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NE militants call boycott of R-Day
IMPHAL, January 21: CorCom, a united body of seven underground organization of Manipur, the Hynnewtrep National Liberation Council, Kamatapur Liberation Organisation, National Liberation Front...
Students demonstrate against vote buying culture
IMPHAL ,January 21: Shouting slogans, the students of DM college of Science held a sit in protest today at the premises of the institute...
BJP blasfs Congress
IMPHAL, January 21 (NNN): The BJP Saturday released Ya Ya Ho Ya, a political satirical video play at the Manipur Pradesh BJP office here,...
O Joy cautions Rio to desist dragging integrity issue into polls
IMPHAL, January 21 (NNN): Manipur People’s Party (MPP) stalwart O Joy Saturday reiterated that the territorial integrity of Manipur should not be ‘dragged’ into...
Official function and public unconcern mark Statehood Day
IMPHAL, January 21: The official celebration of the 41st statehood day of Manipur was observed today at the conference hall of South Block of...
Rio calls Ibobi partisan and anti-Naga in campaign tour of Ukhrul...
IMPHAL, January 21: ‘Star Campainger’ of the Naga Peoples Front and Nagaland chief minister, Nephiu Rio labelled his Manipur counterpart, Okram Ibobi as a...
Press Release – Knowledge Exchange Networks (KEN) – Manipur Initiative
Knowledge Exchange Networks (KEN) – Manipur Initiative
Background:
The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) in partnership with the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region...
J&K 2013-15 and Beyond
By B.G. Verghese
It has been a good year for J&K with less internal turmoil, jihadis and separatists on the retreat and buoyant tourism. In...
The Limits of Reform in Myanmar
By Bertil Lintner
BANGKOK:The release of more than 200 political prisoners and a tentative ceasefire with the rebel Karen National Union represent the latest...
A WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES: at the `akashvani shumang leela festival 2012`...
By Laifungbam Debabrata Roy
I was most pleasantly surprised to receive two in vitations recently. The first, to the inauguration of a unique sumang leela...
Dear Electricity Department: Please Shed Some Light!
By Chitra Ahanthem
Today’s FOOTNOTES is a first ever: it is an open letter and entreaty to the Electricity Department, it is an elegy to...
Vote: Shall We?
By Bobo Khuraijam
We thought we would sleep over the cacophony of the noise of democracy looming large over the Manipur horizon. Honestly, we intended...
The Hunger of Stones
By Haripriya Soibam
We of stones
Count grudges
On nights of boredom
Constructing
Construing
Plots
and mazes
of emotions
Kept them locked
in boxful of woes
to open when dusk falls
After a night of incessant...
Condemns
IMPHAL, January 21: The Manipur Chemists and Druggists Association has condemned the alleged assault on its general secretary by Sanjenbam Milan during a meeting...