Day: November 21, 2012

Cadets of Sainik School Imphal brought laurels to school by emerging Champion in Bournvita Quiz Contest for Imphal City organized by Derek O’ Brien & associates on behalf of Cadbury at Lamyanba Pakhang Palace Compound, Imphal East on 12 Nov 2012. Out of 27 schools from the State, Sainik School Imphal Team represented by Cdt Boris Sougrakpam of Class VII and Cdt Lourembam Max of Class VII stood first and won gold medals, certificates and a City Winner’s Banner.

At 2nd National Level Exhibition & Project Competitions of INSPIRE Awardees of innovation in Science Pursuit for inspired Research organized under the aegis of Ministry of Science & Technology, Department of Science & Technology, Govt of India at New Delhi from 21 to 23 October 2012, Cdt Miranda Thoudam was adjudged second for the North East Region. She has become one of the 15 exhibitors selected from different Regions of the country to visit the Rashtrapati Bhawan on 07 March 2013. She participated in the completion after qualifying District and State Levels competitions.

Also, Cdt Parikshit Thoudam of Class XII has been selected by JENESYS (Japan-East Asia Network of Exhange for Students and Youth) for its first batch of visit to Japan from 18 Nov to 25 Nov 2012. The Cadet’s essay on the theme “Role of Society and Govt for Conservation of Environment” is also selected as one of the best 17 in the country for the innovation Challenge 2012 organised by IIMT and Oxford Brokes University.

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Dimapur/Imphal, Nov 21 NNN: On the eve of the expiry of its deadline for the abrogation of the (SoO), the Kuki National Organisation (KNO), one of the two umbrella organisations of the Kuki militant outfits, has reviewed its decision of abrogating the ongoing Suspension of Operation with the government. The deadline given by the KNO to abrogate was November 22. The KNO then said the Kuki State Demand Committee (KSDC)’s stand of continuing the agitation “can be suspended now” as the government of India had assured to start the dialogue after the ensuing Winter Session of the Parliament.
The KNO’s decision came a day after United Peoples’ Front (UPF), another umbrella body of the Kuki militant outfits, had pronounced that the KSDC sponsored blockade should not be imposed under the UPF’s jurisdiction.
KNO spokesman Seilen Haokip said, “We have waited for seven long years to begin the dialogue and now the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had conveyed its position through the government of Manipur that the process to work out for dialogue modalities should begin any day which is a pre-requisite to hold the formal dialogue after the Parliament Session.
I think this is quite enough and that the KSDC should suspend their agitation by now.” Seilen Haokip further stated that the KNO had reviewed its decision of abrogating the Suspension of Operation following Union Home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde’s assurance conveyed through Manipur deputy chief minister Gaikhangam few days ago to start the dialogue with the Kuki militant outfits. “We are satisfied with the assurance from none other than the Union Home minister to begin the dialogue after the ensuing Parliament Session,” said buoyed Seilen Haokip.
On November 2, the KNO leader had said in New Delhi that the outfit had taken the decision to abrogate the SoO if the dialogue was not held by November 22.
“We would like to be reasonable. We are not anti-nationals. We are asserting our democratic rights under the Constitution of India.
You know, when (an) assurance has come from not other than the Union Home minister, I think that should be quite enough,” stated Seilen Haokip when asked today on the ongoing KSDC sponsored ‘public blockade’. “One should also consider the tremendous suffering being experienced by the general public due to such blockade,” added the KNO leader while saying,”Anyway, we are finding out what prompted the KSDC to carry on the agitation inspite of the assurance from the Ministry of Home Affairs.”
On being asked about the United People’s Front (UPF)’s reported position not to allow the ongoing KSDC sponsored ‘public blockade’ under its (UPF) jurisdiction, the KNO leader said,”Yes, that is because we (both KNO and UPF) share the same line of thinking”. Seilen Haokip then asked, “When the assurance was given by the government what is the need to be negative about it?”
He then said, “Peaceful protest is fine but when it turns violent then I think we do not subscribe to such line.”

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/kno-agrees-to-extend-soo-asks-ksdc-to-supend-agitation/

IMPHAL, Nov 21 NNN: Police today lobbed tear-gas shells to disperse the supporters of the Kuki State Demand Committee (KSDC) at Gwaltabi in the Imphal-Ukhrul road at around 3 pm today that resulted in the injury of seven women protestors.
Three of them werer referred to Christian Hospital at Deulahlane. Four were treated locally.
Meanwhile, KSDC information secretary George Guite has condemned in the strongest term on the act of the police personnel. The injured were identified as Namkhovah , Lhaiboi Neihoikim , Kimthing , Lhingcha , Lhingneilam and Chongboi .

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/seven-injured-in-protest-at-gwaltabi/

IMPHAL, Nov 21 NNN : The quagmire pertaining to the ‘revival’ of All Tribal Students’ Union, Manipur (ATSUM) is here to stay for a longer period than expected.
On Wednesday, the Kuki Students’ Organisation (KSO) said that it does not recognize the ‘general assembly’ convened November 20 at Hotel Tampha by some tribal student leaders in the guise of All Tribal Students’ Union, Manipur (ATSUM). The KSO declared that all decisions or resolutions adopted in that “bogus assembly” were in vain. And the mooted ‘tribal commission’ advocated by the assembly was nothing but futile attempt to gain acceptance in the eyes of the public by posing as ATSUM, the Kuki students’ body stated.
“On November 13, 2012, a consultative meeting was held at Hotel Imphal participated by Senapati District Students’ Association (SDSA), Naga Students’ Union Chandel (NSUC), Kuki Students’ Organisation (KSO- General Headquarters) and its district branches, former ATSUM presidents, secretaries, and advisors; in the august presence of the ATSUM’s founder president. In that meeting the controversial formation of ATSUM was deliberated and all the participants expressed their regrets that such a situation that had never happened in the history of ATSUM came out to taunt the tribal society today.
After a threadbare discussion, it was unanimously agreed that an ‘interim body’ of five members be formed. Accordingly a ‘five member interim body’ was constituted which includes the ATSUM founder president and four other senior leaders.
The five member interim body was authorized to find a solution for holding a legitimate ATSUM election. The meeting resolved that no leaders should waver from supporting this course of action until its objective is achieved.
The interim body also decided not to resort to a ‘paper war’ in the interest of tribal solidarity and well being of ATSUM,” the Kuki Students’ Organisation (KSO) said.
According to the KSO, it pledges to find a way out of this imbroglio and settle this contentious issue in a peaceful manner.
“It is to be noted that Churachandpur District Students’ Union (CDSU), in its letter addressed to the ‘self styled’ speaker of ATSUM, has already ‘suspended’ its presidential candidacy in the supposedly formed ATSUM. It does not support this ATSUM anymore. Therefore, this supposedly formed ATSUM can never represent the whole tribal population of Manipur. It does not have the mandate to represent the hope and aspiration of the tribal people. As a matter of fact, it is prudent of these student leaders to form a new organization if they are that much eager to work for tribal interests, rather than function in the name and style of ATSUM,” the KSO suggested.
The Kuki students’ body then said since this is a “pseudo ATSUM” having no legitimate support of KSO and All Naga Students’ Association, Manipur (ANSAM), verily it will be seen that everything it embodied will be just hogwash. “These people should not try to steal the name of ATSUM but trying to realize that ATSUM cannot just work without the ‘unanimous’ support of the KSO and ANSAM as its supporting pillars. These supposed leaders of ATSUM must not hope to take the easy way out by trying to gain mileage from whatever ATSUM had painstakingly built and achieved so far,” the Kuki students’ body cautions.
Time and again, the KSO then urges the public not to accord any recognition or lend any support to this ‘pseudo ATSUM’.
The ATSUM will be restored to its former self under the auspice of the ‘five member interim body’, with the support of the ANSAM, the KSO, and the former leaders of ATSUM, the Kuki students’ body added.

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/kso-not-recognizing-atsum/