Day: September 26, 2012

IMPHAL, Sept 26 NNN: “ The Education Department has already set up an Education Wing to develop and facilitate the state’s education system under the strict supervision of a Chief Engineer. An education tourism centre will also be set up at the border town Moreh where Burmese students will also take part in the project “, said M. Okendro, Education Minister of the state.
He was speaking as the chief guest during the T.G Higher Secondary School Fresher cum Literary cum Cultural Meet which was held at the institute’s premise.
The function was also attended by A.K. Mirabai, Social Welfare Minister; MLA O. Landoni and Pramo Devi, Principal of T.G. Higher Secondary School as the president and guests of honour respectively.
M. Okendro stated that the state government is planning to include more Higher Secondary School in all the 60 constituency of the state and stressed that the process of expanding Right to Free Education upto Secondary level is also on the offing.
“ The Education Department is planning to bring more system to enhance the quality education which the state needs. We are also considering for setting up of Women Colleges in all the districts of the state “, added M. Okendro.
O. Landoni, the Congress MLA who is also the lady wife of the chief minister while hailing the T.G. Higher Secondary School noted that it is among the best and reputed institutes of the state. She added that women have to be well educated in order to bring development and peace in the state.

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Imphal, Sept 26 NNN : The Rongmei Naga Baptist Association (RNBA) has called upon the state Government of Manipur to look into a range of problems such as road communication, electricity and water facing in the district of Tamenglong prior to the Youth Conference to be held at the district headquarters next January.
RNBA, Youth Wing secretary Gunn Gangmei and its pastor Rev. L Timothy talked in detail about the 6th Youth Conference as well as the current problems being faced by the people of Tamenglong during a press meet at the Manipur Press Club here on Wednesday.
The 3-day long Youth Conference being organised by the church body will be held on January 17-20 next year at Tamenglong headquarters and it would be participated by 183 church bodies from the states of Manipur and Assam, apart from many people from Delhi, Bangalore and the Northeast. The conference is held every five years.
They said the present condition of National Highway-37 is very bad besides Tamenglong district has suffered from lack of proper electricity and potable water. Whenever strong wind sweeps, power poles are often snapped and caused power outage, leaving the people in darkness, they added. Appealing the Government to address the problems before the ensuing conference, they also urged former to make it a grand success.

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Imphal, Sept 26 NNN: There have been fierce gun battles between the NSCN-IM on one side and the combined team of Zeliangring United Front (ZUF) and NSCN-K on the other at Wairangba village near Tamenglong district headquarters yesterday and today.
Regarding the casualties, contradictory reports have been pouring-in in the media houses tonight.
Wairangba Khunou or Matung is located about 12 kilometres in the eastern side of Tamenglong district headquarters.
On the casualty reports, the NSCN-K claimed that six NSCN-IM cadres were killed while the rival group dismissed the reports.
A well placed source from the NSCN-K informed Newmai News Network tonight that six cadres of the NSCN-IM have been killed in the clashes and recovered the six weapons of the deceased. On the other hand, Lungchaibi who is the deputy kilonser (minister) of the NSCN-IM in-charge of Zeliangrong Region told Newmai News Network that no one was even injured from his outfit. “Due to the bomb explosion hurled by the ZUF/NSCN-K cadres, a goat was found killed in our camp.” Lungchaibi also expressed unhappiness that the All India Radio news where it was broad cast that six NSCN-IM cadres were killed in the clashes. “It is unfortunate that false news have been broad cast and published without being authenticated,” rued the NSCN-IM leader.
Talking to NNN, ZUF chairman Kamson said it was still not clear the number of casualties. “However, we have driven out the NSCN-IM cadres from the Wairangba Khunou area,” claimed Kamson.
According to NSCN-IM leader Ringthim, the combined team of ZUF/NSCN-K came from three directions and attacked their camps at around 5:30 pm yesterday. “They came in large number with well planned to attack our boys whose strength was just 20 to 30,” said Ringthim.
According to deputy kilonser Lungchaibi, the position of the NSCN-IM was not good at the time of the attacks. “So we have moved up hill and our boys are conducting a worship service at the moment,” disclosed Lungchaibi.
Meanwhile, reports reaching here on Wednesday said a fierce gun battle took place between the NSCN-IM and ZUF at Duiluan Matung, also known as Wairangba in the hill district of Tamenglong which lasted several hours. The intermittent fighting started around 5 pm yesterday and continued till noon today during which six NSCN-IM cadres were killed and injured one pastor, the reports said.
The reports further said heavily armed ZUF cadres had been loitering in the area for the last few days. Four mess quarters of the NSCN-IM located in the area. The ZUF have reportedly overrun two out of the four mess quarters.
The gun battles began yesterday at around 5 pm and continued till 10 pm. It started again at around 3 am today and continued for the whole day.

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/naga-millitants-clash-at-wairangba/

Imphal, Sept 26 NNN: The first round of talks between the state Government and Joint Committee of Hill Districts Student Organisation, Manipur (JCHDSO) on opening of Teacher’s Eligibility Test (TET) form distribution centres and TET exam centres in five hill districts of Manipur failed to make any breakthrough on Wednesday.
As per sources closed to JCHDSO, the first round of talks over TET issue was held at the office chamber of the state Education Minister here but the two sides failed to make any advance on making available the TET forms and at the same time setting up of TET exam centres in the hill districts.
At the meeting, the state Government side was represented by Education Minister M Okendro, Agriculture Minister Md Nasir and other MLAs while presidents of Zeliangrong Students’ Union, Manipur (ZASUM), Naga Students’ Union, Chandel (NSUC), Senapati District Students’ Association (SDSA) and Tangkhul Katamnao Saklong (TKS) represented the JCHDSO.
Education Minister Okendro told the tribal student committee that there is a technical problem to hold TET exam in the hill district headquarters in the current year, it will be feasible from next year onwards, the sources said.
However, the representatives of the committee rejected the proposal of the minister telling him they cannot compromise the demand. They urged Okendro to defer the scheduled TET exam for some time so as to make all the necessary arrangements during that period to make it all possible to hold the exam in the hill district headquarters.
As the committee failed to budge, Okendro later told them to discuss the matter in another meeting along with leaders of the valley student bodies, resulting in a fresh stalemate over the issue.
JCHDSO also submitted a representation which mentioned a charter of demands adopted by it to the minister.

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Imphal, Sept 26 NNN: In yet another seizure of contraband drugs, the Anti-Smuggling Unit Custom, Imphal division has seized a drug consignment from a Tata truck at Kangpokpi near B.D.O Office under Senapati district at around 12.30 afternoon today.
The seized contraband drugs are 22 boxes of Actidium (Pseudo Ephedrine) each box containing 12 number of packets worth Rs.1,69,375 in local market ; 14 kg of Pangolin Scak worth Rs.8,40,000 in local market and 37 bundles of Amlesum Plus Tablet worth Rs.17,995 in the local market.
Addressing the media about the seizure, Superintendent of Police of Custom, L. Shimte stated that the drugs were found in a Tata truck bearing registration number MN-O1-7244 coming from Dimapur towards Imphal.
The driver of the truck has been identified as Amir Khan (25) s/o Helalauddin from Lilong Chairen Makhong under Lilong Police Station of Thoubal district while the handyman is identified as Md. Amjad Khan (25) s/o Md. Hellauddin of Thoubal Moijing Litan Makhong under Thoubal Police Station of Thoubal district.
A case has been registered under C.N.0. 01/CL/ EXP/ IMP/ CUS/ 12-13, informed the sources.

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/contraband-drugs-intercepted/