Manipur News

KOHIMA, June 15 (NNN): Volunteers from Southern Angami Youth Organisation (SAYO) Monday damaged seven vehicles belonging to Mao Nagas.

The action was carried out between 3pm to 5 pm along the National Highway 2 within the Southern Angami jurisdiction.

The exact location where the action was carried out could not be confirmed. The destroyed vehicles include one each of Tata mobile, Tata sumo, Alto, Wagon R and Van. However, there was no report of any untoward incident upon the travelers.

SAYO president Kekhruhol Mekro said that Monday`™s action was carried out in order to send a `clear message`™ to the Mao Nagas for their failure to withdraw the police personnel of Manipur who are still camping at Kezol forest and Dziikou area.

`We have requested them to withdraw police force from the said area, but they didn`™t comply to our request. That is why we have come up with the evacuation notice,` Mekro said.

`Going by humanitarian ground, we decided to relax the vacation notice for few days after Naga Hoho intervened, but they let the police force continue to camp up there,` he reiterated.

On being asked whether they will continue with their decision, the SAYO president said that they will stick to their decision until there is a settlement.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2015/06/sayo-damages-vehicles-of-mao/

IMPHAL, June 15: While reaffirming the `Principle of Neutrality`™ adopted in the house of the Aimol Tribe Union, Manipur on July 29, 2001 at its head office at Aimol Tampak, Pallel in Chandel district, the Aimol Tribe Union termed the declaration made by S Munthuireng published in a local daily on April 13 under the headline `Oneness in Christ`™ which read the Aimol Tribe as Aimol Nagas as baseless.

A joint statement signed by village chiefs and authorities of several Aimol Villages termed the declaration as nothing but an anti-Aimol element and warned leaders and individuals not to repeat such act of anti-community and dictatorship role in future.

It also demanded Munthuireng to apologize to the people through the media for his unwarranted declaration and resign from the post of president of ATUM.

The statement said that the Aimol Tribe Union had adopted certain resolutions including policy of separate entity which states that the nomenclature of the Aimol community recognized under Indian Constitution as Aimol shall be Aimol and no concoction, suffix and prefix shall be allowed to insert to the title `Aimol`™.

It had also resolved to stick to the policy of non-align which states that the Aimol shall stand alone as Aimol in any event and that the Aimol (leader, president and any individual) shall not enter any agreement with any organization, group or community due to geographic location of the Aimol community, it said.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2015/06/aimol-tribe-a-seperate-entity/

IMPHAL, June 15: Referring to the charges levelled against HDFC Imphal Branch by two customers over misconduct in sanctioning of loan , Branch Manager of the bank Surchand has said that the bank`™s Risk Department, which handles such crisis has initiated an internal inquiry against staff alleged of delaying loan sanction.

Addressing a press meet at HDFC Imphal Branch here today, Surchand assured that befitting action will be taken up against those bank staff accordingly if they are found guilty of wrongdoings

Mention may be made that two customers identified as Y Kangleingamba on behalf of K&T Service Station at Andro Parking and KETAWN Business Development Officer Yumnam Deepak in a press briefing on June 13 had alleged that Assistant Manager of HDFC Imphal Branch Eugene Nongmeikakpam delayed their proposal of loan amounting to Rs 1, 10, 00,000 and Rs 30, 00,000 respectively during the tenure of Momo Saka as the Branch Manager of HDFC Imphal Branch.

Eugene was also charged of not responding to queries of the two customers about the progress of sanctioning their loan amount despite repeated request made.

Kangleingamba had said he was convinced to apply for HDFC Life insurance amounting to Rs 3, 00,000 as half yearly premium by Eugene.

Surchand said that HDFC has five branches in the State, rendering financial service to the general public.

He expressed that miscommunication and misunderstandings may have triggered the situation.

The bank is considering sanctioning loan to KETAWN but unfortunately it has decided to reject the proposal for loan from K&T Service Station, he said.

He claimed that one of the loan applicants Y Kangleingamba is a defaulter according to Credit Information Bureau (India) Limited, SIBIL report and said that Kangleingamba was sanctioned a car loan of Rs 6,96,438 by Punya Motors on May 9.

He elaborated that to get CIBIL clearance; it takes at least six months time as it is a lengthy process involving RBI.

HDFC Bank is the only bank having paperless ten second loan facility, Surchand said, adding that there are customers from the states who have received such facility.

He added that HDFC bank not only deals in financial transactions but also participate in social upliftment services like financial consultations, rendering loans to aspiring entrepreneurs.

He also said that HDFC Imphal Branch has been awarded in recognition of achieving highest percentile in agriculture sector loan.

He then appealed to all concerned to directly contact him regarding any problem faced by customers in dealing with services of the bank.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2015/06/internal-inquiry-into-misconduct-allegations-initiated-says-hdfc/