BJP backs Ramdev, stages dharna

Demanding transfer of black money belonging to Indian nationals but stashed in many foreign banks into the country, BJP Manipur Pradesh staged a protest demonstration at the gate of its office here today under the banner ‘One Day Satyagraha Against Cor…

Demanding transfer of black money belonging to Indian nationals but stashed in many foreign banks into the country, BJP Manipur Pradesh staged a protest demonstration at the gate of its office here today under the banner ‘One Day Satyagraha Against Corruption’ Source The Sangai Express

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Suicide cases Cops accused of ham handed probes

Young Women Help Organisation general secretary Arambam Robita has accused police of not conducting proper investigation, particularly in controversial suicide cases involving women Source The Sangai Express

Young Women Help Organisation general secretary Arambam Robita has accused police of not conducting proper investigation, particularly in controversial suicide cases involving women Source The Sangai Express

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Ramdev’s suppoters to continue stir

Even as Delhi police and Rapid Action Force RAF had forced out yoga guru Baba Ramdev from the National capital yesterday, the Manipur unit of Bharat Swabhiman and Patanjali Yog Samiti has decided to continue its agitation supporting the demands of it…

Even as Delhi police and Rapid Action Force RAF had forced out yoga guru Baba Ramdev from the National capital yesterday, the Manipur unit of Bharat Swabhiman and Patanjali Yog Samiti has decided to continue its agitation supporting the demands of its mentor at Singjamei Chinga Makhong Source The Sangai Express

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Rough ride awaits Govt’s 5 star dream

The State Government’s plan to set up a 5 Star hotel at Naga River Colony, North AOC is likely to face stiff opposition from the residents Source The Sangai Express

The State Government’s plan to set up a 5 Star hotel at Naga River Colony, North AOC is likely to face stiff opposition from the residents Source The Sangai Express

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Shoegate Hurler not a scribe

The man who tried to attack Congress leader Janardhan Dwivedi with a shoe in Delhi by posing as a journalist of a Rajasthan fortnightly is not associated with any newspaper in the State Source The Sangai Express Press Trust of India

The man who tried to attack Congress leader Janardhan Dwivedi with a shoe in Delhi by posing as a journalist of a Rajasthan fortnightly is not associated with any newspaper in the State Source The Sangai Express Press Trust of India

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Rail line runs into compensation bump

Several village authorities have decided to halt the track laying work of the Jiribam Tupul railway line from June 13 in case the concerned authorities failed to give away the pending compensation to Langkhong village which has been severely affected b…

Several village authorities have decided to halt the track laying work of the Jiribam Tupul railway line from June 13 in case the concerned authorities failed to give away the pending compensation to Langkhong village which has been severely affected by the railway project Source The Sangai Express

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ZEPADA for 90 pc subsidy

Zomi Economic Planning and Development Agency has among others demanded for enhancement of plantation subsidy from the current 33 percent to 90 percent as was the case for the North Eastern States in other grants Source The Sangai Express S Singli…

Zomi Economic Planning and Development Agency has among others demanded for enhancement of plantation subsidy from the current 33 percent to 90 percent as was the case for the North Eastern States in other grants Source The Sangai Express S Singlianmang Guite

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Projects under NLCPR and SPA under Delhi’s scheme of things Central team in town, starts inspection drive

A team of Central Government officials comprising of the Secretary, Ministry of DoNER Jayanti Chandra and Director, Ministry of Finance Vandita Kaul arrived at Imphal and have started inspecting NLCPR projects and other major projects taken up under SP…

A team of Central Government officials comprising of the Secretary, Ministry of DoNER Jayanti Chandra and Director, Ministry of Finance Vandita Kaul arrived at Imphal and have started inspecting NLCPR projects and other major projects taken up under SPA Source The Sangai Express

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Cops seize drugs worth Rs 200 crore in Delhi – Times of India

Cops seize drugs worth Rs 200 crore in DelhiTimes of IndiaOfficials said these drugs are smuggled from Delhi to Myanmar and China via Manipur by conduits based in northeastern states and sold in parties. Proceeds from the sales are used by terrorist ou…

Cops seize drugs worth Rs 200 crore in Delhi
Times of India
Officials said these drugs are smuggled from Delhi to Myanmar and China via Manipur by conduits based in northeastern states and sold in parties. Proceeds from the sales are used by terrorist outfits to fund their activities. Ram Naresh used to procure
Drugs worth Rs 20 crore seizedHindustan Times

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Spooky affair at Manipur Press Club – KanglaOnline

Spooky affair at Manipur Press ClubKanglaOnlineBy A Staff ReporterIMPHAL June 6: The Manipur Press Club located at Majorkhul has recently reported some paranormal activities.The club which is an official destination of the All Manipur Working Journalis…

Spooky affair at Manipur Press Club
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By A Staff ReporterIMPHAL June 6: The Manipur Press Club located at Majorkhul has recently reported some paranormal activities.The club which is an official destination of the All Manipur Working Journalist's Union, apex scribe body of the state and a

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Editorial – Art of the Possible – KanglaOnline

Editorial – Art of the PossibleKanglaOnlineThere is a tendency in Manipur for things to always return to square one. The avenue for a way out of this depressing stagnancy eludes the imagination of one and all, including our leaders, intellectuals and…

Editorial – Art of the Possible
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There is a tendency in Manipur for things to always return to square one. The avenue for a way out of this depressing stagnancy eludes the imagination of one and all, including our leaders, intellectuals and the numerous NGOs in the field of social

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Moreh worry for wildlife bureau – Calcutta Telegraph

Calcutta TelegraphMoreh worry for wildlife bureauCalcutta TelegraphGuwahati, June 6: The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau has expressed serious concern over Manipur's Chandel district bordering Myanmar becoming the most preferred transit point for smu…


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Moreh worry for wildlife bureau
Calcutta Telegraph
Guwahati, June 6: The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau has expressed serious concern over Manipur's Chandel district bordering Myanmar becoming the most preferred transit point for smuggling of animal parts and forest products from India to Southeast Asia

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Manipur steps to curb child trafficking – Calcutta Telegraph

Manipur steps to curb child traffickingCalcutta TelegraphImphal, June 6: The Manipur government has decided to set up anti-human trafficking cells in all the districts and envisages a greater role for police in checking the increasing trend of children…

Manipur steps to curb child trafficking
Calcutta Telegraph
Imphal, June 6: The Manipur government has decided to set up anti-human trafficking cells in all the districts and envisages a greater role for police in checking the increasing trend of children being smuggled out of the state.
State DGP elaborates on need of education during training on human traffickingKanglaOnline

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BJP Manipur Unit stages dharna against black money – KanglaOnline

BJP Manipur Unit stages dharna against black moneyKanglaOnlineBy A Staff ReporterIMPHAL, June 6: Showing solidarity to the nation wide Satyagraha initiated by Yog Rishi Baba Ramdev against corruption, the members of the Manipur state unit of Bharat Swa…

BJP Manipur Unit stages dharna against black money
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By A Staff ReporterIMPHAL, June 6: Showing solidarity to the nation wide Satyagraha initiated by Yog Rishi Baba Ramdev against corruption, the members of the Manipur state unit of Bharat Swabhiman Nyas and Patanjali Yog Samiti uder the aegis of state

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Editorial – Art of the Possible

There is a tendency in Manipur for things to always return to square one. The avenue for a way out of this depressing stagnancy eludes the imagination of one and… Read more »

There is a tendency in Manipur for things to always return to square one. The avenue for a way out of this depressing stagnancy eludes the imagination of one and all, including our leaders, intellectuals and the numerous NGOs in the field of social works. The shared obsession seems to be to analyse, dissect, scrutinize and then either rubbish or glorify the past compulsively and then blame each other or else some external agency or the other for all the misery and misfortune that is everybody’s fate. Maybe there is some truth in this vision but it certainly cannot be the whole truth. To think this is so would be to reduce the social organism that we all are part of, to a simplistic mechanics of stimulus and responses only. And this we know cannot be, for the being and the soul of any society is far more complex, and we would contend, infinitely so. The difficulty in sizing up a society or its mores completely lies in this complexity and not to any attributable flaws of the past, as the current intellectual tradition in social analysis in the state seems to suggest. If social issues were so clear cut, and there were no ambiguities about remedial measures, most social problems ought to have disappeared by now everywhere in the world. The greatest thinkers have discovered, or others discovered after they are long gone, that this has never been the case and cannot ever be so as well.
The linearity of our social analyses has had some very serious consequences. For instance we seem to be a society which sees salvation in the past, at the cost of even ignoring the future. From the point of view of this limited linear vision, this is totally understandable. At least in its structure as a chronological sequence of events, there is a definitiveness about the past and this makes it comparatively simple to grasp, or at least it does not make it seem out of grasping distance. We would not say the same thing about the substance that gave form to this structure, but even here the same definitiveness associated with past events thins out the desperation to get the diagnosis right. The unfortunate thing is, this approach in our effort to come to grip with the past, is often extended to our quest for an understanding of the future. This, we would contend is flawed, for one thing there is nothing linear or definite about the future. In fact, the biggest flaw in historical materialism of the Marxist variety is precisely this linear and deterministic view of history and the future. This modernist outlook it seems is infectious, and hence our problem solving efforts have seldom acknowledged that the future is about discovering previously unknown and unexplored equations. The foundations of our mainstream as well as the numerous prevalent alternate politics today have never been built on any such broad platform, negating in the process the well known, one line definition of politics as “art of the possible”. Unlike the past which is a dead process and circumscribed in time and memory, the field for the future is wide open. We cannot erase the Chahi Taret Khuntakpa chapter in our history, but creative vision of the future can prevent similar historical catastrophes.
While we cannot possibly forget our past, or ignore what we have inherited from it, we do feel there is an urgent need for our society to tone down some of its claustrophobic obsession with the past and develop a vision of the future that is not everything about undoing the past or based on any utopian ideal, but in the light of it as precisely “an art of the possible”. Only when this understanding becomes the standard, realistic terms for resolutions to most of our conflict situations, both internal and external, can begin to dawn. If the question is about past wrongs and their impacts on the present and the future, surely as creative, autonomous beings that all human individuals are, we can overcome these impacts. In structural terms, democracy guarantees this possibility. In spiritual terms too, the prison of “coloniality” of even formerly colonized worlds, cannot contain this same creativity that gives the individual the capability of sizing up his predicament and affect the changes necessary to overcome that state of mind. It is depressing that our public discourses seldom have approached the future without the past as the sole measuring tape. Let our future go beyond the status of being just a response to our past.

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Let There Be No More Delays

By: Khelsoril WanbeThangmeiband Tarung,Imphal.How shall we describe the rate of development process in Manipur? I feel either ‘slow’ or ‘very slow’ will be the right answer. If the progress of… Read more »

By: Khelsoril WanbeThangmeiband Tarung,Imphal.How shall we describe the rate of development process in Manipur? I feel either ‘slow’ or ‘very slow’ will be the right answer. If the progress of a work or project is extremely slow, its significance or benefit is diluted and gets lost on the way. We need to look at the world around us; we seem to be lagging far behind our neighboring states and countries. Let us look at the condition of our educational system, roads, electricity, water supply, medical system etc. Are they okay or are they in a mess? Even without comparing them with those of other states, we need to ask ourselves, “Are we satisfied?”. Let us first look at our educational system. Private institutions up to higher secondary level are doing quite well, although our government higher secondary schools seem to have taken the reverse gear. Our higher education, I mean, our government colleges are facing serious problems of neglect and indifference that makes it hard for them to compete with highly competitive colleges in other parts of India. So what happens is that, right after completing 10+2, most of our brilliant students flee away from the state in search of ‘greener education’ in other states so that they will be able to compete in national competitive exams like CSE, CDS, IES, IFS etc. And how many of our youth are studying in IT, engineering, medical and management colleges in other states. It’s true that here too we have few centrally funded technical institutions, but they are not more than special exceptions.  How many crores of rupees are we forfeiting ourselves and gifting away to other states just because we do not have good colleges and institutions? It is true that the general atmosphere too is not so conducive to education because of the high frequency of bandhs, strikes and boycotts. However, this should not be held as the pretext for neglecting education. Education seems to have been relegated to the bottom of the priority list of the government and also of the people (indirectly). Law and order and security are given the highest importance, although this area too is not in a healthy condition. We should not forget that education is the foundation of a society. Without it our land will be in darkness and we will get lost someday. We should not complacently look up at the prestigious institutions in other states and places where we can send our children by spending a heavy lot of money. Things are interrelated of course. So the overall condition of our state is by no means healthy. Look at the roads; how long have the development works been going on. For years and years now, we have been moving on the same rugged roads (there are few exceptions of course) and we don’t know when we will travel on roads that are comparable to those in Sydney or Bangkok. A road that has just been repaired will last only about a month. How come this is happening everywhere in this unfortunate state? Corruption is thriving and we are all swimming in this muddy water. In the high places corruption is blooming like roses of different colors. So when it comes to public property, not much is left. So meager is left for the roads, electricity, water and what not. Anything public immediately/ gradually turns into private. Good roads are converted into posh Boleros, i20, (BMW) and (Toyotas)! I can (not literally) also do that, everybody can do that; there is no restriction. Because it has been declared and demonstrated from the top that corruption is the only business that is thriving here: in this land where many a small industry has died their untimely death. Yes, we practically do not have any industry worth the name here. It is very difficult for the so many unemployed youth in the state to live a dignified life. So, many are tempted to go for illegal businesses and corrupt activities. Corruption leading to further corruption is also a special case for study here. If a young man wants to join government service, the common practice here is that he has to buy a job- which seems to be relatively more available in the security department because the land is still struggling with security problems. So a poor unemployed guy is willing to bribe lakhs of rupees to get a modest job that will earn him few thousand rupees a month, and the temptation is all around him- to snatch if necessary from unwary preys- and he easily becomes a predator. But, this is happening in other departments too. If you want a file to move smoothly, you have to grease the palms of humble public servants in the government offices. Is this a part of redtapism/bureaucrazy, I wonder but this is happening. And I still wonder if Jan Lokpal bill will be able to help the poor people of Manipur. It becomes increasingly confusing as to who is the predator and who the prey; who the saint and who the hypocrite. So we are all swimming so contentedly in this slimy muddy water of corruption-one of its kind in the world. Corruption is an all-encompassing institution that seems to have attained a venerated status in the state, for it dwells so pompously in high places as well as among the rank and file of the society. From the highest to the lowest rung of the society- the virus has affected all. The heartening development in the recent months, however, have been that of Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh’s pledge to punish corrupt official and the big catches that followed in the persons of Suresh Kalmadi and his associates at the central level. But, it remains uncertain when or whether our tiny state will ever be freed from this malignant virus. It will definitely involve a bitter and painful therapy if we ever want to see a cure from this epidemic or whatever we may call it. Old habits die hard- it is possible but difficult for an alcoholic to turn into a teetotaler. It is going to involve the overhauling of the whole system in which we are moving. And that too has to come from the top- from those who walk in the corridors of power and sit at the steering wheel of the government. “Government of the people, by the people for the people” seems to have perished from the earth and no longer seems to be applicable in the world around here. Other than corruption, there are other things too that we need to give serious thoughts to if we want to rise from this present plight we are in. We need to look at advanced countries and see how they had metamorphosed into what they are today. Nothing of this world is perfect but my desire is to think together how we can improve our present dismal condition we are living in.
     A month or so ago, during his visit to Manipur, the ambassador of Cuba proudly enumerated the great and impressive achievements of the Cuban Revolution. In Cuba, he said, free medical check-up are given to its healthy citizens for it is much better to prevent sickness than try to cure after a person has got sick. Free medical treatment to all. Free education up to master level was also what he mentioned is made available in Cuba. 65% of technical jobs in Cuba are held by women, he said. Cuba has made a really very impressive achievement in the area of Human Resource Development, even better than those in USA and Europe. Sincerity, dedication and discipline are obviously the hallmarks of the Cubans which we too should try to emulate. But here we seem to regard sincere and honest people as simpletons. Are we in need of overhauling our attitude and mentality? 

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AIR Imphal News -7th June 2011 7.30 Evening

Source:- AIR Imphal; Recorded by:- KO in public interest.

AIR News 7.30 p.m Source:- AIR Imphal; Recorded by:- KO in public interest.

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Former UNC Speaker attacked – MorungExpress

Former UNC Speaker attackedMorungExpressPolice said two powerful explosions went off one after another in the residential compound of the social worker in Ukhrul district of Manipur. The bomb explosion took place at Phungreitang Kamphasom which is abou…

Former UNC Speaker attacked
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Police said two powerful explosions went off one after another in the residential compound of the social worker in Ukhrul district of Manipur. The bomb explosion took place at Phungreitang Kamphasom which is about three kms east of Ukhrul police

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Railways’ new schedule for rail line to Manipur – Assam Tribune

Railways' new schedule for rail line to ManipurAssam TribuneNEW DELHI, June 6 – Imphal, capital of Manipur, is likely to find a place in the railway map of India in 2016, according to a new schedule drawn up by the Railway Ministry. Delay in exec…

Railways' new schedule for rail line to Manipur
Assam Tribune
NEW DELHI, June 6 – Imphal, capital of Manipur, is likely to find a place in the railway map of India in 2016, according to a new schedule drawn up by the Railway Ministry. Delay in execution of therailway projects figured at the meeting convened by

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Railways’ new schedule for rail line to Manipur – Assam Tribune

Railways' new schedule for rail line to ManipurAssam TribuneNEW DELHI, June 6 – Imphal, capital of Manipur, is likely to find a place in the railway map of India in 2016, according to a new schedule drawn up by the Railway Ministry. Delay in exec…

Railways' new schedule for rail line to Manipur
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NEW DELHI, June 6 – Imphal, capital of Manipur, is likely to find a place in the railway map of India in 2016, according to a new schedule drawn up by the Railway Ministry. Delay in execution of therailway projects figured at the meeting convened by

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