Monthly Archives: February 2017
The Machiavellian
In the run-up to state assembly elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has finally cracked the whip on the deeply entrenched state bureaucracy,...
Let there be no ‘Silent Spring’ for Mother India
Swami Chidanand Saraswati
When i was young, growing up in Himalayan jungles, my mornings were filled with birdsong as sweet sonnets rose to the skies...
The last educated man from South – The controversy monger
Samarjit Kambam
Seems like the Governor of Meghalaya in the flesh and blood of Mr V Shanmuganathan (now resigned) is a guy at the wrong...
No pol advts in print media on Feb 3, 4 :...
NEW DELHI, Feb 2 :The Election Commission of India on Thursday directed that no political party, candidate, organisation or any person will publish any...
Pushing Jyotin out from the Congress Backing better prospects
Let it be clear. It was not Jyotin Waikhom who chose to leave the Congress, but the party which literally sealed the door on...
IOC allays fuel shortage fear during polls
IMPHAL, Feb 2: Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Imphal office has assured that there would be little shortage of fuel for the 11th Manipur Legislative...
Report sent to Commission
IMPHAL, Feb 2: The Chief Electoral Officer has sent the report regarding the case of Chief Minister Okram Ibobi listing the State Government’s achievements...
Addl Chief Secy, Commissioner, UNC leaders leave for Delhi
IMPHAL, Feb 2: With the stage all set for a tripartite meeting among the United Naga Council (UNC), the Government of Manipur and the...
Violence in Nagaland: Protesters attack government offices in Kohima
KOHIMA: Violence erupted in the Nagaland capital on Thursday with those opposed to the ongoing elections to urban local bodies (ULB) vandalising the state...
Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla Writes a letter to Rajnath Singh,...
2 February 2017, New Delhi - Chief Minister of Mizoram, Shri Lal Thanhawla has written a letter to the Union Minister of Home Affairs...
Tripartite talk: an unfair game
Finally the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Union government has initiated tripartite talk between the Govt. of Manipur, UNC and the Union Govt....
Destroyed by corruption
If only the ways of the government were above board, questions such as moral legitimacy of governance would not have been so very complicated...
Comply orders or face music: HC
The full bench High Court (HC) of Manipur today directed the central and state authorities to materialize several orders passed by the court to...
Manipur’s Karang becomes India’s first cashless island
Karang, a small lake island in Manipur, has become the country’s first cashless island.
The Union ministry of electronics and information technology under its Digital...