Imphal: Manipur celebrated National Handloom Day in commemoration of the formal proclamation of the Swadeshi Movement and passage of the Boycott Resolution to boycott the Manchester cloth and Liverpool salt on August 7, 1905 in a massive meeting held in Calcutta Town Hall. The directorate of handloom and textiles celebrated the day at the conference…
Imphal: Amid Covid-19 crisis Imphal West Police commandos on Friday evening disposed large quantity of Indian made foreign liquors at Thongju Part-II. The liquor destroyed were VAT 69 (750ml) 5 bottles, BP (750ml) 5 bottles, BP (375ml) 3 bottles, Signature (750ml) 1 bottles, MacDowells (750ml) 18 bottles, OC Blue (750ml) 15 bottles, Royal Stag (750ml)…
Imphal: In the past 24 hours, 115 persons (65M, 50F) from general population and nine personnel from Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) were confirmed as new Covid-19 positive cases at (VRDL, RIMS – 53; VRDL, JNIMS – 33; Imphal West RAT – 29; DH Kalcching – 1; Babina Diagnostics – 2; DH Churachandpur – 5;…
Imphal: With the rising number of new positive cases for Covid-19 state Cabinet on Thursday decided to extend complete lockdown till August 15. The chief secretary, Dr Rajesh Kumar, who is also chairperson of State Executive Committee of the State Disaster Management Authority, in exercise of the powers conferred under Section 20(2)(a) of the Disaster Management…
Imphal: A 20-year old pregnant woman died along with her unborn baby on Thursday morning in Imphal as five hospitals including JNIMS and RIMS allegedly refused admission for delivery. The deceased woman was Kanpatliu Kamei, wife of Roshan Balang, resident of Puichi village Noney district. They were currently residing at Makuiluangdi village in Senapati district….
Imphal: Manipur education minister Dr Thokchom Radheshyam Singh on Thursday chairs a meeting with key officials for effective implementation of New Education Policy, 2020. The meeting was held at the conference hall of Samagra Siksha Manipur, Babupara. Oficials of education department (both schools and university and higher education) SCERT, CHOSEM and BSEM to chalk out…
Imphal: At least 75 persons, 42 from general population and 33 personnel from Central Armed Police Force (CAPF), were confirmed as new positive Covid-19 cases as on Wednesday. They were confirmed at VRDL, RIMS – 34; VRDL, JNIMS – 25; RIMS TruNat – 1; Babina Diagnostics Centre – 13; Raj Medicity – 1; STDC/IRL –…
Imphal: Manipur chief minister N. Biren Singh on Wednesday inaugurated two Fast Track Courts (FTCs) at Uripok and Lamphelpat, Imphal through video conferencing from the his Imphal secretariat. Such FTCs have been set up to tackle the cases related to crime against women in the state. During the last three and half years, around 951…
Imphal: Farmers organisations, club, women organisation and Gram Panchayat of Khoijuman of Bishnupur district has urged the chief minister of Manipur, Nongthombam Biren Singh and authorities concerned to make appropriate arrangement to ease the plight of farmers. Global Science Club, Khoijuman, Farmers’ Association for Inhesion Reformation, Khoijuman, Khoijuman Mamang Farmers’ Organization, Khoijuman Apunba Meira Paibi…
Pothashang Desk: In a regular press briefing by World Health Organisation (WHO) on COVID-19 on August 3, WHO director general Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, “There’s no silver bullet at the moment and there might never be,” indicating that the COVID-19 virus may never go from the world. He stressed on “Testing, isolating and treating…
