KAKCHING, April 14: Two noble villagers from Tokpa Ching near Mondum Mahadeva and another person from Tangjeng Khunou in Thoubal district have handed over a wounded adult Sangai and a baby wild bear to a team of People For Animal, Thoubal Chapter today. The wounded adult Sangai was rescued by the two villagers identified as Oinam Bikram, son of Kunjabi and Oinam Meino both from Tokpa Ching near Mondum Mahadeva from the hands of some unidentified hunters of Kakching Khunou area in the last part of March this year. However, the Sangai has been given medical treatment at their house for a couple...

IMPHAL, April 14: United Multi Trading Company (UMTC) which has been in the news solely for organising the Miss Manipur Contest may get the sting of a lifetime from the queen bee. RK Mandakini who was recently crowned the Miss Manipur in the UMTC sponsored contest has decided to bring all the contestants and subtitle winners of the contest to prosecute the company. "I am filing a complaint against the UMTC and a decision reached in this regard by the contestants and winners will be published in the local papers very soon", the newly crowned queen told IFP expressing extreme disappointment with...

IMPHAL, April 14: Suspected NSCN(IM) and KRA, cadres struck at Keithelmanbi and Phoibung village on the night of April 12, killing seven villagers and injuring seven others. The two villages come under Kangpokpi police station and reports said the gunmen struck at precisely 11.45 pm. Police and villagers said the gunmen numbering around 70/80 came from Kalapahar side and started cordoning off Keithelmanbi from 10 pm. The attackers then called out all the male members of the village and took them to Phoibung village. Six were separated from the others and mowed down. Eight others were shot when...

IMPHAL, April 14: Floral tributes were paid at various memorial sites of RPF/PLA on its Martyrs' Day yesterday. Relatives, friends and wellwishers paid floral tributes to their dear ones at many memorial sites including Kodompokpi and Cheiraoching. The banned outfit has been observing Martyrs Day every year in honour of its cadres killed. Security personnel were deployed in large numbers at Cheiraoching memorial site, which had already been dismantled by the Government. The memorial site at Cheiraoching was occupied by the police and a makeshift Shiva temple was erected apparently by the...

IMPHAL, April 14: The 22nd Raising Day of the proscribed outfit, Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) was observed at its general headquarters today. At a solemn function presided over by the president of the outfit, KK Mangang, the party's seven-colour (rainbow) flag was hoisted and sweets were distributed to the public. Speaking at the function, KK Mangang stressed upon the need to establish an egalitarian society where the downtrodden and under-privileged sections of the society were given their due shares. He called upon the moneylenders not to demand high interest rates and the landowners not...