Day: March 8, 2016

IMPHAL, Mar 8: Today around 4.20 pm, an unexploded bomb from during the World War II was recovered during digging. The bomb was excavated from near Pourabi Community Hall which falls under Imphal east Lamlai Police Station. According to the report, the bomb has been recovered by the police.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2016/03/unexploded-wwii-bomb-found/

BISHNUPUR, March 8: A student sitting for the Class X examination conducted by the Board of Secondary Education Manipur conducted was made to stop writing for five minutes at Nambol Private Centre A after he was found using unfair means today. After visiting the some select exam centres of Bishnupur today, this correspondent had gone

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2016/03/class-x-student-penalised-for-using-cheat-sheets/

IMPHAL, Mar 8: Staff of the Manipur Postal Service division has called off its indefinite cease-work strike called demanding the transfer and action against the Director Postal Service Vinod Kumar. The decision to call off the strike from today was arrived at following assurance of the postmaster general NE Circle, Shillong I Pangarnungsang to translate

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2016/03/postals-cease-work-strike-called-off/

IMPHAL, March 8: The School Management and Development Committee (SMDC), association Ukhrul has filed a petition in the High Court of Manipur against the officials of the Education department of the district for allegedly committing gross violation while implementing SSA-RTE programs in the district. According to Raingam Muivah, vice president of the association, fund was

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2016/03/smdc-ukhrul-petitions-hc-against-erring-officials-of-education-department/

THOUBAL, March 8: There is only deprivation in the hills and as the demands and complaints are not looked into, bandhs are frequent, claimed Naga People’s Front Manipur State unit president Awangbou Newmai said today. Newmai was speaking at a one day political conference organized by the party at the Indoor Stadium of the Chandel

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2016/03/npf-manipur-says-hills-suffering-from-deprivation/

IMPHAL, March 8: The Transporters and Drivers Council has urged the State government to take action against the Border Road Organisation for its failure to properly maintain the Barak Bridge along the NH 37 which continues to snap every now and then. This was said by the council’s president H Ranjit during a press conference

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2016/03/punish-bro-for-repeated-breakdown-of-barak-bridge-tdc/

IMPHAL, March 8: If the State government actually cares for women of the society, Irom Chanu Sharmila wouldn’t have been the way she is today, and the Armed Forces Specials Powers Act would have been already repealed, BJP Manipur president Chaoba said during an international women’s day observation cum Legal Awareness programme today. The observation

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2016/03/chaoba-alleges-congress-has-no-concern-for-women/

IMPHAL, Mar 8: The Medical Department, Government of Manipur has notified to all concerned individuals that in provision of Sections 4 and 5 of ‘The Drugs and Magic Remedies (objectionable advertisements) Act, 1954’ no person will promote in any form any misleading advertisements of drugs for remedies which are alleged to possess magic qualities. According

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2016/03/medical-dept-warns-against-misleading-advts/

IMPHAL, March 8: Wangkhei MLA Y Irabot today said the State government sometimes acts in an impractical as well as surreal manner. Speaking at an International Working Women’s Day observation held at the Apex marketing Women Market, Khuman Lampak, the Congress MLA said the government should have a clear conscience while undertaking development works. The

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2016/03/mla-irabot-censures-congress-government/

IMPHAL, March 8: The International Women’s Day was widely observed in the State today. The Manipur Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee observed the day by organizing a one day brain storming session on the theme “women and law” at the Congress Bhawan. Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh, Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam and All India Mahila Congress

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2016/03/33-pc-quota-for-women-mooted-on-womens-day/