Imphal: In 24 hours Covid-19 patients recovery rate in Manipur stood at 97.10 percent while 41 persons from general population and tree personnel from Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) were confirmed as new Covid-19 positive cases. For four consecutive days there has been no report of Covid-19 related death cases.The cumulative number of deaths remainedat…
Imphal: Democratic Students’ Alliance of Manipur on Wednesday locked the offices of the secretary and the examination controller of Board of Secondary Education, Manipur. The student body took up the office locking agitation demanding to appoint secretary and examination controller for which the post remained vacant since December 28 last after the employees retired on…
Imphal: Manipur’s Taret Foods Private Limited, Imphal East is gearing up to launch Chak-hao Flakes (Black Rice flakes) which it claims to be the first of its kind in the country. In Manipur, Black Rice is known as Chakhao and regarded as a state’s indigenous food. “Chak-hao flakes is produced for the first time in…
Imphal: In view of the reported outbreak of highly pathogenic Avian Influenza in some of parts of the nation which is highly contagious avian disease having zoonotic potential of causing huge loss in terms of mortality and trade of poultry, Manipur imposed temporary ban on entry of poultry and poultry products in the state. In…
Imphal: Assam Rifles continued its service against drug trafficking in Manipur by intercepting Brown Sugar transportation at Singhat. On Monday troops of Assam Rifles intercepted a bus at a check post established at Singhat and recovered 330 grams of Brown Sugar concealed in 22 soap cases being carried inside a vegetable sack. The cost of…
Imphal: Tuesday recorded no Covid-19 related death cases while 32 patients including two from central security forces were discharged in 24 hours in Manipur. The new positive cases from general population were from Imphal West (4), Imphal East (7), Thoubal (7), Bishnupur (3), Kakching (1), Chandel (1), Tamenglong (5), Kamjong (1) and Churachandpur (1). The…
Imphal: Manipur has become the 4th State in the country to successfully undertake “Urban Local Bodies (ULB)” reforms stipulated by the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance in its letter to the States dated 17th May, 2020. Thus, the State has become eligible to mobilise additional financial resources of Rs.75 crore through Open Market Borrowings. Permission for…
Imphal: The first state level Basic Sport Climbing coaching course began on Tuesday at Kangla Rock Wall, MMTA, Minuthong. The course was being organised by IMF North East Zone under the aegis of MMTA and Manipur Sport Climbing Association under the sponsorship of ministry of youth affairs and sports. It was inaugurated Bijoy Kaskchingtabam, president…
Imphal: On January 7 troops of Assam Rifles intercepted a convoy of five DI vehicles and a pickup going towards imphal and found them transporting bulk quantity of shoes and textile products illegally smuggled from Myanmar. During a thorough search of the vehicles a total of 128 packages containing 51 packages of Ladies garments, 34…
Imphal: Tribal affairs and hills minister (TA&H) Valte chaired a meeting on the issues of income tax deduction at his office on Monday. Letkhogin Haokip, ACS (TA&H), Paulunthang Vaiphei, ACS, link commissioner of GAD, officials from income tax department and TA&H attended the meeting. In the meeting, the importance of tax payment and the difficulties…
