Society / Manipur

IMPHAL, March 12? In a following incident of punishing individuals indlgingin unfair means in the examination, unknown armed gunmen shot at five individuals including two invigilators in Thoubal district on Monday. It may be recalled that three other individuals allegeldy involved in indulging in unfair means in the ongoing higher seconday school certificate examination, were attacked by unknown armed youths in Thoubal and Imphal East districts, on its first day. In Monday?s shooting incidents, two examination invigilators statement at Pole Star college, Kakching in Thoubal district were shot...

IMPHAL, March 9 ? For the first time in the history of Higher Secondary Examination, unidentified armed gunmen attacked some individuals who involved themselves in alleged a unfair means in the ongoing higher secondary school certificate examination which started from Friday. Meanwhile over 20 students were expelled from the examination halls of four different centres for using unfair means. On the fiirst day of the examination yesterday, unidentified gunmen struck and shot three individuals including an invigilators and a helper. It may be noted here that the KYKL, an underground outfit, had...

IMPHAL, Mar 2 ? Rajkumar Madhuryyajit (90) the pioneer of sports movement in Manipur died here after a brief illness, his family sources said today, reports PTI. He is survived by his wife, three sons including editor of The Freedom Rajkumar Ranendrajit and four daughters. Madhuryyajit was a sports enthusaist all his life and encouraged young people from all walks of life to join in all kinds of sports. He was an active member of Manipur Olympic Association and a host of other local sports bodies. A great grandson of Bir Tikendrajit, a prince and a patriot who was hanged by the British, he was...

Imphal, March 01: Pioneer o sports movement in Manipur and life president of Manipur Olympic Association, MOA, RK Madhuryyajit Singh passed away at RIMS hospital this morning. He was 90. The sports pioneer, who donned many a mantle during his long and cherished life, was admitted to RIMS hospital on February 10 following a fall at his Yaiskul residence. He underwent an operation on February 18 but his condition worsened and he breathed his last early morning today. He was born in 1912. The mortal remain of Madhuryyajit was first taken to the office of the MOA where sports lovers, sportspersons...

IMPHAL, Jan 24 — After five days of ceasework strike against the attack on the life of deputy superintendent of Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Dr P Bedikumar, the doctors and employees of the institute decided to resume normal service by opening the emergency service and morgue of the hospital from Wednesday. The Joint Action Committee (JAC) against shooting incident in RIMS hospital in a meeting held on Tuesday, also decided to suspend its ceasework strike agitation from January 25. The convenor of the JAC while talking to the newsmen, said that the decision to call off the...

IMPHAL, Jan 24 — Most of the political parties in the State have pledged to fight the dreaded disease — AIDS as part of its poll plank. Political parties like the Congress Party, Samata Party, Bharatiya Janata Party, Nationalist Congress Party and the Federal Party of Manipur have expressed their interest to bring out a comprehensive policy on AIDS. Former Chief Minister Radhabinod Koijam while expressing his view during the two-day workshop on “Sensitisation of political leaders and parties to HIV/AIDS issues,” urged the people’s representatives to extend cooperation for resolving the problem...

Imphal, January 20: The KYKL (O) today said that they were constrained to shoot Dr Bedikumar in the leg as the RIMS authority had repeatedly failed to pay up its due "tax" to the outfit and Dr Bedikumar was one of the most prominent personalities who refused to pay the tax. In a statement it said to further the revolutionary cause it imposes a tax on the people and in some cases 1.5 percent of the monthly salary of Government employees are deducted as tax. Under this scheme, the finance department of KYKL (O) had approached RIMS, authority in 1999 and it was decided that instead of 1.5 percent...

IMPHAL, Jan 13— The scandal over the alleged tampering of marksheets in Manipur University, has rocked the State since the past couple of weeks. The Manipur University Students’ Union (MUSU) is demanding a detailed report from the University authority on or before January 14. The general secretary of Musu K Muktasana and president of Musu N Jiten in a joint statement asked the authority concerned to do the needful in the welfare of the students community in Manipur. The members of the students union also locked the keys of examination section and computer section of the University in view of...

IMPHAL, Jan 11— The four-day-long Poumai Thounii the biggest harvest festival of the Poumai tribes concluded at Liyai villager, bordering Nagaland on January 7 amidst cheering among the villagers. The festival which was formally inaugurated by the Lok Sabha MP Holkhomang Haokip on January 5 was attended by over 15,000 Poumai delegates both from Manipur and Nagaland. On the second day of the Thounii festival, the Speaker of Nagaland Assembly Z Lohe was the chief guest while the rural development minister of Nagaland and deputy commissioner of Senapati district T Panmei attended the gathering as...

SUGNU, April 30: Nothing can be more ironic. Nothing can also illustrate the dilemma of a people caught in the crossfire between insurgency and those countering it. For the obvious fear of being reduced to mere numbers in the ever-lengthening list of innocent victims in crossfire, the people of Sugnu, a nondescript township 40 km from Imphal, are literally digging trenches inside their homes. And the irony is all this began happening after a BSF contingent set up camp at the local Public Health Centre, PHC, precisely for the reason of giving them protection. Rather than a sense of security...