Monthly Archives: February 2013
Grenade lobbed
JIRIBAM, February 1: Unidentified persons lobbed a hand grenade near a PHED Water Treatment Plant (reservoir) located inside the newly constructed Sericulture Dept compound,...
BOSEM answers to DESAM allegation
IMPHAL, February 1: Reacting to a certain news reports regarding Bengali script textbooks being used by class IX students in CBSE affiliated schools in...
Justice call for the disabled
IMPHAL, February 1: Addressing media at a press meet, President of the State Platform of disabled People`s Organization, Manipur Jasowanta Sapam said that the...
ATDUM sets Feb 10 deadline for its demands
IMPHAL, February 1: The All Tribal Disabled Union, Manipur called a press conference at its Nagaram office setting a deadline of February 10 for...
Assam Rifles letter irks NSCN (IM)
DIMAPUR, Feb 1 (NNN): While speculations on the early settlement of the vexed Naga political issue are rife, the NSCN-IM has expressed its strong...
Court orders payment of with-held family pension
IMPHAl,February 1: A petition regarding non-payment of family pension following the demise of a rifleman while he was serving at 2nd Manipur Rifles in...
15 oil tankers still stranded at Silchar
IMPHAL, February 1: 15 oil tankers which left Imphal along the Imphal-Jiribam highway on January 28, 2013 after an agreement was reached between the...
Monetary demands affect developmental works in Jiribam
JIRIBAM, February 1: Developmental works taken up in Jiribam Sub-division as part of the first phase for the upgradation of the Jiribam Sub Division...
CorCom expels UPPK from membership
IMPHAL, February 1: A press release from the CorCom has said that the umbrella body has expelled UPPK from the membership of the group...
Cabinet clears anti-rape law ordinance, death sentence for extreme cases
NEW DELHI, February 1 (agencies): The government has decided not to wait for Parliament to clear tough new anti-rape laws, the subject of national...
RTE Act 2009 Versus Unaided Minority Schools
Prior to the introduction of Article 21-A to the Constitution of India by the 86th amendment in 2002, the right to education was implicit...
Families of ‘fake encounter’ victims hope for justice
By Yambem Laba
On 4 January the Supreme Court ordered the setting up of a commission to be headed by Justice (retd) Santosh Hedge of...