Low price rice distributed in Manipur
Imphal: As people are facing unavailability of rice, Department of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Manipur on Saturday organised mobile sale of rice at various places. According to CAF officials the mobile sale of rice at subsidised rate will continue and will be taken up in all the districts. CAF official informed that rice was sold at Rs 10 per kg. Anybody can complaint if there is any problem at Consumer Helpline no.18003453821 it was added. Rice is now available in the open market at around Rs 30 per kg (superfine) and the price is quite high for local rice. The state is importing onion from Myanmar and sold around Rs 40 to 48 per kg in the state. Traders from other places are also taking away the onion brought from Myanmar. (UNI)
Protest held against AR for killing of man
Imphal: A sit in protest was held at Kakching Naohallai Lampak, Kakching Bazar, Thoubal district to demand arrest of Major Sreeramkumar of 39 Assam Riffles who was allegedly involved in the kidnapping and killing of a man earlier in 2009. According to the protestors, one Y. Krishnadas Singh of Kakching was kidnapped on June , 2009 by suspected Assam Rifles personnel and later his dead body was found on June 12, 2009. Family members of Krishnadas also reportedly gave Rs 25 lakhs as ransom. The Yengkhom Krishnadas Singh memorial organisation alleged that Major D Sreeram Kumar of 39 Assam Rifles, was awarded the prestigious Ashok Chakra, the highest peace time gallantry award of the country in appreciation of his outstanding performance in combating militancy in Manipur on the occasion of Independence Day celebration in 2010 . During a recent enquiry by the Supreme court it was found that almost all the encounter killings during the last few years reported by police and Assam Rifles / Army were all fake. All were allegedly killed in staged managed encounters. Many were also found innocent. The said army officer was also found involved in killing of two brothers identified as N Nobo and N Govind earlier. (UNI)
Gogoi wants safe work hours to protect women
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has asked the home and political department to prepare a work schedule to prevent crimes against women across the state. The instruction came Thursday night after a task force, constituted by the government earlier this year to study the issue of crimes against women, submitted its report to Gogoi at his official residence at Koinadhara Hills in Guwahati. The task force, led by Assam’s Additional Director General of Police (CID) Mukesh Sahai, suggested several scientific and practical measures to check crimes against women. The force also suggested setting up of “crisis intervention centres” in various places and to associate police, doctors, legal experts and non-governmental organisations. Gogoi has asked the department concerned to prepare the programme in a month’s time, a statement issued by the Chief Minister’s Office said here Friday. He also said various departments must cooperate in checking crimes against women and the guilty should be arrested and tried in a fast track court. The chief minister instructed the department to identify the areas where maximum number of incidents of crimes against women have taken place. “There is also an urgent need to create awareness against crimes against women in the state,” he said. (IANS)
New Organisation ‘Zoramthar Duhtute’ formed in Mizoram
Aizawl: A new organisation called ‘Zoramthar Duhtute’ or an organisation for the Mizoram was formed on Saturday which vowed to bring a change in the political system and government in Mizoram. S L Sailova, a retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer and an anti-corruption activist today announced the formation of the ‘Zoramthar Duhtute’ in a press conference here. Sailova, chairman of the new organisation, said that they would not only make efforts to reform the political system and bring about change, the ‘Zoramthar Duhtute’ would field candidates in the coming state assembly polls scheduled to be held by the end of November. “We would contest at least five seats in the 40-member state legislature,” he said. He said that all the previous governments in the state were party-based regimes and never fulfilled the aspirations of the people by bringing change and economic prosperity. “We would make efforts to ensure that a true government of the people, not a government formed by the political party is elected in the coming polls,” he said. Leaders of the organisation included a number of young technocrats and social activists. (PTI)