Society / Manipur

BANGALORE, February 3: Karnataka High Court on Friday directed the Manipur Government to take back 15 children, belonging to the Northeastern States, who were being taken care by the Bangalore police since their recent release from the unauthorised detention of an American who runs an orphanage on the city outskirts, reports UNI. A two-member division bench, while dismissing a habeas corpus petition filed by Gary Mareyes, the owner of the orphanage, also directed the Karnataka Government to hand over five such Kannadiga boys to their parents on tracing them, else rehabilitate them as per law...

IMPHAL, August 6: The Irabot Memorial Charitable Trust, Manipur will install a life-size statue of Jana Neta Hijam Irabot at his birthplace at Pishum Oinam Leikai. The construction of the statue is now being done on war footing for unveiling it on September 30. The construction committee of the trust has been raising funds to complete the project which is estimated to cost around Rs 3 lakhs. The committee has made an appeal for seeking contributions from the general public. Considering Irabot as a pioneering social worker of Manipur, Lamyanba Irabot Khonggul Liba Lup, Oinam Leikai took its...

IMPHAL, August 3: The state finance minister, H Lokhon Singh, told The Imphal Free Press this evening over the phone from New Delhi that he was presented a proposal for a complete Central government takeover of the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, RIMS, to the Union Health and Water resources minister, PK Thakur. Lokhon met the Health minister at his office chamber and informed him of the state government's desire of a Central takeover of the RIMS on the plea that that the state's resources are poor and it is finding it difficult to meet its share of the institute's running cost. The...

IMPHAL, August 2: In the interesting discovery, portion of two human skeletons, possibly the remains of warriors who died in the battle Khongjom, were exhumed from the ingkhol of Chingtham Haridas of Khongjom Tengol Leikai while leveling a mound on July 30 last. The unexpected discovery was made when digging the half leveled mound to built a chicken shed. A team of Archaeologist led by S Bheigya, Superintendent of State Archeology and accompanied by renowned historian and Padmashree Khelchandra visited the site today and made a brief study there. No other items such as sword and shield, which...

IMPHAL, August 1: The Manipur government has imposed a ban on cultivation of ganja (cannabis) under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. A notification to this effect was issued by Excise commissioner P Vaiphei on Friday. Official sources said the apex security coordination committee of the state government decided to impose the ban during a meeting here on June 5. The coordination committee comprises representatives of the civil administration, the police, Army and paramilitary forces. According to the notification issued by Vaiphei, anyone found violating the provisions...

IMPHAL, March 28: The pedal operated rice mill, the brainchild of T Surendranath Singh, senior scientific officer in the Manipur Science and Technology Council, MASTEC, apart from winning a national invention award in 1999, has found a place in the Limca Book of Records. The innovative pedal operated rice mill is included in the agriculture section of the 2001 edition of the Limca Book Of Records. Speaking to IFP today at his office chambers, he said the pedal operated rice mill has been developed under the guidance and sponsorship of the science and society division of the Union ministry of...

DELHI, August 1: The Manipur government has moved the Supreme Court detailing the differences between Bishnupriyas and Manipuris over the recognition of Bishnupriyas as Other Backward Classes (OBCs) by the states of Assam and Tripura. The Manipur government has challenged the decision of the Guwahati High Court to include Bishnupriya Manipuris in the State list of OBCs saying the court has given the direction without going into the question whether such a community existed at all. The petitioner said the decision of the states of Assam and Tripura allowing prefixing or suffixing of the word...

Imphal, July 16: The last Rath Yatra festival of this millennium began all over the state on Wednesday last. The ten-day festival of Lord Jagannath will conclude on July 23 next. The Manipuri people particularly the Meiteis are celebrating the festival in the three valley districts of the state. The Rath Yatra festival is also known as Kang in Manipur. Every householder in the three valley districts is also celebrating Kang. The main programmes of the festival are observed at the Shree Shree Govindajee temple from early morning till late night every day. Thousands of devotees coming from...

New Delhi, July 15: As the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) continues to spread throughout India, the states of Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Manipur together account for about three-fourth of the total AIDS cases in the country. Among the 7,475 AIDS cases reported in India in the last 13 years, Maharashtra has recorded 3,371 while 2,278 cases were reported from Tamil Nadu. During the same period, Manipur recorded 301 cases, according to the latest statistics available with the National Aids Control Organisation.

Imphal, July 13: The much-awaited Paona international market at the junction of the Paona Bazar, Imphal was formally inaugurated on July 11 by the State Chief Minister Wahengbam Nipamacha Singh. The modern two-storey shopping complex was completed with a total cost of Rs 71 lakh since its construction on January 14 this year. The main aim of the construction of such kind of shopping centre in the state is to develop trade and commerce among the small-time businessmen in Manipur. It may also attract tourists to the state. The market complex was formally launched by the Joint Action Committee in...