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(Archive) March 2002 |
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March
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Guarding
the Fort
After all they all want to share power and it seems that not a single party is willing to sit in the Opposition and check misdeed by the Government that would be coming at the end of the entire election
process...
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Leaders
vs. Numbers
The result of the 8th assembly election in Manipur has thrown up a rather interesting picture. With no single party placed to form the next Government on its own steam or rather strength and a number of political heavy weights...
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March 08
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Tough Task Ahead
The task of the new chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh has been cut out. A dawn to dusk bandh called by the All India Students Federation has greeted the swearing in ceremony of the new four party coalition headed...
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Front Agenda
The 17-point common minimum program announced by the Secular Progressive Front (SPF) has not included anything that is new. Most of the issues raised by the Front program are more or less listed...
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A big stride forward
Better late than never, so goes the saying. The decision taken by the President's rule administration to ban use of plastic bags in the capital city is one big stride towards reducing the level of pollution...
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New regime
So now the cost has been cleared for a new ministry. Okram Ibobi Singh, the president of the Manipur Congress Committee (I) will be the new chief minister. The secular Progressive Front (SPF) comprising the...
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March 23
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Nowhere people
The electorate of seven Assembly constituencies in Thoubal district has reasons to be aggrieved and outraged. The voters of these constituencies have the right to exercise the adult franchise to elect their representative...
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Neglected again?
According to the Union Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, a total of Rs 577.22 crore has been sanctioned to eight North Eastern States including Manipur since 1999 under the....
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March 27
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Ministry for Ministers
Now the picture has become crystal clear. The five party coalition Government headed by Okram Ibobi Singh of the Congress (I) is now going to be a Government of the Ministers, by the Ministers and for the Ministers.
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Police public
It is not without reason that some Government departments attract people's attention more than others and the police department certainly comes under the category that is always at the center of attention.
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March 29
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Approach the civil bodies
The kidnapping of a top ranking district officer by armed militants in Chandel district has put to test the worth of the newly installed Secular Progressive Front Ministry led by Okram Ibobi Singh of the Congress (I).
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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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