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Employers instructed to pay annual bonus

IMPHAL, Oct 10: The deputy Labour Commissioner has instructed all employers to pay annual bonus in cash within eight months from the close of the accounting year to employees for

IMPHAL, Oct 10: The deputy Labour Commissioner has instructed all employers to pay annual bonus in cash within eight months from the close of the accounting year to employees for not less than 30 working days in the accounting year in every factory and other establishment.

According to the official statement of the commissioner payment of the annual bonus in cash is provided by the Payment of Bonus act, 1965.

The employers of factories and other establishments are informed to make the payment of the bonus for the year 2013-14 before the ensuing festivals of Diwali and Nigolchakouba of this year.

It said the establishments include societies, newspaper establishments, automobile workshops, workshop or establishment in articles are produced, adapted or manufactured with a view to their use, transport or sale, private hospitals, nursing home or clinics, private educational institutes, establishments of contractors, establishments of insurance providers, telecommunication providers, banks, financial institutions, hotels, restaurants, motor transport undertaking, shops, etc in which 10 or more persons are employed on any day during the period from April 1, 1982.

It has also said the minimum bonus should be 8.33 percent of the salary or wages earned by the employee during the year or Rs 100 whichever is higher, whereas the maximum bosus should be upto 20 percent of the salary or wages earned.

A return in form D on the payment of the bonus should be submitted to the inspector concerned within December 2014, it continued.

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No new detection of Scrub typhus, says epidemiologist

By Bachaspatimayum Bisheswar IMPHAL, October 10: State epidemiologist Dr Sashikumar has said there has been no new detection of Scrub typhus since August 30 this year. Following a report from

By Bachaspatimayum Bisheswar

IMPHAL, October 10: State epidemiologist Dr Sashikumar has said there has been no new detection of Scrub typhus since August 30 this year.

Following a report from our correspondent on the detection of the disease in Ukhrul, IFP met with the epidemiologist at his office chamber at the Directorate of Medical & Health Services today.

Our Ukhrul correspondent had reported that according to official sources from Ukhrul District Hospital (UDH), there has been new detection of several Scrub typhus cases this year apart from many which were confirmed last year.

`Many patients who were brought here with symptoms of splitting headache, high fever, short of breath etc. have been tested positive for the disease recently,` said a doctor at UDH he had reported.

Although acknowledging that there has been no recent detection of the disease, Dr Sashikumar assured to look into the report. He said that he will himself look into the recent detection of scrub typhus in Ukhrul district and maintain his regular surveillance against any epidemic diseases in the State.

The epidemiology unit of the department will look into the report, he said before adding that his unit is involved in spreading awareness on diseases which can cause an epidemic and to render advises to the concern district on how to control and check spreading of such diseases.

The department also sends reports to the Integrated Disease Surveillance Project, IDSP in New Delhi on a regular basis, he said.

At the same time, such unit as his are run with funding from the IDSP, he said before adding that unfortunately, the IDSP is yet to sanction funding for the period of September 2013 to 2014.

He said the IDSP provided fund is used to provide salaries to the staff, for trainings conducted, bills, to organise awareness campaigns, etc.

However, the fund comes through the National Rural health Mission, he said and added that the delay in the release of fund could be because of NRHM`™s delay in submitting documentations to the IDSP.

Meanwhile, the Epidemiology department took a loan of Rs 52 lakh from the NRHM to run the department.

Missing truck found in NH-37 gorge with dead handyman

IMPHAL, October 10: The wreckage of a tipper truck which went missing since yesterday was recovered today from a gorge along with the dead body of its handyman and an

IMPHAL, October 10: The wreckage of a tipper truck which went missing since yesterday was recovered today from a gorge along with the dead body of its handyman and an injured driver today.

Sources said the vehicle was found from a gorge along the National highway 37 near Kamlok Lamkhai under Noney Police Station, Tamenglong.

The deceased has been identified as Seidul Haque, 20, son of Namar-uddin of Gamara Village Assam and the injured driver as Prodadas, 26, son of Gopaldas of Gamara village.

Sources also said that the truck was engaged in construction work of the Imphal-Jiribam railway project and had gone missing since yesterday. It is speculated that the vehicle must have fallen into the gorge killing the handyman and injuring the driver.

Our Jiribam Correspondent adds: Five persons incidenting four staff of the Manipur State Museum and State Archaeology, department of Arts and Culture and a second driver of the Tata Sumo (MN O3-0369) they were travelling in were injured this evening when the vehicle collided with a Tata tipper of the railway line construction company this evening in between Keimai and Oinamlong along the national Highway 37.

The injured have been identified as Sadana Devi, 42, wife of H Boby Singh of Palace Compound, Murphy, 31 son of Indrajit Singh of Tera,Imphal, Meiteileima wife of Amutomba Singh of Keishamthong, K Baby (52) of Tera and second driver Ratan of Pheiyeng.

The team of the Manipur State Museum and Archaeology was supposed to conduct a Mobile Exhibition of Museum Objects and Photographs of Monyments of Manipur organised byt he department concerned at the Jiribam Governmnt Higher Secondary School.

The five injured have been admitted at the Jiribam Community Health Centre.

Look East Policy – a boon or bane

India`™s Look East Policy evokes different response from different quarters. First, there is the Panglossian school of thought in which many presume that the policy in its wake will bring

India`™s Look East Policy evokes different response from different quarters. First, there is the Panglossian school of thought in which many presume that the policy in its wake will bring all round development to the North-east region. Then there are the opinions of those who are asking for a more cautious approach towards the policy which is being bandied around. Buying into the rosy picture adumbrated by foreign policy mandarins would prove catastrophic as the people of the region, the most important stakeholders of the policy were not either taken into confidence or consulted despite the assertion that the policy was initiated for their development. A panoptic critique is the need of the hour as in its current form the policy looks detrimental to the people of the region. Proactive deliberations by various stakeholders will prove prudent in the long run. Those enchanted by the policy are soft selling it as a precursor to the good times that will follow in the region. The State, devoid of any proper medium or big scale industry, is all geared up to be promoted as a tourist destination. However enticing the idea may sound, a proper mechanism is yet to be put in place in the State where carbon footprints left by tourists can be measured. The Thailand model of tourism development is gaining traction with a lot of policy makers. We also need to take into account that the South-East Asian country, compelled to rely on tourism as a major source of income, was chastised for pushing its children into prostitution by the then visiting American Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, aftermath the Asian financial crisis. The land of the white elephant which now earns 70 percent of its foreign exchange from tourism was compelled to turn into a tourist destination rather than by choice. We need not go into why Thailand is a popular tourist destination. A distinguished East Asian and South East Asian foreign policy expert had posited in an international conference held at the Manipur University that the North-east was `the e
picenter of the Look East Policy`. He had also added that India would promote anything in which ASEAN was the pivot drawing attention to American President Barack Obama`™s suggestion some years ago during his visit that the country should “act east instead of looking east`. Bertil Lintner in his book, Great Game East: India, China and the struggle for Asia`s most volatile frontier, has insinuated that the region will act as an important theatre of engagement between the new emerging world powers. The two taken together sheds light on how India`™s foray into the east through the North-east is not only out of a sheer concern for the development of the region but a compulsion made more urgent by Beijing making rapid strides in spreading its tentacles around its southern neighbour. We agree that the country with its ever burgeoning population needs to tap into the huge ASEAN and North-east Asian market; besides, many foreign policy pundits see little difference between foreign policy and economic policy. The trilateral highway connecting India, Myanmar and Thailand begins in Imphal and many consider it as an indication of the primacy the state enjoys in India`™s Look East Policy. But, training young students with proper formal education as masseurs and spa therapists is not a great way to begin with. The new Silk Route may pass through Imphal but we must not reduce ourselves to those travellers across the deserts who take a mirage to be an oasis all too often.

Leader Writer: Svoboda Kangleicha

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Dr Nara urges people to join movement for electoral reforms in India

IMPHAL October 10: As a part of the nation-wide observation of the first CERI Day, the State chapter of the Campaign for Electoral Reforms in India also marked the day

IMPHAL October 10: As a part of the nation-wide observation of the first CERI Day, the State chapter of the Campaign for Electoral Reforms in India also marked the day at the Iboyaima Shumang Leela Shanglen in Palace Compound today.

Speaking to the media, CERI co-ordinator (in-charge of North East) Dr Nara said India needs a scientific and justified electoral system suitable for multiparty politics, the only system which can bring a proportionate electoral system (PR).

Electoral systems in more than 89 countries of the world have been successfully switched to a system in which the number of representatives in the parliament or assembly is proportionate to the percentage of votes secured by each party in the election, he added.

Dr Nara appealed the people to join the movement for electoral reforms in India to bring good governance, eternal peace and all round development in the country.

Delivering the keynote address at the function, CERI Manipur chapter convenor Ch Ibohal said India, the largest representative democratic country has been practising an electoral system which is a legacy of the British, the First Past the Post or majoritarian system, till date.

India`™s political system is multicultural on account of her complex composite society and different regions and the existing FPTP system is not able to interpret the meaning of democracy in its true sense as it instead promotes and becomes a reason for corruption, communalism, casteism, muscle power and money power in elections, he added.

Ibohal explained the FPTP system by citing an example in which in a constituency with 30,000 voters a candidate among six rivals can win an election with 7000 votes when 23, 000 (76.7%) voters had voted against him and when the representatives of a majority of people have been excluded from parliament or assembly.

And so the ideology, rights and interests of the majority are being suppressed and only the representatives of a minority of people are being sent to the decision making body (i.e. parliament or assembly), he added.

Speaking at the function, advocate Khaidem Mani attributed the root cause of corruption to the present electoral system.

He also said that spreading the awareness for a proportional representation system is the need of the hour for a better tomorrow.

H Jayanta Kumar, a professor of the DM College of science, said that every effect has a cause.

He pointed out various factors responsible for the pressing issues in the nation such as growing cases of violent incidents, gradual loss of mutual respect and values, the growing disparity between the haves and have-nots and the burgeoning number of frustrated youths as unemployment increases in the country.

During the function, CERI members and all the people participating in the function shouted a slogan `we want electoral reforms in India`

Professor L Sadananda Singh also attended the function as one of the speakers.

AFSPA needs to be be repealed immediately, says former police officer

IMPHAL, October 10: The debate over Armed Forces Special Powers Act, AFSPA is no longer needed; it should be repealed at the soonest. It is inhuman and as well as

IMPHAL, October 10: The debate over Armed Forces Special Powers Act, AFSPA is no longer needed; it should be repealed at the soonest. It is inhuman and as well as redundant as a law.

This was stated by Potsangbam Sonamani, former senior superintendent of police, Kohima, who is also the president of Manipuri Association North East India.

Sonamani was speaking in the North East Consultation on Human Rights, today at the Tribal Research Center hall, Imphal.

The consultation was jointly organised by North East Students`™ Organisation, NESO and All Manipur Students`™ Union.

Sonamani further said that though the Act has been enacted by the establishment, the greater onus lies with the human right activists and the people.

He also lamented the lukewarm turnout of public during such an important consultative meeting.

Former Chief Minister, Radhabinod Koijam, speaking as the chief guest recounted his experiences with the then Prime Minister, during his short stint as the State Chief Minister regarding the ramification of the Act.

Yambem Laba, human right activist and journalist, recalled how the human right movement took a definitive shape in the State.

He also recollected how he during his college days petitioned against the Act before the Supreme Court of India, along with some of his friends.

He appealed the members of NESO and AMSU to be firm with their convictions.

Samuel Jyrwa, Chairman NESO, termed AFSPA a manifestation of racial discrimination against the North East people and emphasised on the need to repeal such a draconian law. He also pointed out that such consultation will be held in all the seven sister States of the NE before the next Parliament session.

After a thread bare discussion on the genesis and politics of AFSPA, adverse gender impact of the armed conflict and the increasing `securitisation of development`™ in the Northeast region, the consultation unanimously decided to pressurise the MPs from the Northeast to push for the repeal of AFSPA in Parliament.

Sinam Prakash secretary general NESO in his keynote address pointed out that despite of internal and external democratic pressure to repeal AFSPA the government of India is turning a blind eye to the issue for too long.

The technical session was a chaired by Lokendra Arambam, senior citizen. Seram Rojesh, Anjulika Samon and Homen Thagjam presented papers on the Act.

MPP plays ILPS card in Hiyanglam bye-poll campaign

IMPHAL, October 10: The Manipur Peoples`™ Party has intensified its Hiyanglam bye-poll campaign. A public meeting in support of its candidate, Mayengbam Amutombi was held at Lamjao Tejpur Public community

IMPHAL, October 10: The Manipur Peoples`™ Party has intensified its Hiyanglam bye-poll campaign.

A public meeting in support of its candidate, Mayengbam Amutombi was held at Lamjao Tejpur Public community hall today.

During the meeting, party president N Sovakiran appealed to the people of the constituency to vote for MPP, for implementation of the Inner Line Permit System in the State. He continued that MPP is the only regional party in Manipur, which has stood for the cause of indigenous peoples of Manipur.

He said that the influxes of illegal migrants are threatening the indigenous population of Manipur. It is high time that people should throw away political parties like INC, Trinamool and others, who are not in favour of implementing the ILP.

Further, he pointed out that MPP is a party recognised by the Election Commission of India, among 1200 regional parties in the State. Taking jibes on the ruling Congress party, the MPP president alleged that Congress is a rich party, which only works in the interest of the rich. But the party has been routed in the last Lok Sabha election, and moreover its leaders are surrounded by corruption scams, he said.

Sovakiran also charged the Congress of using the tax payers`™ money in its election campaign.

MPP candidate M Amutombi alleged that the Congress is taking undue advantage over the simplicity of the people of Hiyanglam.

Congress leaders show their faces only during the times of elections, however none of the MLAs or ministers including the Chief Minister had visited the constituency before the election, he said.

Now that the election is near all the MLAs and ministers are seen hovering around the area, he continued.

However, it is questionable as to whether they will return after the by-poll, he said.

Amutombi also charged that local area development funds of the constituency have not been used properly in the past.

He said the fund is Rs 1crore a year, which is 5 crores in five years. The under-development that is evident in the constituency is due to misuse of the local area development fund, he added.

He said it is time for the people of Hiyanglam to wake up.

“ Better Late Than Never?“

By Ananya S Guha The government has set up a monitoring cell to track attendance in offices in the country. This is laudable, because attendance or the abysmal lack of

By Ananya S Guha

The government has set up a monitoring cell to track attendance in offices in the country. This is laudable, because attendance or the abysmal lack of it is what ails our governance today. Heads of offices seem unable to control this malaise because the rest of the staff seem to be in cahoots with one another. All differences are then buried, and colleagues then show an astonishing display of solidarity. Coming late for work is of course another bane. The usual riposte that he or she should at least inform that he will be late, does not hold much water because why should one be an inveterate late comer? All these: punctuality, or the lack of it and coming late are related to the work ethic.. And what constitutes such a work ethic? It is commitment and transparency. The usual shrug: “ this is not my work “ is one of the commonest excuses. This is effete, anything can be anyone`s work, depending upon what the situation warrants. The overarching aspect is achieving goals and completing tasks.

How the monitoring of attendance will take place in the entire country is difficult to assess. But the challenge has been taken and a warning sounded. That is the positive. The casual attitude, with impunity that ` no one can touch me` is not only reprehensible, but something that should not be tolerated. But government rules also allow all kinds of leave to make this possible, one of the egregious things is ` sick ` leave when the whole world knows that one is not sick ( sic!). Then there is this thing : called restricted leave, which is anything but at all restrictive! How not to work, rather than to work is the ideology. However mere attendance will not suffice. There are the truant makers, who once on arriving kick up all kinds of ruses to go out and then return just in time for lunch! And that means a minimum of an hour. Then of course is the ever handy tea. Deadlines suffer and so do the bosses. And god forbid if the boss is also of the chameleon type, liking to play this game of musical chairs or hide and seek. Meetings, meetings and meetings are another ploy for work coming to a veritable standstill. The bosses in faraway New Delhi are notorious for this. Bureaucrats can and should be bureaucratic, but not others such as academics.

Why is punctuality so important? It is: for the simple reason that work gets attended to on time, and this sets an example to other colleagues. Setting an example, achieving goals are clear cut objectives, not the usual refrain : “ I will do it tomorrow“. This is one of the most frustrating things to handle at work. The other is as mentioned earlier: “ this is not my work “. But sometimes the usually languid worker is transformed with alacrity into a fire ball of energy when the work is related to processing his medical bill or LTC or for that matter leave. The reasons for this metabolism are not far to seek. Just when you think happily that the person has been transformed, then does the truth dawn on you ever so painfully.

This is the first time that we have seen that a government centrally located addressing such a vexed issue. This must be supported. Attending work punctually is not only a motion, it entails responsibility, commitment and love for one`s job. This is work ethic. Coercion will not help here, what is required is vigorous self examination and setting honest examples.When we indefinitely harp on regular attendance the concomitant is regular and productive work, not dashing off to canteens for continuous cups of tea, which in turn results in desultory habits.

The other is that it must be impressed that these steps are taken seriously and any breach will be taken serious cognizance- not the usual rigmarole of truncating a leave. The message must be loud and clear that the errant will be held responsible. Can this be done all over the country? It can if an effective and stringent monitoring mechanism is put to place. And of course the flagrantly errant.

The notion held since time immemorial that government jobs are ` secure ` has been the killer. They are so secure that they have led to insecurity. They are so secure that we relax comfortably. They are so secure that some think they are invincible. They are so secure, that often the sickening response is: “ I know so and so…“. So what? The ` so what?` positing should now be used with more vigour and, aggressively.The ones who think they are infallible are the ones who also think that they have the blessings of a few. It is high time that now while tackling such problems we pay two hoots to the supposedly powerful, in the so called higher echelons. Every system, every institution is suffering from such a syndrome, it is high time that the dismantling process begins. Then only will the edifice, or the cookie not crumble!

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Mind Matters

By Paonam Thoibi `School is one place where a child develops into an adult he is made to grow up into` Q 1. My 5 year old nephew is the

By Paonam Thoibi

`School is one place where a child develops into an adult he is made to grow up into`

Q 1. My 5 year old nephew is the only boy child in his family after three elder sisters. He has grown up to be a little sensitive boy. He has started his school this year but finds it a little difficult to adjust due to his over sensitivity and inclinations towards more girly stuffs. Like most boys, he likes car and bikes, but he really likes many `girl` things like Barbies which his sisters play fondly. His choice of color of his bag, pencil box all are influenced by his sisters`™ choices. I have heard that he is made fun of quite easily due to this by his friends in the class and his mother is really worried about this. I have tried to tell her that it is quite ok for a boy to like girls`™ stuff but cannot do more convincing than this. Please advise if making him want traditional boy stuffs will help to have my nephew avoid being bullied? Sunita Ksh

Ans: Dear Sunita, you worry is quite valid since it concerns your nephew being introduced to the harsh realities of life, head-on. Your telling your nephew`™s mom that it is ok for a boy to like girly stuff is reflective of how you are concerned in making the child to `be himself`™ and not succumb to norms set by traditional values and thinking. Therefore it is not much advisable to have him want boy things and suppress his choice of things and preferences. Most probably, his choice and play preferences will surface up. So his parents should let him make his own choices as they help him understand why certain consequences follow due to his different manners and choices. The parents should appreciate his good choice of things and encourage him to stand for his likes, passions and desires.

You also mentioned that you nephew is very sensitive which may be probably because of his spending time more with his sisters in the house. But being sensitive is one good attribute which should be encouraged rather than be scared of. Of course this can be also one reason for which he could be made fun of at school because most children who behave differently than the majority are susceptible to being picked on and made fun of. And there are a lot of children who have successfully braved through bullies and grew up to become far better than the rest of his classmates. The school is one place where a child develops into an adult he is made to grow up into. It is the first place where life`™s hurdles and difficulties are handled and resolved. The teachers play a vital role in this development.

Lastly, if he gets bullied because of his preferences and choices then it is not his problem, rather it is the other kids who have a big problem and the school should intervene immediately.

Q 2. Dear Madam, most of us are familiar with the difficult kind of neighbors. Ours is particularly difficult as we live so close by and their family indulges in petty fights and violent behaviors. Many a times, I have come across the man beating up the wife in front of his two small children who would burst into tears and cry. We could have intervened but again it is a temporary thing and I know it won`™t bring about any lasting change. Still, I am very much worried about their small kids and at times, I feel embarrassed to be a passive onlooker and not being able to do my bit in this regard. – Anonymous

Ans: This question is quite relevant in our time now where many people are becoming intolerant on the one hand and one`™s family affair negatively affects their neighbors who live so close by. It would have been better to know the gender of the writer since the different gender roles could have played differently in the best possible way to intervene in such tricky situations. One in authority and older in age, both male and female could have been at a better disposal in these equation. For someone middle aged or a youth, this needs to be handled more carefully and in such a way not to appear very interfering and more arrogant or inviting more harm towards themselves.

A man who would beat up his wife in front of his children is someone who is both arrogant and dangerous. There was little or no way you could have stopped him but you should have reacted with a shout or a yell to bring him to his better sense. The reason to do this is to show the man, his wife and their children that another person is standing up and expressing, `This is unacceptable. This is not right. This is not how men should behave.` Letting the children experience brutality and the helplessness of the other people around was equally not good. These children will grow up with their trauma and may find adjustment issues in life.

Calling the police, local women folk (Meira Paibis) or other elders can also be another way of intervention. The frequency of such torments can be accounted to see if that was a onetime event which would not repeat again or the man is a habitual abuser. The woman can also be given counseling to approach their relationship in an assertive and respectable manner and not yield to abuses in the future. She may be compelled to take difficult decisions and the neighbors can give necessary social support to her and the children to restore their sense of safety and security.

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Vigilance team raids BOSEM office, staff interrogated

IMPHAL, October 10: State Vigilance Commission sleuths today seized financial documents and interrogated staff of the Board of Secondary Education, Manipur in connection with a complaint of financial irregularities.

A team of the State vigilance led by an additional SP raided the BOSEM office at Babupara today around 11:30am.

Financial documents of the Board of the period from 2003 to 2014 were seized and staff of the Accounts section questioned, sources said.

It is also learnt that the raid was conducted with permission from the board chairman following complaints from a committee of the board against the failure of some Accounts section staff to rectify financial irregularities.

Prior to the complaint lodged with the State Vigilance, the committee had provided the staff of the Accounts section to rectify the irregularities within a month`™s time.

The same source informed that account procedure and daily cashbook closing including local fund audit and audited statements were not properly maintained before the arrival of the new chairman.

Ebola in India: Japanese tourist in Manipur is not Ebola infected – TheHealthSite

TheHealthSiteEbola in India: Japanese tourist in Manipur is not Ebola infectedTheHealthSiteThe Japanese tourist in Manipur, who reportedly was suspected with Ebola, does not carry the deadly disease. According to Japan Times, the Foreign Ministry in To…

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UNC Assembly held

The 4th Council Assembly of the United Naga Council was held on October 7 and 8 at Tumnoupokpi village, Tahamzam in Senapati district Source Hueiyen News Service NNN

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CoNE, MPNF concerned over frequent transfer of MACS PD

Expressing serious concern over the frequent transfer of the Project Director PD of Manipur State AIDS Control Society MACS which has ultimately led to the failure in implementing HIV prevention programme in the state, the Community Network for Empowerment CoNE and MACS Partner NGOs Forum MPNF has urged the concerned authority to stop discriminating people living with HIV AIDS and other marginalised communities through frequent transfer of PDs Source The Sangai Express

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Six UGs arrested

Five PREPAK PRO cadres were reportedly arrested by the by troops of the 40 Assam Rifles of 9 Sector AR under the aegis of HQ IGAR South along with Imphal East Police Commandos during a joint operation at Singjamei Mayengbam Leikai, Langthabal and L…

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TA Day celebrated

The 65th Territorial Army Raising Day 2014 was observed in Manipur by the State Government here at the 1st Manipur Rifles hall on Thursday Source The Sangai Express Newmai News Network

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General Dalbir Singh reviews TA raising day parade

Gen Dalbir Singh, Chief of Army Staff, reviewed the parade at Army Parade Ground in New Delhi on the occasion of 65th Raising of Territorial Army today, according to a PRO Defence release Source Hueiyen News Service

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Booker Prize, Pulitzer winners at Tata Literature Live Fest

Booker Prize winners, Ben Okri and Anne Enright, along with this year’s Pulitzer Prize poetry winner Vijay Seshadri are among the highlights at the upcoming international literary festival here Source The Sangai Express Press Trust of India

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Chaoba demands apology from CM over Shri Govindajee Temple Bill

Irked by the statement of Chief Minister O Ibobi that Governor has been urged not to give consent to Shri Govindajee Temple Third Amendment Bill, 2014 taking into account of intense criticism of the bill from various sections, Th Chaoba, president of BJP Manipur Pradesh has demanded the CM to tender an apology before the public over the enactment of the bill Source Hueiyen News Service

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Heroin, fake currency notes seized

Acting on specific inputs, a combined team of BSF Lunglei, Mizoram and anti narcotics personnel of Aizawl PS seized 17 hawngs packets of heroin worth Rs 1 Source The Sangai Express

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Aggrieved laborers burn effigy of CAF PD Director

In protest against the apparent authoritarian style of working of Director of Consumer Affairs Food Public Distribution Department CAF PD who derecognized laborers of the FCI godown, members of CAF PD Laborers’ Welfare Association burnt an effi…

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