Career counseling held

Imphal: A one-day career counselling programme was organised by the Model Career Centre (MCC) under the Directorate of Employment, Ibotonsana Girls Higher Secondary School on Monday. The programme was conducted under the initiative of the National Career Service (NCS), which aims to provide a one-stop solution for employment and career-related services to citizens across the…

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Beyond the Cure: How Cancer Tele-OPD Is Easing the Hidden Burdens of Treatment: Bisoya Loitongbam

Every year, lakhs of patients travel all the way to Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai from Mizoram, Manipur, Meghalaya, and other states for just a few minutes of consultation—many of them from the North-Eastern states. The North East has the highest incidence of cancer, the lowest detection rate, and the lowest survival rate. The region…

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Over 10 Kg Brown Sugar, 5 kg Orange Tablets seized from one person in boat along Barak River in Jiribam

Imphal: A joint team of Borobekra police station, the 38th Battalion of Assam Rifles, and A/20 CRPF seized over 15 kg of ‘suspected’ contraband drugs from a passenger engine boat on the Barak River near Chaudharykhal village in Jiribam district. Officials confirmed this on Sunday. The operation was carried out on Saturday around 6:30 pm…

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Lecturers declare to launch 6-day Pen-down strike over 3 years delay of regularisation 

Imphal: Six hundred and three higher secondary school contract lecturers appointed in 2019 have declared to launch a six-day pen-down strike on Monday, demanding the immediate implementation of their long-pending regularisation order passed by the Manipur Cabinet in 2022. The announcement was made on Saturday by Irengbam Malemnganbi, General Secretary of the Lecturer Association Manipur,…

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Foothill road blockade begins in Naga areas against illegal immigrants’ presence

Imphal: Foothills Naga Coordination Committee (FNCC) in response to ‘continued presence of illegal immigrants and Kuki refugees on Naga ancestral land’ has launched its indefinite road blockade and general strike across the foothill regions of Naga-inhabited areas in Manipur on Friday midnight severely affecting movement in both Naga and Kuki peripheral regions. The FNCC alleged…

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Indian Army inaugurates Computer training centre in Manipur’s Bishnupur

Imphal: In a ‘significant’ step towards rural empowerment through education and digital inclusion, the Indian Army inaugurated a state-of-the-art Computer Training Centre at Lamging Meira Maheikol School, Saiton village, under its flagship civic action initiative, Operation Sadbhavana. The newly established centre was comprehensively equipped with computers, projectors, printers and other essential infrastructure, aiming to advance…

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MDA rules out National Democratic Alliance Rule extension in Manipur

Imphal: Manipur Democratic Alliance (MDA) has ruled out speculation about extension of President’s Rule in Manipur and expressed confidence on formation of a new popular government by the first week of August, “There is no question of extending President’s Rule or dissolving the existing government. Most central leaders, including those from the NDA (National Democratic…

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Bishnupur farmers urge Pooja to ensure safe access to their fields

Imphal: Farmers of Bishnupur district on Saturday urged district deputy commissioner Pooja Elangbam to take necessary steps to ensure safe access to their fields. During Pooja’s visit on Friday, farmers conveyed their inability to access and cultivate their fields due to prevailing security issues. They appealed the deputy commissioner for proper water supply in their village….

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