Economic blockade relaxed for six days

In response to the appeal of Works Minister K Ranjit and MLAs of Senapati district, the Senapati District Students’ Association (SDSA) has agreed to relax the economic blockade on NH-39 temporarily for six days.On the other hand 34 loaded trucks and 56 tankers crossed Mao gate today afternoon.The student body, however, refused to lift the blockade completely which has been in force since November 1.The SDSA acceded to relax the blockade for six days after a four hour long meeting at Senapati indoor stadium today. The meeting was attended by Works Minister K Ranjit, MLAs M Thorii, K Raina, Doukhomang Khongsai, PWD officials, president of the Truck Owners’ Welfare Association H Ranjit, secretary Y Lukeshwar, secretary of Manipur Drivers’ Welfare Association Tomba and representatives of SDSA.According to the agreement, the economic blockade will be relaxed till midnight of November 19.On their part, Works Minister K Ranjit and the Senapati MLAs maintained that six days relaxation is too short. Even as the Minister and the MLAs strongly urged the student representatives to relax the blockade till December, the student leaders refused to budge. Rather they asked the Government representatives to start the highway repairing work during the period of blockade relaxation in a manner that would be satisfactory to the public .The student body asserted that they will call off the blockade only after seeing progress of the work. In case the highway development work does not make due progress, the blockade will be reimposed, they maintained. To this stance of the SDSA, Works Minister K Ranjit said that the economic blockade being imposed to repair the highway has been ironically impeding highway development work as materials including bitumen required for repairing road could not be brought in. Click here to know more

Two UG suspects slain in encounter

Two suspected UG cadres have been slain in a reported encounter with troops of 31 Assam Rifles operating under 26 Sector near Moreh in the wee hours at about 1.45 am today. It is suspected that the two UG cadres slain in the encounter that took place at Old H Mongjang village located about 9 kms North East of Moreh police station might be brothers.According to the PRO of Hqs IG AR (South), the 31 AR troops, acting on specific information about movement of UNLF cadres in the area, laid multiple ambushes there. At about 1.45 am, the troops observed two persons moving in a suspicious manner from the direction of Kwatha towards Khudengthabi and one of them was spotted with a weapon. On being challenged, they opened fire towards the troops who retaliated immediately. Two suspected UG cadres were killed in the ensuing gun fight, the PRO conveyed. One AK 47 rifle with one magazine containing 10 live rounds, one Chinese made hand grenade and a radio set were recovered from the two slain UG suspects.According to another source, the two slain individuals might be Letkhanhao Vaiphei (29) s/o late Paoneithang of Moreh ward no 3 and his younger brother Khupthenkham Vaiphei (25).Corpses of the two individuals whose identities are yet to be confirmed officially have been brought to RIMS mortuary by Moreh police today. One killed, 30 hurt : A woman passenger has been killed and 30 others injured when a bus in which they were travelling fell down a steep hill side at Makhan Khullen in Senapati district, reports our Senapati correspondent. The deceased has been identified as Athishi (40) of Chawanamei Khullen.The ill-fated bus was moving from Senapati to Maopungdong before the tragic accident occurred at about 4 pm. The injured victims are undergoing treatment in Maram Primary Health Centre. Conditions of some of the victims are reported to be serious.The bus was plying along Senapati-Maopungdong route. Most of the time, buses plying along the route are overcrowded. It is reported that mechanical snag might be the cause of the accident.

SF score big against UG groups

Imphal East district police commandos apprehended underground cadres belonging to the PREPAK, KLO, KNA/KLO and NSCN (IM) organisations on November 12 and 13 from different places of the State.According to a statement issued by the SP (IE) Th Radheshyam the PREPAK cadre identified as Keisham Abung alias Boy-nao (18) s/o K Khomei of Top Khongnang makhong was arrested from Naharup Pangong Makhong at about 5 pm of November 12.Abung joined PREPAK in October this year through one Sanjit and was involved in extortion of money from the general public, Govt officials etc, said the SP.Identifying the KLO cadre as Jangkhohao Khongsai alias Haopu alias James (30) s/o Thengkho-thang Khongsai of Chaningpokpi in Senapati district, the statement informed that the arrest was made on November 12 at about 2.30 pm from New Lambulane.Jangkhohao reportedly joined the armed group in October this year through one Robinson, S/S deputy chief of KLO and was involved in extortion of money from the general public, Govt officials etc.The KNA/KLO cadre arrested from Top Khong- nang Makhong on Novem-ber 13 at around 6.30 am has been identified as Konsam Basanta Meitei alias Nanao (25) s/o K Yaiskul Meitei of Khurai Konsam Leikai.After joining the KNA/KLO organisation in August 2008 through one Biramani of Tera, Basanta was involved in extortion of money from Sapam X-ray, Sobha Hospital, Babina Diagnostic Centre, Imphal Hospital, Mona Clinic, new Mother Child Care Centre Royal Hospital and Forest Dept (Mantripu-khri), detailed the SP’s statement.The NSCN (IM) cadres, who were nabbed from Andro Parking on November 13 at around 7.30 am have been identified as Pebam Brojen alias Jemson Singh (33) s/o P Iboton Singh of Thoubal Haokha Maning and Lisam Robindro alias Inao Singh (27) s/o L Ibochou Singh of Thoubal Haokha Maning.P Brojen is said to have joined the rebel group this August through one S/S CO Koko of Chandel while Robindro worked under Brojen.In addition to providing shelter to NSCN (IM) cadres, Brojen and Robindro were engaged in transportation of arms and ammunition to designated locations. <>

Solid Waste Management proj to start soon

The Solid Waste Management Project for Imphal to be constructed at Lamdeng Khunou under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission is about to start. The Chairman of the Planning and Development Authority (PDA), Manipur Dr Kh Loken Singh here today stated that the representatives of M/S Deccan Consultants which prepared the layout of the project would be reaching Imphal in the next week to submit the layout to the State government. The State Government had already acquired an area of 84 acres at Lamdeng Khunou in Imphal West District for the project which would be developed with modern technology and the fourth of its kind in the country. The Chairman said that the project would have two components namely Solid Waste collection and transportation system, and Solid Waste handling, treatment and final disposal at Solid Waste Disposal Facilities site. The products after treatment of the solid waste would be fertilizers extracted from the soluble substances, and glass and other decorative items from the non-soluble substances. Dr Loken Said that during his visit to the capital, he along with the Chief Minister would be meeting Union Minister for Urban Development Shri Jaipal Reddy to remind him to sanction the Nambul Naga Project for which the State Govt had already submitted its project proposal to the Centre. Green Imphal is another ambitious project being taken up by the PDA in association with local plant growers of Manipur, the PDA Chairman said. He expected that a new green Imphal would materialize in five years. Commencing from August this year, more than 7000 trees were planted around Mapal Kangjeibung Area, inside Kangla, Governor Road, Paona Bazar, Thangal Bazar and along National Highway No 39 from North AOC to Hicham Yaicham Pat in Imphal. About 5000 fruit bearing trees were planted inside the Kangla. Dr Loken said, “We had a good co-ordination with the plant growers. They planted the trees and the PDA staff fenced the plants for protection. The plant growers have been taking care of the plants daily till it fully grows. We are more conscious about the indigenous plants of Mani-pur. That is why we are planting trees like Heinou, Theibong, Chingthrao, Bo-kul, Jam, Nageshwar and Leihao.”“We need to develop a good environment for our better living in due course. Imphal is getting fresh air due to the greeneries preserved in the Raj Bhavan Complex, Kang-la and Mongbahanba For- est ,” he added. <>

Facts About India

I am Proud of my Country..!!

*The name India is derived from the River Indus, the valleys around which were the home of the early settlers. The Aryan worshippers referred to the river Indus as the Sindhu.

*The Persian invaders converted it into Hindu. The name Hindustan? combines Sindhu and Hindu and thus refers to the land of the Hindus.

*The number system was invented by India. Aryabhatta was the scientist who invented the digit zero. *Sanskrit is considered as the mother of all higher languages. This is because it is the most precise, and therefore suitable language for computer software. ( a report in Forbes magazine, July 1987 ).

*Chess was invented in India.

*Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies which originated in India.

*The' place value system' and the 'decimal system' were developed in 100 BC in India.

*The first six Mogul Emperor's of India ruled in an unbroken succession from father to son for two hundred years, from 1526 to 1707.

*The World's First Granite Temple is the Brihadeswara temple at Tanjavur in Tamil Nadu. The shikhara is made from a single ' 80-tonne ' piece of granite. Also, this magnificient temple was built in just five years, (between 1004 AD and 1009 AD) during the reign of Rajaraja Chola

*India is.......the Largest democracy in the world, the 6th largest country in the world AND one of the most ancient and living civilizations (at least 10, 000 years old).

*The four religions born in India, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, are followed by 25% of the world's population?

*Islam is India's and the world's second largest religion?

*Jews and Christians have lived continuously in India since 200 B.C.E and 52 A.D respectively.

*The Vishnu Temple in the city of Tirupathi built in the 10th century, is the world's largest religious pilgrimage destination, larger than either Rome or Mecca, with an average of 30,000 visitors every day giving donations to the temple of $6 million (U.S.) daily?

*The game of snakes & ladders was created by the 13th century poet saint Gyandev. It was originally called 'Mokshapat.' The ladders in the game represented virtues and the snakes indicated vices. The game was played with cowrie shells and dices. Later through time, the game underwent several modifications but the meaning is the same i.e good deeds take us to heaven and evil to a cycle of re-births.

*The World's first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.

*Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to mankind. The father of medicine, Charaka, consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago.
Although modern images & descriptions of India often show poverty, India was one of the richest countries till the time of British in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus was attracted by India's wealth and was looking for route to India when he discovered America by mistake.

*The art of Navigation & Navigating was born in the river Sindh 6000 over years ago. The very word 'Navigation' is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. The word navy is also derived from the Sanskrit word 'Nou'.

*Bhaskaracharya rightly calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart. His calculations was - Time taken by earth to orbit the sun: ( 5th century ) 365.258756484 days.

*The value of "pi" was first calculated by the Indian Mathematician Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered this in the 6th century, which was long before the European mathematicians.

*Algebra, trigonometry and calculus also orignated from India. Quadratic equations were used by Sridharacharya in the 11th century. The largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Hindus used numbers as big as 10*53 ( i.e 10 to the power of 53 ) with specific names as early as 5000 B.C. during the Vedic period. Even today, the largest used number is Tera: 10*12( 10 to the power of 12 ).

*Until 1896, India was the only source for diamonds to the world. ( Source . Gemological Institute of America )

*Sushruta is regarded as the father of surgery. Over 2600 years ago Sushrata & his team conducted complicated surgeries like cataract, artificial limbs, cesareans, fractures, urinary stones and also plastic surgery and brain surgeries.

*Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient India medicine.

*Detailed knowledge of anatomy, embryology, digestion, metabolism, physiology, etiology, genetics and immunity is also found in many ancient Indian texts.

*The world's highest cricket ground is in Chail, Himachal Pradesh. Built in 1893 after levelling a hilltop, this cricket pitch is 2444 meters above sea level.
*The Baily Bridge is the highest bridge in the world. It is located in the Ladakh valley between the Dras and Suru rivers in the Himalayan mountains. It was built by the Indian Army in August 1982.

*India has the most post offices in the world !

*The largest employer in the world is the Indian railway system, employing over a million people !.

*India exports software to 90 countries.

*According to the Gemological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source for diamonds to the world.

*USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century old suspicion in the world scientific community that the pioneer of wireless communication was Prof. Jagdish Bose and not Marconi.

*The Co-founder of Sun Microsystems, Vinod Khosla, is Indian.

*The head of the team that developed the Pentium co-processor, Vinod Dham, is Indian.

*The founder and creator of Hotmail, the world's best-known web-based email program, Sabeer Bhatia, is Indian.

*The testing Director of Windows 2000, Sanjay Tejwrika, is Indian

Be Proud To be Indian!

38% of Doctors in America are Indians.
12% of Scientists in America are Indians.
36% of NASA employees are Indians.
34% of MICROSOFT employees are Indians.
28% of IBM employees are Indians.
17% of INTEL employees are Indians.
13% of XEROX employees are Indians.
These facts were recently published in a German Magazine which deals with WORLD HISTORY

Manipur's 108 Dishes offered to the Lord

The famouse 108 dishes offered to the Lord at the Shri Shri Govindajee Temple on the occassion of Kwak Jatra.

Eight suspected Manipuri militants held in Kolkata

In a joint operation, a Special Task Force of Kolkata police and the military intelligence have arrested eight suspected Manipuri militants, running an extortion racket from the city, says an agency report.Additional Commissioner of Police Rajiv Kumar, who heads the STF, today said the alleged militants were arrested from an auction house on Lenin Sarani in Central Kolkata yesterday. Auction of old vehicles of Border Road Task Force (BRTF) was going on when they were arrested. An amount of Rs 15 lakh was recovered from them. ‘’We have informed the Manipur police and are awaiting information from them. Only then we can claim that the arrested people are militants,’’ he said. However, Police sources alleged that underground People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK)’s Lieutenant K Kanta Singh and People’s Liberation Army (PLA) leader M Chittaranjan Singh were believed to be among those arrested. The others are Chirom Iboyaima Singh, L C Deben Singh, Soram Tomba Singh and Koijam Ibomcha Singh.‘’A group of nearly 15 Manipuri militants had come to Kolkata in response to an open tender from the BRTF for auctioning old vehicles. Their modus operandi was taking part in bidding as well as extorting a percentage of the final bid amount from the bidders,’’ they added.
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Contractor's burn EE's Motor

The IFCD vehicle in flames after agitating Khuga contractors set it on fire.Lamka, Nov 8: Barely two days after agitating contractors here dismantled two IFCD culverts and pled-ged to sustain their agitation, a Maruti Gypsy of the IFC Department allotted to a divisional EE was set ablaze after it was hijacked from the driver today. According to police report, the Gypsy bearing re- gistration number MN 1A-5313, assigned to Khuga Canal Division EE JF Tusing was hijacked from the driver by activists of Khugadam Neglected Contractors’ Forum at Nehru Marg-Rengkai road junction here at around 11:35 am. After about 45 mi-nutes, the vehicle was set ablaze at Gangpimual village, about 3 km south of the police station. Police and Fire tenders were immediately despatched to the spot but a better part of the vehicle was already charred by then.Claiming responsibility, KNCF secretary information and publicity James Kuki said, ‘‘for what ever activities and actions taken by the KNCF, IFC Department is solely responsible for it.’’It is a sign of agony and total disillusion of the forum over the IFC department delaying clearance of their outstanding bill, we will go on our own way until payments are made, he added.Zomi Students’ Federation Tuining block, meanwhile, said it hails the ongoing construction work of Lamka to Sugnu and appealed to the contractors to maintain transparency and to strictly adhere to the guidelines of quality control. It also expressed its readiness to assist the work agencies if needed even as it appealled to the public to co-operate with the officials involved in the construction work.

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Police expose UG groups’ extortion module

Some of the underground organisa-tions operating in Manipur have started using drug addicts including those living with HIV/AIDS and widows as go-between in extortion activities, claimed SP of Imphal East District Th Radheshyam.Talking to mediapesons at the district police headquarters at Porompat today, Radheshyam disclosed that of late underground organi-sations like PULF, KRA (U), KLA, KCP-MC and some other groups have started using drug addicts and widows as go-between in ser- ving demand notes and collection of the amount from Government Departments, private establishments and individuals.The SP said that among seven UG cadres including three cadres belonging to KLA/KNO and four others to PULF (Kazi Umar) arrested by the District Police Commandos from two different places yesterday, two of the arrested PULF cadres have been identified as widows.Some days earlier too, out of two KLA cadres arrested, both of them have been confirmed to be HIV/AIDS patients who are under ART treatment, the SP said, adding that it would be appreciable on the part of the NGOs to take serious note of the matter and play an important responsibility in stopping such trend.The SP identified the three KLA/KLO cadres arrested by the District Police Commandos at around 2.20 pm yesterday as Nokhulun Haokip (42) s/o Thehang Haokip of Veitum Khullen, Laishram Jiban (43) s/o late Nongthon of Sagolband Thangjam Leirak and Sana-sam Birmangol alias Bira- mani alias William (45) s/o (late) Ibotombi of Tera Lou-krakpam Leirak.One 7.65 mm pistol made in Italy, two live round of ammunition and 10 demand note of KLA were recovered from the possession of No-khulun who is also a Grade-IV employee in the BSNL, the SP informed.All three of them are wor-king under the command of one Haopu Kuki and they have extorted Rs 2 lakhs from Forest Department, Rs 20,000 from Babina Diagnostic and Clinical Labora- tory, Rs 50,000 from Imphal Hospital and Rs 20,000 from child specialist Dr Ratan of Sagolband Moirang Leirak and the same handed over to Haopu.Further, the SP identified the arrested four PULF cadres as Md Abdul Latif (38) s/o Jalllaludin of Phoubak-chao Heibungyangbi, Md Aboy Khan (18) s/o Md Abdul Latif of the same locality, Miss Leihao (24) d/o late Md Ibocha of Kshetri Awang Leikai and Nong-maithem Shanti Devi alias Nisa alias Dr Asha (38) d/o (late) Ibotombi of Thang-meiband Lairenhanjaba Leikai.All four of them were arrested by the Commandos from Khurai Lamlong at round 5.10 pm yesterday.In all 20 demand notes of the outfit have been seized from the possession of Ab-dul Latif, the SP informed, adding that Shanti Devi alias Nisa is a self-styled assstant project officer of the outfit.Meanwhile, troops of the Assam Rifles and Imphal West district police comma-ndos in separate operations have apprehended eight activists of underground or- ganisations in the past 48 hours.While PRO IGAR (S) informed of AR troops nab- bing two UNLF and one KYKL cadre from different places today, SSP (IW) L Kailun issued a statement regarding commando personnel rounding up five KCP activists from the house of one Takhellam-bam Tomba Singh of Kong- ba Uchekon Khunou at around 3.30 pm yesterday.The KYKL cadre identified as P Ibohal alias Bobojit (23) s/o P Jadumani of Po-rokhongjam was nabbed from Yairipok-Angtha road and has been handed over to yairipok police station.The UNLF cadres identified as Md Ayub Khan (22) and Md Riyauddin (27) - both from Thoubal were arrested by troops of 29 AR manning a mobile check post in between Sita and Tengnoupal.The UNLF duo, who were riding a motorcycle revealed that they had pur- chased the bike from Imphal and were taking it to 292 MPA Bn of the UNLF, the PRO release maintained. Both the captive along with recovered items are being handed over to Tengnoupal police station, it added.The KCP activists have been identified as Md Zaul-haque Moinam (18) s/o Md Abdul Kalam of Shamu-shang Santipur in Mayang Imphal, Kongba Uchekon Khunou residents Takhellambam james Singh (21) s/o T Tomba Singh, Takhellambam Domba Singh (19) s/o T Ibotombi Singh and Athokpam Sanjoy Singh (29) s/o A Ningthemjao Singh, and Leishemba Maibam (19) s/o Nila Maibam of Shangakpam Bazar. The five reportedly disclosed of working under the command of Athouba mangang - Valley Operation Commander of KCP, and assigned to extort money from the general public, shopkeepers, saw mill proprietors and Government employees of Kongba area. In all five demand notes of KCP signed by Athouba Mangang were also seized from them, the SSP statement added.
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(JOKE) Must Read All.

Bob works hard at the office but spends two nights each week bowling, and plays golf every Saturday.His wife thinks he's pushing himself too hard, so for his birthday she takes him to a localstrip club.The doorman at the club greets them and says, 'Hey, Bob! How ya doin?'His wife is puzzled and asks if he's been to this club before.'Oh no,' says Bob. 'He's in my bowling league.When they are seated, a waitress asks Bob if he'd like his usual and brings over a Budweiser.His wife is becoming increasingly uncomfortable and says, 'How did sheknow that you drink Budweiser?''I recognize her, she's the waitress from the golf club.I always have a Bud at the end of the 1st nine, honey.'A stripper then comes over to their table, throws her arms around Bob, starts to rub herself all over him and says,'Hi Bobby. Want your usual table dance, big boy?'Bob's wife, now furious, grabs her purse and storms out of the club.Bob follows and spots her getting into a cab.Before she can slam the door, he jumps in beside her.Bob tries desperately to explain how the stripper must have mistaken him for someone else, but his wife is having none of it .She is screaming at him at the top of her lungs, calling him every 4 letter word in the book.The cabby turns around and says,'Geez Bob, you picked up a real bitch this time.'BOB's funeral will be on Friday.

(JOKE) Funny Thing About Politics

Whether Democrat or Republican, you should get a kick out of this!

A little boy goes to his dad and asks, 'What is Politics?'
Dad says, 'Well son, let me try to explain it this way: I am the head of the family , so call me The President.
Your mother is the administrator of the money, so! we call her the Government. We are here to take care of your needs, so we will call you the People. The nanny, we will consider her the Working Class. And your baby brother, we will call him the Future.

Now think about that and see if it makes sense.' So the little boy goes off to bed thinking about what Dad has said.

Later that night, he hears his baby brother crying, so he gets up to check on him. He finds that the baby has severely soiled his diaper. So the little boy goes to his parents' room and finds his mother asleep. Not wanting to wake her, he goes to the nanny's room Finding the door locked, he peeks in the keyhole and sees his father in bed with the nanny. He gives up and goes back to bed.

The next morning, the little boy says to his father, 'Dad, I think I understand the concept of politics now.'
The father says, 'Good, son, tell me in your own words what you think politics is all about.

The little boy replies, ''The President is screwing the Working Class while the Government is sound asleep. The People are being ignored and the Future is in deep shit.''