IMPHAL, SEPT 5: Intellectuals from Manipur and also from outside the state including chief editor of CNN-IBN Rajdeep Sardesai will have their day in Imphal on September 15 deliberating on the state of affairs of Manipur. The programme sponsored by the state government of Manipur under the theme 'Manipur-The Way Forward" will be participated by top intellectuals of the region where the participants will present their respective papers.

Imphal, September 04: The All Manipur Christians Organisation (AMCO) today appealed to bring an agreement between the villagers of Mapou village of Saikhul sub-division in Senapati district with the militant group behind the threatening of village to leave the village before thing goes worsen.
Speaking to reporters at a pres conference held at the conference of the Manipur Baptist Convention (MBC), Chingmeirong today, AMCO general secretary Rev Vumthang said that a team of AMCO along with some social organisations visited the village today and held interactions with the villagers including village chief, chairman of village authority and pastor of the village.

Imphal, September 04: The designated camp of the 3rd battalion of Kuki National Organisation (KNO) has been inaugurated at Tuinomjang in Sardar Hills on Saturday. The designated camp christened as 'Camp Sinai' has two barracks, one office and a house for the visitors. The camp will house some 150 KNO cadres with arms which will be under a commander. KNO is one of the two Kuki militant outfit umbrella body. The other one is UPF. Tuinomjang is just 28 kilometres from Imphal.

Imphal, September 04: After paying a visit to Mapou village where villagers were allegedly assaulted by a armed militant group on August 31, the United Committee Manipur today expressed strong condemnation to the assault of innocent villagers.
The UCM team led by its vice president Y Nabachandra today visited the Mapou village in Senapati district and holds interaction with the villagers including the village chief and chairman of the village authority.

Imphal, September 04: The two officials of the Food Corporation of India (FCI), kidnapped by NSCN (K) cadres from Senapati district headquarters on August 31 last, were released today without any unharmed, at about 12 pm.
Laishram Ibomcha of Thambalkhong and Elangbam Pishak of Hiyanglam Awang Leikai were released at a place in the interior area of Senapati district bordering with Ukhrul district called Soibung today, where they had to track all the way for three hours through jungle to reach nearest bus stand at Phaibung village, a report from Senapati district headquarters said.

IMPHAL, Sept 3:Civil organisations based in Senapati are on hectic effort to secure safe release of two officials of the Food Corporation of India (FCI) kidnapped by suspected NSCN (K) cadres from Senapati district headquarters on last Tuesday.
Meanwhile, a highly reliable source said that civil organisations are trying to secure the safe release of Laishram Ibomcha of Thambalkhong under Imphal east district and Elangbam Pishak of Hiyanglam Awang Leikai under Thoubal district who were abducted by the militant group. On the other hand, the Naga Peoples Organisation (NPO), through local media houses’ has appealed the NSCN-K to release the two FCI officials unharmed. They have appealed to the NSCN-K to released the two officials without any harm”.

DIMAPUR, SEP 3 (EMN): A memorandum has been submitted to the Prime Minister by ‘Separate Hill Areas Administration Committee’ seeking a separate hill areas administration out of the existing state of Manipur.
The representation, signed by the committee’s convenor P Ashuli Arche and secretary RL Nelson, on behalf of the Hill Tribal People of Manipur, pointed out that the five hill districts of Manipur – Chandel, Churachandpur, Senapati, Tamenglong and Ukhrul - are contiguous chunks of hill Areas in Manipur. It said these Hill Areas have been inhabited by Hill Tribal People since time immemorial who were never been subject to any King of the Meitei Kingdom.
Moreover, it pointed out that the ‘Anthropology of Manipur clearly defines that Hill Tribal People and Meiteis in the State of Manipur are distinctively and identically different from each other especially in culture and traditional practices’.

Imphal, September 02: The Autonomous District Councils (ADCs), which according to government, aims for overall development of the hill people has been constituted but government officials in the hill districts are bearing the negative effects of offices burnt prior to the elections while registering protests against the holding of the elections in the Naga dominated hill districts.
Over 30 government offices across the four Naga dominated hill districts of Senapati, Ukhrul, Chandel and Tamenglong were torched in the spate of violent agitations against the holding of elections to the ADCs acts instigated by UNC and ANSAM. It coincided with the barring of NSCN (IM) general secretary, Th Muivah to enter Manipur during May and June 2010.

IMPHAL, Sept 2:Police Thursday launched a cordon operation at Lallambung of Imphal west district in a bid to rescue a superintending engineer (SE) who was among three government officials kidnapped by unidentified militants in the last three days.
The SE of the Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), Swamikanta of Imphal Kwakeithel area, was kidnapped by some cadres suspected to belong to Kuki Liberation Army on his way to home after office yesterday afternoon allegedly in connection with extortion demand. Even though some section of the media in Imphal had the information, the same was not carried out in any of the newspapers on the request of the family members who were under threat of dare consequences.