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Counter
Blockade begins at Imphal Ukhrul Road
Imphal, August 25 : In retaliation against indefinite
economic blockade imposed by the Naga Youth Front, the local
villagers of Imphal East district have imposed counter blockade
in Imphal Ukhrul Road. Villagers of Khurai Chaithabi Leirak
blocked the transport of food and provisions from Imphal to
Ukhrul at 6.30 yesterday morning. According to the local people,
the blockade would continue till the Naga NGOs lifted the
blockade on National Highways.
(August 25 : 8 AM)
General Election on
January 2002
Imphal, August 25 : According to a reliable source, the
general election to the Manipur Legislative Assembly will be
held at the January next year. The current assembly will be
dissolved at the end of the current Parliament session, said the
source.
(August 25 : 8 AM)
Transporters call
bandh on August 26
Imphal, August 25 : Expressing solidarity with the
15-hour bandh called by AISF, Manipur State Council on August
25, the Manipur Transport Joint Coordinating Committee had
called another 15 hour Manipur bandh on August 26 from 4 am. The
bandh was called in protest against non-availability of diesel
in the state. The proposed bandh would exempt the incoming
vehicles, which are being stranded outside Manipur.
(August 25 : 8 AM)
Paul Leo against talk
Imphal, August 25 : President of the United Naga Council,
Paul Leo refused talk with the proposed peace mission of the
MLAs. The mission was planned to negotiate with the Nagas in the
Senapati relief camps. It can be mentioned that the proposed
peace mission was cancelled due to non-availability of fuel oil
and lack of security escorts.
(August 25 : 8 AM)
Manipur Government
axed 28 posts
Imphal, August 25 : As part of the downsizing policy, the
Manipur Government abolished 28 posts in the directorate of
information and public relations. An order to this effect was
issued by the secretary, Information and Public Relations on
August 22. The abolished posts are all vacant posts. With these
abolished posts, the total number posts abolished totaled to
1139 posts.
(August 25 : 8 AM)
MUTA withdraws
ceasework strike
Imphal, August 25 : The Manipur University
Teachers Association, MUTA withdrew its ceasework agitation,
according to a statement. The association has decided to resume
normal classes with immediate effect in the wake of appointment
of high level inquiry committee by the Chancellor. The
association, in the statement would continue insisting on its
demand for the resignation of the present VC on account of his
alleged inefficiency.
(August 25 : 8 AM)
Tata
trucks attacked at Kangpokpi
Imphal, August 24 : Suspected KNF activists attacked two
tata trucks at Laikop village in IT road under Kangpokpi police
station at 4.30 am and injured one civilian. The tata trucks
were carrying food and provision from Naga dominated Tamenglong
to another Naga dominated Senapati area. The injured transporter
was S. Kharka Tamang (30), former president of the All Manipur
Gorkha Students Union. The incident occurred when the vehicles
carrying food and provisions were stopped by unidentified armed
person at Laikop Waiting Shed. When the vehicles fail to heed
the warning of the armed person, the gunmen fired
indiscriminately upon the vehicles. The vehicles bore many
bullet holes and Tamang got injured.
(August 24 : 8 PM)
Peace
Mission cancelled
Imphal,
August 24 : Proposed peace mission planned by present MLAs
was cancelled in view of shortage of fuel oil and security
escorts. The mission was planned to normalize the ethnic
relationship between hills and plainsmen in the Manipur in the
wake of ceasefire extension beyond Nagaland.
(August
24 : 8 PM)
Truckers flay UCM
Imphal, August 24 : The Manipur Transport
Joint Coordianting Committee flays UCM for its passive role in
ongoing economic blockade imposed by Naga Youth Front. The
committee stated that the people of Manipur were being reduced
to a state of starvation and demanded to know what the United
Committee Manipur was doing to resolve the current crisis
arising out of economic blockade launched by Naga NGOs.
(August
24 : 8 PM)
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