Day: August 17, 2013

IMPHAL, August 17 NNN: The Zeliangrong Students’ Union, Manipur (ZSUM) today remembered its former state secretary Chunthuigai Kamei on his 1st death anniversary at Luangmai (Noney), Tamenglong district.
Leaders of several tribal student organizations paid floral tribute to the late ZSUM leader. A memorial stone of Kamei was later unveiled by ZSU (Assam, Manipur and Nagaland) president Pamei Tingenlung at the occasion. A two-minute silence was also observed in honour of the departed soul.
Solidarity messages were given by leaders of All Naga Students’ Association, Manipur, All Tribal Students, Union, Manipur and others.

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/zsum-remembers-kamei/

IMPHAL, August 17 NNN : Minor Irrigation Department, Manipur today inaugurated six River Lift Irrigation (RLI) schemes in three valley districts of Manipur and dedicated to the public.
Six RLI schemes—Maibam Deven Mapa RLI Scheme and Hangun Maharani Loukol RLI Scheme in Wabgai constituency, Sekmaijin Khomei RLI Scheme in Hiyanglam constituency, Wangjing Lamding RLI Scheme in Khangabok constituency and Thoubal Ningombam RLI Scheme and Thoubal Okram RLI Scheme in Thoubal district— were dedicated to the public after the inaugurations by K Meghachandra Singh, Parliamentary Secretary for Minor Irrigation and Information and Public Relations.
MLAs O Landhoni Devi, Md Fajur Rahim, M Kunjo and M Shyambabu were also present during the inauguration ceremonies.
Minor Irrigation Department, Manipur has taken up the schemes as an allied project under the sponsorship of AIBP, 165 Minor Irrigation, Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India. This project aims to improve paddy buns and crops production, according to M Shyambabu Singh, Chief Engineer, Minor Irrigation Department.
Farmers can take up even triple cropping if these schemes are implemented well. Each scheme can also provide irrigation water to 20-30 pari (acre) of paddy field of potential credit during dry season and drought. And, if the paddy field is of ultimate credit, it can supply water to 40 paris, he said.

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/six-rli-schemes-launched/

IMPHAL, Aug 17 NNN : As the controversy over Indo-Myanmar border fencing persists, with many villages of Manipur have been included in Myanmar side due to the faulty border fencing, the Tangkhul Naga Wungnao Long (TNWL) or Tangkhul Village Chiefs’ Association of Ukhrul district, Manipur State has submitted a memorandum each to the Prime Minister of India, the Union Home Minister, the Union External Affair Minister, the Ambassador of the Republic of Myanmar to India and the Governor of Manipur through the Deputy Commissioner, Ukhrul district.
In each memorandum, the TNWL sought the intervention of these above addressed personalities.
“Every nation big or small has a territorial boundary and likewise, all Naga villages share traditional boundary with others. Naga villages govern themselves and deliver justice by a set of traditional and customary laws since time immemorial. Every village is a republic and border dispute is of rare occurrence because we do not intent to grasp land which does not belong to us and also respect others ownership of land and their land law,” the memorandum stated.
According to TNWL, decades ago, aliens in civilian and military uniforms appeared in our land and erected border pillars with brute force against strong protestors along the existing lines of pillars erected without our prior informed knowledge and consent of the real land owners which cannot be honoured. The considered International pillars that stands today between India and Myanmar is not erected based on traditional and historical boundaries of our forefathers. As the rightful land owner, we cannot accept those border pillars erected either before or after India’s Independent under any circumstances, the Tangkhul chiefs’ body said.
“One of the main agenda of the Nagas is to live together under one administrative roof. Therefore, the Naga people in the present state of Manipur convened a Naga Peoples’ Convention (NPC) on 8th and 9th August, 2001, under the aegis of the United Naga Council (UNC), and, among others, resolved:”… that our identity and history have to be defended at all cost, and the firm political stand of the Nagas in Manipur is to uphold the resolution of the Naga people for integration for all Naga areas under one administration”. To attain, the Nagas of Manipur under the aegis of the United Naga Council (UNC) have demanded Alternative Arrangement outside the Government of Manipur pending Indo-Naga final settlement to the Government of India. In this connection, 5 (five) rounds of Tripartite Talks between the GoI, GoM and UNC had been held and the last was on the 12th February 2013 at Tahamzam (Senapati District Headquarters. It is therefore our obligation to safeguard our ancestral homeland at any cost and we will not part even an inch of our land because land and the Nagas are inseparable,” the chiefs body further stated.
While appreciating the ongoing construction of fencing along Indo-Myanmar International border, the TNWL urges the above addressed leaders to kindly accommodate their sentiments by erecting new International pillars respecting traditional boundaries.
Knee-high socks
London, August 17 (ANI): Knee-length socks, which once conquered an empire, now seem to be fading into history, as British men today prefer wearing ankle socks, ultra short sports socks or no socks at all.
Demand for the long woollen socks has fallen with modern lightweight shoes making them impractical and uncomfortable, the Daily Express reported.

According to Ed Watson, of Debenhams stores, while some men still refuse to part with tradition, knee-high socks are now worn primarily by school children and Swiss yodelling champions. (ANI)

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/tangkhul-bodies-apprise-pm-over-border-fencing/