Imphal: Manipur chief minister N.Biren Singh assured the House that his government will look into the demand for inclusion of Meetei/Meitei in the Schedule Tribe list, on the sixth day of the ongoing 12th session of the 11th Manipur Legislative Assembly on Tuesday. Biren gave the assurance replying to a query and supplementary raised by MLA…
Imphal: Pravashi Bharatiya Samman awardee Dr Shachi Gurumayum, founder of Maol Keki Foundation (MKF), called on chief minister N. Biren Singh on Tuesday. Sachi was conferred the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award, the highest honour conferred on overseas Indian. He was amongst the 30 overseas Indian selected for the award which was announced on January 9, which is…
Imphal: Manipur governor Dr Njama Heptulla wished oil and gas conservation awareness drive to be conducted by Petroleum Conservation Research Association under the ministry of petroleum and natural gas in collaboration with the State Level Co-ordinators’ Oil Industry. In a message Heptulla said she is very happy to learn that the Petroleum Conservation Research Association…
Imphal: On Tuesday, Manipur reported 7 new COVID-19 positive cases pushing the total count to 29,137 out of which 6 belong to general population and 1 belong to Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) personnel. Among the positive cases from general population, 2 were males and 4 were females and were tested at Shija Hospital (3),…
Imphal: Tengnoupal Battalion Assam Rifles under the aegis of IGAR (South) recovered smuggled contraband from Loisi village in Tengnoupal district of Manipur on Tuesday. Acting of specific intelligence, the Assam Rifles said, the troops launched a search operation near Loisi village in Tengnoupal district. On thorough inspection of the area the team found 51 abandoned…
Imphal: On the fifth day of the ongoing 12th session of the 11th Manipur Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, the House passed six demands for grants amounting to a total of Rs 525,16,60,000. The demand for grants were Rs. 176,59,57,000 for state legislature; Rs 12,46,46,000 for council of ministers; Rs 186,71, 96,000 for secretariat; Rs 32,33,39,000 for…
Imphal: Collective and co-ordinated effort in between various departments and stakeholders is needed to boost up the economy of the state, deputy chief minister (in-charge finance) Yumnam Joykumar informed the Manipur Legislative Assembly on Monday. In the fourth day of the 12th session of the 11th Manipur Legislative Assembly Joykumar while responding on general discussions…
Imphal: Manipur reported 4 new positive cases for COVID-19 from general population in the past 24 hours. All the positive persons were females and tested at Imphal East (1), Raj Medicity (2) and Tamenglong (1). They belong to Imphal East (1), Kakching (1), Senapati (1) and Tamenglong (1) districts. “All necessary medical precautionary measures like…
Imphal: Manipur chief minister N. Biren Singh on Monday handed over cash reward of Rs 10 lakh to Peh (Paoyi) village authority of Ukhrul fistrict at a gathering held at the chief minister’s secretariat. The cash reward was announced by the chief minister in appreciation of destroying poppy plantations by the villagers. Lauding the villagers…
Imphal: Girl students of Dhanamanjuri College of Arts raised their sentiment over closure of hostel even as the classes had resumed on January 27. Following the state Cabinet decision taken at Kamjong the students turned up at the college hostel on Sunday with the hope to join the classes which began as scheduled. The students…
