Society / Manipur

IMPHAL, March 17 :As part of intensifying their task of cleansing the education system under its Operation New Kangleipak (ONK), the proscribed Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup, said that it would intensify its campaign in the ensuing High School Leaving Certificate examination. The outfit in a statement issued here said that teachers who do not take action against cheating inside the examination halls and who encourage the students to use unfair means would be forced to resign. Heads of institutions who cannot control and stop their teachers and students from cheating will also be forced to resign...

Imphal, March 20: The AIDS pandemic in Manipur has assumed a new dimension with a large section of people in the “productive age group” of 21 to 30 beginning to fall prey to the disease.

The new project director of the Manipur AIDS Control Society (MACS), S. Sukumar Singh, today said the number of HIV-positive pregnant women was on the rise.

“With 2.4 per cent of pregnant women testing positive, we really have a problem on our hands,” he said at the inauguration of a two-day exhibition of materials for HIV/AIDS awareness programmes.

The exhibition has been organised jointly by the Lifeline...

Imphal, March 8: The skirmishes between two groups supporting different sets of scripts for the Meitei language have dented the law and order situation in the Manipur capital.

Renowned Manipuri scholar, Padmashree Ningthoukhongjam Khelchandra Singh, continued to be the target of the raging controversy over the use of Meitei script on the damaged foundation stone of Bir Tikendrajit flyover in the heart of Imphal.

Protesters supporting the 27-character Meitei script today burnt an effigy of Khelchandra Singh at Tera in Imphal West. They were protesting over the scholar’s threat to sue the...

Imphal, March 7: The Okram Ibobi Singh government in Manipur is facing a crisis over the issue of reconstructing the foundation stone of the Bir Tikendrajit flyover, with the two groups advocating different sets of Meitei scripts refusing to budge from their positions.

Both groups are demanding reconstruction of the stone with the inscription in their respective script.

The foundation stone for the Rs 25-crore flyover, laid by the chief minister on February 14, was completely destroyed by members of organisations advocating the 27-character Meitei script on Tuesday.

The demonstrators were...

Imphal, March 5: Manipur chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh today held talks with agitating members of organisations advocating the 27-character Meitei script.

The protesters had yesterday destroyed the foundation stone of a flyover laid by the chief minister after the government reportedly failed to meet their deadline for changing the inscription on the stone.

The organisations have claimed that the alphabets on the stone were “incorrect”.

Ibobi Singh laid the foundation stone for the Bir Tikendrajit flyover in the heart of the state capital on February 14.

The first ever flyover in the...

Imphal, Feb. 27: After campaigning against drugs and liquor, the outlawed Revolutionary People’s Front (RPF) of Manipur has imposed a ban on chewing tobacco. The RPF, whose crusade against social evils has earned it the image of an outfit with a conscience, said in a statement here that all brands of khaini and zarda should be neither sold nor consumed in the state from April 13. “Anybody who is found violating the ban will be punished without warning,” it added.

The outfit appealed to elders, especially parents and guardians, to advise their wards against chewing tobacco.

The RPF observes...

Imphal, February 24: Expressing deep concern over the recommendation of Khoibu Khun as a different tribe outside Maring by the Presidents of various Naga Tribes of Manipur, the Maring Uparap Assembly (MUA) has in a press release threatened to disaffiliate from the United Naga Council. The tribes which have recommended the Khoibu Khun as a different tribe includes Tangkhul Naga Long, Zeme Council Manipur, Liangmei Naga Council Manipur, Poumei Naga Union, Rongmei Naga Council Manipur, Anal Naga Taangpi, Inpui (Kabui) Naga Union, Monsang Tribe Union, Thangal Naga Union, Mayon Naga Council, Tarao...

Guwahati, Feb. 19: Manipuri residents of the city, concentrated in the Manipuri Rajbari area, have remained a backward community as a result of government apathy and neglect. The locality is popularly known as Manipuri Basti.

The residents trace the roots of their problem to the lack of proper pattas for the land they own in the heart of Guwahati.

Manipuris from Manipur and other parts of Assam, like Cachar and Hojai, had settled in Manipuri Rajbari, a plot of land covering 13 bighas, that was purchased by the erstwhile king of Manipur, Maharajah Churachand Singh, over 100 years ago during...

Imphal, Febuary 15: The Naga seed sowing festival, Lui-Ngai-Ni was celebrated today with traditional fervor at the packed Maha Union Government High School ground. Besides the Governor Ved Marwah and Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh as the special and chief guest respectively, several members of the Council of Ministers of the SPF Government and MLAs graced the celebration which was marked by presentation of cultural items and stiff competition in traditional fire making. Addressing the packed school ground, the Governor appreciated the unity and cooperation of 16 different Naga tribes in...

IMPHAL, Feb 13 ? No Koireng tribe leader in his lifetime would not be able to become an MLA in the 60 member Manipur Legislative Assembly. This was disclosed by most of the visitors during the inaugural function of Koireng (Koren) youth organisation (KYO), Manipur?s 38th general conference which began on February 10 at Ngairong village, 58 km south of Imphal in Churachandpur district.

?This has become a common comment from each every individual who has visited any of Koireng village in this trouble torn state in recent years? the president of KYO R Yangsosang felt.

The reason is...