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(Archive) April 2002 |
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April 07
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Rajya Sabha poll
Campaigning for the lone Rajya Sabha seat has never been as intense and animated as being witnessed now. Manipur sends only one representative to the Rajya Sabha and election for this is being slated for April 8.
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Highway to hell
Once again Manipur is faced with the same predicament of fuel shortage and if Chief Minister Okram Ibobi and his Council of Ministers do not sit down and seriously try to work out a solution...
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Arrested development
Bijoya Chakravarty, the Minister of State for Water Resources in the Atal Bihari Vajpayees Government at the Center was not exaggerating when she said that the North Eastern States have failed to take advantage...
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Get down to business
The Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh and his colleagues in the Council of Ministers most have heaved a sigh of relief with the release of the Deputy Commissioner of Chandel District Yambem Thamikishore...
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Elastic Laws
We hope it is only a coincidence that the ban on polythene wrappers and carry bags was to come into effect from April 1, the day in the year generally referred to as the All Fools Day.
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April 16
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Laudable, but......
The Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh has kicked off two day campaign which is aimed at reducing the pollution level of the city, now considered as one of the dirtiest cities in the country.
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Cowardly acts
Two disturbing incidents have raised questions about the method being used by Central forces deployed in Manipur to assist the civil administration in fighting militants and maintaining the law and order.
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Stemming the rot
The unwritten rule till now is to send the report cards of students by the respective schools to the parents of guardians, to keep them informed how their wards are faring in the examinations from monthly to yearly examinations.
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April 21.
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Will the polls toll for IM?
If the report carried in the New Delhi based Hindustan Times in its April 18 edition that the underground organization NSCN (IM) may contest the polls in the Nagaland election turns out to be true then it may mark...
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Policing HIV /AIDS
After Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, Manipur occupies the dubious distinction of having the largest number of HIV infected people and AIDS cases in the country. This is not all. Manipur with a small population of some 22
lakhs...
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April 22
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Sudarshan's agenda
We do riot know why RSS leader KS Sudarshan decided to pay a visit to Manipur but we certainly do not want to see him try anything to bring in the brand of politics that the RSS has gained notoriety all over the
country.
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Children of a lesser God
Success stories particularly of those who have managed to overcome their physical and mental short comings to script a life worth emulating have inspired the human race through the ages and the story of Helen
Keller...
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Fighting terrorists
While replying to the debate on the controversial anti-terrorism Bill in Parliament the Union Home Minister LK Advani tried to allay the fear that the law would be misused against minorities and political opponents.
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April 26
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Entry
Row
When AICC president Sonia Gandhi visited Imphal to campaign for her party on the eve of the State Assembly elections, journalists in Imphal boycotted the Congress (I) in protest against the party’s decision...
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In
Poor Light
The accusations hurled by a father from Kharsom village, Ukhrul district, against two doctors, of RIMS for refusing to perform an ENT surgery on his eight year old son because the family members of the patient...
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April 29
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Militarization of Manipur
Militarization of Manipur began in 1980 with the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, which gives extraordinary 'powers to the armed forces was promulgated in the State.
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Make IMC a civic body
Even as the lower staff of the Imphal Municipal Council are finding it hard to clear the garbage that continues to pile up in Imphal city areas with each passing day, it's chairperson Ph Guneshwor is...
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Road to Thailand
After the opening of an air route to Bangkok from
Guwahati, the focus now shifts to the proposed Thailand-Myanmar-India highway. If it becomes a reality, another dream would have come true. In all
probability...
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