Yesterday, the Central team comprising of senior officials of ministries of Home Affairs, External Affairs and Surveyor General of India conducted verification of the Indo-Myanmar border pillar no. 81 which is marred by controversy over its location. Surveyor General of India, Lt. Gen. Girish Kumar Girish Kumar said that the position of the border pillar
One Government High School at Molkon in Saikul Sub Division of Kangpokpi District is now closed due to lack of teachers. Education Department of Manipur had insufficiently provided teachers for this area’s schools. Kuki Students’ Organization Saikul provided a data fetched from the office of Deputy Inspector of Schools, Saikul. There are 309 sanctioned posts
IMPHAL | Jul 24: The three-member verification team that was sent by the Centre to undertake inspection of the controversial border pillar no. 81 could not reach the disputed area owing to their late arrival which was coupled with unexpected rainfall. Three members verification team could not reach Kwatha as they first arrived pretty late
On Monday, a rally cum sit-in protest was held at Kangla Fort. That was jointly organised by All Manipur Women’s Social Reformation and Development Samaj (Nupi Samaj) and Coalition Against Drugs and Alcohol (CADA). They were protesting against Manipur Liquor Prohibition (Amendment Bill), 2018. A press conference was also jointly conducted at the Coalition Against
After the Manipur People Bill was passed unanimously, the Liquor Bill was moved by deputy chief minister, Y. Joykumar Singh for consideration and passing it. However, the opposition leader, O. Ibobi rose to give his observation before passing it. Former chief minister, Okram Ibobi suggested that state government should give value to the public sentiments
For Khelo India Development Programme, Sports Authority India (SAI) has given an accreditation to Mary Kom Boxing Academy. Right now, this is the first phase of the accreditation process under the programme. Mary Kom Boxing Academy is the only academy in the northeast region among 32 newly accredited academies across the country. Talented players will
Four Bangladeshi girls were rescued from being trafficked by a team of Kakching Police on Saturday morning. A woman involved in human trafficking was arrested while the main accused person fled from the scene. A Human Trafficking case has been registered by the Kakching Police and the search for main accused is still going on.
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,
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
