Manipur News

IMPHAL, Oct 20: Atleast one militant suspected to be of UTLA was reportedly gunned down by troops of 27 Assam Rifles in a skirmish at Kolbung Village this morning under Tousem police station, Tamenglong district.

According to official sources, following information of the presence of some valley based militants in and around Kolbung Village troops of 27 Assam Rifles surrounded the area since last night.

The Assam Rifles troops launched a search operation in the wee hour today wherein they encountered the militant suspects around 5 am and exchanged heavy gunfire, continued the sources.

While the gun fun fight lasted till 7 am, at least one militant suspect was reportedly killed in the clash.

The Assam Rifles troops also reportedly recovered an AK-47 Rifles along with some live rounds from the encounter site, the source said.

The identity of the slain militant is yet to be established till the filing of this report.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2015/10/suspected-utla-cadre-killed-in-alleged-gunfight-with-sf/

IMPHAL, October 20: The ongoing viva voce test for recruitment of 2000 police constables being organised at the first battalion ground at has been put on halt with immediate effect by an order of the Governor of Manipur following complaints of irregularities from various quarters.

In the meantime, the Home department has decided to hold an enquiry to ascertain the alleged irregularities headed by a senior office of the government within a period of two months.

A statement issued by the Principal Secretary (Home), J.C Ramthanga, stated that it has been brought to the notice of the government that in the ongoing selection process for recruitment of 2000 police constable (Male/Female), a large number of candidates were called for viva-voice test far in excess of the ratio fixed by the Supreme Court of India, which is also reflected in an order passed by the Manipur High Court in W.P (C) No. 861 of 2015.

Subsequently, the government also received a number of complaints alleging serious irregularities in the selection process, it said adding that to allay the apprehension of the aspiring candidates, the government arrived to the decision to hold an enquiry.

It further informed that in order to facilitate holding of the enquiry, the DGP Manipur will be taking over all the papers, records and minutes of the ongoing selection process for safe custody with immediate effect and asked the chairman of the DPC, Commandant 1st Battalion, Manipur Rifles, to give full co-operation in handing over all the concerned papers, records and minutes to the DGP.

Given the above circumstances and to avoid further legal complication, it had order in public interest, that the ongoing viva-voce test was stopped immediately till further order issued by the Government, it said.

Meanwhile, the chairman of Constable (Male) Recruitment Board, Manipur, Th Radheshyam Singh, in a statement has notified that the `Viva Voce Test`™ of the successful candidates in the written test examination for the recruitment of Constable (Males) in the Manipur Police department, which was scheduled to be held with effect from October 22 to November 1 has been postponed indefinitely.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2015/10/gov-halts-viva-voce-for-police-constables-recruitment/

IMPHAL, October 20: Over hundred loaded oil tankers stranded in the neighbouring states along the National Highway (NH)-37 due to the 48-hour hill districts bandh imposed by the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Kadangband, will be arriving in the state from tomorrow.

Speaking to IFP, the All Manipur Petroleum Tankers`™ Drivers`™ Union (AMPTDU) president, Bhupenchandra Gosh, said that the loaded tankers have starting their inbound journey today and will be arriving in the State by tomorrow.

At the same time, assuring that their will be no dearth of petroleum products once the tankers reached the State, he appealed to the public not to `panic`™.

He said the public have face enough hardship in the past few months to get essential commodities especially petroleum products due to frequent bandhs and blockades along the National Highways.

He also said that the public is anxious due to an announcement of economic blockade along the National Highways from October 21 midnight.

Nevertheless, he appealed to the public not to panic as the Indian Oil Corporation Limited has enough stocks to outlast the proposed 10-day long economic blockade.

Giving the stock positions of petroleum products with the IOC, the AMPTDU president said the IOC has diesel stock to last for 15 days, petrol to last 12 days and abundant stocks of kerosene, and aviation fuel.

While the oil tankers will be escorted till Imphal by the CRPF personnel from Dimapur,altogether 49 empty oil tankers including those of Bharat Petroleum, Essar and NRL etc will be leaving Imphal for Oil depots in Assam by 7:30pm.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2015/10/loaded-tankers-to-reach-imphal-today/

KANGPOKPI, October 20: The 48 hr total bandh in all hill districts of the state imposed by the Joint Action Committee against the killing of Khupneilal Neihsiel and Robert Hesei Kipgen allegedly in a fake encounter by personnel of 8 AR on January 28 ended this midnight.

Meanwhile, a reliable source also said that JAC is expected to hold a joint meeting with various Kuki CSOs tomorrow for further course of its agitation, which is likely to be more intense than before while adding that indefinite economic blockade in all highways in the hill districts of the State is also likely to be discussed in the joint meeting.

Endorsed and teamed up by various Kuki CSOs including Kuki Inpi Manipur, KSO, TSA, and TYA, the 48 hr JAC total bandh completely disrupted normal life in most part of the hill districts with bringing vehicular movement to completely standstill and total shuttered of business establishments and Government institutions.

Reportedly, the JAC on Kadangband killings had been contemplated on the 48 hr total bandh to show discontentment over the failure of the state Government to table the magisterial probe report pertaining to the alleged fake encounter within the stipulated three months period.

Providentially, no problematic situation has been reported during the 48 hr JAC total bandh in any part of the hill districts even if the bandh severely derail the entire administration and normal in hill districts of the State.

Volunteers of JAC had strictly conducted read-through of exempted vehicular movement at Taphou Kuki village and Gamgiphai in Sadar Hills along the Trans Asian Highway No.1.

Interestingly, the district administrator of Senapati Jacintha Lazarus, Deputy Commissioner Senapati, who is on her way to Imphal from the DHQ was halted for more than an hour at Gamgiphai this morning at around 10 am by bandh supporters.

It is also reported that around 50 loaded trucks and more than 50 passenger vehicles including wingers, inter-state buses and private vehicles are stranded at Hengbung Composite Taxation Gate, Senapati public ground and police gate respectively.

Meanwhile, a reliable JAC source said that there is no intimate solicitation on the part of the state Government over the issue until today.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2015/10/jacs-total-bandh-ends-economic-blockade-likely/

IMPHAL, October 20: The Joint Students`™ Coordination Committee has warned today that any candidate ignoring the election code of conduct of the Students`™ Union 2015-16 election will be asked to withdraw their nomination and even if a candidate wins the election by ignoring the code, the candidate will be asked to resign.

Speaking to media persons at a press meet today at the AMSU Headquarter, convenor of the committee Jayentakumar Khuman said the all candidates must abide by the election code of conduct.

He also appealed to the other student organisations which are outside the ambit of the committee to respect the code of conduct.

Anyone disregarding the code of conduct will be held responsible for any untoward incident arising out of it, he said.

He said the JSCC will open a college election monitoring cell on October 24 at the Johnstone Higher Secondary School adding that anyone having any complaint on the matter can approach the cell.

Elaborating on the election code of conduct 2015-16, he said all kinds of party, picnic, cinema, charity showing support to a candidate should be cancelled and candidates should not engage in distribution of pamphlets or posters or routines.

Jayenta also said that candidates should distribute money or any other items in connection to the election and that none of the monitoring cell members could be candidate, inner agent, proposer, seconder or counting agent for the elections.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2015/10/jscc-warns-students-union-poll-candidates-against-ignoring-code-of-conduct/