KPF joins anti Commandos chorus, warns

Imphal, July 22: Demanding review of the Cabinet decision to deploy Police Commandos and IRB personnel in the hill districts, Kuki People's Forum (KPF) has warned of taking recourse to various intense agitation against the Government if the decision is not reviewed. Addressing a...

Army act stays, but a thought for Irom

Manipur organisations opposed to forces’ presence - Special facilities for Sharmila, says Ibobi Imphal, July 20: Manipur chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh today ruled out withdrawal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act from the state....

30 UG groups, 10 KCP factions : CM

Imphal, July 20 2009: There are more than 30 militants groups in Manipur including 10 KCP factions, Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh informed the Assembly today in response to a question raised by MLA Morung Makunga during the question hour.The Chief Minister said that United National...

UNC Called For Shutdown In Manipur’s Districts

Senapati (Manipur): A 48-hour shutdown against the Central Government’’s decision to deploy additional forces has crippled life in five hill districts of Manipur. The shutdown called by the United Naga Council (UNC) is supported by some tribal organisations. In Senapati district, life came to a grinding halt as shops and other establishments closed in compliance with the shutdown call. Vehicles...

Hills bandh continues peacefully

Imphal, July 21 : Normal life in hill districts of Manipur severely affected Monday on the first day of the 48-hour bandh imposed jointly by the Naga frontal organizations demanding review to the cabinet decision of the Secular Progressive Front (SPF) government to deploy Indian...

Imphal witnesses unusual Sunday

Imphal, July 20: Though it is a Sunday today, an off day for various establishments both the Government and the non-governmental, it has been witnessed that maximum number of people had thronged the market areas to do their daily marketings. This was so because, after several days...

‘Bangladesh opposition misleading public on Indian project’

DHAKA - Bangladesh’s main opposition is “misleading” the people on the proposed Indian dam at Tipaimukh with data and information that is “flawed”, said the head of the parliamentary team that will visit the project site in Manipur late this month. Joining the battle on behalf of...

Bandh called in Churachandpur

Churachandpur, July 19: The Zomi Students Federation, ZSF, has called a 24-hour bandh on the 20th of this month to intensify its ongoing agitation against the failure of the SPF led government to give a positive response on the questions posed by the Churachandpur based student bodies...

Tangkhul organization for 48 hours bandh

Imphal | July 19  : The frontal Tangkhul organisations in Ukhrul district under the aegis of Tangkhul Naga Long (TNL) have decided to fully endorse the United Naga Council (UNC) sponsored 48-hour bandh starting from July 20. The UNC and other Naga frontal organisations have...

Rubber plantation suggested to replace jhoom

Imphal, July 19: MLA Morung Makunga has proposed large scale rubber plantation to replace jhoom cultivation as a means of afforestation as well as augmenting income of villagers in the hill districts. Putting forth a demand seeking assent of the House in this regard in the assembly...

Manipur in the grips of bandhs, blockades

By Satyajit Usham A series of general strikes, bandhs and economic blockades being imposed by various social organisations have left the people of the Northeastern state of Manipur high and dry for the last three days. NORMAL LIFE in the Northeastern state of Manipur remained affected for the third consecutive day due to the 120-hour general strike and the indefinite economic blockade called by...

20 buses damaged during strike in Manipur

Iboyaima Laithangbam IMPHAL: Over 20 buses were damaged and four auto rickshaws torched by groups of youths on the second day of the 120-hour general strike that began on Thursday midnight in Manipur. The strike was called to demand the release of five students detained under the...

Triple bandh brings Manipur to a standstill

Imphal | July 17 : Over 12 people were injured in the Manipur valley and as many as ten passenger buses and two trucks were damaged by bandh and blockade supporters in the hill districts of Manipur today. Normal life was badly affected today in all the districts, both hills and the...

Recruitment rally affected by bandh

IMPHAL, July 18 : The third day of the Army recruitment rally held in Senapati saw a mixed response with only about 1,100 youth participating in it. July 16 was earmarked for candidates hailing from Imphal east and west districts. Although the bandh and blockade called by various...

Commandos,VDF now guard jails

Two Addl SPs, jail staffs transferred; four suspended Imphal, July 11 2009: The State Home Department has replaced all the wardens of the two jails located at Old Lambulane, Imphal and Sajiwa with Manipur Police commandos and Village Defence Forc (VDF) from today. According...

Diligent State fish farmers honoured fittingly

Imphal, July 10 2009: Along with honouring dedicated fish farmers, the Directorate of Fisheries, Government of Manipur, today organised Fish Farmers' Day, 2009 at the Imphal West District Fisheries Office at Lamphelpat here. Fisheries Minister Md Alauddin Khan and MLA Mairembam Prithiviraj attended the function as chief guest and president respectively. Pengba farmer...

Agitation in hill areas from July 10

Imphal, July 8 : Spearheading the demand for decentralization of power to the hill districts of Manipur and for holding early elections of the autonomous district councils to enhance grass root democracy in the state, the Indigenous Democratic Front (IDF) has warned the state government...

Ibobi cautioned on ‘impending’ drought

Imphal, July 7: The impending drought and the government’s “failure” to tackle the situation rocked Manipur Assembly today.Cutting across party lines, members cautioned the Okram Ibobi Singh government that the state would face famine next year unless the government took effective...

Double win for Singh, Baruah

North East Carom Chief conservator of forests R.D.S. Tanwar hands over the singles trophy to Barsha Baruah at Abita Indoor Stadium in Guwahati on Monday. Picture by Eastern Projections Guwahati, July 7: M. Madhop Singh of Manipur and Barsha Baruah of Assam claimed double crowns in the 9th North East Carom Championship that concluded at the Abita Indoor Stadium here last evening.Singh...

Minister's comments irks CCpur body

Churachandpur, July 5 : Dejected over the statement made on the floor of the House yesterday by Works Minister K Ranjit regarding the status of Guite Road, Churachandpur District Students' Union (CDSU) today expressed surprise by terming the statement as 'irresponsible'. The union...

Imphal west has highest number of job seekers

Imphal, July 5 : In the records of the state employment exchange at Lamphelpat in Imphal West, the district has recorded the highest number of job seekers among the nine districts of Manipur i.e 2,15,001 job seekers among whom 1,49,561 are male and 65,440 female. The record of...

Dengue fear rings alarm bell at Moreh, Manipur

IMPHAL, Jun 30: Even as Taothong area in Imphal West District has been grappling with outbreak of Malaria over the past few days, fresh report of many people suffering from Dengue like symptom in border town of Moreh has come in. According to sources from State Health Services, many...

Manipur kids return home

Imphal, June 30: The 25 children who were rescued from Howrah station on June 17 were brought back to Manipur today. L. Salony, a member of Senapati Child Welfare Committee said a Howrah court handed over three children to their parents. The remaining 22 were handed over to Salony. The...

Non local traders sit-in-protest against killing of migrant workers

Protestors at the sit-in dharna at Chandel on Tuesday, June 30. (Morung Photo) google_protectAndRun("ads_core.google_render_ad", google_handleError, google_render Chandel, June 30 (MExN): With the escalating incidences of killing of migrant workers in Manipur in the recent past, the non local business community in Manipur today in a ‘first of its kind’ collectively...

Migrant labourers demand security in Manipur

Imphal, Jul l : Migrant labourers of Bihar and West Bengal held a protest rally against the series of killings of labourers by militant groups in Manipur. Over 400 migrant labourers from various part of the state participated in the demonstration organised by the state unit of...