Manipur News

IMPHAL, November 10: “Kakching Kabok has been dominating the sales record with Rs 20 to 30 thousand per day, followed by Jiri Chempak with Rs 8 thousand per day. And Mukhi Pan has also been in demand”, observed a volunteer of Chinjak Festival.

This year’s edition of Chinjak Festival at the Nambul River side of Pisumthong Nigombam Leikai, Imphal has been a crowd puller, added the managing director of the festival Khuraijam Athouba today at the premise of the festival.

He said that the 5th day of the festival already attracted more than 7000 food aficionados. The ethnic foods are still in high demand and we expect more visitors in the remaining six days of the festival.

He elaborated that to boost up the festival, the organising committee has planned to add up entertainment programmes during the festival. He added that on Saturday, a Delhi based professional DJ will ‘shake up’ the festival with his performance.

On the coming November 13, National Small Industries Corporation, NSIC will conduct a free awareness programme promoting Self Help Groups, Small Business Enterprises and small business firms, Athouba added.

He further informed that in the upcoming Sangai Festival, 30 stalls have already been reserved for ethnic food items. He added that the organising committee of the said festival as a gesture to promote ethnic food, a subsidy of Rs 2000 for each stall has been granted.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2014/11/chinjak-fest-kakching-kabok-jiri-chempak-major-crowd-puller/

IMPHAL, November 10: As part of the hectic preparation works taken up for the forthcoming Sangai Festival in Imphal by the government of Manipur, a team of Manipur police led by SP (Ops) Imphal West, K Meghachandra conducted search operation at North AOC areas today.

According to sources, areas of Zomi Villa and Kekru Villa of North AOC were searched by the police team. Altogether 157 persons including five personnel of Indian Reserved Battalion (IRB) were held from the said areas during the operation for further verification.

Out of the 157 detained, 100 of them are male and 57 female. It has been learnt that most of them are drug abusers, sex workers and drug peddlers.

Sources continued that the five IRB personnel were found in an inappropriate manner in company with the sex workers.

It may be mentioned that the organisers of the Sangai Festival have been frantically working in Imphal areas, particularly on improving the approach roads leading to the festival venue. With the non-completion of the Sanjenthong Bridge, which is one of the important connecting bridges between the twin districts of Imphal, the government has been taking out road repairing works at various places in order to ease the flow of traffic along the festival routes.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2014/11/police-raids-north-aoc-as-part-of-sangai-festival-drive/

IMPHAL, November 10: The students’ wing of Joint Committee on Inner Line Permit System (JCILPS), Imphal West has cautioned that they are ready to launch different forms of intense agitations if the Government does not have a positive answer to the demand for implementing the ILPS in the State by November 18.

In this regard, a press conference organised by the newly elected general secretaries of student’s unions of six colleges of the district was held at Lamlong Higher Secondary School today.

Speaking to the media, Nongthongbam Umakanta, general secretary of Naorem Birahari, college said that the students’ wing will continue to extend support to the movement of JCILPS.

He added that the students’ wing had submitted an ultimatum to the government to take up the necessary step regarding the ILPS implementation.

However no positive response has been received so far, and if the government continues to remain silent over the issue, the students would resort to different kinds of agitations, he added.

On the other hand, the representatives also demanded befitting action against Imphal West Additional SP Y Victoria for her excesses on the member of JCILPS students’ wing.

Representatives of Birmangol College, Maharaj Bodhachandra College, Liberal College, Standard College, Modern College, Lamlong Higher Secondary School and Ananda Singh Higher Secondary School also attended the press meet.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2014/11/jcilp-students-wing-gear-up-for-intense-agitation/

IMPHAL, November 10: Research and Strategic Development Organisation for the Northeast today organised a round table on Indo-Myanmar synergy in socio-economic and cultural development – the voice of the third space. The round table was organised at Hotel Imphal.

Former chief minister of Manipur, Radhabinod Koijam, who is also the president of Research and Strategic Development Organisation for the North East (RESDOR-NE) said that efforts have been made to bond Northeast India especially Manipur and Nagaland with Myanmar in economic and cultural development through India’s Look East Policy.

He said that the efforts can only be addressed to the levels of government to government and government to business houses for the promotion of commerce and industries of the said states.

He continued that for the upliftment of cultural development there needs a third space for People to People (P2P) interface, mainly of small businesses, civil organisations, and individuals for active and fruitful exchanges, co-operation and synergy.

Further he said that the present Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has initiated a process to foster good relations with neighbouring countries with the strong message that India cares for good, friendly, genuine, lasting and mutual beneficial relations with them.

Radahabinod pointed out that the PM’s upcoming visit to Myanmar for 12th ASEAN – India Summit and the 9thEast Asian Summit is expected to chip in for more improved relation in trade and commerce including P2P model.

He urged the people of Northeast of India to extract maximum benefit from the Prime Minister’s ‘Make in India’ policy with his innovative idea of skill, scope and scale (3Ss), before adding that the Round Table is a step towards building cooperation and synergy among the people of India and ASEAN countries, in particular our immediate neighbour, Myanmar.

The programme was also attended by P. P. Srivastava, member, Advisory Council, Asian Confluence Centre and former member, NEC, former advisor to Government of Manipur and Sabyasachi Dutta, director, Asian Confluence.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2014/11/ne-needs-multiple-approaches-to-boost-trade-and-cultural-ties-with-myanmar/