December 30, 2016 – Page 4

Manipur Is Burning – Kisi Ne Suna Hai Kya? – Youth Ki Awaaz

Manipur Is Burning – Kisi Ne Suna Hai Kya?
Youth Ki Awaaz
As we sit in our homes watching the grand celebration of Bhaijaan’s (Salman Khan) 51st birthday on our TV sets, Manipur continues to reel under an intensely chaotic situation. Life in Manipur had come to a standstill on November 1 when the United Naga …

Manipur Is Burning – Kisi Ne Suna Hai Kya?
Youth Ki Awaaz
As we sit in our homes watching the grand celebration of Bhaijaan's (Salman Khan) 51st birthday on our TV sets, Manipur continues to reel under an intensely chaotic situation. Life in Manipur had come to a standstill on November 1 when the United Naga …

Manipur violence a comical charade of India’s democracy? – India Today

Manipur violence a comical charade of India’s democracy?
India Today
Manipur today is a caricature. It is a comical charade of democracy and its institutions. It has been so for a very long time, and many have perished along the long unending road to freedom, towards the ‘tryst with destiny’ that most people in the …

Manipur violence a comical charade of India's democracy?
India Today
Manipur today is a caricature. It is a comical charade of democracy and its institutions. It has been so for a very long time, and many have perished along the long unending road to freedom, towards the 'tryst with destiny' that most people in the …

Ethnic encapsulation and ethnocentrism : The Manipur experience

By Rajendra Kshetri Ethnocentrism as Prelude to the Conflict: Human beings everywhere live in societies. Some hundreds of thousands years ago, all societies are homogeneous in that the members of such societies were alike in race, religion, culture, language and practised the same custom. The emergence of heterogeneous societies, a few thousand years ago, changed […]

Ibobi launches Swachhata App

IMPHAL | Dec 29: Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh today launched a Citizen Complaint Redressal Mobile App (Swachhata App) for Imphal city in a function organized at the Cabinet Hall of the CM Secretariat. A release said the function was attended by deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam, cabinet ministers, Mayor of Imphal Municipal Corporation Soram Sunil Singh, […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2016/12/ibobi-launches-swachhata-app/

Goodwill mission urges Rajnath to initiate talks

IMPHAL | Dec 29 : The Goodwill Mission for Peaceful Co-existence today submitted a memorandum to the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh drawing the attention of the Minister to initiate tripartite talks between the state, UNC and the MHA to end the imbroglio prevailing in the state due to the indefinite economic blockade of UNC. […]

Ibobi campaigns for Gaikhangam at Dy’s home turf

IMPHAL | Dec 29 : The state chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh today asked the people of Nungba constituency to send Gaikhangam as a unanimous candidate to the ensuing state assembly elections. The chief minister was speaking at the inauguration function of the newly constructed office complex of SDO/BDO in Khoupum valley. Khoupum lies within […]

How Manipur’s Media helps Trigger Violence against Pangals

By Md. Abdul Gaffar The remarkable power of the media, particularly the electronic media, as a means of mass communication is unquestionable. The media power springs from the credibility of the information which the media person intends to pass over to the readers and the viewers. One expects the professional media person to be the […]

Coming out strongly against New Delhi Likely poll impact in Naga areas

The Centre should take due note of the seriousness of the matter. Perhaps this is the first time, after the ceasefire agreement was inked way back in 1999, that the NSCN (IM) has come out strongly against New Delhi and at the core of it all is the creation of seven new districts by the […]

A tall man

Once upon a time, there walked among us a tall man of indomitable spirit and courage. Fearless and a firm determination marked his demeanour and character, while a fiery spirit runs in his blood. He had relentlessly fought for a dignified life and existence for the people of Manipur. He started the genre of investigative […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2016/12/a-tall-man/

Heingang A/C development model release anniversary held

Imphal, Dec 29 : As part of the 131 Anniversary Foundation Day, release function of Development Model, 2-Heingang A/C was held at the residence of N Ratan (Kapu) Meetei, member of Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC), Heingang Mayai Leikai on December 28, 2016. The function was organised by Heingang Block Youth Congress Committee. The development […]

DESAM protest govt inaction on custodial torture of their volunteers

Imphal, Dec 29 : The State government’s failure to fulfill the demand for punishment of those police officials who were responsible for custodial torture of 4 DESAM volunteers including its president Moirangthem Angamba, after picking them up from Manipur University gate on October 29, has irked the students’ body prompting them to re-launch its agitation […]

Animal Gym founder awarded Prof Yashwantrao Kelkar Youth Award

Indore, Dec 29 : Addiction Free and Healthy Youth activist, also the founder of Animal Gym Rk Viswajit has been felicitated with the most prestigious Professor Yashwantrao Kelkar Youth Award, 2016 during the inauguration of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) 62nd National Conference held at Indor, Madhya Pradesh on December 24 to 27, 2016. With […]