AMUCO, UCM join hands in paying tributes to June 18 martyrs as all roads lead to Kekrupat Collective voice raised to protect unity and integrity
IMPHAL, Jun 18 : All roads led to Kekrupat as thousands of people from different parts of the State made their way to the sacred site to pay their homage and respect to the 18 souls who laid down their lives to protect the territorial integrity of the day.....
Poison in your food ? Urea, DAP in rice ?
IMPHAL, Jun 18 : Super fine rice shipped in by Food Corporation of India and supplied to the public at subsidised rate by Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (CAF&PD) Department is found mixed with certain substances which look like Urea or DAP.....
Dimapur bandh ends
DIMAPUR, Jun 18 : The otherwise noisy and chaotic commercial hub of Nagaland looked deserted today as all the roaring business establish-ments came to a grinding halt following the dawn to dusk bandh imposed by Action Committee Against Unabated Taxation (.....
UNC rolls up sleeves for intense stir
IMPHAL, June 18: United Naga Council (UNC) has pledged to intensify its stand with a series of agitation soon against the alleged communal policies of Manipur Government and communal forces in Manipur valley. However, the UNC did not spell out the nature .....
Mercury soars
IMPHAL, Jun 18: According to data collected from weather stations installed in different parts of the State, maximum average temperature at Imphal recorded 34 degree Celsius at Imphal valley during the past 5 days. Moreh recorded maximum temperature of.....
Jiri sizzles at 38 degree Celsius
JIRIBAM, Jun 18: with the heat wave sweeping across Jiribam sub-division for the last few days showing no signs of abetting the normally vacant Jiribam community health centre has been transformed into a crammed health facility. The sub-divisional head.....
House okays five demands
IMPHAL, Jun 18: The fifth session of the ongoing 10th Manipur Legislative Assembly today passed five demands which included Rs 64,81,07,000 for Land Revenue, stamp & Registration, and District Administration; Power - Rs 666,83,96,000; Youth Affairs and Sp.....
Question Hour At The Assembly Edn Minister concedes SSA school buildings lapses
IMPHAL, Jun 18: Education Minister M Okendro has conceded that school buildings constructed under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) were not at all satisfactory while some guardians still continue to be members of School Management Development Committees (SMDC).....
CM dismisses Oppn allegation
IMPHAL, Jun 18: Dismissing allegation of misuse of fund sanctioned for National School Safety Programme by Relief and Disaster Management Department, Chief Minister O Ibobi asserted there is no question of misuse of fund nor any meaning in ordering any en.....
Nitish faces trust vote today
PATNA, Jun 18: After the Janata Dal-United parted ways with ally the Bharatiya Janata Party, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will seek a trust vote on Wednesday at a special session of Bihar assembly to prove his majority, which he is expected to muster witho.....
AR fetes
IMPHAL, Jun 18: IG AR (South) Maj Gen Rajiv Chopra today felicitated students of Assam Rifles Senior Secondary School who scored highest marks in the CBSE Exams of class X and XII at 9 Sector Hqs, Keithelmanbi. Maj Gen Rajiv Chopra and his better half.....
Drivers helped
IMPHAL, Jun 18: Surface Transport, Eco and Environment Society, Nagaland and the All Manipur Road Transport and Motor Workers’ Union have donated edible items to drivers, transporters and passengers stranded at Khuzuma, Nagaland on account of the 48 hou.....
SSA imbroglio
IMPHAL, Jun 18: The All Manipur School Management and Development Committee Association has alleged that unwanted political interference in collusion with ‘unfit’ bureaucrats has derailed SSA programme/RTE Act in the State. “Political interferenc.....
KNF (N) rejects
IMPHAL, Jun 18: Rejecting police claim that Letginhao Haokip alias Abin alias Hegin alias Haopu, arrested recently, belongs to KNF (N) organisation as unfounded and misleading, the armed organisation branded the individual as an imposter. A KNF (N) sta.....
Stir called off
IMPHAL, Jun 18: Work Charge and Muster Roll employees of Minor Irrigation Department who have been agitating since June 10 demanding payment of their pending salaries have agreed to call off their agitation temporarily after they came to an understanding .....
The great June 18 and the great 18 souls
Law enforcers or concerned authorities cannot book anyone as an accused for any kind of unlawful act, most particularly, a criminal one until an FIR (First Investigation Report) is lodged by the police or law enforcing agency. The June 18 incident of 2001.....
Open letter to all the Hon’ble Members of the Hill Area Committee
Article 371(C) of the Indian Constitution enshrined to constitute Hill Areas Committee within the Manipur Legislative Assembly without which there can be no Manipur Legislative Assembly and that in exercise of the power conferred by Article 371(C), the t.....
From communal land ownership to private landlordism
In India and elsewhere, land as been the bone of contention particularly for groups and communities who are classified as tribes (as in the case of India) and indigenous, natives across the globe. The problem of land alienation has been one of the most se.....
Messing with Ramlal Paul HSS Modern day Tughlaqs
Quixotic and Tughlaqnesque. This should about sum up the decision of the Government to turn Ramlal Paul Higher Secondary School to an all girls institution to accommodate the students who could not secure admission at TG Higher Secondary School. Comes clo.....
Blood donated as tribute to June 18, 2001 martyrs
IMPHAL, Jun 18: In all 42 individuals from different walks of life donated blood as Voluntary Help Unit Committee (VHUC), RIMS Hospital commemorated the '13th blood donation camp - A Tribute to the Martyrs of 18th June 2001' at RIMS Hospital today. The.....
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‘Surrender agents’ held, house dismantled
IMPHAL, Jan 19: A mother-son duo who reportedly ga- thered a number of youngsters to take part in army’s surrender functions have been rounded up by people and handed over to police.
Their house has also been vandalised by a mob.
Haorungbam Surchandra alias Kabui alias Naoba (30) of Khurai Chingangbam Lei-kai and his mother Chitra (50) were rounded up by the local people this afternoon.
Surchandra had surrende-red to 5/9 Gorkha Rifles as a cadre of PREPAK (Pro).
Surchandra yesterday ma-de a proposal to one Thang- jam Tolen (27) of the same locality who had retired from UNLF to civilian life to surrender to the army.
Surchandra told Tolen, who is now earning his livelihood as an auto-rickshaw driver that he would get Rs 3 lakhs and monthly honora-rium of Rs 2000/3000 if they surrender to the army.
Even though Tolen rejec-ted Surchandra’s proposal, the latter said that he had already submitted names, ad- dresses and photographs of some youngsters of the locality to 5/9 GR.
Surchandra alias Kabui also threatened Tolen saying that he would kill all the family members of Tolen if his proposal and disclosure was conveyed to any third person.
Joining his son in the plot, Surchandra’s mother Chitra told Tolen’s mother Gambhini to go to 5/9 GR and delete Tolen’s name from the ‘list’ if he should not surrender.
As local people came to know about all these activities and plots, Chitra was pulled up last night while Surchandra fled away.
On searching their house, a temporary identity card issued to Surchandra alias Nao- ba by 5/9 GR was recovered though it had expired on Ja-nuary 15 last.
A leaflet about surrender of UG cadres which was written with the words “5/9 GR Friends of Manipur People” was also found from Surchandra’s house.
Even though these recoveries enraged all the people, Chitra was let off on her assurance that she would pro- duce her son next morning.
Surchandra was seen this afternoon and he was round-ed up by the local people from near Lamlong bridge. The mother-son duo were taken to T Munal LP School campus where they were subjected to intensive questioning.
Shortly after, a team of Porompat Police arrived at the scene and an uproar ensued as the police team tried to take away the mother and the son.
Later, an understanding was reached between the two sides following which the mother and the son were taken away by police.
Even as the surrender agents were taken away by police, an infuriated mob vandalised their home in the evening.
maximus
It is a gesture that 'good trums over evil ' n it is indeed very 'civilized thought' the locals had dat they entrusted the law to the right mechenaries. Hats off 2 such leaders who don take the law in their own hands.
Life One aka Rov Meetei
This seems to be just a tip of the iceberg considering the number of so called ‘home coming’ dramas are held from time to time in the state with much political fanfare. Army – middlemen nexus for all the wrong reasons is doing much harm than they usually portray in their publicity hungry military action plans. The current happenings are the result of a meticulously well planned design by the security agencies to jeopardise the future of our youngsters by taking advantages of state`s restlessness and rampant unemployment. Such designs are eating up our families and now our families are fighting each other. What a clever, though sinister, plan it was in the name of counter insurgency? What is the solution to get rid off from such situations? Stop dreaming of easy money and know your honeyed lip neighbours and work sincerely to gain your legitimate livelihood. This will save you at least falling from somebody`s trap.
