Assam Rifles recovers betel nuts and foreign cigarettes

    Imphal: Troops of Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ IGAR (South) recovered foreign cigarettes and betel nuts from Choktong-Rilram Centre road in Tengnoupal District on Wednesday. The contraband items were recovered when troops of Assam Rifles established a Mobile Vehicle Check Post on Choktong-Rilram Centre road. Three Kenbo bikes carrying cartons travelling towards Rilram Centre…

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      55 more positive for COVID-19 in Manipur

      Imphal: Fifty-five more persons including five females were confirmed as new positive cases of COVID-19 pushing up the cumulative tally of positive cases to 2115 as on Thursday evening. The new cases were confirmed at RIMS (28) and JNIMS (13), DH of Thoubal (12) and Babina Diagnostics Lab (2). They belong to the districts of…

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        Locust swarm at Yairipok: Agri officials provide pesticides

        Imphal: Following a social media report about locust swarm reaching Manipur and villagers of Yairipok Khoirom Leikai, Thoubal district complaining of existence of local congregation of nymphal stage of grasshoppers at hill side of Garok, district agriculture officer and his team visited the village on Wednesday and handed over the Bio-pesticide Beuveria bassiana as recommended…

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          Manipur Cabinet decides to enforce total lockdown

          Imphal:  The Manipur state Cabinet has decided to impose total lockdown for seven days starting at 2 pm of Thursday. Manipur chief minister posted the information on his Facebook post wall on Wednesday. He said, “In view of the current COVID-19 situation in Manipur, the emergency state Cabinet meeting has decided to impose total lockdown…

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            Spitting in public will be fined: Biren

            Imphal: Penalties will be given to people who spit in public, Manipur chief minister N. Biren Singh said while higjlighting a list of penalties for lockdown violation, during a press conference announcing 7-day total lockdown in the state that would be effective from Thursday 2 pm. Biren said penalties will be given to those lockdown…

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              COVID-19 update: 45 positive, 34 negative

              Imphal: Forty-five persons including five females were confirmed as positive COVID-19 in Manipur as on Wednesday. The new positive cases were confirmed at VRDL JNIMS (21), DHs of Jiribam (13), Thoubal (4) and Ukhrul (7), an official information said. They belong to the districts of Churachandpur (12), Imphal East (4), Jiribam (13) and Thoubal (4),…

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                ‘Duck farming becomes effective for socio-economic upliftment’

                Imphal: Cooperation minister Nemcha Kipgen on Wednesday attended the “National Workshop on Entrepreneurship Development through Duck Farming” in a video conference through Zoom Webinar at the official residence of the minister. Delivering an inaugural message, the minister while welcoming all the participants, highlighted that duck farming is fast becoming an effective tool for socio-economic upliftment…

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