Imphal: Directorate of Science and Technology, Manipur and Manipur Science and Technology Council (MASTEC), organised “Observation of Van Mahotsav 2020” by planting trees at DST Complex, Takyelpat, Imphal on Friday. The main objective of this observance was to give awareness of trees among people and portrays the need of planting and tending of trees as…
Imphal: Village Defence Force (VDF) personnel taking up ‘Arms-down’ strike staged protest rally in different parts of Imphal West district on Friday. The VDF personnel cautioned to take up intensive forms of agitation if the state government fails to take a decision to increase remuneration and service regularisation by July 30. The village defence force launched…
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…
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…
Imphal: “All the employees of Manipur University and visitors are strictly restricted to enter the administrative block of the varsity until further orders,” an official order said on Thursday. However, one or two officer(s) for each section and one staff in the administrative block are allowed to attend office of the administration tor urgent official…
Imphal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday laid the foundation stone for the Rs 3000 water supply project in Manipur through a video conference. Modi said it would reduce the water problems of the state and would be especially providing a huge relief to the women of the state. Apart from greater Imphal, the project…
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…
Imphal: Manipur government on Thursday has issued guidelines to be followed during the first 7 day of the state wide lockdown for Covid-19 starting from 2 pm 23rd July. For supply of essential goods, the following activities are permitted during the lockdown: a) Home Delivery of essential commodities, b) Collection, processing, distribution and sale of…
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…
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…
