December 21, 2016 – Manipur News

Manipur: 2 MLAs leave BJP, NCP to join Congress – Daily News & Analysis

Manipur: 2 MLAs leave BJP, NCP to join Congress
Daily News & Analysis
Joykishan Singh was one of the two sitting BJP MLAs in the 10th Manipur Legislative Assembly from Thangmeiband Assembly constituency. With his resignation, the BJP now has only one sitting MLA, Thongam Bishwajit of Thongju Assembly constituency.
Manipur BJP MLA joins CongressThe Hindu
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Inter-ethnic get-together meeting calls for peace in Manipur – Business Standard

Inter-ethnic get-together meeting calls for peace in ManipurBusiness StandardPeace-lover leaders of various ethnic groups of Manipur have come together to put an end to the communal dissonance in the state. The Goodwill Mission for Peaceful Co-existenc…

Inter-ethnic get-together meeting calls for peace in Manipur
Business Standard
Peace-lover leaders of various ethnic groups of Manipur have come together to put an end to the communal dissonance in the state. The Goodwill Mission for Peaceful Co-existence, a conglomerate body of 17 both hill and valley-based civil society …

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Kangpokpi continues to celebrate district status

The evening session of district status celebration last night at Brigadier Thomas Ground, Kangpokpi was marked by peaceful message, reports our correspondent Source The Sangai Express

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Golden jubilee

Golden jubilee of Kalalong Baptist Church, Bishnupur Ward No 7 has been observed, reports our correspondent Source The Sangai Express

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Vehicles stranded at Armajan Meetei village in Assam

About 25 Wingers and 2 buses which provide passenger services along Imphal Dimapur road are presently camped at Amrajan Meetei village, Assam, as the instances of burning down vehicles continue in the State Source The Sangai Express

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Uchiwa GP byelection today

All the Government offices and educational institutions, private sector undertakings and other establishments located within the area of i 14 13 3 Uchiwa Awang Leikai Gram Panchayat Constituency WR of 14 13 Uchiwa Gram Panchayat under Wangoi sub division will remain closed on December 22 in connection with the by election to elect one Member Source The Sangai Express

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CM inaugurates community hall amid protest

Stating that it is not the time for Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh to inaugurate newly constructed buildings when the State is reeling under economic blockade, a large number of locals led by BJP, Khangabok Mandal today blocked roads and prohibited the Chief Minister from inaugurating a community hall at Khangabok, reports our correspondent Source The Sangai Express

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Miscreants set ablaze suspension bridge

A suspension bridge which connected Erong Khunou and Mutum Phibou Khul has been burned down by unidentified miscreants at around 9 Source The Sangai Express

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Manipur BJP MLA joins Congress – The Hindu

The WireManipur BJP MLA joins CongressThe HinduIn a setback to the BJP in poll-bound Manipur, K. Joykishan, leader of the BJP legislature wing in the Assembly, resigned from the party on Wednesday and joined the Congress. He said the step was in protes…

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Manipur BJP MLA joins Congress
The Hindu
In a setback to the BJP in poll-bound Manipur, K. Joykishan, leader of the BJP legislature wing in the Assembly, resigned from the party on Wednesday and joined the Congress. He said the step was in protest against the indifference of the Modi …
Manipur BJP Legislative Assembly Leader Joykishan Defects to CongressThe Wire
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60th CC Meet NEROCA set up final vs ARC Shillong

IMPHAL, Dec 21: Holders NEROCA FC, Sangakpham outplayed FC Zalen, Sadar Hills 2-0 today to set up 60th CC Meet title clash against ARC, Shillong.

National cycling championships Diana sets new record; Manipur bag 6 medals on day 1

Sports Reporter/Agencies IMPHAL/Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 21: Kh Daina Devi of Manipur broke the existing record in 500m IM time trial in under-16 category on the opening day of the 69th senior, 46th junior and 32nd sub-junior National track cycling championship which began at the LNCPE Velodrome, Kariyavattom today. Daina clocked 41.749 seconds to break Jashanjit Kaur’s […]

AITA’s U-12, U-14 Super Series Nithis-O’Brien, Keshav-Rohan pairs enter final

IMPHAL, Dec 21: Nithis Nallasamy -Wyatt O’Brien pair and Keshav Goel-Rohan Patel pair entered the final of the U-12 (boys’ doubles) Super Series by defeating their respective opponents today.

CLP discusses

Congress Legislature Party held a meeting today to discuss the critical situation prevailing in the State resulting from the economic blockade and ban on Governmental projects in the hill areas imposed by the United Naga Council.

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‘Cong sure to win’

MPCC secretary Jyotin Waikhom, at a welcome event for the BJP members who defected to the Congress party, has said that the Congress party will score a big win in the coming Assembly election with huge support shown by the people of Thangmeiband.

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Crying foul, MLA Kh Joykishan resigns from BJP

IMPHAL, Dec 21: MLA Khumukcham Joykishan has resigned from the primary membership of BJP and later in the evening joined the Congress.

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Joykishan, Ibomcha join Cong

IMPHAL, Dec 21: MLA Khumukcham Joykishan, elected from Thangmeiband AC on BJP ticket and MLA Laishom Ibomcha, elected from Keishamthong AC on NCP ticket have joined Congress party after quitting their respective parent parties.

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Counter blockade call issued in Assam

IMPHAL, Dec 21 : Asking the United Naga Council (UNC) to lift the economic blockade on or before December 25, nine civil society organisations of Assam, under the aegis of Meetei Youths’ for Human Rights Organisation of Assam (MYHROA) have come together and decided to launch an indefinite counter blockade on National Highways leading to Nagaland from Karbi-Anglong district, Golaghat district and Jorhat district.

Read more / Original news source: http://www.thesangaiexpress.com/counter-blockade-call-issued-in-assam/