accused Ngaopuni of Laii village, Senapati district was arrested by Heingang police and he was produced at the District and Session Judge Court, Manipur East today. The rapist is remanded to the police custody till April 26.

Ngaopuni raped a 13 years old Gorkha girl in Imphal on April 17.

Meanwhile, a sit-in protest was held today by all the communities of the area against the raping of 13 years old Gorkha girl.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2014/04/rape-accused-produced-before-court/

IMPHAL, April 19: The Traditional Painting Exhibition on the occasion of the first death anniversary of late Poujairung Thaimei was held on Saturday at Keishamthong Kabui Khul.

Poujairung was a well known painter who used to draw on clothe.

Amu Kamei, president of the Zeliangrong Union, Assam-Manipur-Nagaland attended the function as chief guest, Mangpu Kom, president of the League of the Fourth World People, Kakomlunglu Kamei, president of the Kabui Mother Association and Thoipina Kamei, Elder of Thaimei family were the guests of honour respectively.

Amu further said that such painting has brought to remember the traditions of the past.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2014/04/traditional-painting-exhibition-held/

IMPHAL, April 19: Three suspected NSCN (IM) cadres with a small arm burned down two bulldozers engaged in a road construction work at Chadong Tangkhul and Laphang village today around 5.30 am under Litan Police Station Senapati district.

According to a reliable information, the arson happened today at around 5.30 am when the suspected NSCN (IM) cadres brandishing a small arm came to where the two bulldozers were parked set them on fire in between Chandong Tangkhul and Laphang Village.

The battery sets, seats and some plastic items of the bulldozer were damaged in the incident, the sources claimed.

Sources further mentioned that one of the bulldozers belong to the Saluman Village chief of Laphang Village while the owner of the other is from Imphal.

Sources also informed that Saluman had received monetary demand from the NSCN (IM) some few days back.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2014/04/suspected-nscn-im-cadres-set-bulldozers-on-flame/

IMPHAL, APRIL 18: The Manipur People’s Party said in a press release that defective EVMs were used that transfer all votes to the Congress even when other buttons are pressed.

Several such incidents were reported from Maharashtra, the release said.

Even though there have been several complaints against the use of EVMs during elections from several political parties, the Congress has denied to look into the complaints and continue to use the EVMs, it concluded.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2014/04/mpp-alleges-use-of-defective-evms/