Monthly Archives: May 2016
No end to street protest to enact three Bills Students withstand...
IMPHAL, May 29: The water cannon procured by the State Government to disperse and drive back agitators was literally rendered ineffective today as 25...
Grenade attack
Some unidentified persons attacked a house at Sekmai Khunou Mathak Leikai, Imphal West district by hurling an explosive last night. A hand grenade was...
On completing two years in office: Change has come
Courtesy Asian Age
New Delhi, May 29 : Expressing satisfaction with several highlights of the NDA Government in the last two years, Prime Minister Narendra...
Letting young students lead the protest Leave the kids alone
73 Government schools drawing blank on the success board of the just announced HSLC examination results. Students, mostly from Government schools taking to the...
Any form of agitation today : JCILPS
IMPHAL, May 29: Strongly condemning the alleged police excesses meted out to pro-ILPS agitators, JCILPS has said that there will be no let up...
Bid to storm CM’s bungalow foiled
IMPHAL, May 29: Police today foiled an attempt to storm the official residence of the Chief Minister by volunteers of JCILPS Women Wing. A...
‘Rs 1 lakh Cr for road infrastructure in NE’
New Delhi, May 29 : Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said that the Government will invest Rs One lakh...
Manipur as a Constitutional fiction with a nostalgia
There is something admirable about the Constitution of India as a living document. Take for example, the honesty with which it records the historicity...
NE is gateway to South East Asia : Modi
SHILLONG, May 27 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said adventure tourism can emerge as the biggest employer in the North East region...
More boost to NE States
IMPHAL, May 27: The exhibition on handloom and handicrafts from North Eastern States of India will be inaugurated jointly by Dr Jitendra Singh, Minister...
Jhum cultivation losing its sheen in hills
IMPHAL, May 27 : Considering the high cost, labour and energy input involved in jhum cultivation, the practice has considerably declined in the hill...
IPAK seeks explanation
IMPHAL, May 27 : Indigenous People’s Association of Kangleipak (IPAK) has demanded an apology from former Human Rights Commission Member Yambem Laba for his...
Inter community marriage best way to unit Hills and Valley –...
As predicted by a tribal leader, if the Meitei wants to find out its root based on “Shalai Taret” (The seven clans of Manipuris) an internal conflict not only between the Meiteis and Tribal but amongst the Meiteis was imminent.
This could be indeed true as there are Brahmins and royal clan, who put themselves above all ethnic communities residing in the state. The Schedule Caste are also Meiteis, the question of who would be branded what itself is rather complex at this point of time when half of the Meitei are opposing it as predicted.
The first and foremost when we debate about the issue will ultimately lead to reservation issues.
TG students’ ILP protest in Manipur goes out of control
IMPHAL, May 27: Police had a tough time controlling the students of Tamphasana Girls Higher Secondary School today as the agitation of the students...