Day: October 11, 2015

SENAPATI, October 10: The first ever Mao Flower Festival with the theme ` A tribute to Mother Nature`™ organised by the Song Song Youth & Student`™s Organisation was held today at Mao Gate Taxi Parking.

The function was graced by Jacintha Lazarus, IAS,DC,Senapati, M.Dili, President of Mao Council and Kabib K IPS,SP Senapati as Chief Guest, Guest of Honour and Special Guest.

Speaking on the occasion, Jacintha Lazarus said flower is synonymous with peace, love, prosperity and development. She also encouraged local flowers growers and participants for actively participating in the festival. Appreciating the organisers for initiating the show, first of its kind in the district and helping the flowers growers expose and promote their produce, and people of Mao Gate for being peace loving people, she said she looks forward to better and bigger event in the near future.

About 51 flower growers coming mostly from Mao area and many from other parts of the District participated.

Daikho Lophro of Kaibi was adjudged 1 prize winner with a cash of Rs.10,000, SHG Ikhro `“ Ikhro won 2nd Prize with cash prize of 7000 and Besa Mayangkhang was placed in the 3rd position with Rs.5000.

The Best Flower title went to Stall-24 put up by Robert Jenet,Senapati. He also took home a cash pize of Rs.2,500. The flower put on display was known as `Anthurium`™.

And the Best Indegenious was won by Stall-8 owned by Elohro Kayina from Song Song. The item put on display was Indegenious Bamboo.

Other consolation prize winners were Elizabeth of Song Song, Ozho Losa Kohriiphe,L.Adaphro Pfoze of Song Song, A.Losa of Tadubi, Kaini of Shajouba and Shibo Eshia. They were awarded cash of Rs.1000 each.

The competition was judged by Mrs. Apinao Muivah, Mrs. S.Eshia and Mrs. Lohrii Chisa.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2015/10/51-flower-growers-participate-in-mao-flower-festival/

IMPHAL, October 11: A 46 year old woman was killed on the spot and many more, including women injured when a passenger bus collided head on with a loaded freight truck at the sharp turn around Pheiginga hillock along the National Highway-2, under the Sekmai police station today at 10,40am.

The deceased woman, D. Pinky wife of D. Saimao of Tangduwan village Senapati district, was declared brought dead at the hospital. Many other injured in the accident are hospitalised in different hospitals in Imphal, though nobody is reported to be in critical condition.

The passenger bus, AS-2B/D-6415, was heading towards Senapati from Imphal when it met with the accident and the loaded truck was on its way to Imphal from Dimapur.

The police have taken the truck and its driver in custody registered a case.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2015/10/woman-dies-as-passenger-bus-collide-with-truck-at-pheidinga/

IMPHAL, October 11: Local Clubs and Meira Paibi bodies of Keirao including Irilbung Library Union, Nongpok Ningthou Panthoibi Development Committee, Keirao bitra and Nupishingi Shemgat Shagatpa Lup Keirao have condemned the arrest of an innocent local youth and hunting for a civilian youth identified as `Ajit` by a gang of armed men suspected d to be security force personals.

A statement jointly issued by Nupishingi Shemgat Shagatpa Lup Keirao president N Lata Devi and Irilbung Library Union said that a gang of armed men suspected to be security force personals who were coming in civil dress in a Maruti Gypsy sans number plate (white colour), on October 7, abducted a local youth identified as Takhellambam Kokngangbi, 28 years S/o T Joy of Keirao Awang Leikai from the Irilbung Bazar suspecting him to be one `Ajit` whom they were hunting for. After verification, the boy was released on the same day.

The release said that Ajit whom the suspected armed men were hunting for abduction is an innocent mason, bread earner of the family. He has no any nexus with any underground outfits. The effort to arrest Ajit might be the handiwork of those wicked people having personal enmity with Ajit, it said.

The incident has caused both mental and physical harassment to the innocent youth and his family, it further said.

The release further said clubs and Meira Paibi organizations of Keirao appealed to those concerned not to recur such incident in future.

If they have any suspicion about the boy, local Meira Paibi and clubs are ready to extend help. However, those armed suspected security men should not manage to arrest the boy, it warned.

Regarding the repeated harassment meted out to the Keirao locals by the armed men, a meeting of the lo local clubs and Meira Paibi organizations held on October 8 at the office of the Irilbung Library Union Keirao bitra minutely discussed the matter and unanimously resolved to condemn the harassment perpetrated by the suspected SF men.

Expressing suspicion that the effort to arrest Ajit was carried out by armed SF men based on false information, it appealed to the government and concerned top ranking security officers to investigate into the matter and take up befitting action against the those armed men coming in a vehicle without number plate.

Stating that every vehicle used by the security forces must have a logo or number mandatorily identifiable to the general public, the release said that the armed men coming in a Gypsy without number plate is against the existing rules. If the government authorizes such free movement of the security forces in vehicle without number plate or logo will continue killing innocent civilians in fake encounters and forced disappearances.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2015/10/keirao-locals-claim-harassment-by-suspected-armed-sf/