IMPHAL, January 12: The action plan submitted by Manipur chief minister W. Nipamacha Singh to Union home minister L.K. Advani on January 6 has more to it than meets the eye. Though the plan was made out to be consisting of 12 clauses, it actually has 26. The chief minister had earlier announced that there were 12 points in the plan. The original copy submitted to the home minister, which is now available to this correspondent, has 26 points. And it is different from the one showed to the Press by the chief minister and his deputy L. Chandramani Singh. Sources said Nipamacha Singh, fearing...

IMPHAL, January 12: The once extended Winter session of the 7th Manipur Legislative Assembly has been further extended by another 20 days, according to an order of the Assembly Speaker, S Dhananjoy Singh, released by the Assembly secretariat today. The earlier extension of 45 days was due to lapse on January 14. With today's notice, the Winter session has seen a total of 65 days extension. The order of the Speaker, treated as Assembly Bulletin Part-II released today said "pursuant to the direction issued under Rule 353 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business of the Manipur...

SHILLONG, January 12: Three days after the virtual 'heritage' Meghalaya Assembly building was totally devoured by an inferno, it is becoming clearer that it was not merely an accident but 'criminal' negligence on the part of the Assembly staff that wiped out the most aesthetic landmark in the state capital here. A small fire in the Room No. 13 of the private secretary to the Assembly Speaker ED Marak was doused by the staff around 4.30 pm on the fateful night of January 9. Thereafter they left for home apparently without ensuring that the fire had been totally extinguished. The shocking...

IMPHAL, January 11: As a follow-up step to topple the United Front Ministry led by Wahengbam Nipamacha Singh, the Manipur Democratic Front (MDF) has launched another move for disqualification four MLAs in the ruling front by submitting a petition to the Manipur Legislative Assembly. The supplementary petition submitted to the Speaker of the Manipur Legislative Assembly seeking disqualification of four of the seven ruling MLAs against whom the Speaker had already served his judgement. The four ministers against whom the supplementary petition was filed on Wednesday are Minister of State for...

IMPHAL, January 11: The opposition leaders once again came down heavily on the United Front ministry led by W Nipamacha Singh, saying that the 12-point action plan submitted to the Union Home Ministry by the state government is nothing but a sell out of the state autonomy guaranteed by the Indian Constitution. Talking to mediapersons shortly after arriving from New Delhi, Samata Party leader, Radhabinod Koijam said the step taken up by the United Front ministry had reduced the status of the state to that of a union territory. Mention may be made here that the UF ministry submitted a 12-point...