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Monday, November 25, 2024

Imphal choc-a-bloc with IVRs : Death traps everywhere

IVR or Inter-Village Road. Imphal is choc-a-bloc with them. For two days, The Sangai Express has been publishing news on the death traps that lie...

Include Meiteis in ST list demand : Setting a deadline of Oct 20

October 20. This is the deadline served by the Scheduled Tribe Demand Committee to the State Government to submit its recommendation to the Centre...

Since dead man tells no tale… Truth should be unearthed

Dead man tells no tale. So it is that the truth seems to have disappeared with the body of Pravis Chanam all suggesting that there...

Idiotic stand of making Hindi compulsory

Disservice to National language Compulsory Hindi test. Is Delhi University under the notion that making Hindi test compulsory in colleges under it will promote the...

Bigger threat from Bangla immigrants : Saving the indigenous folks

Saving the indigenous people from the large scale influx of non-locals into the State. Security along the Indo-Myanmar border and at Jiribam beefed up to...

Diverting filled cylinders from the hills : Route to black market

The question is just how regularly do LPG consumers in the hill districts receive their quota of subsidised cooking gas ? This question is raised...

Putting the limelight on O Ibobi : Not out of the news at all

It is obvious that former Chief Minister O Ibobi will not be out of the news. And why not. Not only is Ibobi the longest...

High promises, high expectations : BJP Govt up to it ?

High on promises. Obviously this means that the expectations of the people will also be high. It however remains to be seen how much distance...

Threat to ban movement of non-locals : Critically critical

The threat of the Kangleipak Students’ Association to ban the movement of non-locals is serious, very serious and it is only right that the...

Away from Imphal centric mindset : Govt-Hills Bhai Bhai !

Moving away from the Imphal centric approach. Best exemplified by the Cabinet meeting held at Churachandpur some time back. Announcing that the Shirui Lily Festival...

Seven years is a long, long time : Civil Sectt crawling at snail pace

A 10 year old child back then would now have completed her schooling and would probably be in college now. A child back then would...

Another spell of cooking gas shortage : Nature and greed at work

Booking date-sometime in April or May. Delivery date-the present. That is book one’s cooking gas four or five months back and get the delivery today. This...

Trafficking story from CCpur : Preying on young kids

Human trafficking. This is unacceptable and the possibility of the involvement of big names cannot be ruled out. Poverty plus the yearning to ensure a...

Date with September 11 : Setting new benchmarks

We are 18 today. To the world, September 11 will obviously be remembered with the bringing down of the World Trade Centre and Osama bin...