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Imphal, Aug 9 : Lauding the achievement of Olympic Bronze Medal winner MC Mary Kom, State Government has decided to give a cash reward of Rs. 50 Lakh to the eminent pugilist. State Government has further announced promotion of MC Mary Kom to the post of Additional S.P. in Manipur Police and allotment of 2 (two) acres of land at Meitei Langol Village.
State Cabinet held on 09-08-2012 noted the amazing feat of MC Mary Kom, and observed that the famed pugilist has brought unprecedented pride” and fame to Manipur, in sports arena “
Admiring the success of MC Mary Kom, the Chief Minister, Manipur hailed the Olympic Bronze Medal Winner Boxer as the “truly outstanding sports person and daughter of Manipur who has brought a befitting honor & glory to the State”.
The winner of five Boxing World Championship titles, MC Mary Kom, who is the only North Eastern Sports person to have ever won an Olympic Medal, won Bronze Medal in the ongoing London Olympics in 51 Kg fly Women Boxing category.
The Khurpui-Lam Organization Manipur (KOM) conveyed its heartiest congratulations to MC Mary Kom on winning the Brone Medal at London Olympics,2012.
Her success in the most competitive sporting event in the world manifest her grit,determination and prowess. It is significant that, MC Mary Kom, who hails from Kangathei,a small village in Churachandpur District have not only won the Olympics medal, but also won thousands of hearts “uniting in her path towards success and glory. It is hope that her victory will be harbinger of sporting revival in India.
Despite m difficulties and facing challenging times in her dream towards Olympic medal for India, one can’t simply ignored the step-motherly treatment meted out by the Government of Manipur. Though the state government have failed in fulfilling its promise on many occassions, however, none can’t sto’p her dreams and aspiration,which is nothing but the ultimate glory for India in the commity of the world. With a crowning glory for MC Mary Kom at London Olympics 2012, there are hundreds of aspiring talented sportpersons in the country who could win medal for the state and the country in the years to come.Towards this objective, it is pray that the Government of Manipur will play active role for promotion of sports amongst the youth of Manipur.
NNN adds, Power failure has tested the patience of large number of people in Manipur last evening when they failed to watch MC Mary Kom bout at the London Olympics.
However, it Churachandpur district headquarters, the Manipur southern district which is the home district of MC Mary Kom, people got frustrated when there was a power cut last evening. The people turned mob and started ransacking the Churachandpur Electricity department office at Tuibuong, located about a km away from the district police station. The angry people swarmed towards the electricity office and started attacking the office between 6: 15 pm to 7 pm. They were frustrated as their long wait to watch the semifinal of the 51 kg category of boxing played between local favourite MC Mary Kom and Nicolas Adams was not fulfilled as the power supply played a spoilsport.
The mob broke the keys of every room and turned their ire on the furniture, chairs , iron cupboards which contained files and ledgers .
Most of the tables and chairs were damaged while keys of some iron chest were broken and were pushed down on the floor
Window panes of the office were smashed and the frame were also pulled out with files spread on the floor of the office buildings and things became a jumbled-set.
At the EE’s room the round table was pushed down , the table broken with everything broken
Talking to this reporter the assistant engineer of the office Khampu said electricity supply regulation is not in their control but controlled by system controller from Imphal and they cannot do anything on the matter.
Meanwhile Devendro Singh of India lost in men’s fly weight (49kg) quarterfinal bout against Paddy Barnes of Ireland 23-18 to bow out of the London Olympics.
Devendro Singh, who had a win courtesy RSC in the round of 16 started the bout as the aggressor going in the same vain as his earlier bouts but the experienced Irish Boxer Paddy Barnes kept evading the Indian’s left and right swings. While Devendro Singh relied heavily on his movement and straight punches, Paddy Barnes back paddled well and got in the crucial punches with good hooks.
By the end of Round one Paddy Barnes led 7-5 owing to the Irish boxer’s accurate punches as opposed to Devendro’s wild swings.
In Round 2, Devendro continued to rush towards Paddy but this time Paddy also went for the kill and a healthy exchanges of left-right combos saw both Devendro and Paddy earning points.
Devendro, though was docked two points by the referee for an attempted head butt on Paddy. Both boxers went into a clinch as the taller Barnes went forward and Devendro needlessly struck with his head. Paddy continued to extend his lead with accurate punches. The Irish took the round 10-5.
With a lot of ground to cover in the final round, a tiring Devendro again went for the wild swings dropping his guard as Paddy Barnes seemed happy to duck and evade the Indian.
Paddy was warned for excessive ducking but Devendro did not employ the uppercuts till the last minute of the game which earned him couple of points at the end. Devendro took the round 8-6 but lost the bout 23-17.

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