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  • Manipur CM assures job to man acquitted in rape, murder case

    By ANI
    IMPHAL: Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has assured job to a man who was released after being acquitted by a court in 2013 rape and murder case of a research fellow.

    “He will be given a government job. I got to know that in spite of being innocent he was jailed for eight years and his house was burnt down by a mob,” said Manipur Chief Minister.

    On Monday, the Chief Minister met Thoudam Jibal Singh who was released after being acquitted by the Sessions Court. He was wrongly confined for eight years in Sajiwa Central Jail on the charge of rape and murder of one N Satyabhama, a Junior Research Fellow of Pathology department, RIMS who was found murdered (with bruise marks on her neck and body) in a canal at Wangkhei Loumanbi Loukol, under Irilbung police station on April 5, 2013, a couple of days after she left her Kakwa residence.

    Chief Minister assured justice to Jibal and his family and promised to construct a house for him and provide a government job at the Forest Department, where his father had served as a forest guard.

    The Session Judge Imphal East M. Manoj Kumar acquitted Jibal, from the charges levelled against him and directed to release him from jail in the infamous rape and murder of Ningombam Seityabhama Devi in 2013.

    The court in its judgment order stated that both the convicted persons one Kshetrimayum Biju Meitei alias Hollendro, 28, son of Ksh Ibochou of Thoubal Kshetri Leikai and another Toijam Thesuch alias James Bond, 27, son of Toijam Jugindro of Thambalkhong Sabal Leikai.

    The prosecution has failed to provide substantive proof against Thoudam Jibal for committing a criminal conspiracy of eliminating the deceased with the convicted duo.

    The case was on from April 2013 and after the completion of the investigation, the investigation officer of the case submitted the charge sheets under section 302 (Murder) and 120-B (common intention) before the Court. Charges were framed against the accused on November 20, 2013 under section 302 and 120-B IPC.

    To investigate the crime, the state government constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by an additional SP. On August 28, 2013, the SIT submitted charge sheet against the accused trio before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Imphal East and charged Biju under section 376 (rape), u/s 302 murder and u/s 120- criminal conspiracy while Jiban and James Bond were charged under section 120-B.

    It was followed by the Session Judge, Imphal East, framing charges against the three accused persons on November 20, 2013 for initiation of trial. The SIT also submitted an additional charge sheet against the three on October 10, 2015.

    The court recorded and examined the statements of 35 prosecution witnesses of 50 persons who were listed for deposing in the case during the trial. 

  • IAF battles odds to douse Dzukou Valley fire

    Express News Service
    GUWAHATI: The Indian Air Force (IAF) is undertaking a complex operation as it is trying to douse the wildfire in the ecologically-sensitive Dzukou Valley on the Nagaland-Manipur border.

    The operation involves complex calculations and skilled flying for the pilots. The fire is raging at different pockets of both states despite efforts being made by multiple agencies.

    A gust and difficult terrain is only one problem for the pilots. With the help of Bambi Buckets, the IAF pilots are lifting thousands of litres of water from a water body in Nagaland’s Dimapur district and making sorties for 15-20 minutes before they reach the site of wildfire that has wreaked havoc in the “Valley of Flowers”.

    A retired IAF pilot told The New Indian Express: “The practical difficulties will be precision dropping of water. Since it is a hilly region and there is air turbulence, steady flying will not be easy. It’s a difficult operation.”

    Four IAF helicopters are engaged in dousing the fire. The IAF’s help was sought by the Nagaland government. Forty-eight personnel of the National Disaster Response Force were airlifted from Guwahati on Friday for deployment at the site.

    Two days ago, Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh stated that the fire had crossed Mount ASIi, the highest peak in the state.

    Union Home Minister Amit Shah is taking stock of the situation. He assured Singh of all assistance from the Centre. Singh had requested the Army and the Assam Rifles to extend their help in controlling the inferno which broke out four days ago.

    In Nagaland, the authorities are trying to control the blaze through traditional “fire line cutting”. Personnel from the State Disaster Response Force, police and forest departments besides volunteers are deployed to the site.

    The Dzukou Valley is known for its natural environment, seasonal flowers, and flora and fauna and is a popular tourist destination.

  • Union Home Minister Amit Shah to visit Assam, Manipur on 26-27 December

    Union Home Minister Amit Shah will undertake a two-day visit to Assam and Manipur from 26 December. He will lay the foundation stone of a new medical college in Guwahati and distribute financial grants to 8,000 ‘Namghras’ or Vaishnava monasteries under the Assam Darshan program. , Officials said on Thursday.

    “On 26 December, his programs in Guwahati include a function at 1 pm, in which he will distribute financial grants to 8,000 Namghars (the traditional Vaishnavi monastery of Assam) under the Assam Darshan program, laying the foundation stone for the development of Batadrao Than. “As a cultural and tourist destination, New Medical College (the city’s second medical college) and nine law colleges will be set up in Guwahati,” the statement said.

    “The Union Home Minister will lay the foundation stone of the IIT at Dwarka, Moongkhong located at State Government Guest House, Manipur Bhawan, New Delhi at Churachandpur Medical College, Imphal at a function in Imphal on 27 December at 11.15 am. State Police Headquarters in Imphal, and Integrated Command and Control Center in Imphal City, ”added the statement.

  • Editorial: – Surya Namaskar of Seven Sisters to make his beloved brother Modi the Prime Minister again in 2019

    There are seven states in the North East of India. They are also known as ‘Seven-sisters’ .

    These seven states are Arunachal, Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram.

    Brother PM Modi had told the BJP workers that when the sun goes down it is reddish and when it rises, saffron is painted.

    Modi ji also clarified that those who are Vastu Shastra, they have a belief that according to Vastu Shastra, the structure of the building is the most important of the North East. If once the North East is well then everything goes fine. Today the country is leading the journey of North East Development.

    This is the reason why PM Modi had resolved to follow the Act East policy.

    The second one is the mantra of Modiji, with the development of everyone, the government dedicated to the well-being of 125 crore people of India.

    The result of this is that in today’s North East states, there are mostly BJP governments except for Mizoram, except for zero in all the states.

    Except Assam, before the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the presence of Bharatiya Janata Party in the northeast states of the country was not something special.

    For the Prime Minister and the BJP who had organized successful election rallies in many parts of the country, it was worrying for the low number of people to attend the rally at Swami Vivekanand Stadium in Agartala, Tripura.

    But in the year 2016, the BJP defeated the ruling Congress in Assam with a big difference and got the power of there.

    Those who look after the party on the assumption that it was a turning point for the BJP, trying to make penetration in the Northeastern states.

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    The Congress has suffered a major setback in the North-East, 5 times the CM, the legendary Lapang left the Congress ‘hand’, say- ‘The party’ is not giving the ‘sense’ to the senior leaders.

    Apart from this, Mizoram’s home minister Laljiriana has given up resignation, the Congress has increased the difficulties.

    In Meghalaya, the BJP is ruling by two legislators on the basis of a government.

    BJP expects from the North-East in the 2019 elections: In 2014, BJP has won only eight seats out of a total of 25 Lok Sabha seats in North-Eastern states. This year, winning the two state-run Meghalaya and Mizoram in front of BJP will be the biggest challenge. For this, the party has aligned with the late PA Sangma’s National People’s Party, in which five Congress MLAs have recently left their party. Congress is also making a big issue for eating Goumans to create an environment against BJP, as people in both states traditionally eat cow-milk.

    Mizoram also traditionally dominates the church, and the current Congress government is making a serious issue of the BJP and RSS. Congress had won 34 out of 40 seats in Mizoram in the Assembly elections in the year 2013. The BJP’s direct fight in Tripura is on the Lefts, where some five days ago, five big leaders of the Bharatiya Janjhans have got the support of the BJP. BJP has been successful till now by breaking the second party’s strategy to strengthen the party, the BJP has also formed a government in Mizoram and Tripura.

    In the last assembly elections in Tripura, the BJP, which contested 50 seats and seized the security of 49 seats in them, in the assembly elections this time, the Indian National Congress was reconciled to zero and the manner in which the stronghold of the village of Byomantha It is an unprecedented event in Indian politics, demolished.

    It is worth noting that Mizoram, which is going to be held in December this year, has also raised the flag against Rahul Gandhi. The Mizoram Congress was not included in the Bharat Bandh against the increased prices of petrol fuel, and today Mizoram’s Home Minister Laljiliyana has given a sign that he is now going to bloom lotus.