Dr. N. Munal Meitei Environmentalist, presently working as DFO/Chandel Email: nmunall@yahoo.in May 31 is World No Tobacco Day, observed since 1987. This year’s theme, “Unmasking the Appeal: Exposing Industry Tactics on Tobacco and Nicotine Products,” carries immense significance to the modern world to fight against tobacco from children, youths and future generations. The tobacco industry…
Imphal: Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF), Daljit Singh Chawdhary, visited strategic locations of Manipur, focusing on maintaining operational readiness and supporting civil administration in restoring normalcy. The Director General arrived in Imphal on May 24 to review the law and order situation and interact with security personnel deployed across Manipur. He landed…
Imphal: A seven-member delegation of the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) was prepared to hold an exclusive meeting with officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). The meeting aims to address unresolved political and security matters related to the ongoing Manipur crisis. The delegation will be led by committee convenor Kh Athouba. Other…
Imphal: Voices of outrageous people filled Imphal on Sunday as people stormed towards Raj Bhavan over alleged insult to Manipur’s identity by the President-ruled government. People’s outcry began after a Manipur State Transport bus, ferrying journalists to Ukhrul to cover the inaugural event of the recently held Shirui Lily Festival on May 20, was stopped…
Imphal: Manipur Police on Saturday arrested three individuals involved in a gold counterfeiting racket at Hangoon area under Mayang Imphal police station in Kakching district. The trio were identified as Shivaji Gaikwad, 39, son of Bhaskar Gaikwad, a resident of Belavade in Sangli, Maharashtra; Jalindar Shamrao Jadhav, 42, son of Shamrao Jadhav from Mohi, Khanapur…
Imphal: People’s commitee on Manipur integrity has boycotted governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla as he failed to tender an apology over the outrageous restriction on the use of the name “Manipur” on MST buses enroute to Ukhrul for the Shirai Festival on May 20. Following the expiry of the 48-hour deadline set for the governor of…
Imphal: Human chain (stretching approximately 3.5 kilometers) was conducted on Saturday under the banner “Do not Obliterate Manipur” protesting the security forces act of stopping a Manipur State Transport (MST) bus ferrying a media team to remove “Manipur” from its signage while en route to Ukhrul to cover the Shirui Lily Festival. Civil society organisations…
Imphal: Protestors torched effigies of chief secretary P.K. Singh, DGP Rajiv Singh and security advisor to the Manipur government Kuldiep Singh in Imphal West district, on Friday, the second day of the 48-hour general strike called by the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI). The effigies were torched at Sagolband Bijoy Govinda and Lilong Chajing…
Imphal: A 48-hour general strike imposed across Manipur in protest against an alleged directive by security forces to remove the word “Manipur” from a Manipur State Transport (MST) bus signage has paralyzed Imphal city on Thursday morning. The general strike, called by the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity, came into effect at the midnight of…
Imphal: “Is the Kuki-Zo community above the government?” Imagi Meira, a women body, questioned after meeting with Manipur security advisor Kuldiep Singh, here on Wednesday over the issue of jawans prohibiting a state bus, ferrying journalists, to proceed to Ukhrul to cover the Shirui festival. The convenor of the women’s organisation briefed the media, quoting…
