Imphal: A total of 1207 were confirmed positive for Covid-19 our of test results of 8327 samples released on Sunday. The positivity rate was 14.5 percent. Thirteen lives were lost to the contagion on this day. The cumulative death cases has reached 1478. The 13 victims belonged to Imphal West (3), Thoubal (2), Kakching, (2),…
Imphal: Agriculture minister Oinam Lukhoi Singh has distributed urea fertilizers at to respective district agriculture officers (DAOs) for distribution to farmers in Manipur. Lukhoi released the fertilizers at main fertilizer godown, Lamphelpat on Sunday. “There are enough stock of urea fertilizers to be allocated for all the farmers in the state, there will be no…
Imphal: Education and fishery minister S. Rajen Singh has announced Rs 3 lakh cash incentive for Olympic Silver medalist Saikhom Mirabai Chanu as a token of honour and encouragement for her outstanding achievement in the ongoing Tokyo, Summer Olympics, 2020. Rajen made the announcement a simple function held for the felicitation of Namoijam Naoba Meitei…
Imphal: A special team of Kakching Police of Manipur on Saturday apprehended two persons who threatened and physically assaulted villagers of Molnom in an attempt to extort. The miscreants were Thangboi Haokip alias TL Jacob Thadou, 46, and Anthony Khammailen Mate, 20, both residents of Timothy Khangin Mate of Phaijang Village, Chakpikarong, Chandel district. Police…
Imphal: Headquarters Inspector General Assam Rifles (South) organised an afforestation drive as part of the pan Assam Rifles afforestation drive at Mantripukhri Garrison, Imphal on Sunday. Major General Alok Naresh, inspector general, planted a sapling at the Environmental Park in Mantripukhri Garrison to mark the launch of the afforestation drive. Addressing the troops on the…
Imphal: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is fully prepared for the upcoming Manipur state Assembly elections and will give proper responsibility as per policy of the party, BJP Manipur president Adhikarimayum Sarda Devi said on Saturday. Bharatiya Janata Party, national general secretary (organisation), BL Santhosh left Imphal on Saturday evening. During the 3-day visit of Santhosh…
Imphal: The Manipur State AIDS Control Society (MACS) invites eligible journalists based in Manipur to apply for a 6-month media fellowship to write and publish news reports on HIV and AIDS. The fellowship is open to journalists working in print media with minimum 3-years’ experience in journalism. Applicants should apply along with Bio-data; a letter…
Imphal: Manipur on Saturday recorded 689 Covid-19 positive cases, 13 Covid-19 related death cases and 520 recoveries. The positive cases from general population were from Imphal East (138), Imphal West (247), Thoubal (62), Bishnupur (67), Kakching (31), Uldirul (2), Churachandpur (90), Chandel (2), Senapati (10), Teng,noupal (11), Pherzawl (15), Jiribam (2), Noney (2) Kangpokpi (4)…
Imphal: Manipur Police has cautioned people to protect from Cyber fraud who uses duplicate fake Facebook accounts and misusing it. Public relation officer K. Meghachandra in a press note said a new type of scam/fraud is reported widely whereby cyber criminals create duplicate fake Facebook accounts of individuals using the same profile name and picture….
Imphal: Manipur chief minister N. Biren Singh on Saturday inaugurated Spring Water Harvesting, Sustainable Water and Forest Conservation project at Heingang, Kameng and Lamdeng in a solemn function held at the chief minister’s secretariat. The project was jointly undertaken by Central Forest Division, forest department, Manipur and ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth. Preservation and protection…
