Drugs worth Rs 65 lakh seized in Manipur
Imphal: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized contraband drugs worth over Rs 65 lakh in Manipur, according to an official statement issued Tuesday. Acting on inputs, the DRI officials in coordination with the Assam Rifles intercepted a car coming from Moreh to Imphal and detained its two occupants. The officials recovered several polythene packets containing light brown powder, suspected to be brown sugar (narcotic substance), from a carton which was kept in the boot-space of the said vehicle, it said. The examination of these packets resulted in recovery of 650 grams of brown sugar valued at Rs 65 lakh, according to the statement. The Two, natives of Manipur, have been arrested. They were produced before the chief judicial magistrate, Chandel, who remanded them to judicial custody, it said. (PTI)
Bhamre inaugurates ECHS polyclinic in Tawang
New Delhi/Tawang: With the objective to provide quality medical care to all Ex-Servicemen and their dependents in the region, Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre on Tuesday inaugurated the first Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) Polyclinic in the remote, high-altitude area of Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh. The ECHS polyclinic in Tawang was a long pending dream of the Ex-Servicemen. The scheme will provide quality medical care to all Ex-Servicemen and their dependents, who could not travel to the nearest ECHS facilities, located around 350 km away at Tezpur and Guwahati, Indian Army Spokesperson Col Aman Anand said. The polyclinic would also act as a nodal point for treatment of the veterans in the empanelled super specialty hospitals in major cities of the country. Tezpur-based Gajraj Corps General Officer Commanding Lieutenant General GS Sangha and Ball of Fire Division General Officer Commanding Major General R K Jha were present on the occasion, along with officials from the district administration and a large number of Ex-Servicemen from Tawang and adjoining areas. (UNI)
Arrested Manipur varsity teachers, students released
Imphal: Six teachers and eight students of Manipur University arrested nearly a month ago in the course of their agitation to seek the removal of the Vice Chancellor were released on Tuesday. Imphal West Chief Judicial Magistrate L. Tonsing had issued the release orders on Monday.However, Popilal Ningthoujam, a student who was accused of throwing eggs at the car of the Vice Chancellor, is still in jail. Police had arrested the six Professors and 80 students during a September 20 midnight raid on the campus on the charge of involvement in the agitation to seek the removal of Vice Chancellor Professor A.P. Pandey for alleged financial and administrative irregularities. Chief Minister N. Biren said: “The government has been trying to resolve the varsity impasse. We had invited stakeholders on several occasions. However, a breakthrough was achieved on Monday night by signing a MoU which said, inter alia, that the arrested persons will be released unconditionally.” Jarnail Singh, a retired Chief Secretary of Manipur, has been made varsity administrator after Pandey was made to go on leave. (IANS)
Nagaland Industry chamber issues ultimatum to govt
Kohima: The Dimapur Chamber of Industries and Commerce (DCCI) has issued a ten-day ultimatum to the Nagaland Government to either opt out of the GST regime or stop all “item tax” levied by the Dimapur Municipal Council (DMC). In a press statement issued by DCCI cautioned that failure on the part of the State Government and the Municipal Affairs Department to take either action would compel the business community to shut down its shutters and cease all business activity indefinitely “till such time the government meets our demand.” The DCCI stated that Dimapur has become a “haven for taxation” and consequently the business community in Nagaland is undergoing hardship to support their families. It said that businesses are being “forced to shell out the chunk of its income to take up the role of the bread earner for all tax imposing agencies and elements.” “The taxation on business community has reached its limit of tolerance. Business cannot thrive or survive if it becomes a charitable institution donating ever increasing taxation,” it said. (UNI)