Imphal: Manipur chief minister N. Biren Singh on Thursday flagged off consignment of 1 MT of organic Chak-Hao (black rice) to Europe in function held at the western gate of chief minister’s secretariat. “For the first time, 1 MT of this highly nutritious rice variety was being exported officially to different European countries”, Biren said….
Imphal: Over 500 acres of paddy farm that have been facing irrigation problem for the last many years will be solved this year, former Information Centre for Hill Areas, Manipur (ICHAM) president Nongthombam Rajendro said. Amid the pandemic the farmers could produce more yields Rajendro said. He was speaking during cleaning of Kongba river at…
Imphal: A team of Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS), Imphal led by its director L. Deben on Wednesday monitored Covid-19 wards at the hospital. To encourage the medical staff who are doing duty at three Covid wards and to motivate Covid patients who are undergoing treatment at JNIMS, the JNIMS authority monitored the…
Imphal: As most of the farmers of Manipur are tenant farmers they frequently face problems in getting the fertilizers issued by the state government, co-opted member, Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee, Achoibam Deben said. These farmers fail to produce proper documents of the paddy fields, Deben said while distributing old aged and widow pension to the…
Imphal: Peace and Development Co-Ordinating Committee (PDCC) drew the attention of chief minister N. Biren Singh to investigate through CBI allegedly over the failure of Dolaithabi barrage project to benifit people. The committee demanded to punish the officials for the failure. PDCC secretary Th. Hemsingh told reporters at Dolaithabi barrage site at Yumnam Khunou, Imphal…
Imphal: Manipur state Cabinet in its recent meeting created 18 posts reserved for Olympians of the state in youth affairs and sports department, Manipur. Chief minister N. Biren Singh said this while attending the reception ceremony of the hockey player and Tokyo Olympics Bronze medalist Nilakanta Sharma organized at Kontha Ahallup, Imphal East on Wednesday….
Imphal: One fully vaccinated person and another 1st dose vaccinated person were among 10 Covid-19 related death cases in Manipur as reported on Wednesday. “Out of 10 deaths, 8 persons had co-morbidities, 1 of them had 1st dose of Covid vaccine and 1 of them had 2nd dose of Covid vaccine, ” Manipur Covid-19 common…
Imphal: Manipur chief minister N. Biren Singh inspected the progress of the ongoing construction of a monolith inside the premises of Saheed Minar, Bir Tikendrajit Park, Imphal. The state Cabinet approved the construction of the monolith in memory of those exiled martyrs who fought valiantly against the mighty British forces, Biren said. The monolith would…
Imphal: Two teams of narcotic cell, Imphal East apprehended a drug peddler along with about 156 gm of Heroin powder on Monday. The smuggler was identified as Md Gayazuddin, 32, son of Md Maherauddin of Kiyamgei Awang Leikai, Imphal East. Acting on a reliable information the police team led by officer-in-charge, narcotic cell, Imphal East…
Imphal: Union civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia gave positive response to Rajya Sabha MP Leishemba Sanajaoba to resume the Imphal-Silchar flight service that has been suspended for seven years. Leishemba met Scindia and discussed on the matter on Tuesday morning. Leishemba told the Union minister that the flight service connecting Imphal and Silchar was…
