1. law, govt and politics
2. government
3. state and local government

SANGAI DIGEST
Imphal, dated Nov 8
Ibobi to meet
AICC leaders
Stage set for Cabinet rejig today, 15 likely to be inducted
New Delhi, Nov 8
The stage is set for the first
revamp of the Union Council of
Ministers with about 15 likely
inductions including Manohar
Parrikar and Mukhtar Abbas
Naqvi of BJP at the level of
Cabinet besides a reshuffle of
portfolios and elevation of
some Ministers of State.
BJP allies TDP and Shiv
Sena have also named YS
Chowdhary and Anil Desai,
respectively, for induction in
the Council of Ministers. Both
the Rajya Sabha members are
expected to be made Ministers of State.
The swearing-in of the
new ministers will take place
at 1 PM tomorrow at the
Rashtrapati Bhavan. Before
the swearing-in ceremony,
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi is hosting a breakfast
for the newcomers into his
ministry.
This will be the first reconstitution of the Ministry
by Modi since coming to
power in May. The current
strength of the Council of
Ministers is 45 -- 23 of Cabinet rank, including the Prime
Minister, and 22 Ministers of
Chief Minister O Ibobi would
leave for New Delhi tomorrow
afternoon to meet AICC
leaders.
A well placed source informed that the Chief Minister
would call on some key Congress leaders during his trip
to Delhi.
Ibobi and AICC leaders
may discuss about observing
the Children Day (former
Prime Minister Jawaharlal
Nehru’s birth anniversary) on
November 14 extensively and
with grandeur across the
country just as the Sadar
Vallabhai Patel’s anniversary
was observed across the
country under the patronage
of BJP.
In line with the State Government’s invitation to Prime
Minister Narendra Modi to
grace the opening function of
Manipur Sangai Festival 2014
on November 21, the Chief
Minister may also call on the
Prime Minister if he can find
time.
The State Government has
already invited DoNER Minister VK Singh to the festival.
The Chief Minister would
return to Imphal on Novem- By Our Staff Reporter
ber 12.
IMPHAL, Nov 8: Sixty one
non-locals, who came in two
different inter-State passenger
buses without proper identity
Even as results of the re0 proof documents, were
cruitment process for appoint- detained by members of
ment of ASI’s in Home Depart- JCILPS Kanglatongbi on NHment were declared five years 2 in the wee hours today.
After meeting the OC of
back, the appointees have not
been given offer forms till date. Sekmai police station in this
As such, many of the appointed connection, JCILPS Women
ASIs have crossed the upper Wing convenor L Nganbi told
age bar specified for recruit- reporters that JCILPS memment as ASI in Manipur Police. bers have been checking
Some of the aggrieved vehicles plying along the
appointees said that the State National Highways to detect
Government never worked the non-locals, who come to
seriously to solve any prob- the State without proper idenlem before there were protest tity proof documents.
Acting on a reliable informovements or violence.
mation,
members of JCILPS
Denial of offer forms for
such a long period would Kanglatongbi checked the
amount to abetting corruption, two night super buses
(MN01-2092 and NL-02-Bthey decried.
They urged the Govern- 2062) in the wee hours today,
ment to give them offer forms she added.
All the 61 non-locals who
at the earliest so as to ward
off any unwanted protest were travelling in the two
passenger buses were later
movements.
handed over to Sekmai police, she said.
Manohar Parrikar and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi are in the frontline for induction into Council of Ministers
State. Of the 22 MoS, 10 hold
Independent Charge.
59-year-old Parrikar, who
is tipped to be the new Defence Minister, resigned
today as Goa Chief Minister
to enable his shift to the Centre. The Defence portfolio is
currently held as additional
charge by Finance Minister
Arun Jaitley.
An
IIT-M
alumnus,
Parrikar will be the first Cabinet Minister from Goa and
shares a good rapport with
61 non-locals detained
Many cross
age bar
Grenade attack
One hand grenade hurled by
some unidentified persons
exploded at the courtyard of
Wangoi Municipal Council
Chairperson Bala Devi (34) at
Wangoi Khaidem Leikai,
Imphal West district at around
6.30 this evening.
Although there was no
human casualty, a car parked
at the courtyard was damaged
in the explosion.
It is suspected that the grenade attack was carried out in
connection with a monetary
demand. A case has been registered at Wangoi police
station in connection with the
incident.
MSF advisor
appeals
Manipuri Students Federation
(MSF) advisor LC Romesh
today appealed to contractors
and work agencies not to claim
the tenders of road and bridge
construction works in rural and
hill areas under Manipur State
Rural Road Development
Agency (MSRRDA) by
reducing the tender amount.
Speaking to reporters, he
said that MSRRDA recently
issued tenders for construction of roads and bridges in
rural and hills areas.
With the completion of the
9th phase, MSRRDA issued
a notification for the 10th
phase with November 18 as
the last date, he said.
During the submission of
tenders, work agencies and
contractors have applied to
execute these works by cutting down 27 to 30 percent
from the total permitted
amount, he alleged.
As such, people are apprehensive that the works would
not be executed (Contd P 8)
However, when JCILPS
Women Wing members enquired about the incident,
Sekmai police station OC told
them that the number of the
non-locals, who were detained by JCILPS Kanglatongbi were only 51 and they
are labourers of Power Grid
Corporation of India Ltd hailing from West Bengal and
Bihar, Nganbi said.
The OC further told them
that the labourers got an official letter from the Manager
of the corporation, she said.
Nganbi said that when they
requested the OC to check
movement of non-locals on
the highway, the OC told
them that they do not get any
such order from the higher
authority.
She questioned whether
police should give free hand
to Power Grid Corporation
and various night super buses
to bring in large number of
non-locals in the State, which
is totally against the movement of JCILPS.
She alleged that Deputy
Chief Minister (Contd P 8)
ITSL celebrates raising day
By Our Staff Reporter
IMPHAL, Nov 8: The Imphal
Tangkhul Shanao Long (ITSL)
celebrated the 6th Raising Day
cum Sales of Indigenous Food
Items and Traditional Attires at
Tribal Research Institute,
Chingmeirong today.
Deputy Chief Minister
Gaikhangam visited the stalls
opened at the celebration.
Senapati DC Jacintha
Lazarus Chiphang and Conservator of Forest, Eastern
Circle, Soreiphy Vashum also
attended the function.
ITSL secretary Themmila
Shanglai said that the
Tangkhul Food Festival is
organised at the State capital
every three years.
She said that the people of
Tangkhul community, who
are residing in Imphal, have
forgotten their indigenous
food. As such, the festival
would enable them to taste
their indigenous food, she
added.
Traditional tug of war
competition for Tangkhul
women and other indigenous
games like ‘Laasem Kapa’,
‘Thingneira Khangakhun’ and
talent shows were held as
parts of the celebration.
Many delicious indigenous
cuisines were offered at the
event.
the Prime Minister.
Naqvi (57), a prominent
Muslim face of the BJP, returns to the Union Council of
Ministers 15 years after his
stint as MoS Information and
Broadcasting in the Atal
Bihari Vajpayee government.
A member of Rajya Sabha
from Uttar Pradesh, he is
currently the Vice President
of BJP.
Among the new inductions
are Vijay Sampla, a dalit and
a first time Lok Sabha mem-
ber of BJP from Hoshiarpur
in Punjab and possibly former
RJD leader Ram Kripal
Yadav, elected on BJP ticket
from Patna.
The other names doing the
rounds include JP Nadda,
BJP general secretary, Ajay
Tamta from Uttarakhand,
Jayant Sinha, son of former
Union minister Yashwant
Sinha from Jharkhand, Jat
leader from Haryana Birender
Singh, Bhumiar leader from
Bihar Giriraj Singh, Col
Sonaram Chaudhary and
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat,
both of Rajasthan, Hansraj
Ahir from Maharashtra and
Ramesh
Bais
from
Chhattisgarh.
There is speculation that a
couple of ministers could be
dropped while a few could be
elevated to the Cabinet rank.
Former union minister
Suresh Prabhu, who is the
Prime Minister's sherpa for
G-20 Summit, is widely being speculated as the head of
a new body that will replace
the Planning Commission. In
that capacity, he may get Cabinet rank status.
53-year-old Chowdary, a
Rajya Sabha member of TDP,
is an industrialist-turned-politician who is close to party
chief Chandrababu Naidu.
More than six ministers are
currently holding more than
one portfolio.
Road Transport and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari
also holds the charge of Rural
Development Ministry, while
Law Minister Ravi Shankar
Prasad also has the charge of
IT and Communications Ministry.
(Contd on P 8)
State’s socio-economic & political vision
Workshop bats forinclusive growth
By Our Staff Reporter
IMPHAL, Nov 8: A one-day
workshop on ‘Need for new
socio-economic and political
vision for Manipur’ was held
today at the Artistes’ Workshop cum Dormitory, Palace
Compound under the aegis of
the United People’s Front
(UPF) Manipur.
Speaking at the workshop,
Manipur University Assistant
Professor Chinglen Maisnam
highlighted the importance of
inclusive growth for a country/society to be peaceful and
progressive.
Inclusive growth means all
the people of a State should
receive equal benefits of all
the development programmes
and welfare schemes taken up
within the State irrespective
of one’s ethnicity, religion,
language and place of residence. In other words, all
development programmes and
welfare schemes should be
able to cater to all sections of
the society, Chinglen elabo-
Agriculture fund
feared to go waste
By Our Staff Reporter
IMPHAL, Nov 8: With the
concerned authority still
unable to utilize a sum of Rs
2.67 crore sanctioned by the
Government of India for the
kharif season to the National
Mission on Agriculture Extension Technology, formerly
known as Agriculture Technology Management Agency
(ATMA), the same amount is
likely to go waste.
Out of the Rs 2.67 crore,
Rs 1.72 crore should be utilized in paying monthly
salaries to 291 employees
appointed for the particular
scheme, informed a well
placed source.
The remaining amount of
Rs 95 lakh should be used
for field demonstration and
farmers training programmes
at district and block levels
during the kharif season.
Even though the kharif
season is now over, all these
programmes could not be
held because the requisite
amount was not released in
time.
Nonetheless, the sum of
Rs 1.72 crore required for
payment of salaries to employees has been sanctioned.
As most of the programmes could not be
conducted, the concerned
Police blamed for blasphemy
By Our Staff Reporter
Papers being presented at the workshop
rated.
Even though some Nagas
have been demanding greater
Nagaland like Kukis have
been demanding Kuki homeland while Meiteis have been
shouting for territorial integrity of Manipur, many people
regardless of their ethnicity
have been reduced to impoverished and deprived lots.
One can see young women
of all communities struggling
for livelihood as street vendors at Khwairamband market.
The State Government has
no comprehensive plans
which can take care of the
poor and underprivileged sections, and aged population.
Gender discrimination is
still prevalent in Manipur
even though Manipuri women have been shouldering
huge (Contd on P 8)
Film released Addl SP cautions on garbage dumping
By Our Staff Reporter
By Our Staff Reporter
IMPHAL, Nov 8: The
Prodigal Ministry, Tamei
today released a Manipuri short
film, ‘Toknga’ at Manipur
Press Club today.
Directed by noted actor
Sougrakpam Hemanta, the
film is produced by Dee
Abonmei XL.
Hill Area Committee ViceChairman Z Kikhonbou
Newmai, Forest Department
RO Kh Hitler, special contractor Hijam Paka and retired
IAS officer K Panmei attended the function as chief
guest, president and guests of
honour respectively.
IMPHAL, Nov 8: Imphal
West Additional SP K Meghachandra has said that anybody
who dumps garbage on the road
sides of North AOC will be
penalised.
Speaking by the sidelines
of a cleanliness drive, which
kickstarted yesterday, K
Meghachandra said that the
cleanliness drive was conducted in association with
Imphal Municipal Corporation on the roads of North
AOC area, Kekrupat, Kangla
gate and Minuthong etc.
Saying that shop owners
must not encroach upon ad-
joining roads, the Additional
SP said that dumping of garbage on road sides at these
areas is prohibited to maintain cleanliness ahead of the
Manipur Sangai Festival.
Saying that the prohibition
would continue after the festival as well, K Meghachandra said that IMC would penalise all those who violate
this prohibition with a fine of
Rs 500.
He also urged the residents
of the area to handover waste
materials to mobile IMC garbage teams.
Expressing concern over
the presence of goons and
thieves at (Contd on P 8)
IMPHAL, Nov 8: In their
efforts to neutralize the bandh
imposed along Imphal-Moreh
highway in protest against the
Government plan to build a
sports university at Yaithibi
Loukon, a police team led by the
OC of Kakching police station
vandalised a Masjid apart from
desecrating the Holy Quran,
alleged the Yaithibi Loukon
Land Owners’ Association and
the Anjuman Nasual Islam,
Sora.
Speaking to media persons
at Manipur Press Club this
afternoon, the association’s
president Md Alimuddin said
that a police team barged into
Masjid-E-Mohammadia, Sora
Ching Wangma in the name
of driving off bandh supporters yesterday afternoon.
Apart from vandalising
many articles kept inside the
Masjid like PA system,
IMPHAL, Nov 8: Deputy
Chief Minister Gaikhangam
stated that different languages
and dialects of the State are
integral parts of the State’s
cultural heritage. Enriching and
developing the various languages and dialects of the State
would gradually help in
strengthening and enriching the
official language of the State.
The Dy CM was speaking
as chief guest at the first Tribal Languages Day cum
workshop on literary progress of tribal languages organised by the Council of Tribal Languages and Literature
Societies, Manipur at TRI
today.
He said languages could
be enriched and nurtured by
borrowing, acquiring and
adopting words or vocabular-
Dy CM Gaikhangam and other dignitaries presiding the function
ies of others.
Gaikhangam also expressed confidence that the
opening of a separate directorate for Language Planning
and Implementation under the
Education Dept would surely
be a good beginning for nurturing and promoting dialects
and languages of different
ethnic communities of the
State.
He also asserted that the
State Govt has been making
sustained efforts to develop,
preserve and promote all languages and dialects of the
State without any discrimination or distinction.
The programme was held
under the sponsorship of
Tribal Research Institute,
Manipur.
The programme was attended amongst others by Kh
Raghumani Singh, Director,
Language Planning and Implementation, Manipur and Dr
L Mahabir Singh, Joint Director, Language Planning and
Implementation as the president and guest of honour
respectively.
Giving the keynote address, Ragongning Gangmei,
chairman, CTLLS said that
language is the most important element for asserting and
preserving one’s identity.
Unity of indigenous languages would bring a new
social order in the State.
Interactions on issues and
challenges confronting the
growth and development of
tribal languages of the State
was held besides discussion
on the process of approval of
tribal languages for introduction in the State’s education
system.
Representatives of most of
the tribal literature societies
gave brief literary progress
reports of their respective
communities during the programme.
Prominent tribal singers
belted out special numbers
during the occasion.
The workshop was moderated by Adibou Newmai,
Associate Prof; Tongneilal
Vaiphei, Associate Prof and
Majaguiru Kamsonmeipui.
However, in a sudden development, Dy CM Gaikhangam cut short Dr Th
Chandramani, Tribal Language
Planner
Project
Director, Centre for Tribal
and Endangered (Contd P 8)
Imam’s seats and the holy
Quran, the police team fired
tear gas shells, mock bombs
and live bullets at the masjid.
The bandh called by the
association went on peacefully but the excesses committed by police in the name
of neutralising the bandh
ought to be condemned by all
right thinking persons.
Alimuddin said that they
were compelled to impose the
highway bandh as the Government paid no heed to their
repeated appeals to abort its
plan for construction of
sports university at Yaithibi
Loukon.
The association has no
objection to establishment of
the sports university but it
was only appealing to set up
the sports university somewhere else, not at Yaithibi
Loukon.
Mukti Mouluvi Abdul
Haque (Contd on P 8)
Makeshift shops dismantled
By Our Staff Reporter
IMPHAL, Nov 8: After the godowns constructed inside the
temporary market shed of Khwairamband Keithel were dismantled
on November 2 by the Imphal Municipal Council in accordance to
an order issued by the Imphal West DC, makeshift shops built by
using polythene roofs as extensions from the temporary market
shed were removed by City Police this evening.
As a police team arrived at the market complex to dismantle
the makeshift structures/shops, they were resisted by some
women vendors resulting in a brief altercation.
Later the two sides came to an understanding and the
makeshift shops were dismantled voluntarily by the vendors/
shopkeepers.
Nonetheless, another police team led by Imphal West
Additional SP Birbabu kept a close vigil so as to avoid any
untoward incident.
Aggrieved by the demolition drive, some women vendors
demanded resignation of the IMC Chairperson and all Councillors.
ROYAL RIDERS MANIPUR
Tribal Languages Day held, Dy CM cuts short Director's speech
By Our Staff Reporter
authority is unable to submit utilization certificates
and progress reports about
the money sanctioned by the
Government of India.
But utilization certificate
and progress reports are
mandatory for obtaining the
second instalment.
The mission could not
carry out any its of activity
for almost seven months
this year. As such, it is
possible that the second instalment may be cut down
substantially.
The mission should carry
out many activities in all the
60 blocks of Manipur. To
carry out these activities
properly at the block level,
four staff should be appointed for each block but
not more than two staff
were appointed.
As such, the Government of India has cut down
the block-wise fund allocation even though the Government of India instructed
the concerned authority to
appoint the required number
of staff.
As per the rules, salaries
of the employees should be
borne by the Centre and the
State at the ratio of 90:10.
Non-appointment of staff
to the full strength at block
level and (Contd on P 8)
Meitei Langol, Game Village Lamphelpat,
Imphal West, Manipur - 795004
Regd. No. 283/M/SR/2007
e-mail:royalridersmanipur@gmail.com
CLARIFICATION
This is to inform that the 6th
North East Riders Meet 2014
from 5th - 7th November,
hosted by Royal Riders
Manipur is being held at a private property owned by Mr.
Alfred Arthur son of Mr. AS.
Arthur at South Loushing (Near
Chingnungkhok), Senapati District, Manipur.
Tse/23662-9
Sd/- R.K. Tombisana Singh
President
Royal Riders Manipur
The news section may be contacted on 813170082 and advertisement section on 9774436438 and 8415927159