Villagers urge

Imphal, feb 1 : The villagers of 63 villages under Saikul, Phungyar, Heirok, Wangkhem and Keirao Assembly Constituencies have urged for development of the roads and bridges connecting these areas in tune with the changing time. Addressing a press conference jointly convened by Rural...

Foundation laid for Olympic Bhavan

Imphal, Feb 1 : Chief Minister O Ibobi has laid foundation stone for Manipur Olympic Bhavan at Khuman Lampak Sports Complex today, informed a DIPR release. Speaking at the foundation stone laying function as chief guest, the Chief Minister stated that Manipur is a treasure house...

Locals claim youth killed by CDOs as innocent

Imphal, January 31 : WITH A claim that the youth killed at Khuman Lampak on January 28 by the Imphal west police commandos as suspect militant was an innocent mechanic and living with by running a workshop at Churachandpur, locals of the Khumuchamba Meetei Leikai today formed a committee. The...

Young Horizon is 3 yr-old

Imphal, January 31 : The existence of Young Horizon, a body formed with an objective to bring all communities settling in the north eastern region of the country and had successfully conducted a rally to spread the massage of peace and co-existence has completed three year today. The...

Naga MLAs ask Governor to intervene in Siroy stand off

IMPHAL, Jan 31: The Naga MLAs of the state Dr. Khashim Ruivah, W Morung Makunga and M Thohrii have submitted a memorandum to the state Governor Gurbachan Jagat on the matter of the stand off between the Assam Rifles and the NSCN(IM) at Siroy village in Ukhrul district of Manipur. In...

Keishing points accusing finger at Erabot

Imphal, January 29: Independent MLA Wungnaoshang Keishing has accused FCS Minister Y Erabot of swindling 6635 quintals of rice meant for the people of Ukhrul district on two occasions in connivance with some officials. The MLA has also demanded an inquiry into the alleged swindling...

Cheranamei urges Union home and defence ministers to intervene in Siroy impasse

IMPHAL, Jan 29 : The Outer Manipur MP, Mani Cheranamei, has been lobbying frantically with the Union home minister, P Chdambaram as well as Union defence minister, AK Antony, for their intervention in the Siroy standoff between the NSCN(IM) and Assam Rifles and end the impasse for...

CM lays foundation stone of Manipuri Sahitya Parishad building

IMPHAL, Jan 29 : Chief minister O Ibobi Singh today laid the foundation stone of the Manipuri Sahitya Parishad building at Sangaipat in Imphal east along with ritual ceremonies. In today`s programme the chief minister said that to bring about a welfare society there was a great...

Manipur cyclists win laurels

National Cycling   Imphal, Jan. 29 : Manipur cyclists proved their mettle bagging 23 medals, including three gold, in the National Track Cycling Championship in Patiala recently. The other medals Manipur claimed include seven silver and 13 bronze. They...

Sixth Pay Commission

More joins Manipur Pay Commission agitation Joining in the cease work strike called by Joint Administrative Council (JAC) of the All Manipur Trade Union Council (AMTUC) and All Manipur Government employees’ Association (AMGEO), the employees of the Manipur Legislative Assembly Secretariat...

Manipur bans Christians from preaching

India: January 27, 2009. Read this notice of Chringmeirong Rongmei Village council, pasted on the notice board on the village gate in Manipuri is translated as: "No Christian activities and propagation within Chingmeirong Kabui (Rongmei) village Ward No. 173, any living person violating...

Agri officials inspect fields planted with seeds supplied by it

IMPHAL, Jan 28 : The seeds and grains supplied to the farmers for plantation as a part of the Integrated Pest Management Scheme under the agricultural department was surveyed today by the department. The department inspected the plantation of pea plants under the IPM technology...

NPMHR questions use of ‘electrified wires’

Mokokchung :As the tension from the standoff between the Assam Rifles and NSCN (IM) in Shiroi village in Manipur entered the seventh day, the Naga People’s Movement for Human Rights has taken strong exception to the alleged erection of electrified barbed wires. The AR is alleged...

Assam Rifles interacts at Ukhrul

Imphal, January 26 : As a part of building better co-operation between villagers and Assam Rifles authorities, Commander 10 Sector Assam Rifles under Hqs IGAR(S) interacted with representatives of NGOs and social organisations of Ukhrul town on January 24 at 17 Assam Rifles, Ukhrul. The...

10 new parking lots on Govt agenda

Imphal, January 26 : The Government of Manipur is planning to construct 10 parking lots for city buses in greater Imphal area. An official source in the Department of Transport informed The Sangai Express that identification of the areas where the parking lots would be constructed...

Woman killed in road mishap

Imphal, January 26 : A 37-year old woman who came riding a Honda Activa scooter (MN-1J/7529) was killed after being knocked down by a Tata Sumo (MN-04A/1241) at Patsoi Lamkhai along National Highway 53 (Imphal-Jiri Road) at around 4.30 pm yesterday. The victim has been identified...

MEELAL urges to use Meitei Mayek Name plates

Imphal, January 23: Meetei Erol Eyek Loinasillon Apunba Lup (MEELAL) has reiterated its appeal to the people of Manipur to use Meetei Mayek in the name plates of their two wheelers and four wheeler engined vehicles within February 28 . Addressing a press conference in this connection...

Manipur ZEO rubbishes allegations

Imphal, January 23: Imphal East Zone II ZEO Kh Amuba has rubbished the allegations of AMESTA Zone II that the Imphal East Zone II ZEO and DDO have not been giving salaries to teachers for three months as false and baseless. Claiming that the ZEO and the DDO are working in the interest...

Siroy : Manipur Govt's silence irks UCM

Imphal, January 23: Referring to the present stand-off between NSCN (IM) and Assam Rifles at Siroy in Ukhrul district, the United Committee Manipur (UCM) has decried the stoic silence of the State Government even as the impasse has been continuing for the last three days. In a press...

Govt policies sidelining the poor, say street vendors` bodies

IMPHAL, Jan 22 : The street vendors of Khwairamband Keithel have submitted a memorandum to the chief minister in which they have asked for the prompt redressal of the grievances of the street vendors of the state. Stating that the street vendors of the state were facing many problems...

Kuki Chiefs re-installation ceremony

Imphal, January 22 : The Kuki Chiefs' Association, Chandel district has asked all chiefs and chairmen of village coming under the jurisdiction of Tengnoupal sub-division to attend the re-installation ceremony of Tengnoupal sub-division to be held at Tengnoupal village at 11 am on...

Assam Rifles provides aid

Imphal, January 21 : Commandant of 20 Assam Rifles provided financial assistance to one Sepoy Chung Se Haokip who had lost his leg during 1971 Indo-Pak war. The beneficiary was identified during an interaction with various ex-servicemen in an ex-servicemen rally held on November...

KRA refutes demanding money

Imphal, January 21 : Refuting the allegation of demanding money from the implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in Saikul sub-division of Senapati district, armed outfit Kuki Revolutionary Army (KRA) has clarified that being a party to the Suspension...

Kamson rubbishes claim

The Sangai Express / Azonnah Zasper Tamenglong, Jan 20 : Chairman of NSCN (K) Zeliangrong region Kamson has rubbished the claim of the outfit's information and publicity secretary in-charge Loveson that he had been terminated from his (Kamson) service. Countering the claim...

Shot dead at at Wabagai Leirak Achouba

Imphal, Jan 20 : A suspected activist of the proscribed KYKL has been shot dead by a combined team of Thoubal district Police Commandos and personnel of 21 Assam Rifles during a reported encounter which took place at Wabagai Leirak Achouba under Kakching Police Station of Thoubal...

Puya destruction remembered on Black Day

The Sangai Express Imphal, January 19 : As in the previous years, the 23rd day of Wakching (Manipuri calendar month) on which day puyas (chronicles) were consigned to flames enmasse in 1729 was observed today as Black Day under the aegis of the Meetei National Front (MNF) . The function held in commemoration of the day on which puyas were consigned to flames in front of Kangla Uttra was...

Power supply : Govt-public play the blame game My City, My Life

The Sangai Express Imphal, January 19 : It is a a case of the Chicken or Egg riddle. While consumers in most of the Imphal Municipality area contend that they are not that keen to pay their power tariff because of the extremely erratic power supply, the Government on the other hand contend that they are constrained to resort to long hours of load shedding because the consumers do not pay...

AMWJU re-iterates stand

Imphal, January 19 : Reiterating its earlier stand, the All Manipur Working Journalists' Union has urged all the civil society organisations, armed groups and voluntary organisations to stop the culture of delivering their statement in the office of one newspaper establishment and...

Dr Palin among top 50 pathfinders

Imphal, January 17 2009: Chairman cum Managing Director of Shija Hospitals and Research Institute (SHRI), Langol Dr Kh Palin has been adjusted among the top 50 prolific doctor-entrepreneurs who as a trendsetter changed the way Indian healthcare was ever viewed before by Express Health-care...

TSA sets Jan 25 deadline

Imphal, Jan 18 : Setting January 25 as the deadline, Thadou Students' Association (TSA) has announced its decision of launching various intense agitations from the next day of the State Government fails to implement the memorandum of understanding (MoU) that had been signed on an...

Manipur lad Y Addison to receive national bravery award for children

NEW DELHI, Jan 18 : Twenty children including 11 girls will get the National Bravery Awards 2008 for showing immense courage to save someone or their own life. Y Addison Singh from Manipur is among the children selected for the prestigious award this year. Delhi lad 12-year-old...

DMC relaxes ban on poultry products

Live chickens for sale at a poultry shop in New Market, Dimapur. (Morung Photo) Dimapur : The Dimapur Municipal Council has partially lifted the ban on sale of poultry products within its jurisdiction. Announcing this in a press release DMC member and co-incharge of DMC Rate Control Branch S. Vihuto Yepthomi said that “Dimapur Municipal Council has no objection...

Nepal asks for India's help to control spread of bird flu

KATHMANDU, Jan 18 : Kathmandu has sought New Delhi's help to control spread of bird flu and asked India to stop the export of poultry products after the outbreak of the disease was confirmed in the eastern Nepal's Mechinagar Municipality bordering West Bengal. During a meeting with...

Excursion returns from Kolkata

IMPHAL, Jan 18 : A reception function was held today at the Red Sheild Division at Leimakhong on the return of a excursion organised by the 27 Sector Assam Rifles as part of military civic action for students of Churachandpur. The excursion visited other parts of the country and...

Syam Sharma delivers lecture on Vaishnavism in Manipur at Purvottari

NEW DELHI, Jan 17 : Eminent film maker Aribam Syam Sharma delivered lecture on the topic-`Rajarshi Bhagyachandra and Vaishnavism in Manipur` yesterday in the programme of Special Lecture Series of the Purvottari 2009- Spirit of the North East at Indira Gandhi National Centre for...

Govt employees set to step up ceasework

Imphal, Jan 17 : The agitating Joint Administrative Council (JAC) of the All Manipur Trade Union Council (AMTUC) and the All Manipur Government Employees' Organization (AMGEO) on Friday informed that the council would intensify its ongoing cease-work strike demanding the 6th Central...

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya wins Youth Parliament

New Delhi, Jan 17 A Kerala school has won the National Youth Parliament Competition for 2007-08 held here today. The school -- Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya -- is in Periya in Kasaragod. Merit trophies were also awarded to eight schools for standing first in their respective...

Assam Rifles Donates Toilets for Village

Imphal, Jan 17 : Assam Rifles today donated a six room toilet complex at the remote Sagang village in Churachandpur district. The AR gesture is being widely appreciated by the villagers. Troopers from the paramilitary force's 7th battalion (F Coy) led by Captain Ganesh inaugurated...

RTI exposes SPIO's misinformation

Imphal, Jan 14 : A SPIO under the RTI Act, 2005 in Manipur is likely to face a major penalty if he could not explain why he is not providing corrected and complete information to a member of the gram panchayat seeking list of the beneficiaries under the Central Sponsored IAY scheme...

Pakistan's misunderstanding

By Tanveer Jafri The two nations, India and Pakistan which are equipped with the nuclear equipments, usually seen active in the directions of increasing mutual cooperation in the SAARC’s annual meetings, but misfortunately, these two countries often frown at each other at the same time. However the public of these two countries do not like mutual tension.   The journalists, literates,...

Ccpur students take part in science congress

Lamka, Jan 14 : Four students from Churachandpur`s Tawna College represented the state in the recently concluded 16th National Children`s Science Congress held at the Livingstone Foundation School in Dimapur, Nagaland. The congress, held from December 27 to 31, was hosted by the...

Robbery in NH 53

Imphal, Jan 12 : An armed person robbed the customers of a fast food centre located along National Highway 53 at Sagoltongba Sabal Leikai under Patsoi Police Station in Imphal West district of their mobile phones and cash at gun point today. The incident reportedly took place...

Anganwadi meet held

Imphal, Jan 12 : STATE SOCIAL Welfare Minister, N Loken today said, 70% of the anganwadi centres were not functioning properly. He was speaking at the state level convention on ICDS in Manipur organized by the Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Union, Manipur at GM Hall. The inauguration...

Samurou residents protest 'fake encounter'

Imphal, Jan 12 : RESIDENTS OF SAMUROU in Imphal west district today staged a sit-in protest against turning the village into a 'killing field'. The residents alleged that the suspected People's United Liberation Front (PULF) activist killed by a combined force of police commandos...

Chingaren residents protest against land acquisition

Imphal, Jan 12 : DEMANDING review to the government decision to establish industrial growth centre at Chingaren, affected people of the area stormed the residence of Commerce and Industries Minister Y Irabot at Porompat today. The anguish people are protesting against the decision...

Revision of HSLC exam prog demanded

Imphal, Jan 12 : PARENTS AND guardians of the students appearing in the up coming HSLC exam 2009 have demanded revision of the programme of the examination which would be commenced from February 27 alleging that authorities failed to focus on the revision time to be given to ...

Security on high alert in Manipur

Imphal, Jan 12 : Security in and around the VIPs residential areas in Imphal have been beefed up further in a run-up to the Republic Day celebration, 2009 to prevent any insurgent activity in the said areas. Meanwhile, not only the installations neighbouring to the chief minister's...

VA rules

Imphal, Jan 12 : The village authority of Samulamlan village, Churachandpur district has asked all individuals and groups/organisations to follow its rules and regulations so that peace and unity prevail within the village. A press release issued by the village authority said that...

Combined force kills three UGs

Imphal, Jan 11 : TWO CADRES of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and one cadre of the People's United Libereation Front (PULF) have been gunned down by the Thoubal police commandos and combined security force in two separate alleged encounters. The first encounter occurred at the...

25 trucks, 45 bullet tankers arrive

Imphal, Jan 11 : AMIDST THE ongoing economic blockade called by the Naga People's Organisation (NPO) along the national highway (NH) 39 leading to Manipur and the various issues surrounding it, 25 (twenty-five) loaded trucks have reportedly left the Mao Gate in the Manipur-Nagaland...