A 19-year-old was charged with the death penalty by a Special Court in Rajasthan after he was caught raping a 7-month-old infant in May. This is the first such sentence in the state after the implementation of criminal law ordinance on April 21st, which introduced IPC Section 376 AB under which a death penalty is
21 members of a “Telefraud Scam” has given sentence by US authorities for the fraud done by Americans and legal immigrants. On Friday, all of them were given jail terms, up to 20 years for some. These are either Indians or naturalised Americans of Indian descent. Several of them will be deported back to India
Popular aromatic black rice from Manipur, Chakhao, will soon be available in the supermarkets across the globe. Some locals also named it as Chakhao. It has similar taste and food value of Japanese variety rice. Chakhao rice is presently sold at Rs 100 a kilogram in Imphal. The Haryana-based company, High Vision Consultants, is going
Since the last 52 days, Manipur University community is demanding the ouster of the vice-chancellor, Adya Prasad Pandey. And, the agitation is now becoming a state level protest. Considering this, the state government had sent a team for discussion with the university community. Yesterday, state government representatives’ team comprising of deputy chief minister, Y. Joykumar,
More than 50 products will now be available in cheaper rates as the Goods and Services Tax Council has reduced tax rates on these products at its 28th meeting on Saturday. Yes, products like sanitary pads, washing machines, small televisions, and refrigerators, are now having lesser tax rates. Finance Minister Piyush Goyal told that sanitary
During the debate over no-confidence motion in Parliament, one unexpected, as well asa comical act by Congress President Rahul Gandhi, had raised the interest of public and media in this discussion. After his speech, Congress President Rahul Gandhi walked over to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and gave him a hug. PM Modi was really shocked
As expected, Modi government has easily defeated the motion of no-confidence in the Lok Sabha after a 12-hour long debate. Only 126 votes were in favour of the no-confidence motion and 325 votes were against it. The government obtained a two-thirds majority with 451 members of parliament present and voting. Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and
As per the recent orders from the Home department, all mobile internet services will be suspended for the next 5 days. This has been done to evade chance of spreading rumours during the ongoing statewide protest demanding the removal of Manipur University vice-chancellor. Kh. Raghumani Singh, special secretary (Home) has notified following statement in the
On Friday, two days celebration programme of Kang Kumhei (Rath Yatra) was inaugurated at Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy. Padmashree awardee, H. Thanil was the chief guest of this event. In his speech, he said that this event has a positive objective of preserving as well as promoting Manipur’s rich culture and tradition. Rath Yatra
This monsoon, five northern eastern states have received deficit rainfall. The released by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has released a state-wise rainfall distribution statistics for the period from June 1 to July 17. Manipur has the highest rain shortfall in the country. Other four states are Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland. IMD data also
