Monthly Archives: January 2015
Repair road or we will collect road taxes to do it,...
IMPHAL, January 11: Koirengei Awang Chaokhat Thourang Committee has set an 11 days dateline to the government for repairing the road from Koirengei Bridge...
Former Arts and Culture commissioner seeks more government assistance to promote...
IMPHAL, January 11: It is of utmost importance that the State government provide some financial assistance to promote the cultural discipline of Thang-Ta on...
Dead Jiri woman found pregnant during autopsy
IMPHAL, Jan 11: The post-mortem examination of Indrani Devi was held today at JNIMS Morgue.
Yumnam Ongbi Indrani Devi, 38, wife of Y Babahal Singh,...
Brajachand Theatre Fest begins
IMPHAL, January 11: The five-day long Brajachand Theatre Festival, organised by the Khundrakpam Brajachand Memorial Trust, commenced today at the auditorium of the Jawaharlal...
Tangkhuls to revel Miss Luira contest at Delhi
R Lester Makang
UKHRUL, January 11: Miss Luira Contest will be among the main attractions of the first ever Tangkhul Luira Phanit to be celebrated...
Areas covered by Porompat water supply to face water shortage
IMPHAL, Jan 11: The Public Health Engineering Department, PHED, has notified in a statement that due to storage in power supply at the Porompat...
Lilong AR post attacked again
IMPHAL, Jan 11: Two unknown youths on a motorcycle attacked the 40 Assam Rifles `D` Coy post at near Lilong Police Station in Thoubal...
Police arrest vehicle lifters during mobile frisking
IMPHAL, Jan 11: A team of district police commandos, Imphal East arrested two vehicle lifters, during mobile frisking and checking exercise from Keirao Wangkhem...
Awareness program on religion
IMPHAL, Jan 11: The Laishram Mani Goura Sangeet Akademy, Thoubal Wangkhem and Ningthoujam Chaothoi Singh will jointly organize the `53rd Touring Program of Sat...
Rally commemorating Puya Mei Thaba on Jan 13
IMPHAL, January 11: The International Observation Committee on Puya Mei Thaba (ICOP) will be organising the `Puya Mei Thakhibagee Chahi 286 Shuba NIngshing Kum-on`...
Hammer and Nails
By Malangba Bangormayum
The duo Simon and Garfunkel sang `I`d rather be a sparrow than a snail Yes I would, if I could, I surely...
Inhuman distance
By RK Lakhi Kant
The culprits in a collective crime,
the people, choose to walk a bit
away from beleaguered beggars,
mad men in rags, or poor men
in...
Book Excerpt / Frontier to Boundary
By Pradip Phanjoubam
(The following is another excerpt from the author`™s forthcoming book written as a fellow of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, IIAS,...
MDAVO demands govt to halt Mapithel Dam construction
IMPHAL, January 10: The Mapithel Dam Affected Village Organisation (MDAVO) stated that the government should revoke its plan to construct a cofferdam and to...