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Peoples of Imphal West Uripok Kangchup Road have been waiting since long time the repairing of this road and the peoples are quite extremely enduring the hardships of going on this road said a memorandum submitted to Works Minister by Kh Shyamkishor, Chairman of UK Road People’s Forum.
The organization regretted the negligence of the authority however appreciated the to start repairing from Iroishemba Foothill (Chingjin) upto Naoremthong.
The road is an important one and it stretches from Singda Dam to Khwairamband Bazar and one Lamshang Khurkhul road is also diverted from Lamshang Bazar.
The present condition of this road is horrible and passengers are afraid to travel on the road.
The a 20 km long road is the only vital road for the people of Lamshang, Sekmai and Uripok constituencies for their livelihood.
Patients face problems while taken to hospitals for treatment.

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Mail News Service
Imphal, Dec 23 : Gurbachan Jagat, Governor today greeted all on the eve of Christmas. He said, “ I heartily greet the people of Manipur, especially our Christian brethren on the joyous and auspicious occasion of Christmas, 2012.
Christmas, celebrated as the birthday of Lord Jesus, has now become a festival which is observed cutting across religion, caste and creed and is now a unifying event. Lord Jesus the apostle of peace was born to build a new world order and he strived for the same based on peace, justice, humility and equality of mankind. While celebrating the anniversary of the birth of the Son of God, besides paying our obeisance to Him, let us re-dedicate ourselves to the ideals He espoused such as love, mercy, forgiveness, oenevolence, compassion and sacrifice for the betterment of the society. We should, in this world full of enmity and hatred, remember his sacrifice for the sins of man. Let us come out from the man made hatred surrounding us and follow the principles propounded by Jesus Christ and messages preached by Him for a better world, where peace reigns and people prosper.
I join the people of Manipur in praying to God for a peaceful and prosperous Manipur and wish each and everyone of them a Merry Christmas, 2012.”
Major General Karun Kumar Sinha, SM, GOC 57 Mountain Division and all ranks of Red Shield Division have extended warm greetings to the people of Manipur on the occasion of Christmas. The GOC sincerely wishes that all the festival of joy and happiness ushers into a New year which is full of peace, prosperity and heralds a new dawn of fresh hope and promise for all.
Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh, Director General Assam Rifles, Major General UK Gurung, YSM, IGAR(South) and all Ranks of Assam Rifles extend warm greeting and sincere goodwill to the people of Manipur on the occasion of Christmas. The General Officers in their message said that, Christmas is a time of great joy, cheer, hope and happiness. It proclaim Lord Jesus Christ’s message of love, sacrifice and forgiveness, compassion and service, courage and humility, peace and harmony. They pray to Almighty to keep a benign eye on the people of Manipur to bring peace, prosperity and tranquility in the days to come.
LT Gen AK Sahni GOC 3 CORPS said , “I extend my heartiest greetings to the people on the auspicious occasion of Christmas. Celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ is a celebration of hope, as represented by the Redeemer. I hope that this Christmas would witness an enhanced spirit of brotherhood that would allow the people and the State to prosper. May we all remember the sacrifices of Jesus Christ towards upliftment of society and rededicate ourselves to follow the path prescribed by Him.
RPF greeted all on the eve of Christmas. Roben Khuman , Secretary, Publicity called upon all to observe the festival.

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SENAPATI, Dec 24 NNN: The United Naga Council (UNC) has called 72 hours bandh in all “Naga areas” starting from the midnight of December 26.
The UNC said their move to call bandh has been to register their protest against the “communal attacks”.
“We are constrained to reiterate the Naga people’s position on the reported manhandling incident at Chandel that the law of the land must act upon the guilty. Nagas have requested for lifting the bandh and given public statement that left without option we would take our own course of action. The Government of Manipur pretends to restore law and order through a police force that refuses to enforce it. Meanwhile the insult & humiliation; destruction of personal belongings, commodities and vehicles and physical assault on Nagas continues unabated in the capital of Manipur. This time it is a direct attack on the celebration of Christmas and Christianity. Even churches have not been spared and set on fire,” the UNC alleges today.
According to the UNC, the Government of India has been asked to intervene as there is no government or rule of law and the mob of communal forces in Imphal valley have taken over vide the memorandum December 23, 2012 addressed to the Prime Minister of India. “Government of India therefore is also responsible for the continuation of the anarchy in Imphal valley and the targeting of Nagas in particular. This mayhem has continued more than 68 hourrs in full view and knowledge of the government. heinous crimes of rape and murder which abounds in Manipur have not seen such systematic communal campaign,” it further alleges.
Even after the Film Forum Manipur and Manipur State Shumang Leela Council had called off the indefinite bandh with effect from the midnight of December 23, the tribals heading for respective villages for Christmas on December 24 from outside the state and from Imphal valley with state police escorts were attacked, their belongings seized and destroyed and physically assaulted and this continues to this hour. The earlier camouflage of the Chandel manhandling issue has now been discarded as the organisers of the bandh have lifted it off. There is no more issue behind the agitation targeting Nagas and is now purely a communal campaign, the UNC added. “Now the whole world knows that this onslaught is premeditated and has been wilfully done and not through an error in judgement. The unbridgeable difference between the Tribals in Manipur and the Meiteis – historically, culturally, socially and even in religion has been brought out in greater clarity. Starting from the Chief Minister, political parties, social scientists and civil society organisations of the Meiteis, these differences have been affirmed with their persistent utterance of ‘civil war’, ‘bloodbath’ and ‘time bomb’ in public platforms in relation to communal inter-relationship,” the UNC pointed out.
It then stated that in view of the given situation where the “communal government of Manipur” has allowed communal forces to persistently attacks the Nagas in particular, ‘it is our demand that the Government of India intervene immediately with an alternative arrangement outside the Government of Manipur’.
“In pursuance of this urgent demand to the Government of India and to register our protest against the unabated communal attacks, a 72(seventy-two) hours bandh will be observed in the Naga areas with effect from the midnight of December 26 to the midnight of December 29. All Manipuri video and music CDs/cassettes, dramas and leelas will also be banned in Naga areas with immediate effect. “All tribes councils, frontal organisations and general Naga public will strictly enforce the above in their respective jurisdictions,” the UNC urged.

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Imphal, Dec 24 : The All India Tribal Students’ Association, (AITSA) Delhi and the Mongoloid People’s Forum appealed to the people of
Manipur and particularly to the organizing committee of the Bandh in protest against the Molestation of an actress, who
was on a Good will mission to Chandel. The Association condemned the shameful act of the miscreant in the highest term as molesting woman is not a common practice in a Mongoloid society. Such cheap conduct should be collectively fought against beyond communal lines.
The Association appealed to the Manipur State Shumang Leela Council and other organizations leading the indefinite bandh to immediately relieve innocent passenger who are on the way to their home town. Keeping in view of the vulnerable social and political situation in the state, the organizer of the Bandhs should cautiously demonstrate their anger to the culprit and the government without victimizing innocent people. If the state wide Bandh is carried on violently, there is high probability of communal flare up in the state as we are more prone to communal sentiment rather than the applying our good will. The state government should not be the first to impose AFSA on its own people and must restrain from violent means of controlling protester. The Forum also appeals to ANSUM, KSO, AMSU and DESAM to jointly intervene in the issue and resolve the matter in the earliest possible time. As ascertained by the joint Manipur Tribal Leaders Imphal is no more safe for the tribals said a press statement issue by the All Manipur Tribal Union.
The objective of the agitation to press the government against the insane act that happened at Chandel headquarter is being misused to discriminate and atrocitize the tribals it was stated.
As such tribals are urged to remain alert and vigil to subside the volatile attitude of the disguised bandh supporters and to prepare for mass exodus if necessary said the AMTU release sign by the general secretary Romeo Bungdon.
Home Minister of the state is hereby requested to provide adequate security escort to deport the tribals to their native places as preventive measure.

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