Imphal: Eastern Area Border Haat Demand Committee (Pilong, Kamjong district) has demanded to set up a border haat at Pilong, near the Indo-Myanmar border. Representatives of the committee met Manipur governor and submitted a memorandum seeking him for setting up of the border haat. The committee highlighted the strategic and economic importance of Pilong, situated…
Imphal: Manipur governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla on Monday the state team of Wheelchair Basketball who got runners-up in the recently held National Wheelchair Basketball Tournament. Representatives of the Wheelchair Basketball Association Manipur called on the governor at Raj Bhavan, here, following their remarkable achievement in the national tournament. The Manipur team put up an impressive performance…
Imphal: Ahongshangbam Mukesh Singh and Alison Thoudam of Mother’s Pride Academy representing Manipur won the North East Regional Red Ribbon Quiz Competition. The competition held on Monday at Gangtok, Sikkim, organised by Sikkim State AIDS Control Society under the aegis of National AIDS Control Organisation. Eight NE states and West Bengal team participated in NE…
Imphal: Protesting the assault of a doctor at Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal, members of Teachers’ and Medical Officers’ Association (TAMOA), Resident Doctor Association, RIMS students’ Union, Non-teaching Employees Welfare Association and others staged a sit-in rally in front the OPD block, on Monday. The hospital has been shut down indefinitely for the outpatients…
Imphal: The Youth’s Forum for Protection of Human Rights (YFPHR) has condemned doctors and hospital authorities for “committing grave human rights violation by (Regional Institute of Medical Sciences) RIMS authority”. The forum has demanded to take disciplinary Action against the doctors, administrators, and senior officials found guilty of negligence must face strict disciplinary measures, including suspension…
Imphal: Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) has become a conflict complex following frequent death of patients allegedly due to doctors negligence, with yet another public outrage sparked over the death of a woman in delivery case on Sunday. The relationship between patient and family with doctors seemed to have been broken when an irate…
Imphal: Following the attack on Assam Rifles on Friday killing two jawams and injuring five others at Nambol in Bishnupur district, Manipur governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla on Saturday chaired a review meeting on the present security situation in the state at Raj Bhavan here. Chief secretary, security advisor, GOC-in-C, Eastern Command; GOC 3 Corps, commissioner…
Imphal: Manipur governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla has directed directed concerned officers to clear existing backlogs in pension processing at the earliest. In the effort to remove backlogs in processing pensions for retired government employees, the governor on Saturday chaired a meeting at Raj Bhavan, Imphal. Various agendas, including sanctioning and payment of pensions, challenges in processing,…
Imphal: Assam Rifles (AR) on Saturday paid tribute to two jawans who died in an ambush conducted by unknown armed miscreants on a 33 AR convoy at Nambol Sabal Leikai in Bishnupur district of Manipur on Friday. A wreath laying ceremony was organised for the ‘brave’ soldiers who lost their lives in a ‘cowardly’ attack…
Imphal: Manipur government has announced announces an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh for those who succumbed to injuries and Rs 2 lakh for those who sustained grievous injuries in the ambush on the 33 Assam Rifles convoy in Bishnupur district. “The Government of Manipur is deeply concerned about the recent incident of ambush on personnel of…
