IMPHAL, May 19: Security Forces of Red Shield Division recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition buried under ground by a cadre of UPPK in the year 2007 at the foothills of Thangjing ridge.

According to a release of PIB, the cadre identified as SS Capt Moirangthem Raja @ Chingkheinganba @ Meiba resident of Nakhalawai, Moirang, Bishnupur district surrendered to the SF and helped in locating the cache which he buried in 2007 when the camps were shifted to Myanmar.

The cache included four carbine machine guns, four magazines, two .22mm revolvers, 42 rounds of 5.56mm ammunition and two rounds of .22mm ammunition. The surrendered cadre SS Capt Moirangthem Raja @ Chingkheinganba @ Meiba of UPPK joined the group in the year 2001, the release added.

It then stated, thereafter he was actively involved in various anti-social activities in Manipur, Nagaland and Myanmar. Subsequently, he fled to Kathmandu, Nepal in the year 2011 and was operating from there. He came to Manipur on May 17, 2013. He disclosed the location of huge cache of arms at Thangjing ridge, which was recovered after thorough search Op by SF under the aegis of Red Shield Division.

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IMPHAL, May 19: A press release from the United People’s Front, Manipur (UPF) has expressed its congratulations to N Bidyapati and Nameirakpak Chingkheinganba on their huge success in scaling the Mount Everest while holding Manipur Mountaineering and Trekking Association and guardians of the mountaineers in regard. UPF also wished  the mountaineers a safe return journey and appealed to the government to do something significant for them.

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IMPHAL, May 19: The dead body which was found near the Imphal river bank at Loukon Thingkhanphai village under Sugnu police station will be disposed off by the state as an unclaimed body tomorrow if no one comes forth to identify it.

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IMPHAL, May 19: The Zeliarong Union has appealed in a press statement not to resort to armed actions as a means of sorting out differences, adding that such mutual hostilities will only cause problems and hardship for the civil society and will not help at all for the achievement of their political goal while terming the abduction and killing of Mr. Poushingdai Gonmei, an NSCN-IM cadre, on Saturday, May 15,2013 by the ZUF men as a very unfortunate incident.

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IMPHAL, May 19: Puyamcha Mohon from Manipur summited Mt Everest today at 8:15am (IST), according to a press release of the 1st NE India top of the world Mt Everest Expedition.

After the successful summit of Mt. Everest by 9 mountaineers from NE India in the last two days, Puyamcha Mohon is the tenth individual to scale the height and of the total 13 individuals who attempted to scale the height of Mt. Everest 10 could successfully make it to the top, it said.

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IMPHAL, May 19: One cadre of NSCN (K) was apprehended on NH 37 between Khongsang and Rangpang Villige while he was moving in a Bolero vehicle yesterday. Troops of 13 Assam Rifles have been monitoring the activities of the group in Tamenglong District since the last six days which finally led to the apprehension of SS 2nd Lieutenant Gaising Maringmei of NSCN (K), a PIB release said.

It added that on getting specific information regarding movement of cadre on NH-37, an operation was launched from the Assam Rifles post at Khongsang under the aegis of Red Shield Division and resulted in the  said cadre who is active in Tamenglong District being apprehended.

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IMPHAL, May 19: All Manipur Arts and Culture Students’ Union has said in a press release that the foundation day of All Manipur Arts and Culture Students’ Union will be held at J.N. Manipur Dance Academy on May 26 at 12.30 p.m. It further said that a presentation ceremony will mark the foundation day during which gurus (male) who have devoted themselves to Manipur culture for a long time will be given presentations.

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IMPHAL, May 19: A press release issued by the Students’ Union of Kangleipak (SUK) said that revival of MUSU is of utmost importance in the interest of the University and students. It added that Students’ Union of Kangleipak supports the formation of the MUSU revival  and committee and that it will extend support to all the activities of the committee.

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IMPHAL, May 19: Sanathong Publications under the aegis of the Scholar’s Institute of Technology and Management (SITM), Guwahati organized a one day seminar on `prospect of technical education in North East India: Present trend of development` at the Manipur Press Club here today.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr Ng Bijoy Singh, MLA of Khurai AC said the present era is filled with so many changes. We need to have technical education and to develop it we have to possess technical know-how in every field. Though there is sufficient resource in the state, it could not be converted into our benefits as we do not have technical knowledge for it, he stressed. Dr AASH Barbhuiya, Former Principal NIT Silchar also spoke during the occasion.

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IMPHAL, May 19: S Sumati Devi, Secretary of the All Manipur Students’ Guardians Organisations (AMSGO) has appealed to the government to make an alternative arrangement for the street vendors since the authority has imposed a ban on street vendors vending their wares on the streets. Addressing a press conference, S Sumati said that there should be an alternative arrangement for street vendors to be allowed to vend their wares on the streets from 5 a.m. to 12.00 noon or they be allowed to sell their wares on the first floors of two buildings of Ima Keithel within one week failing which they will launch an agitation.

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