By Our Staff ReporterIMPHAL, May 31: Following reports that the traditional Leirum Phee designed Lengyan of Manipur is being produced in large scale under different name in a textile manufacturing unit in Uttar Pradesh, the State Directorate of Handlooms & Textiles has written to the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India to stop the production immediately.State Director of Handlooms & Textiles, K Lamlee Kamei in the letter addressed to the Development Commissioner for Handlooms, Ministry ..

By Our Staff ReporterIMPHAL, May 31: In the first of its kind amid the COVID-19 lockdown, "Make Your Stay at CQC (Community Quarantine Centre) Lively and Productive", a campaign encouraging inmates to prepare seedlings and plant trees has been launched at Kakching under the aegis of Voice of Kakching (VOK) today.Launching the programme, members of the WhatsApp group (VOK) including environment activist Surjit Kshetrimayum donated 40 nursery bags and face shields to authorities of the quarantine centre ..

By Our Staff ReporterIMPHAL, May 31: Several NGOs have urged both NACO and MACS to open night shelters for female injecting drug users (FIDUs). They opined that opening night shelters for FIDUs would go a long way in checking spread of HIV and Hepatitis C..

CCpur, May 31: Churachandpur’s first covid-19 patient has gone back home to resume her 14 days home quarantine as her sample now returned negative and she has recovered, reports our correspondent. With her discharge from JNIMS, the district tally to..

IMPHAL, May 31: A team of Bishnupur district commandos detained a DI Tata truck and arrested two persons along with tobacco items worth around Rs 3 lakh at Leimaram Lamkhai yesterday evening. Acting on reliable information, the team conducted frisking and..

Our CorrespondentThoubal, May 31: A public meeting was held today to revive, Charangpat High School under Thoubal district today. During the meeting, various decisions were taken together to  revive the school. It was attended by State Dalit Sena pre..

Imphal, May 31Under the aegis of the Deputy CM, Y Joykumar, Uripok Bachaspati Awang Leikai Youth Development Committee along with Apunba Meira Paibi Lup provided food packets to the inmates lodged at the quarantine centre of Manipur Trade and Expo Centre ..

Our CorrespondentKANGPOKPI, May 31: Donning full Personal Protective Equipment, she stepped down from the ambulance and kneeled down besides the coffin paying last respect to her father.This was an emotional scene of a 22-year-old girl, Anjali Hmangte paying last tribute to her father at Kangpokpi Ward No 13 today.Anjali had returned to the State via special train on May 25 and since then she has been staying at the quarantine centre opened at Maria Montessori School, Koirengei.Unfortunately, her ..

Senapati, May 31: Mourning the sudden demise of its former leader, (L) Puni Modoli who breathed his last at Fortis Hospital, New Delhi on May 29 last, Naga Civil Society leaders including the United Naga Council (UNC)..

KANGPOKPI, May 31: Returnees from Shillong has lauded Social Welfare and Cooperation Minister Nemcha Kipgen for her initiative in bringing back stranded people of Kangpokpi district...

IMPHAL, May 31 : Somsai and Chassad Battalion of Ukhrul Sector Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ IGAR (South) organised a tree plantation drive at Poi, Awangkasom, Chassad and remote villages of Kamjong district on Saturday...

Kpi/Tbl, May 31: A young endangered Slow Loris was rescued yesterday at Kangpokpi. The animal was rescued by one jhum cultivators from a jungle and handed it over to DFO Kangpokpi...

Imphal, May 31 (DIPR) : In its effort to ensure that the people of the State are provided adequate PDS items especially rice and dal, the State Government continues lifting and distribution of rice and dal allocated for May and June 2020 in the State...

IMPHAL, May 31 : The last date of form submission for Livelihood Grant under Ashagee Mangal Project has been extended till June 20...

By Our Staff ReporterIMPHAL, May 30: The State’s tally for COVID-19 positive cases has reached 62 as three more tested positive since last night till the time of filing this report.With seven of the positive cases already recovered, the total number of COVID-19 active cases in the State as on Saturday is 55.According to a press release issued by Additional Director (Health) and COVID-19 Common Control Room spokesman Dr Khoirom Sasheekumar Mangang, a 19 year old girl of Kanglatongbi, Imphal West ..

By Our Staff ReporterIMPHAL, May 30: The State Government has invited applications from stranded people who wish to go back to their native States of Assam, Bihar, UP, Delhi etc.A press release issued by Chief Secretary Dr J Suresh Babu asked stranded per..

By Our Staff ReporterIMPHAL, May 30: Over 19,000 Manipuri people stranded at different parts of the country on account of the COVID-19 lockdown have been brought back to the State.Transporters and Drivers Council (TDC) president H Ranjit said that over 19..

IMPHAL, May 30 : One Rajkishore Ningombam of Thoubal Ningombam has secured 16th position in this year’s Class X  examination conducted by Nagaland Board of Education.Rajkishore Ningombam is a student of St Joseph's School, Chumukedima and he se..

Imphal, May 30Claiming that it is not the right time to conduct delimitation, Kangla Phamthou  Humphumari (64)  has appealed the State Govt  to step back the process of "Delimitation-2020" based on 2001 and 2011 census report.The decision t..

By Our Staff ReporterIMPHAL, May 29: Three more individuals were tested positive for COVID-19 last night while another tested positive at RIMS today taking the total number of active cases to 52 while two were discharged today.This takes the total number of positive cases in the State to 59 and the total number of recovered cases to 7, leaving 52 active cases.According to a press release issued by Additional Director (Health) and COVID-19 Common Control Room spokesman Dr Khoirom Sasheekumar Mangang, ..

JIRI/IMP, May 29: Two special trains which left Haryana and Delhi on May 25 arrived at Jiribam railway station at 9.50 pm yesterday and 1.35 pm today respectively, reports our correspondent.The train from Haryana brought back around 1375 Manipuri people w..

IMPHAL, May 29 :Just one day after the State Government talked with the management of UNACCO School to double it up as a COVID care centre, contact has been made with firms based outside the State to supply the needed equipment needed to set up the COVID ..

KANGPOKPI, May 29: The All Tribal Students’ Union Manipur (ATSUM) has emerged as a ray of hope’ for the many North East students specially the Manipuris in Chandigarh who have been left behind in the evacuation program initiated by the State G..

Imphal, May 29 (DIPR)Water Resources and YAS Minister Letpao Haokip conducted a 2-day tour on Wednesday and Thursday in the interior areas of Chandel district and personally took stock of the measures taken up there to tackle COVID-19. Distribution of essential items to villagers, meeting village chiefs, inspection of PMGSY roads/projects and the recently re-opened Molcham Police Station were the main activities of the tour.Letpao has been distributing rice and other essential items since the start ..

NONEY, May 29: Saying that the continuing lockdown has affected their agricultural business and produces likely to go waste, farmers from Longmai-1, Noney who plant turmeric at hill slopes appealed to the State Government to address their grievance at the earliest...

Thoubal, May 29 : Animals rescued by different individuals across the State were released to the wild today with the help of various organisations and some have been handed over to the officials of Forest Department...

IMPHAL, May 29 Taking note of the ever-increasing cases of COVID-19 in the State, Communist Party of India, Manipur State Council (CPI-MSC) has appealed to the State Government to routinely inspect the quarantine facilities opened in the State to win the trust of the public...

Pherzawl, May 29 Aina Battalion of Churachandpur Sector under the aegis of IGAR South saved six individuals who met a road accident in the remote area of Pherzawl district today...

IMPHAL, May 29: Police detained 568 lockdown/curfew violators along with 443 vehicles and imposed Rs 69,330 as fine today...

IMPHAL, May 29 Zeliangrong Students' Union Manipur (ZSUM) has extended congratulations to Awangbow Newmai on swearing in as Cabinet Minister under N Biren led Government...

By Our Staff ReporterImphal, May 28: Union Railways Minister, Piyush Goyal has assured all possible assistance and measures for safety and security of North-East passengers, said Member of Parliament (Inner Manipur) Dr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh today.Dr Ranja..

Our CorrespondentCCpur, May 28: As The Sangai Express had on Tuesday highlighted the slow pace of tests for Churachandpur which has reported the highest number of positive cases, the pace of test results has immediately improved with 253 samples coming ne..

Thoubal, May 28Enthralled by Hollywood superhero movies, a 20-year-old man from Manipur created a replica of Marvel's iconic character ''Iron Man'' out of electronic waste.Ningombam Prem, who hails from Heirok Part-2 village in Thoubal district said that he created the costume using electronic waste, which he collected from radio and television."I have always wanted to create a robot since my childhood days. But this craze for Iron Man costume started around 2015. One reason for creating is -- I want ..

Imphal, May 28 (DIPR)A special train from Thiruvananthapuram Central Railway Station, Kerala ferrying 907 stranded residents of Manipur reached Jiribam Railway Station at 5.15 am today while another train from Bharuch, Gujarat arrived at Jiribam at 2 pm with 309 Manipuri people.The returnees from Kerala included 26 from Ukhrul district, 37 from Noney district, 36 from Kangpokpi district, 47 from Churachandpur and Pherzawl districts, 19 from Chandel district, 58 from Imphal East and Kamjong districts, ..

Imphal, May 28 (DIPR) A meeting emphasising on the mode and conduct of examination in the State apropos the ‘Roadmap towards containing COVID-19’ developed by MU COVID-19 Task Force Committee chaired by Education Minister Dr Th Radheshyam was ..