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New Delhi, Sep 8 : A two day National Executive meeting of IT cell of BJP which started from 6th to 7th September concluded , empowering the party and Mission 2014. The inaugural function was chaired by Rajnath Singh, National President, BJP and Mahendra Pandey, National Convenor of BJP Cell and Morchas. More than 20 states participated in the two day brainstorming sessions under the leadership of Dr. Arvind Gupta, National Convenor, IT Cell, Vinit Goenka and Sanjeev Singh, National Co-convenors of IT Cell, BJP.
Manipur also presented the achievements, plan of action, vision for future and wish list by the State IT cell Convenor, Naorem Mohen Singh. Issues and problems faced by the party due to lack of hi-end technology were discussed to the Central leaders.
Mohen has also submitted the role of IT cells of the state party in disseminating the news and activities of the party to regional and National level for wide coverage of events and poll campaign.
The absence of news and issues of the state will now be carried by the IT cells of the Central BJP through Yuvai TV and various channels of the media, making state issue a National concern like border fencing, corruption and law and order etc.
Rajnath Singh stressed the role of IT cell of the party to come to power through social media by educating the voters, living in far flung areas about the anti incumbency of the ruling Congress government and also by promoting the good factor of BJP rule states like Gujarat, Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Goa.
Mahendra Pandey gave his valuable suggestions on application of It on governance of BJP at Central and State office for smooth functioning and transparency of the party workers. During December-January next year, there must be a National level Conference of IT cells which will be represented by state level IT cells, District levels and Mandal It cells to kickstart Mission 2014.
Nitin Gadkari, Former President of National BJP lamented on Congress for making IT sector of the country in a pathetic condition which was once a booming industry during NDA rule and IT cell of BJP must produced a vision documents for the IT professionals and Intellectuals to regain our IT industry back on track. E governance will surely reduce by 80% of the present corruption by making IT application for transparency in Judiciary and Administration of the government. S P Muralidhar Rao, General Secretary of the Party stressed on recruiting more IT cadres to fight Mission 2014

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IMPHAL, Sept 8 NNN : A team comprising of Tangkhul Shanao Long Delhi (TSLD), FXB India Suraksha, Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR), Indigenous Women Forum, North East India (IWFNEI) visited Ukhrul as a follow up of the 23 children rescued from Jaipur from two ‘illegal homes’ run by Pastor Jacob John and also from his house. The team met the children, families, DC of Ukhrul, civil society organizations, CWC and others.
Of the 53 children, 23 were from Manipur and they were handed over to the state Child Welfare Committee (CWC) on April 19. The children are currently under the care of the Ukhrul CWC and SSA and undergoing residential bridge course.
According to these organisations, they have found out that detail inquiry report of the child under JJ Rule 28(3); 33(3) (g) (ii) and (4)(f); 87 (1)(a) and (2) is yet to be finalized by the CWC Ukhrul. The report is an assessment of the family situation of the child in detail and to explain in writing whether it will be in the best interest of the child to restore him/her to his families, they added.
These organisations also found out that no plan how medical assistance will reach to children once they are repatriated to their parents. The visiting team has also found out that the state authorities has not given any standard guidelines to deal with rescued children nor specified any budget towards this.
The government despite their assurance has not considered the special circumstances and denied eligibility to pursue higher education for the senior children. The then Deputy Commissioner had written to the concern authority but the matter remains unaddressed till date.
The team is disappointed at the irresponsibility and lack of commitment on the part of the Chief Minister and the Social Welfare Department in extending support that is due to the children, which was aggressively highlighted in the media in the initial period.
Meanwhile, i (TSLD), FXB India Suraksha, (NPMHR), (IWFNEI) have recommended that a thorough home investigation of each child be done at the earliest and based on the findings individual care plan for each before restoring them to their respective families.
They also recommended that the rehabilitation plan must include all children who were in the same home but returned before the rescue owing to health problems. The list of the children has been submitted to the DC on 9th May by the Ukhrul District Alliance for Child Rights (UDACR) and on 6th June to Nina Nayak,NCPCR.
These organisations demanded that s medical team be constituted and all the children be examined and given medical attention on time to time basis.
The team further demanded that the State of Manipur need to immediately develop standard guidelines to deal with similar situation of rehabilitating the rescued children from different part of the state in consultation with different stakeholders. The state protection of child rights, Manipur should be pro actively engaged in safeguarding the rights of the children in compliance with ICPS, ICDS and RTE, they further demanded.
“As per the request made from ACP, Jaipur, Rajasthan and direction given by Session court Imphal to CJM Ukhrul to record the statement of the children under CRPC 164, there has been no progress in the matter.
The team then said the state should have a rigorous plan on prevention of child trafficking in close collaboration and consultation with stakeholders across the board and the state failed to comply with the Supreme Court’s guidelines where children below the age of 12 should not go out for education. The state so far have no operational guidelines to check the incidence of children getting trafficked on the pretext of education, the team stated.

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Imphal, Sep 8 : The press hand out of the state Home Deptt. regarding the proposed home coming ceremony to Kuki National Liberation Front (KNLF) is a bit distressing since the said organization is ridden with faction and the two leaders – the chairman and the C-in C, are still active in Myanmar and receiving some cadres and bringing them into SoO agreement without the knowledge of the top leaders will not achieve the intended target said JM Thadou, Information and Pub Secy, United Kuki Liberation Front (UKLF) in a press hand out today.
The KNLF cadres who are supposed to be part of the home coming ceremony are mostly fake cadres (just pick up from Moreh area) organized by some people purposely for the home coming ceremony it was alleged.
The attempt of the government to bring all armed revolutionary groups into SoO agreement is laudable but inclusion of factions and bogus cadres/groups will not add any feather to the grand scheme of the govt. Indeed this will only encourage more and more people/groups to organize more and more new cadres/groups in future and the whole scheme of thing will be messed up instead of solving the problem.
UKLF/UPF suggested to the government that not only the said KNLF, all other faction ridden groups are also not to be given a chance to come into SoO agreement became the whole plan of things will get no where .

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IMPHAL, Sep 8 NNN : Opposition political parties in Manipur have demanded to immediately halt the ongoing border fencing work in the Indo-Myanmar border.
Trinamool Congress MLA Dr I Ibohanbi Singh while briefing the media at Moreh Trade Centre said the border should not continue unless the matter is amicably resolved between Myanmar and India.
He also said vast land of wild life sanctuary has been affected due to the faulty fencing work.
It can be noted here that a six-member team of Manipur Opposition visited border villages on Saturday along the Indo-Myanmar border to make an assessment of the international line in Chandel district, neighbouring Myanmar.
The MLA team led by Opposition leader Dr I Ibohalbi arrived in Moreh town in Chandel just before midday. From there they went to Holenphai, Govajang and other border villages to oversee them. The Opposition has claimed that huge portion of Manipur’s border land areas hve been ceded to Myanmar in the border fence construction.
Dr Ibohalbi then asked whether the authorisations have been obtained from the departments of forest, revenue or for that matter, the deputy commissioner of Chandel and other concerned authorities before the fencing began.
MLA Shyamkumar joining the press meet said the security force personnel are doing nothing while the Myanmarese army recently constructed a temporary camp near the disputed Border Pillar number 23.
Meanwhile, sources said the team is likely to submit a report on the visit to the Centre soon and put pressure for addressing the issue.
The Opposition team led by Dr Ibohalbi included MLAs Th Biswajit, M Kunjo, Th Shyamkumar, O Lukhoi and K Sharat. The Indo-Myanmar Border Fencing Committee headed by Principal Secretary (Home) Dr J Suresh Babu had earlier made a spot assessment of the international border fencing in Manipur’s Chandel district on August 26 last.
During the visit the Committee inspected Holenphai and Govajang villages, and Tamil Sangam area located between Moreh Gate No 1 and 2 which have been apparently affected by the Indo-Myanmar Border Fencing.
However, the Principal Secretary (Home) during the trip had claimed that the current Indo-Myanmar Border Fencing was just a “security barrier.”

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/halt-border-fencing-works-trinamul/

IMPHAL, Sept 5 NNN : Apex Kuki organisations in Manipur have urged the government of India and the government of Myanmar to sort out the problems at the earliest regarding the border fencing impasse.
Kuki Inpi, Manipur, KSO, General Headquarters, Kuki Chiefs Association, Manipur (KCAM), Kuki Chiefs Association, Chandel, Hills Tribal Council, Moreh and Women Union of Moreh inspected the two Kuki villages of Haolenphai and Govajang in the Indo-Myanmar border today and found that huge portion of land had gone to the other side of the border.
The Kuki organisations informed Newmai News Network this evening that at Haolenphai village the Myanmarese government had erected border pillar number 23 in place of border pillar number 76. In that case, a portion of land measuring one kilometre in breadth and 10 km in length has gone to the other side of the border.
The Kuki bodies said if the faulty fencing work is not rectified at the earliest, the plan of the govt to make a ‘model town’ in Moreh will also be affected.

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/solve-border-problem-kuki-bodies/

IMPHAL, Sep 5NNN : Manipur state unit of All India Trinamool Congress on Thursday demanded both the Central and state Governments to let slip on the true status of the Indo-Myanmar Border Fencing within one week.
Addressing the media at the party office, Manipur state unit TC president Kim Gangte urged the Central and state Government to sort out the issue of the Indo-Myanmar Border Fencing and wipe out the anxiety of the people of the state over reported loss of large area of land on the Manipur side of the international line.
Kim said the state and Central Governments should address the border issue and remove the anxiety of the people over the issue within one week.
She informed that the party already had dispatched a representation to the Prime Minister apprising him about the current border issue on August 6 last.
Kim further claimed Manipur has forced to cede an area of land measuring about 16 km along the boundary to the neighbouring country for the border fence construction.
The TC leader also appealed to the populace of the border villages in Chandel district no to accept any kind of compensation in exchange of their village lands for the border fencing.

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/tmc-on-border-issue/

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Imphal, Sept 5 : The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said it is alarmed to learn of a two-day shutdown by newspapers in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur, following explicit threats from an underground armed group that the distribution of newspapers not publishing its statements would be blocked and their personnel attacked.
According to information received from the All Manipur Working Journalists Union (AMWJU), a unit of the IFJ-affiliated Indian Journalists’ Union (IJU), newspaper distribution for two days beginning 1 September was suspended by vendors under the threat of violent retribution by an underground group.
Following this, AMWJU on 2 September decided to observe a two-day closure to ensure that the state government took note of the predicament that journalists and other media workers continue to face in a state that is home to an estimated thirty armed insurgent groups.
According to the AWMJU, this is the fifth complete shutdown of Manipur’s newspapers in less than five years.
IJU representatives on the Press Council of India (PCI) have brought the matter to the attention of its chairman, Justice Markandey Katju, who has written to the chief minister of Manipur, asking that all necessary measures be taken to ensure that journalists are able to function in an atmosphere free of fear.
“We applaud partners in the AWMJU for their consistent and tireless fight for journalists working in the highly challenging environment in Manipur”, said the IFJ Asia Pacific.
“The code of conduct that AMWJU has evolved to deal with the situation of multiple insurgencies in the state, is an example for journalists in other regions that face similar complexities”.
“We call on the state government in Manipur and the security agencies of the Indian government deployed in the state, to respond to the urgent calls from AWMJU that conditions be secured for safeguarding journalists’ rights and the public right to know”.

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/ifj-alarmed-with-manipur-situation/

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Imphal, Sept 5 : It is very unfortunate as government can’t arrest killers of van driver Gyanendro and auto driver Ayekpam Nobin on August 18 and 21.
The co-convenor of conflict widow forum K. Nandarani was talking to media at Manipur Press Club today.
She said the government seems to keep the case of two incidents unnoticed as it can’t nab the culprits while those involved in the bomb blast at CM gate and route 39 restaurant can be held in no time.
Police only interrogated victims’ family but they did not investigate other persons. She felt the government is bent on increasing the number of widow and orphaned children.
Taking part in the press meet, Shanti wife of deceased van driver Gyanendro said, government failed to produce killers. It shows that there is no value of democracy.
Wangkhem Chandrabala, convenor Imphal west and co-convenor of Imphal east L. Brojeshori also attended the press meet.

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IMPHAL, Sept 5 NNN : All Tribal Disabled Union, Sadar Hills (ATDUSH) and the Senapati Disabled People’s Association, Manipur (SDPAM) have taken a joint decision not to support the 72-hour Manipur hill districts bandh from midnight of September 8 by All Tribal Disabled Students’ Union (ATDSU).
According to ATDUSH and SDPAM, the ATDSU is not a legitimate and genuine body. Both Sadar Hills and Senapati bodies of the disabled said they have no knowledge earlier about the move of the ATDSU.
In can be noted here that on August 30, anguished over Manipur Government’s negative response on its series of demands, the All Tribal Disabled Students’ Union (ATDSU) had announced to call for a 72-hour bandh in the hill districts of Manipur from September 8-11 as the August 30 deadline set by the union to the Government ended.
ATDSU said that the union will impose a 72-hour bandh in the five hill districts of Manipur from midnight of September 8 to September 11 midnight. It said the Government is not responding to the union’s legitimate demands that prompted it to take up the agitation.
Due to lack of education, the tribal disabled people are unable to claim their rightful job quota in the Government establishments and these post vacancies have remained filled up by general candidates, it accused. ADTSU had also on July 19 last sought an appointment from Social Welfare minister for discussion on its demands, but no positive response has been given till date, it said.
It has urged the state Social Welfare minister to realize the decentralization of the authority for issue of disability certificates and to set up a special school with hostel facility for tribal disabled students in one of the hill districts in the state, the union added. It said that physically challenged persons are first examined and treated at Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS) Imphal and then related medical documents are submitted to the office of the Social Welfare which issues disability certificates to them after taking about four months time in the process.
This procedure adopted by the state Government has denied disability certificates to more than 70 percent disabled persons residing in far flung areas of the hill districts, it alleged. At the same time, the union has demanded for setting up of a special school with hostel facility for the tribal disabled children and students in one of the hill districts of the state, it added.
It further said that there are a number of tribal disabled children in the hill areas intending to go to school, but they have failed to do so since they have certain problems of physical inactivities and the society at the same time discourages them to get education. There is only one school in the state located at Takyelpat in Imphal West district, especially for the blind, deaf and mute persons, but still there is not a single school for Locomotor Disabilities (LD) and mentally retarded persons.
It added, therefore, it is quite necessary to set up a school for LD and mentally retarded persons in the state so that they can get proper education.

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/no-support-to-hill-strike/

IMPHAL, Sep 4 MNS/NNN: Security forces rescued two civilians kidnapped for ransom by the banned United People’s Revolutionary Front (UPRF) last night in Thoubal district of Manipur.
A combined team of 40 Assam Rifles and Lilong police busted a hideout of UPRF at Lilong Chabok hill in Manipur’s Thoubal district before the team nabbed two militants of the outfit and rescued the victims yesterday night, said Sub-Divisional Police Officer, Thoubal district, T Lalboy Haokip.
They arrested were displayed before the media at the Lilong police on Wednesday.
Haokip disclosed that the two persons held by the outfit for a ransom a few days back are residents of Palace Compound here. However, the police official refused to name the victims.
Acting on a tip off, the security team conducted massive search operation in the areas of Lilong Mairen, Kaleikhong and Chabok villages under Thoubal district last night, Haokip said.
He said that at 9:30 pm the URPF militants, Md Anish Khan, 25, a resident of Lilong Heinong Makhong and Md Riyajuddin, 24, hailing from Lilong Kaleikhong were arrested by the security team.
Based on their disclosure the security team busted the outfit’s hideout at Chabok hill and recovered the two civilians, he added.
He added one 9 mm pistol loaded with four rounds and one mobile phone handset were seized from the militants.
However, the names of the two rescued civilians have not been revealed.

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Imphal, Sept 4 NNN : Even as the Naga Peoples Front (NPF), Manipur State unit has requested the Registrar General of India (Census) accept the 2001 and 2011 census in respect of Mao-Maram, Paomata and Purul sub-divisions of Sanapati district, Manipur so that the matter is settled once and for all, re-verification of 3 sub-divisions of Senapati district namely Mao-Maram, Paomata and Purul census 2011 is underway.
Altogether 19 officials of the Registrar General of India (Census) led by deputy director SK Chakarbarti arrived here on Tuesday.
In a memorandum submitted to Dr. Chandermolly, director of the Registrar General of India, the NPF questions, “How many verifications and re-verifications are needed ?”
According to the NPF, even if re-verifations are done hundreds of time, it appears that the Manipur government will never accept unless its target is achieved. The NPF then said, “It is so ironical to say that the Manipur state government has certain agenda to reduce the population of the said three blocks of Senapati district.”
It alleged that the state government had rejected ‘the physically counted’ census data both 2001 and 2011 and that too after the provisional census data was published which amount to violation of fundamental rights of the concern citizens.
“As the officially verified and accepted figures of the population were rejected by the Manipur government, a joint re-verification of census 2001 and 2011 were carried out by S.K Chakrabarti, DDG and Dr. MC Mehanathan, Director Ministry of Home from May 9-10 in 2011 and found hundred pencent correct,” the NPF pointed out.
“However, the state government has rejected all these genuine data. The state government estimated the population at 40% done randomly. Such discriminatory attitudes of the state government have to be checked. the justifications of high rate population in the hilly tribal areas of those three blocks were clearly made by the concern SDOs and the deputy commissioner,” the NPF stated.
“The Manipur state govenment is determined to reduce forcibly the citizen’s population of the tribal dominanted Sub-Divisions namely Mao-Maram, Paomata and Purul. It is another form of genocide penetrated to the minority tribal by Manipur government. Tribals in the said blocks are living death in this planet and both the government of India and Manipur government treated them as persona non-grata”, the NPF fumes.

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IMPHAL, Sept 4 MNS/NNN: The Zeliangrong Students’ Union Khoupum Area (ZSUKA) and Zeliangrong Youth Front (ZYF) Nungba Zone said they were saddened by the incident which occurred on the night of 31st August, 2013 at Namkaolong part-II, Khoupum valley, Nungba Sub-division, Tamenglong District. Any excessive, inhuman and violence act perpetrated upon any civilian by security forces or underground activists is strongly condemned by every peace loving and reasonable persons it was added.
The Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF) has clarified today that Nailung Kamei (45), s/o Gaidinlung Kamei of Chingmei village, Tamenglong district was shot at his left leg which got slightly injured as a warning for practicing witchcraft or black magic on the night of August 31.
“We taught the notorious wizard who practices black magic or witchcraft Nailin Kamei (45) s/o Gaidinglung Kamei of Khoupum Chingmei Kabui village (Pungsanmai) under Khoupum police station with a warning shot on his left leg slightly with minor bruises not to repeat such evil designs in near future. The ZUF armed wing, Zeliangrong Tigers Force (ZTF) cadres apprehended the absconding criminal on August 31 who had done much harm to the society and counseled him to mend ways lest ultimate penalty will be initiated,” ZUF information secretary A Dangmei stated.
According to the ZUF, on the request of Pungsanmai (Chingmei Kabui) and neighboring villages the ZTF tried to control Nailin Kamei’s criminal activities against humanity for four times issuing summons which the latter contemptuously failed to appear for justice. The ZUF then arrested him somewhere while trying to escape and warned him not to continue evil doings, it added.
“Nailin had caused the death of Thangsakhonpou Kamei s/o Kameijei of Pungsanmai (Chingmei Kabui) and others while two victims are awaiting the worst as stung by the heinous crime of black magic implanted by Nailin himself. The victims are Dipokgai S/o Ramputa, Poujanglung S/o Kadisipou Kamei both from Chingmei Kabui (Pungsanmai) village,” the ZUF alleged.
Revolutionary parties including the ‘Naga national organizations’ such as the NNC, NSCN and others did not tolerate witchcraft and severe punishments or heavy penalties were awarded in the past whoever had practiced the black-magic, stated the ZUF.
The ZUF then appeals whoever practicing the black-magic to abandon such evil activities and said the outfit will not tolerate such practices in the Zeliangrong region.

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IMPHAL, Sept 4 NNN: The United Naga Council (UNC) has announced to lift its ban on national projects in ‘Naga areas’ of Manipur from 5 am of September 4.
According to the Naga body, the government of India had requested the former in this regard during the talks on August 30 in New Delhi.
“The 6th tripartite talk of the Government of India, Government of Manipur and the Nagas in Manipur under the aegis of the United Naga Council (UNC) on the demand for an Alternative Arrangement outside the Government of Manipur, pending settlement of the Indo-Naga was held at Delhi on the 30th August, 2013. After an intense dialogue, a general agreement to take the process forward to political level within two months’ time was arrived in the talk. The Government of India also requested the UNC for lifting of ban on central project such as the Trans-Asian Railway line and Power Grid line in view of the firm and sincere intention of the GoI to end the stalemate on the demand of the UNC,” the UNC press communique said today.
According to the UNC, it held meeting today and discussed the above request of the government of India and resolved that the ban on the construction work on the Trans-Asian Railway line and Power Grid line would be lifted temporarily.

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IMPHAL, Sep 4 NNN : The Kanglei Yaon Kanna Lup- Military Defence Force (KYKL-MDF) general secretary L Achouba today spelled out that the militant outfit has discontinued demanding money from the public to raise its fund since it signed the Suspension of Operation (SoO) with both the Central and Manipur Governments.
Addressing a press conference at the Press Club here, Achouba appealed to the people to immediately inform KYKL-MDF finance secretary Deepak if the outfit’s name is found using by any individual or group in extortion activities.
Achouba further explained the outfit has not issued any diktat or threat to the state journalists and media houses and vowed that the outfit will not violate the SoO ground rules.
The top militant leader also said tripartite talks involving the outfit, Manipur and Central Governments are underway smoothly and expressed hope that a final and peaceful political settlement for the organisation will be brought soon.

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/mdf-not-involved-in-threat-to-scribes/

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Imphal, Sept 1 : About 10 persons received injuries when police fired tear has shells and blank fire at an angry crowd who tried to free one Tongjachai alias Tengkhai Kipgen (22) Moreh Sikkim Village from the hands of police last night around 10 p.m.
A team of commandos posted at Moreh arrested Tongjachai (22) a cadre of Pakan revolution army for extorting Money from near Kondong Lairembi yesterday in the morning. After this women and others stoned Moreh PS and commandos office to release him. They said, he is a civilian.
As the protesters stoned PS, police fired tear gas shells. The protesters also fired at PS. In the police action, about 10 persons received injuries.
Police arrested two persons involved in the shooting at police station. They were identified as Seiboi Kuki (33) Chanou Village, Moreh ward No. 9, Thongnam Haokip (40) Moreh Sikkim Veng.
As the situation deteriorated the angry crowd burnt down the police check post near Kondong Lairembi.
Following the incident, all shops, business establishment were closed down. The area was tense.

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IMPHAL, September 1 NNN: Under the banner of United Committee, Manipur (UCM), a mass movement is likely to be launched soon in Manipur on the issue of the ‘territorial integrity of Manipur’.
This was recommended in a one-day seminar held at Imphal Hotel, Imphal on the theme, “India’s Stand on the Territorial Integrity of Manipur”. The seminar was organised by the UCM.
Today’s seminar was organised at the backdrop of the border dispute between India and Myanmar where several villages of Manipur have gone to the other side of the border due to the ongoing controversial border fencing.
“A strong and intense mass movement is a must here so as to alert the Government of India on the issue,” opined social activist Dr Dhanabir Laishram. He asked for a bold and concerted and democratic form of agitation by the people of Manipur to get the attention of New Delhi on the issue.
Dr Dhanabir Laishram was speaking as one of the resource persons during the seminar on the topic, “India’s double standard on the territorial integrity of Manipur”.
RK Ranjan, ‘senior visiting fellow’, Geography department of Manipur University said that in this globalised world focus on the nitty-gritties of border lines has become weak. He however said, “But maintaining the correct boundary lines is important,” RK Ranjan stated while speaking as a resource person in the prigramme. He also said that boundaries have been affected whenever there occur historical event or incident and reiterated, “But reality should not be distorted.”RK Ranjan was speaking on the topic, “Boundaries of Manipur and its problems and issues.”
Also speaking in the seminar was Hareshwar Goswami, a writer and social activist who said that border dispute with Myanmar (Burma) has been there since 1867. He stressed the need for the Manipur government to present a clear white paper on the issue to the public.
Prof Nabakumar while speaking on the topic, “A new turn in the Indo-Myanmar relationship in the light of India’s Look East Policy,” has presented a detailed scenerio in the region developed in recent time.Meanwhile, the seminar also recommended, besides organising a massive mass movement on the territory of Manipur, for sending missives on the issue to international fora.

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It has come to the notice of the Board that some of the Schools recognised by the Board have been sending up students from un-recognised schools as their own students for taking the HSLC Examinations. This practice is in contravention of existing Rules and Regulations prescribing code of conduct to be followed by the recognised schools.
All recognised schools were requested not to indulge in such unfair practices. All such students from unrecognised schools are not eligible to take the HSLC Examination and their names shall be deleted from the list of candidates. It has also been decided that in the event of any such malpractices, the defaulting schools (recognised schools) shall be liable to pay a fine of Rs. 1,00,000- (Rupees one lakh only) failing which the school shall be debarred from sending up candidates for any future HSLC Examination.

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