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Coase and The Forest Degradation in Manipur: The misfortune of the mountains – KanglaOnline

Coase and The Forest Degradation in Manipur: The misfortune of the mountainsKanglaOnlineSomething like this has been happening in the mountains of Manipur and it is getting worseby the day. The significance of the mountains in this province lies in the…

Coase and The Forest Degradation in Manipur: The misfortune of the mountains
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Something like this has been happening in the mountains of Manipur and it is getting worseby the day. The significance of the mountains in this province lies in the synonymousness with the forests as elsewhere in the province. The degradation of the …

Coase and The Forest Degradation in Manipur: The misfortune of the mountains

By Amar Yumnam Ronal Coase is Nobel laureate in Economics. There is a theorem which he propounded. It states that in cases where the ownership of property is not properly

By Amar Yumnam

Ronal Coase is Nobel laureate in Economics. There is a theorem which he propounded. It states that in cases where the ownership of property is not properly defined, that property would suffer fast degradation as everybody would try to exploit it at the maximum in as short a time as possible. This naturally leads to the fast deterioration in the quality and quantity of the resource in question. Something like this has been happening in the mountains of Manipur and it is getting worseby the day. The significance of the mountains in this province lies in the synonymousness with the forests as elsewhere in the province. The degradation of the forests in Manipur was always bad and it is getting increasingly worse. The disappearing forests, worsening environmental scenario and probable disappearance of mountains in Manipur have never occupied the mind of the thinking public and the space of policy formulation. During the 1980s and 1990s, the Tamenglong scenario in this rate of forest degradation was absolutely the worst in Manipur.

But the worst and the most challenging phenomenon of forest degradation is now happening in the Chandel District. There could be many reasons for the Chandel leaving Tamenglong behind. One possible reason could be the declining comparative economic value of the forests in Tamenglong district. If this is the case, it willnot be a sustainable one. If the Chandel value declines as it wont, the exploitation of the Tamenglong forests would again resume in a way to permanently and irrevocably destroy the forests in the latter. The more dangerous scenario is the most likely probability of the Chandel forests to experience irrevocable and permanent damage in this round of exploitation itself. In fact the scenario in Chandel today is so bad that quite many mountains are now facing the risk of absolute disappearance in due course thanks to the complete disappearance of the forest covers. The issue is why has such a situation arisen in this district? The answer lies in the worst form of Coasian problem being faced in this district. First, the property rights in the forests in this district are as ill-defined as they could be. Second, the first problem is coupled by an acute competition among diverse ethnic groups for dominance.

In the absence of expanding economic opportunities, all the members of each ethnic group have depended increasingly heavily on the exploitation of the forests. In other words, the exploitation of the forests has been so interlinked with the livelihood possibilities. Since the property rights are ill-defined, each is trying to competitively exploit the forests as completely as possible so as to leave no scope for others to take advantage. This is a sure route to destruction of the forests sooner than later, and ultimately the disappearance of the mountains in due course. The long run implication is disappearance of livelihood possibilities of the common man as the forests have disappeared. The overall social implication for Manipur would be very precarious and environmentally highly hazardous.

The land and the people of Manipur can in no case afford the continuance of the current form of forest exploitation and mountain degradation in the Chandel district. We have to evolve a strategy for addressing this problem. The immediate intervention should be a strict application of environmental governance rules. This alone however would not be enough. We have to complement this by a strong livelihood expansion strategies. This is something required by all the mountain districts of Manipur, but the environmental imperative for this in the Chandel district is overwhelming. Still further, the people of the district as stakeholders should now initiate articulation and debate over the sustainable future of the people and the environment within a longer time perspective. Current predominance of only immediate outcomes as relevant should be replaced by this longer term perspective. People require the state and the environment and vice versa. We survive together with the environment or we die with it. Here time is of the essence for evolving towards an appropriate property rights regime.

Make Haste and Prioritise Carefully

By B.G. Verghese Mr Modi is now firmly in the saddle. He should not let his enthusiasm outpace what should be a measured administrative stride nor allow his colleagues to

By B.G. Verghese

Mr Modi is now firmly in the saddle. He should not let his enthusiasm outpace what should be a measured administrative stride nor allow his colleagues to derail him by thoughtless word or deed. The swearing-in was hyped beyond measure both as a spectacle and a diplomatic coup. The first was a bit of a bore with ninety minutes of repetitive swearing-in while the ensuing talks with the visiting heads of government and others could not be path-breaking without key ministers in place or any in-depth briefing. It was at best a pleasant and useful getting-acquainted exercise.

The Council of Ministers has the virtue of being small (45) but there will soon be some expansion in order to ensure political and regional balance. The consolidation of relatedministries like transport and energy is welcome but may need further streamlining. Collective cabinet responsibility and accountability have been restored by abolishing the plethora of GOMs and EGOMs that the UPA recklessly set up.

Information & Broadcasting has strangely been mated with the Environment. Both need reform, the first by being abolished, with its component units like PrasarBharati, the Films Division and DAVP being granted autonomy; and the other by avoiding an excessively rigid touch-me-not approach to nature, something that misreads the progress of civilisation. The environment must of course be protected but the watchword must be dynamic balance. Poverty is the worst pollutant and to get rid of poverty (and avoid social instability) we need infrastructure, skilling and jobs. The new Environment Minister has promised to fast track Rs 80,000 core of stalled projects, which if sensibly done will give a great stimulus to investment and growth.

Mr Modi has been right to call for openness in government and to urge ministers and officials to twitter and keep in touch with the public. The social media and responsive government are each important in their own way but there is danger encouraging a babel of individual voices, each claiming to represent some essential truth. The result can only be misunderstanding and incoherence and a departure from studied decision-making.

There is also need to be wary of too much centralisation of authority in the person of the Prime Minister and the PMO as appears to be Mr Modi’s inclination. India does not operate a presidential system and even an overdose of presidential style can lead to loss of ministerial initiative and a tendency to pass the buck.

Jitendra Singh, Minister of State in the PMO was unwise to stir an avoidable controversy hours over Article 370 had commenced. This fetched a tart reply from Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti that any such move could prove dangerous and controversia.The RSS immediately joined in to support abrogation, thrusting its view matters on the new dispensation. Thisis a danger signal and could suggest the Parivar’sdesire to remote-control and micro-manage events from Nagpur.

BJP-RSS illiteracy on Article 370 is well known. The notion that this makes J&K a less integrated state than others is fallacious. Article 1 read with Schedule IEntry 15 and the J&K Constitution (which few know about or have bothered to read) make this absolutely clear. The argument that Article 370 has not benefited the people of J&K but has stalled their progress and welfare is bogus. The State has the best record of any in the matter of land reformsin abolishing landlordism an evil that continues to enslave millions, especially in eastern and southern India.

Moreover, Article 370is just among a whole family of provisions contained in Articles 371 and 371 A to Iand the Fifth and Sixth Schedules that provide for special dispensations for different classes of people and regions.

The BJP and RSS can equally do with a tutorial on a uniform civil code. This is a Directive Principle (Article 44) that calls on the State “to endeavour” to legislate a uniform civil code. Securing a UCC does not imply any compulsion to abrogate personal laws as tirelessly and mischievously argued byill-informed politicians, lawyers, editors and academics. Personal laws come under the rubric of “freedom of conscience and the free profession, practice and propagation of religion” guaranteed by Article 25 subject to “public order, morality and health” and other fundamental rights.

Any UCC will therefore necessarily be optional and, indeed, exists in part in the Special Marriage and Divorce Act 1954.But by a special amendment sponsored by the Indira Gandhi government during the Emergency, Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs marrying under the Special Marriage Act are to be governed by the Hindu Succession Act, a patent effort at communal appeasement.

The Special Marriage Act is a great boon and allows inter-faith, inter-caste and even inter–regional marriage without necessitating conversion by one or other spouse to the faith of the other. Moreover, few know that Goa is governed by a UCC, a legacy of Portuguese rule. Neither has been challenged for being ultra vires.

A UCC essentially provides for gender justice. Allpersonal laws, without exception, are heavily biased against women in order to keep property within the family circle. Property, not faith, underpins personallaws. Empowering women by granting them one-third representation in Parliament is relative trivia compared to empowering 600 million Indian women through a UCCthat enables them to regulate their personal lives. Yet those who eloquently plead for women’s rights, including women, have ignorantly joined the vicious bandwagon illegally and gratuitously to crush women’s rights.This is one of the great inequities of modern India.

The truth is that the RSS-BJP believethat brandishing the prospectof a UCCis a whip with which to terrify Muslims in particular and get them to fall in line. The other popular notion that Hindu law has been unified is another piece of exalted rubbish. The Hindu Code Bill codified a considerable part of Hindu law but many other Hindu codes continue to exist in different parts of the country. Among the practices protected by Hindu law is the joint family, a property-oriented regime that has today become a major tax haven.

Finally, Entry 5 of the Concurrent List entitles any State to enact a UCC as marriage and divorce, adoption, wills, intestacy, succession, joint family and partition fall within its concurrent jurisdiction. Why then has no BJP-ruled State even lifted a finger to enact a UCC, as many states took the initiative to legislate freedom of information Acts. The new Law Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad on TV last week spoke of “unifying India’s oneness” and its unity in diversity through a UCC. Do it man; don’t dance around it as others have done for 50 years. India needs a UCC today. Without it, no Indian has the right by law to be an Indian in personal life. He or she must remain not even a Hindu, Muslim, Christian or Sikh Indian, but, ultimately, a denominational or sub-denominational one at that, down to the gotra by Khap law. What an unfolding of the inner hollowness and humbug of Indian secularism.

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Stop Playing With Bombs and Words

The May 29 bomb explosion at the crowded market place of Singjamei was another senseless act committed by ‘cowards’. Yes, this was the word used by most of the political

The May 29 bomb explosion at the crowded market place of Singjamei was another senseless act committed by ‘cowards’. Yes, this was the word used by most of the political leaders who visited the site of the blast. The same word was used when the leaders spoke to the media at the sidelines of their visit to the victims who are still fighting for their life in some of the hospitals in Imphal. Planting bomb at a busy market place is a sign of insanity. Let us all agree with that. Indications are that the blast was targeted at some particular community. Yet a bomb is not so intelligent to differentiate between people of different communities. It can hurt or kill anyone having no prejudice. One valley based proscribed outfit has charged that it could be a sinister design of the state to show Manipur in a bad light. We cannot ascertain the charge thrown against the state by the outfit as of now. But on hindsight, Chief Minister visited the site of the blast. After that the CM visited the victims in the hospitals, like any other responsible leader. He said the government will not spare the perpetrators. Besides, the CM did not ruled out the possibility of the bomb being targeted at the non-locals as the area is often crowded by them. Yet the motive can only be ascertained after proper investigation and apprehension of the perpetrators involved, the CM also added. We cannot imagine how many more bombs will be exploded in crowded areas in the days to come. People of Imphal have seen a series of bomb blast in the recent past. We have not heard of a single perpetrator getting caught by the state police so far. Both the CM and the deputy CM were brave enough to cover up the failure of the state security, maintaining that there have been no lapses from the part of the home department. Needless to mention that the site of the blast has round the clock security deployment; with the army sentry snooping down from the height of the Chinga Ching as well. As we have mentioned in this column earlier, most of the check points in Imphal have already been outsourced to the ‘quasi force’ called the Village Defense Force. These VDF are engaged only in two kinds of duties. One is to frisk the youngsters, who are on two wheelers and check every personal belongings needlessly. Secondly, checking the vehicles returning from Moreh to Imphal, for a few currency notes to be extracted from the drivers or the petty businessmen, this is evidently visible at the Chinga Makhong check point every day. The blast could have been averted had the security been alert of any suspicious movements in the particular area, rather than harassing youngsters or milking money from the vehicles. We have learned from sources that the VDF personnel who were posted for duty on the day of the blast were given a good thrashing by their senior officers. The fact is that the state has outsourced some of the most important jobs of maintaining security to some ill-trained force who are pitiably under-paid and motivated. The state leaders at the same time shirk away from owing responsibility when a major crime like bomb blast occurs at a crowded place. What is even more distasteful is the audacity of the CM to claim that his government has been trying their best to prevent such incidents in areas especially where AFSPA has been lifted. Not only this, his deputy purportedly justified the incident that it was not an isolated incident. He said “even in highly advance country like US, shooting incidents of school children happens”. We cannot figure out what kind of analogy the deputy CM was trying to draw. But enough playing with words when people are dying, the ‘cowards’ could be hiding in your backyard.

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“Ibudhou Marjing complex has huge tourism potential”

IMPHAL, June 1: “The Ibudhou Marjing complex has huge tourism potential and could be turned into an attractive tourist spot of the State. We dream of becoming a tourist destination

IMPHAL, June 1: “The Ibudhou Marjing complex has huge tourism potential and could be turned into an attractive tourist spot of the State. We dream of becoming a tourist destination in the future, for which the required infrastructure will be set up in the surrounding areas though without affecting any agricultural land,” said Heignang MLA Nongthonmbam Biren today.

The MLA was speaking after inaugurating three community halls and a waiting shed this morning in his constituency.

Continuing his address, the local MLA said he had observed on his way to the site some individuals digging earth along the Heingang-Pangei road and taking off the erected fencing pillars of the Pony sanctuary.

He warned the individuals and anybody involved that in case the pillars are not returned to its proper place within two days, he will file a lawsuit against them.

Disturbing such developmental work is unfortunate, he asserted.

The individuals had removed the fencing pillars of the Pony Sanctuary Park located at the foothills of Ibudhou Marjing range.

“The Chief Minister will take such disturbances to developmental works very seriously,” he observed.

Speaking of developmental works in the area, he said the newly developed road connecting Heingang with Pangei will be black topped soon and it will be developed into a double lane.

Agricultural land should not be used for other purposes, he said.

Reassuring the people, he said they should not worry much, as for developing tourism in the area, they can utilise nature’s gift to Heingang.

He said he is against constructing community halls on playgrounds, but such halls need to be constructed for the benefits of the public.

“We, Meiteis have no place to gather and discuss the progress in the society,” he said.

People should utilise the community halls in a befitting manner and not only as a hall for local ritual ceremonies, he said before adding it could also act as a playground for the children.

The newly constructed bridge near the old one connecting Achanbigei and Heingang will be inaugurated soon, he said.

Today’s function was organised by the Heingang Development Congress Co-ordination Committee.

Eviction carried out for Pallel Bridge approach road

THOUBAL, June 1: Officials today removed roadside buildings and other structures for the construction of the approach road of Pallel New Bridge in Thoubal district. Officials used a JCB and

THOUBAL, June 1: Officials today removed roadside buildings and other structures for the construction of the approach road of Pallel New Bridge in Thoubal district.

Officials used a JCB and a bulldozer to remove the structures including some class rooms of Ideal High School, private houses and shops, some structures of Police Station situated on the western side of Old Police Station as well as the fencing and a duty post tower of the newly constructed police station which is not yet inaugurated.

Land compensation and cost of standing properties have been paid to all affected pattadars for the construction of the 150 feet wide approach road to the Pallel New Bridge since 1998, said sub-division magistrate, Kakching Th Charanjeet Singh while briefing the media.

Subsequently, eviction of the encroached structures was carried out last October after the construction of the new bridge was completed, he said.

However, after the encroachers assured that they will remove their structures themselves, the process was stopped, he added.

However, when a team of PWD engineers went to beging construction process of the approach road in February, they found some of the structures still standing, the SDM continued.

And as such the final eviction process was carried out today after the owners were informed beforehand, he said.

Meanwhile, Yanglet Haokip, owner of the land adjacent to the Old Police Station said that his land was not affected according to the earlier order issued and he did not received any compensation from the government.

But during the eviction process, some portion of my land and standing properties were affected, he said.

Following an understanding with the DC Thoubal and an official assurance to provide compensation, some parts of his standing properties were removed, he said.

He appealed to the authorities to expedite the process for providing compensation for the affected portion of his land and cost of standing properties at the earliest.

He also warned that, if the concern authorities fail to provide compensation for the affected land and cost of standing properties, any construction work within his land boundary will be prohibited.

2nd Meitei MLA of Assam remembered

JIRIBAM, June 1: A remembrance program of Mera Chaoba, the second Meitei MLA of Assam was held this morning around 10.30 at the conference hall of the Jagannath Singh College,

JIRIBAM, June 1: A remembrance program of Mera Chaoba, the second Meitei MLA of Assam was held this morning around 10.30 at the conference hall of the Jagannath Singh College, Udharbond, Cachar Assam.

The program was organised by the Manipuri Satya Parishad, Assam Udharbond Branch.

Noted writer Kabrabam Nilikanta presided over the program, while, Dr H Nani Kumar Singh, professor, dept of Manipuri, Assam University, Silchar as the chief guest, short story writer Moirangjem Dev (Subram) as special guest.

Dr Haorongbam Rajmani, asst prof dept of Manipuri, Assam University, Silchar, Seram Pakachand, Asem Mani and Seram Rajendra (Nritya Guru) as guests of honour.

Jagannath Singh College, Udharbond principal, Sarangthem Somarendra and Kangabam Birajit delivered the welcome address and keynote address, respectively.

As part of the program, Kabrabam Nilakanta’s book entitled ‘Sri Sri Jagannath ki Masaigonda’ was also released.

Jagannath Singh College, Udharbond Assist prof Anita Singh delivered a speech on ‘Sri Laishram Mera Chaoba gi Punshi Amasung Thabak’ while vice principal, Sisu Sadan, Udhabond read out his paper on ‘Mera Chaoba gi matam fi Samaj amasung Raj-niti gi fivam,’ during the evening session, which had Assam University, Silchar Manipuri prof Dr H Nani Kumar Singh as the moderator.

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Legal awareness camp imparts rights based information

IMPHAL, June 1: A one day legal awareness program on the theme ‘Protection of Women’s Right was held today at the Girls Hostel complex, Hatta along the JNIMS road. The

IMPHAL, June 1: A one day legal awareness program on the theme ‘Protection of Women’s Right was held today at the Girls Hostel complex, Hatta along the JNIMS road.

The program was jointly organised by Manipur State Legal Service Authority (MSLSA) and All Manipur Muslims (Meitei Pangal) Welfare Association (AMPWA).

District and Session Judge, Manipur East, A Guneshwar Sharma attended the program as the chief guest, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Manipur East, A Nouteshori, chairperson, Manipur State Minorities Commission, A Halim Chowdary retd IAS as the guest of honour and president AMPWA, M A Janab Khan as the president.

In his keynote address, Ch Birendra assistant news editor, DDK Imphal said the program aims at equipping the Muslim women with ways to defend oneself from any crime or to fight for their won rights.

Today women have the same rights as men and should not remain ignorant of the law and the legal provisions for them, he said.

Advocate Md Abdul Quayum spoke on the right to property of Muslim women and all necessary Acts implemented for them to this effect.

Ngangom Tejkumar Singh, director (Law Department) gave a thematic talk on crime against women, Drugs and Domestic Violence Act 2008.

A Guneswar Sharma attributed the high crime rate amongst the Muslim community to the lack of education, early marriage, population explosion which has practically raised economic problems.

Ukhrul children homes lack govt support, says CWC

IMPHAL, June 1: The Child Welfare Committee (CWC) in Ukhrul has stated in its latest inspection report that children homes in the district lack help and support. The inspection revealed

IMPHAL, June 1: The Child Welfare Committee (CWC) in Ukhrul has stated in its latest inspection report that children homes in the district lack help and support.

The inspection revealed that as many as 83 percent of the children homes is devoid of any support from the government and is sustained by contributions and donations from individuals. There are shortage of necessary facilities such as dormitory, furniture, toilet and trained staffs in these homes; 50 percent are without basic infrastructural amenities such as power supply, water pipeline connection, and proper buildings. None of the children homes has administered periodical health check-ups nor conducted regular counselling sessions in the past.

Among the six children homes, none of them is run and managed by the state government or recognised by the state Social Welfare Department as non-governmental organisations, and thus remains ineligible for any form of assistance/scheme from the department. Besides, 67 percent are yet to be registered under the Juvenile Justice Act. The report shows that five out of six homes are for boys and girls, one exclusively for boys and none exclusively for the girls.

The report stated that Ukhrul district deserves one government run home at least, especially for girls given the widespread child trafficking cases at the moment.

Of the 176 inmates, 58.52 percent are in the age group between 7-11 years, the sex ratio is overwhelmingly dominated by males, 50.56 percent are on the borderline, 30 percent has one of their parents alive, 17.61 percent are orphans, 1.13 percent is HIV infected, and 75.57 percent do not receive government support. Thus, it can be easily observed that poverty is the main reason for these children’s stay in the homes.

“The main factor responsible for the poor functioning of children homes in Ukhrul is undeniably attributed to lack of funds. Absence of periodical inspection and social auditing on the part of government are also other important aspects.”

“Financial support to the deprived homes; formation of district level inspection committee inclusive of government representatives and community stakeholders; and proper monitoring mechanism and evaluation schedule as per sub-section 1 of section 35 and section 36 of the Juvenile Justice Act are of pressing needs to bring about improvement in the functioning/better quality of services of the children homes,” the inspection report suggested.

RD & PR director predicate Panchayati Raj Act a failure in State

IMPHAL, June 1: Although the Panchayati Raj Act was implemented some 24 years back in the country, the Act has been reduced impractical in the State which has 161 Gram

IMPHAL, June 1: Although the Panchayati Raj Act was implemented some 24 years back in the country, the Act has been reduced impractical in the State which has 161 Gram Panchayats, said director RD and PR, SIRD, Dr K Shyamsunder Singh today.

The RD and PR, director stated this during a two-day workshop programme on ‘Panchayati Raj System in Manipur Challenges and Solution’ held today at Takyel Kolom Leikai Community Hall.

The workshop was organized by the 4-Takyel Development Organization, Takyel Khogban Khumanthem Leikai with the support of department of Rural Development (RD) and Panchayati Raj (PR), State Institute for Rural Development (SIRD).

Dr K Shyamsunder Singh further pointed out that the lack of Mehila Sabha and Ward Sabha in rural development. The objective of the ward is to promote the road connectivity in rural, gram panchayat and women empowerment, added Dr Shyamsunder.

The aim of organizing such programme is to give awareness to the people about the importance of Panchayat, he continued.

He further said that in order to strengthen the Panchayati Raj in the country, the government introduced a scheme called Rajiv Gandhi Panchayat Sashaktikaran Abhiyan (RGPSA). But, due to absence of Panchayat Ghar and lack of officials, the scheme cannot be materialised, depriving the public of its advantages.

For the development of state, there is a need for development in the rural areas on a priority basis.

Minister of Social Welfare and Cooperation, Ak Mirabai Devi, said that although the concerned department has implemented various welfare schemes, the schemes have failed to reach its real beneficiaries in the grassroot level.

Nevertheless, the Minister is confident that initiative taken by the women in shaping the society will surely bring a change in the society.

She further observed that everyone in the state should retrospect the mistakes they have made hindering development in the State.

She continued that every elected member of the state should take initiative in rendering awareness to the people about the schemes and how to utilise properly which ultimately changes the mindset of the people.

LAYO felicitates successful class X and XII students

KANGPOKPI, June1: Leikot Area Youth Organization (LAYO) in collaboration with Integrated Highlanders Environment Economic Development Society (InHEEDS) organized on Sunday the 13th felicitation programme cum Career Counseling at Bethsaida Village, Sadar Hills to felicitate all the successful candidates of HSLC and HSE 2014 from Leikot Area which comprises of more than 35 villages.

Rev. Paolun Haokip and Chongpu Kipgen, chief executive officer, Sadar Hills Autonomous District Council, Kangpokpi attended the function as minister and functional president respectively while Dr Seipu Kipgen, lecturer, Imphal College attended the felicitation programme as resource person.

Altogether 51 successful candidates including 38 HSLC successful candidates and 13 in HSE 2014 from Leikot Area has been felicitated in the programme.

Late Sehkhosei Kipgen Memorial Award comprising cash and memento donated by Gogou Kipgen has been awarded to Tongminlen Kipgen, a student of Damdei Christian College in Science stream from Molnoi village, who top the HSE 2014 among the felicitated student from Leikot Area with 72.4 %.

Meanwhile, late Seikhopao Kipgen Memorial Award comprising of cash and memento donated by Lhingboi Kipgen wife of late Seikhopao Kipgen of Chaljang Village has been awarded to Vahneilam Kipgen of C Joujang village, a student of Ideal English High School, Charhajare, who top the HSLC 2014 among 38 HSLC successful candidates from Leikot Area with 77.8 percentage.

The second topper among the HSLC candidates from Leikot Area Hengoulal Kipgen of Leikot village from T L Shalom School with 75.6 percentage has been awarded a cash and a memento donated by Haoneo Kipgen while the other top 4 to 10 were awarded memento and the other successful candidates were awarded certificate.

All the felicitated candidates were encouraged based on the verses of Holy Bible by the Minister and sought a blessing from God for the successful candidates.

There is no provision that only wealthy and bureaucrats family is entitled to achieved success said Chongpu Kipgen before adding that those who struggle continuously with determination have every chance of success.

He continued that parent have equivalent responsibility for the success of their ward as their ward do while urging the student to avoid malpractice in every examination and termed unfair means in examination the ‘dirtiest lies’ account for a student unsuccessful life.

The function resource person Dr. Seipu Kipgen while in his speech asserted that the society today is not a jhum cultivation based rather it is a knowledge based society adding that knowledge has become the best tool for human being.

He continued that youngsters today should struggle to achieve all available knowledge while avoiding high fashion living standard and live life in the simplest form.

“Let books be your best friend”, Dr. Seipu Kipgen told the student adding that book will never forsake and betray you

Coimbatore pays homage to soldier who died in Manipur – Times of India

Coimbatore pays homage to soldier who died in ManipurTimes of IndiaCOIMBATORE: City paid homage to G Mohan Kumar, a 41-year-old havildar, who died fighting terrorists on the India-Myanmar border in Manipur a few days ago. Kumar's body arrived in th…

Coimbatore pays homage to soldier who died in Manipur
Times of India
COIMBATORE: City paid homage to G Mohan Kumar, a 41-year-old havildar, who died fighting terrorists on the India-Myanmar border in Manipur a few days ago. Kumar's body arrived in the city on Sunday afternoon and was buried at Athupalam burial …

BJP Manipur proposes suspension of AFSPA – Assam Tribune

BJP Manipur proposes suspension of AFSPAAssam TribuneIMPHAL, June 1 – BJP Manipur Pradesh has proposed the suspension of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) 1958 from Manipur in order to save the life of Irom Sharmila. BJP Manipur Pradesh pre…

BJP Manipur proposes suspension of AFSPA
Assam Tribune
IMPHAL, June 1 – BJP Manipur Pradesh has proposed the suspension of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) 1958 from Manipur in order to save the life of Irom Sharmila. BJP Manipur Pradesh president Thounaojam Chaoba Singh speaking to …
No internal crisis in BJP, Chaoba affirmsKanglaOnline

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