Manipur News

IMPHAL, May 28: The Joint Students Coordination Committee (JSCC) and All Tribal Students Union (ATSUM) have demanded to cancel the recent examination taken by Manipur Public Service Commission on April 25 and to conduct the examination again at the earliest.

The JSCC and ATSUM made the demand in a press conference at the All Manipur Students Union headquarters on Wednesday.

JSCC convenor Thangjam Premananda said that the question paper of the examination had various mistakes and some answer keys didn’t correspondent with the given questions.

“In this regard, the JSCC had appealed to the concerned department several times to form an enquiry committee to investigate into the mistakes committed during such an important examination. However, no response has come till date to the appeal made by the JSCC,” he stated.

He said that the JSCC had also informed to halt the issuing of forms to the candidates to appear in the main examination, adding that even though various appeals were made, MPSC has been issuing forms which must be stoped.

“The announcement of the result twice clearly showed that various unfair means were practiced during examination. So, there is a need for a re-examination and if the MPSC can’t conduct the examinations, it’s better to hand it over to the UPSC to conduct the examination in the future,” Premananda said.

ATSUM secretary Vareiyo Shatsang said if the government keeps on neglecting and fails to conduct the examination again which is null and void, various agitations will be launched in the hill areas of the state.

If re-examination is not conducted, the candidates are all unfit because the examination was null and void, the ATSUM secretary added.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2014/05/jscc-reiterates-demand-of-mpsc-prelims-re-examination/

IMPHAL, May 28: The Kuki National Liberation Front (KNLF), a signatory group under the Suspension of Operation agreement with both the Centre and the State has drawn the attention of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to conduct an inspection of the designated camp of the outfit situated at Semol for official recognition.

Speaking to media persons somewhere in Chandel district, Tonglenlal Haokip alias Lalmoi, general secretary of the outfit, informed that the camp is nearing completion and comprises of barracks, kitchen, sentry posts, office building.

He pointed out that after the outfit entered SoO agreements on March 25, 2014, it petitioned the MHA NE division to establish a designated camp for the outfit.

Subsequently, the MHA responded positively, he said adding that the additional secretary (Home) on May 3, 2014, as instructed by the ministry, released an order giving green signal to its demand of setting up of designated camp at Simol Village under Khengjoy Sub-division, Chandel district.

The general secretary continued that following the approval the construction work of the camp began on May 10, 2014 with fund from the outfit’s own pocket.

Altogether 40 cadres who were taking shelter at the Moreh post of the 9AR have already entered the designated camp with security coverage provided by the 6 Dogra Regiment, he further adds.

He further lauded co-operation extended by the surrounding villagers in constructing the camp adding that the village chief of Semol, Tilgoulen Haokip had submitted a written approval for construction of the camp to the principal secretary Home prior to the construction of the camp. 

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2014/05/knlf-urges-mha-to-okay-designated-camp/

Imphal, May 28: People must take a no objection certificate (NOC) from the station commander of the Assam Rifles before constructing any multi-storied buildings within a radius of 100 metres near defence establishments for double-storeys and 500 metres for buildings with more than four stories.

According to a highly placed source, a directive from the Union Ministry of Defence, has issued interim instructions on May 18 that includes guidelines for issuing of No Objection Certificates (NOC) for construction of multi-storied buildings in the vicinity of defence establishments.

The Works of Defence Act, 1903 which imposes restrictions upon use and enjoyment of land in the vicinity of the defence establishment needs to be comprehensively amended so as to take care of the security concerns of the defence forces, the directive further stated.

“The process of amendment has been put in motion and may take some time, the defence ministry felt it necessary to issue interim instructions to regulate grant of NOCs. The objective of these instructions is to strike a balance between the security concerns of the force and the right of the public to undertake the construction activities on their land.”

In places where local municipal laws require consultations with the station commander before a building plan is approved, he may convey his views after seeking the approval from the next higher authority, not lower than the rank of a Brigadier or equivalent, within four months of receiving such requests.

Even when the local municipal laws are not required, the station commander can restrict the construction of double-storey buildings within 100 metres and four-storeys and more buildings within a 500 metre radius from defence establishments if he feels that it poses a security hazard.

The headquarters of Inspector General, Assam Rifles (South) has sent a letter to the state Revenue commissioner recently that an important aspect of this act is to impose restrictions upon the use and enjoyment of land in the vicinity of defence establishment so that such land may be kept free from buildings and other constructions, and for determining the amount of compensation to be paid to the landowners.

In view of security concerns, the state government have issued instructions to the concerned department for the publication of the notification under Works of Defence Act, 1903 for non-construction of any buildings at a distance of two thousand yards from the crest of the garrison as per section 7 of the sub Act.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2014/05/restrictions-imposed-on-constructing-buildings-near-defence-areas/

By R Lester Makang
UKHRUL, May 28: Giving a new twist to the recent Gurgaon sex racket case, fresh evidences have suggested that the name of Peh (Paoyi) village should not have been linked to the nefarious incident as the two accused women who were reported to be hailing from the village, are no longer residents of Peh as one had already married a man from Hunphun village while the other to a different community.

The new evidences emerged after this IFP correspondent conducted an independent investigation following reports that the alleged linking of the village’s name in the case in certain Imphal based daily newspapers reports has hurt the sentiments of Peh villagers.

It is worthwhile to recall here that a news report carried in this paper on May 6 pertaining to the recent Gurgaon case had quoted sources based on TFOs resolution adopted at a joint emergency meeting on May 2 last and had mentioned Paoyi village as one of the native places of the accused.

Reliable sources have disclosed that since the two accused have already married outside the village, they have stopped being members and residents of Peh/ Paoyi and as such, implicating the village name in irresponsible activities of these two individuals is impropriate.

Consequently, it is learnt that the name of Peh/Paoyi village has nothing to do with the April 22 incident in Gurgaon.

 

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2014/05/peh-village-name-cleared-from-gurgaon-racket-case/

IMPHAL, May 28: A team of the Thoubal district police commando conducted a cordon and house to house search operation at Wangjing Tentha area this morning and detained seven persons.

The seven were handed over to the Thoubal police station for further verification.

The search operation was conducted under the supervision of Additional SP, Operation, S Ibomcha Singh assisted by the Officer in Charge of the district police commando Inspector Anand from early morning at Tentha Khunjao.

The entire male population of the locality inside the age group of 15-50 years were asked to line up at the Thongam Lampak and verified.

Seven persons who failed to produce their proper verification identity proof were detained for further verification.

Later, the same team also conducted house to house search operation at Tentha Thambal Chingjya, Wabagai Thambal Chingya and Wabagai Mairenbam Leikai respectively.

On the other hand, Imphal east district police also conducted cordon and search operation at Singjamei Bheigyabati Leikai under Singjamei police station and detained 10 persons for further verification during the cordon and search operation.

The search operation was conducted under the supervision of Additional SP, Operations, Shinghajit Singh Imphal east assisted by Inspector P Achouba Meitei, Officer in Charge Imphal east district commando from early morning from Singjamei Bheigyabati Leikai to Singjamei Bridge.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2014/05/police-conduct-house-to-house-search-operation/

IMPHAL, May 28: The Wangjing Tentha united body of local clubs has today announced that the Mela held at Wangjing Kodompokpi Sports Ground should be forced down in case the organisers fail to function according to the rules and regulation of Mela permit issued by the deputy commissioner of the district.

Speaking at a press conference held at the Wangjing Laikol Community Hall, Ch Suranjoy the joint secretary of the SOCDEC, claimed that the organisers have violated the time schedule mentioned in the permit and that there is no rule inside the venue.

He claimed that there are various stalls of gambling, which is in clear violation of the rules and regulations.

He further continued that the locals had since 2008 decided to ban non-sports activities at the ground, which had been informed to the then DC RK Dinesh Singh urging him to restrict permission of any kind of entertainment or amusement on the playground.

During such a development, the Foundation for Healthy People, Wangjing was granted permission to organise the Mela inside the ground, he said.

Suranjoy continued that the local clubs had urged the DC to cancel the permit or to shift the venue to another suitable location.

Following the appeal, the DC had shortened the number of days and time schedule from May 24 to 30 between 1.30pm to 6pm, he said.

However, in stark contrast, the organisers have continued the mela upto midnight, he alleged and added for which the locals have also made the necessary complaints to the DC and SP of the district.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2014/05/wangjing-tentha-clubs-question-over-indulgence-in-mela/