Mission schools steal the lime light again with Nirmalabas taking the lion's share HSLC results out, highest pass pc scripted in last 10 years
IMPHAL, May 20: Results of the High School Leaving Certificate Examination 2013 conducted by Board of Secondary Education Manipur have been declared today with Miranda Mongbijam of Nirmalabas School securing the top position. Born to M Iboyaima and Non.....
Third topper sets eyes on donning IPS uniform
IMPHAL, May 20 : To become an IPS officer and wage a crusade against corruption is the aspiration of Ratimanjuri Devi Hajarimayum who secured the third position in the HSLC Exam 2013 conducted by BSEM. “It was because of blessing by the Almighty tha.....
Civil services on 2nd topper's top choice of list
IMPHAL, May 20: Fight crimes against women and children in the capacity of an IAS officer is the aim of Keisham Luxmirani who secured second position in the merit list of HSLC Exam 2013 conducted by BSEM. Luxmirani is the second youngest of five siblin.....
Topper eyes medical profession
IMPHAL, May 20 : Determined to pursue medical studies, HSLC Exam 2013 topper Miranda Mongbijam has been already admitted in an institute in Hyderabad even before the exam results were declared. When this reporter visited Miranda at her Thangmeiband Lai.....
SK Oil
IMPHAL, May 20: Amidst the irregularity of SK Oil distribution in the State, the Petroleum, Planning and Analysis Cell, New Delhi has cut down 32000 ltr of the State share of SK Oil without any rhyme or reason. Adding to this woe, 188 kl out of the to.....
Gen strike
IMPHAL, May 20: The Kuki Students’ Organisation (General Headquarters) has announced a 24-hour general strike from 5am of May 21 (Tuesday). Announcing this in a statement, the KSO said the general strike would be followed by indefinite economic block.....
UNC endorses
IMPHAL, May 20: Endorsing the decision of the Aze Longphang, the apex organisation of Southern Tangkhul villages taken in its emergency General Body meeting on May 11, that any encroachment on Sailent foothills will be responded suitably, the United Nag.....
Rs 10 lakh incentive for Everesters
IMPHAL, May 20: The State Government has today decided to give cash incentive of Rs ten lakhs each to all the Manipuris who successfully scaled Mt Everest recently. According to Government spokesman and Education Minister M Okendro, a decision to this .....
NPF flays
IMPHAL, May 20: The Naga Peoples Front (NPF), Manipur State has termed the eviction drive of the State Government of Manipur at Kabo Leikai along the Naga river as ‘demolition’ and said the Congress Government will be held responsible for any untoward.....
Demolition Team tag sits pretty on State Govt Residents of Kabo Leikai evicted unceremoniously
IMPHAL, May 20: Twenty two houses at Naga River Lane, Kabo Leikai were razed to ground today as part of the Govt’s eviction drive of the area. Meanwhile, pattadars of the evicted land have pledged to fight for justice. At the same time, the United Co.....
Profiling the muse in Irom Sharmila
New Delhi, May 20: A 1000-word “very long” poem, penned by Irom Sharmila, who has been on fast for the past 12 years to protest against what she calls repressive laws allowing widespread human rights abuses, forms part of a new book on the activist fr.....
Tml hospital work staring at dead end
TAMENGLONG, May 20 : The ongoing construction of a 50-beded hospital in Tamenglong is staring at a dead end due to want of fund for the completion of the project. Contractors undertaking the construction work of the Tamenglong 50-beded hospital rued th.....
Ibobi bats for mutual understanding
IMPHAL, May 20: Even if people settled around Singda Bazar do not possess patta for the lands occupied by them, they would not be evicted as of now. Rather, the Government would like come to an understanding with the people. This was stated by Chief Mi.....
India, China Vow To End Border Dispute, Sign 8 Agreements Lessons learnt from recent stand off
NEW DELHI, May 20: Taking stock of “lessons learnt” from the recent stand-off in Ladakh after a Chinese incursion there, India and China on Monday decided on further measures for maintaining peace and tranquility along their border. This was disclo.....
Politicians, men in uniform and law and disorder in Manipur
By Hijam Santosh Several people from all spheres have condemned AFSPA but to no avail and the reasons are because the persons at the helm of affairs stand to benefit. The .....
Cyclone Mahasen spares Manipur. Will UGC team do the same ?
By Khingba Luwangcha Manipur remained indoors when news of Cyclone Mahasen expected to sweep across the State (Churchandpur and Tamenglong first) on May 17 painted the region black and white. Holiday was declared for schools and colleges. Safety tips wer.....
Traditional healing methods with special reference to Manipur
By Dr K Paochunbou (Contd from previous issue) Some of the medicinal plants used in the treatment of Jaundice and Hepatitis-B infections Sl. No. English Botanical Manipuri Hindi or Latin 1 Ceylon Leadwort Plumbago zeylanica. L Te.....
Mis-selling Insurance
Contd from previous issue But the panic began when they looked at their account statements at the time of the second or the third year premium, they realized almost all their money had got deducted as costs. Those expecting double the money at the end .....
Grounding ground rules to dust The notuntouchables
They are not untouchables. The reasons must be compelling for none other than the Deputy Chief Minister who also holds the Home portfolio to come out with such a statement. The ‘not untouchables’, that the Deputy Chief Minister was referring to are th.....
Free detection camp
IMPHAL, May 20: A one-day free diabetes/BP detection camp was held on May 19 under the aegis of Namdunlong Youth Club. Many, among the 100 patients, were detected to be in pre-diabetic stage and diabetic. Free medicines were also provided to the patients,.....
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MPSC-ignored candidate gets High Court boost
IMPHAL, Jan 19: Based on a petition filed by an unsuccess-ful candidate in the Manipur Civil Services combined com-petitive examination 2010, Imphal Bench of Gauhati High Court has reportedly directed Manipur Public Service Com-mission (MPSC) officials to preserve answer scripts of the said exam as well as to testify before the court on the matter.
It is said that Justice SR Sen issuing the decree yesterday asked MPSC authorities to hand over custody of the answer scripts to the court's register in sealed cover and directed them to state their position in four weeks time.
According to senior advocate N Ibotombi, who appea- red on behalf of the unsuccessful candidate namely Hanjabam Bobby sharma the court asked MPSC not to destroy the answer scripts of the written test examination and preserve the same in safe custody.
Ibotombi stated that his client stood fourth position in the overall written test but was left out of the interview on the ground that he (bobby) failed in his qualifying paper - General English.
Not satisfied with the Commission ruling him ineligible to appear at the viva voce Bobby, said the advocate, invoked right to infor- mation Act and came to know that he secured 135 out of 300 in general English whe-reas his overall written test tally was 1,343 compared to the MCS 2010 topper securing a total of 1,351 mark.
Noting that under MPSC rules marks attained in the other remaining seven papers would not be evaluated for candidates unable to scale the general English paper and he/she would be counted as unqualified in the written exam, Ibotombi said the qualifying mark for General English was put at 50 percent.
Pointing out that the Commission did not announce the cut-off marks of the General English subject earlier, the senior advocate wondered as to why Bobby’s remaining seven papers were evaluated if he had not secured the 50 percent pass mark for General English.
suspecting foul play in the conduct of the examination with regard to raising the pass mark of general English after the examination, Bobby was of the view that the MPSC under its discretionary power raised the cut-off mark to disqualify candidates whose marks in this paper were low and to bring up candidates belonging to influential and powerful people, said the advocate. Asserting that even if Bobby gets zero in the viva voce test, his total marks would make him eligible to get the post of Manipur Finance Service under OBC category, he said the court was urged to quash the fixing of qualifying mark of 50 percent for general English and facilitate his client appear in a specially arranged viva voce test.
Having heard both sides, the Court asked the MPSC secretary and joint secretary not to destroy the answer scripts of the written test examination held in February last year and preserve the same in safe custody.
MPSC had on September 26 last declared the final list of the exam recommending 138 candidates for the posts of Manipur Civil Service (MCS), Manipur Police Service (MPS), Manipur Finance Service (MFS), Sub-Deputy Collector (SDC) and Section Officer (SO) of Manipur secretariat and Election Officer (EO) of the election department.
