Vangai TD Block Sub-Division-a hlangkai

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Vangai Range TD Block Pu Dr Chaltonlien hma lakna zara November ni 1,2007 a Pu O.Ibobi Singh, Manipur Chief Ministerin Patpuihmun Hqrs-a a hawng tuta Office le Quarters hai khawm ṭekleia building 7 (pasari) lai bawl zo tah Pu Ngulkhanthang, BDO in a awp zing chu Vangai biel mipuihai ta dinga vangnei thlak le thil lawmum tak a nih.

Tarik 26^th October 2011 a Chief Minister le Pu Chalton an inbieknaa chun Vangai Range TD Block chu Sub-Division-a hlangkai (upgrade) a, SDO mi awp ta dingin  Pu Ibobi Singh in a remti thu a hril. Tipaimukh le Thanlon Sub-Division hai inkawpa siem ADC Pherzawl khawm chu District puitlinga hlangkai dingin a hrila. Sadar Hills le Jiribam District hai leh a ruola thaw a remti thu le Cabinet approval zovah puong (declare) a ni ding thu a hril.

Pu Chaltonlienin a hril pei dan chun hieng (1)Pherzawl ADC Office buildings & Quarters  (2) Ankhasuo 33/11 KV Power Sub-Station le (3)Vangai Range Sub-Division (Vangai Range TD Block SDO Office a upgrade) hai hi 10^th Assembly election ding Code of Conduct impose a ni hma ngeiin Inauguration thaw dingin Chief Minister in a hril.

Pu O. Ibobi Singh hi ei ram mi hmangaitu indiktak chu a nih tiin a chungah lawmthu a hril bawk.

 

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BURQA AND PUON

~Zacharia Varte, New Delhi

I’m neither a philosopher nor a thinker. I guess I’m just too lazy to be one or may be just not scholarly enough to dwell on a particular subject and draw conclusions about it. But of late a train of thoughts has crossed my mind which I am compelled to write as I can no longer keep it to myself.

My first ‘thought’ or ‘theory’ as a pseudo-thinker was this: Boredom is NOT what you feel when you have nothing to do.  One can have a thousand things to do and yet feel very very bored. I was bored to death while I was thinking about this. I had many things to do and I did do them as slow as I could have, even as the voices in my head kept telling me: get a life!

As I mentioned before one thought led to another, so as I was thinking about boredom, its meaning, causes and cure when another thought struck  my mind: Being bored can make you go bonkers. So in the middle of the night I logged out of my facebook and decided to watch Alice in Wonderland. Say what you want but this movie somehow wraps my heart and veils my consciousness until I myself wonder in Underland every time I watch it.

I finished watching the movie and decided to emulate the Mad Hatter with a hope that it would somehow sweep away this dullness. Like the Mad Hatter I started to think of random words that start with different letters.  I began with the letter ‘V’ and all that came to my mind was ‘Varte’ and ‘Valerie’ (LMAO). Then I jumped to ‘B’; bawngsa, bawngchek, Basic Instinct, buffalo and then Burqa. Somehow the word burqa hooked me. ‘But why would it?’ I asked myself.

Burqa and the controversies surrounding it had never affected me directly. I am not a Muslim and even if I did belong to that group of orthodox Muslims being a boy I wouldn’t need to wear it. Then all at once my mind travelled back to the time when the Department of Music and Youth Affairs (HCF Delhi) was organizing the 4^th Youth Conference. As our group were discussing ‘what to wear’ during the choir completion I suggested or rather vehemently argued that all the ladies should be dressed in the traditional puonlaisen.

The greatest opposition came from people whom I thought would have supported me. The most prominent argument was that it would be literally impossible to wear puonlaisen in such a hot and humid climate and that since men do not have to wear, they consequently do not understand the atrocities of wearing such a heavy and ornamental puon. The only counter argument I could give was that the boys would also have to wear a tie. Needless to say all the ladies wore the traditional puon and the men, their tie. The suggestion for men to wear a formal coat was immediately shunned, primarily because of the weather and also because not everyone owns a coat. It may be noted here that some of the girls also had to borrow puonlaisen.

Few questions arise: Does such a diktat for women amount to subordination? Did the issue of women having to wear puon stem out of the traditional belief that women are subservient to men? Can it even be called objectification of women? So does the issue of puon somehow run parallel to that of burqa?

In our final year of BA (Political Science) we were given a choice between two subjects for the last paper; United Nations Organization (UNO) and Women and Political Process (Feminism). Since I could not bear the thought of learning the various resolutions of UNO verbatim and also because I consider myself to be quite a feminist (having been brought up by two incredible women), I chose Women and Political Process. As I had hoped, the class was fun with lots of discussion on various issues pertaining to women. It goes without saying that our teacher, Ms. Namita Pandey is a feminist inside out.

In one of our classes, as we were discussing topics relating to traditional subordination of women, I raised the issue of how society over the years have always issued a diktat on the way women should dress and that women alone are somehow given the responsibility of upholding traditional attires. I argued that while nobody has a problem with the Prime Minister wearing fine western suits, imagine the hullabaloo the media would create had Sonia Gandhi or Sushma Swaraj wore a western outfit to a public function. I pressed that this itself shows the subordination of women right from the top.

Every student in the class including myself thought that our teacher would shed tears of joy if not give me an extra mark in internal assessment. Fortunately, we were all wrong. What she said changed my whole feminist-perspective on women and the way they dress. She said that it is about ‘responsibility’. According to her; since ancient times, almost in every culture women are seen as an ambassador of culture especially when it comes to attire. This is an area where women have always held a higher task and power than men.

I couldn’t agree more with my teacher. The way a woman dress in the privacy of her home is her prerogative, but when it comes to public she holds a certain privilege and liability. Women clothes and female models dominating the various fashion events around the world is in itself a good example of women dominance in this sphere. Come to think of it, women in top brass politics should themselves take up the mission of honoring the traditional attire of the nation and culture they represent.

Looking at it in the context of our society, we the males, no matter how much we may feel the need to uphold and uplift our traditional attires can do very little in the practical ground. Women are needed here to practice what we all ideally want. Therefore, when women are asked to wear a certain traditional puon for a particular gathering, it is not subordination but rather a progressive outlook that women are far more capable of doing this task. If we refuse to see it this way, it would either result in society without its own cultural attire or a society full of cross dressers. (No offence intended).

Thus, I think it can be safely said that the burqa and puon cannot be compared. First, when we say burqa we aren’t talking about a head scarf, hijab or a shawl. A burga is a full on purdah enveloping a woman to make sure that no part of her body be seen in public. I agree with the view that a burqa is a symbol of repression of women. It clearly states that women should barely have a public life, leave alone the physical discomfort of the woman wearing it. Puon on the other hand is a symbol of women’s ability to showcase her traditional dresses in the most fashionable way. I believe it to be a symbol of emancipation, power and dignity.

This however does not mean the patriarchs have every right to direct how a woman should dress in every occasion. That definitely would be subordination. The women themselves need to acknowledge that this is their distinctive area of authority and hence also hold responsibility. In this age of neo-liberalism, a diktat would only lead to a rebellion.

The next big question arise: Are men free to dress however they want? I would like to say yes, but the truth is with freedom comes responsibility. Although it is entirely the individual’s privilege to be constricted in Korean influenced skintight jeans, there is a time and place for everything.  Not that I’m calling these fashions indecent, but come on, skintight jeans and skull T- shirt in a church? What are people trying to prove? Call me old fashioned but if you consider yourself to be a fashionista, dress according to the occasion. Moreover, how one dresses to church or for that matter to a social function is not just between the individual and the creator. It is also between you and the other people attending that gathering. In places like Delhi the equation includes all those people who see you going in and out of the gathering. If we consider ourselves to be progressive enough to value liberalism, I think we should also be advanced enough to acknowledge the image that we project to the outside world.

This essay is not intended to hurt anyone’s sentiments. I, in no way claim to be the epitome of all things cultural. As I have mentioned before, this is just a thought, a thought born out of boredom. But thoughts are the genesis of a social change, thoughts are the beginning of the basic principles that we live and die for today, including liberalism.

 

(zac.varte19@gmail.com)

(8 October 2011, New Delhi)

 

UPSC Combined Defence Services Examination (I)2012

A Combined Defence Services Examination will be conducted by the Union Public Service Commission on 12th February, 2012 for admission to the undermentioned courses:-

Name of the Course and Approximate No.of Vacancies.

1. Indian Military Academy, Dehradun 250 Vacancies

134th Course commencing in January , 2013 [including 32 vacancies reserved for NCC ‘C’ Certificate (Army Wing) holders].

2. Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala 40 Vacancies

Course Commencing in January , 2013 Executive (General Service) {including 06 vacancies reserved for NCC 'C' Certificate holders (Naval Wing)}.

3. Air Force Academy, Hyderabad 32 Vacancies

(Pre-Flying) Training Course commencing in January , 2013 i.e. No. 193rd F(P) Course.

4. Officers Training Academy, Chennai 175 Vacancies

97th SSC Course (for Men) commencing in April 2013

5. Officers Training Academy, Chennai 30 Vacancies

11th SSC Women (Non-Technical) Course commencing in April 2013

 

Eligibility:

Age limits, sex and marital status

(i) For Indian Military Academy -Unmarried male candidates born not earlier than 2nd January, 1989 and not later than 1st January, 1994 only are eligible.

(ii) Unmarried male candidates born not earlier than 2nd January, 1991 (2nd January, 1989 in case of NCC Naval Wing ‘C’ Certificate holders) and not later than 1st January, 1994 only are eligible.

(iii) For Air Force Academy-Unmarried male candidates born not earlier than 2nd January, 1990 and not later than 1st January, 1994 only are eligible.

(iv) For Officers' Training Academy- (SSC Course for Men) : Male candidates (married or unmarried) born not earlier than 2nd January, 1988 and not later than 1st January, 1994 only are eligible.

(v) For Officers Training Academy : (SSC Women Non-Technical Course)Unmarried Women, issueless widows who have not remarried and issueless divorcees (in possession of divorce documents) who have not remarried are eligible. They should have been born not earlier than 2nd January, 1988 and not later than 1st January, 1994.

 

Educational Qualifications :

(i) For I.M.A. and Officers’ Training Academy: Degree of a recognised University or equivalent.

(ii) For Indian Naval Academy : Degree in Engineering for CDSE and Degree in Engineering or B.Sc. (with Physics or Mathematics) for NCC entry.

(iii) For Air Force Academy : Degree of a recognised University (with Physics and Mathematics at 10+2 level) or Bachelor of Engineering.

Graduates with first choice as Army/Navy/Air Force are to submit proof of graduation provisional certificates on the date of commencement of the SSB Interview at the SSB.

Candidates who are studying in the final year Degree course and have yet to pass the final year degree examination can also apply but they will be required to submit proof of passing the degree examination to reach the Army HQ/Rtg. CDSE Entry, West Block III, R.K. Puram, New Delhi-110066 in case of IMA/SSC first choice candidates and Naval HQ “DMPR”, (OI & R Section) Room No. 204, ‘C’ Wing, Sena Bhawan, New Delhi-110011 in case of Navy first choice candidates and PO3(A)/Air Headquarters, ‘J’ Block, Room No. 17, Opp. Vayu Bhawan,Motilal Nehru Marg, New Delhi-110011 in case of Air Force first choice candidates by the following dates failing which their candidature will stand cancelled.

(i) For admission to IMA, Indian Naval Academy and Air Force Academy on or before 13th November, 2012.

(ii) For admission to Officer’s Training Academy, Chennai on or before 1st February, 2013.

Candidates possessing professional and technical qualifications which are recognised by government as equivalent to professional and technical degrees would also be eligible for admission to the examination.

In exceptional cases the Commission may treat a candidate, who does not possess any of the qualifications prescribed in this rule as educationally qualified provided that he/she possesses qualifications, the standard of which in the opinion of the Commission, justifies his/her admission to the examination.

Candidates who are studying in final year degree course and have yet to pass final year degree examination or equivalent examination can apply for the examination, but they will be required to submit proof of passing the degree examination or equivalent examination by the specified dates published in commission’s notice for the examination

Physical standards: Candidates must be physically fit according to the physical standards for admission to combined defence services examination (I), 2012 as given in appendix-V of commission’s notice for the examination published in employment news/rozgar samachar

 

How to Apply

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Brief instructions for filling up the Online Application Form have been given in the Appendix II.

Important Dates:

LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS : The Online Applications can be filled upto 28th November, 2011 till 11.59 PM after which the link will be disabled.

Date of CDS Exam (I) 2012 Notification : 29.10.2011

Last date for receipt of form: 28.11.2011

CDS Entrance Test Date: 12.02.2012

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Agreement for Tipaimukh project signed

NEW DELHI, Oct 28 – Despite opposition, the National Hydro Power Company has inked a Promoter’s Agreement with SJVNL and Government of Manipur for execution of the 1,500 MW Tipaimukh Hydroelectric Project in Manipur.

The Promoter’s Agreement was signed in the presence of Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, Manipur Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh by chairman and managing director, NHPC ABL Srivastava here on October 22.

NHPC signed the Promoter’s Agreement with SJVN Limited and Government of Manipur for setting up a Joint Venture Company (JVC) for implementation of the project in Manipur.

The Tipaimukh Hydroelectric Project has been conceived as a multipurpose storage project on the Barak river with the main objective of hydropower generation along with flood moderation of downstream area.

~ The Assam Tribune

 

Inflation vs Deflation

~RH Hminglien, VIRTHLI Columnist

India rama hin ‘inflation’ le ‘corruption’ umzie hre lo khawpa ngawng ei um dim leh? Ei hriet seng ka ring a. A thumal hrim hrima hin chu kei khawm ka buoi bik bek nawh ie.

Kum khat lai khan London nunghak senior pakhat chu, “In ramah inflation hi a um ve am? Problem a tling?” tiin ka’n dawn a. Ama chun, “Tu kum nga liem ta sung khan chu inflation rate hi zero a nih” a tih.

Ram changkang lem hai chanchin an hril ka hriet ve hlak a. Mi rama chu dawr khawm a nghaktu an um nawh a. An thil zawr hai chu a man an bel vawng a, mani dit ang ang le dit zat zat lak el a na. An dittawk ei nga pha a man pekna ‘kuo’ ah an pek a, a nawi a hung let kir el hlak niin an hril a nih.

A’n hawi dan ding le thil a awlsam bik dingzie chu ei hriethiem ve phak khawp el. Sienkhawm ‘a ṭha ie’ ti leia ei ramah lo thaw ve chi chu ni kher naw nih. Lo thaw ve rawk inla, hlep naw chieng vieu ei tih. India rau rauva khawm Punjab, Orissa, Himachal hai nekin Mizoramah dam, Manipura dam hin inthaw chi naw nawkzuol a tih.

Hi ang dawr changkang ei nei thei nawna san lien tak pakhat chu ‘continuous inflation’ hi a nih. Thla tin thil man a pung zing a nih ti inla, ei hril suol a ni khawma 18% vel bakin suol naw nih. Dawr neitu’n a dawr thuomhnaw a’n chawkna zat ‘real procurement value’ le a zawrna ding zat ‘real marketing value’ a sut neu neu zing a ngai a, hlep ding chun a thil man chu a ‘revise’ zing a ngai a nih. Chuleiin ‘innep’ (negotiate) hi India rama market tinah thawdan phung a na, a ni pei khawm a ngai a nih.

Ei rama thil man pung hrat taluo hi problem lien tak a ni leiin, sorkar sinthawhai hlaw bi an siemṭha pha hi harsatna hi an ngaituo sa ngei ngei hlak a. An hlaw bi/an hmu ding chu a hun lai chun awm tawk vieu sienkhawm thla hnih-thum sung chauvin a hlutna (purchasing power) chu a tlahnuoi  nghal ding a nih ti an hriet sa a na. An hlaw pangngai zing an lak chun kum hni hnunga chu hme an zeu hmui zo naw nghal ding a nih. Chuleiin an hlaw bakah Dearness Allowance (DA) an pek sa hlak a. Chun, DA hi thla ruk danah an siemṭha pei a; ‘market price index’ an ti amani, thla ruk liem ta sunga thil man pung dan bi dungzuiin DA hi an sukpung hlak a nih.

Le, ei hril ta pova inthawk khin chu inflation hi ram pum harsatna a ang vieu a. ‘A ni hrim annawm’ tia ṭhang khaw um mei an tih. Chuong mihai chu, ‘In ṭhangna a’n dik nawh’ ei ti ngawt thei nawh. Chulai zingin, thil man pung dan ang peia dawrkaiin a thil man an suksang a, hlaw neihai hlaw a pung pei bawk si chun harsatna a ni nawh ti khawma ṭhang ei khaw ve thei tho a ni. Ram pumah thil man ei suksang a ni el a, ei hmu a pung a, ei hmangna a pung bawk chun ngai ei aw zing tho annawm.

Aithing chingtu’n kum tin quintal 100 vel a nei hlak a. Kum thum liem taha khan quintal-ah Rs. 1000-in a zawr a. Rs. 35000-in a naupa upa lem ta dingin bike a’n chawk a. Bike man chu aithing quintal 35 a nih ei ti thei. Tu kum a naupa naupang lem ta ding bike a’n chawk nawk a. Bike man chu Rs. 42000 lai a lo ni tah! Bike man a lo inflate leiin lungsen ṭeu pumin a’n chawk a nih. Sienkhawm a aithing chu quintal-ah Rs. 1500 zetin a zawr a. Chuongchun, a naupa naupang lem bike chu aithing quintal 28 chauhvin a’n chawk tina a ni. Inflation chu ama ta ding chun hlawkna a ni dai a tie.

Contractor hausa nau, USA-a lekha inchuk chun kum thum liem taha khan kum khatah US dollar 20000 a hmang a. Dollar khat chu Rs. 44 vel a ni leiin a pa chun India pawisa Rs. 8.8 lakhs a seng a. Nuoi sawmhnih man tanky lian a contract-a inthawka a hlep chu a hmang fai kel a nih. Kum thumnaah a naupa chun US dollar 22000 a mamaw ding a na. India ramah inflation le neu neu dang leiin exchange rate a tlahnuoi met a, dollar 1 chu India Rs. 43.87 a lo ni ta a. Contractor chu a lung a sen ṭeu zing el a.

Inflation leiin tanky lien siemna man khawm an revise a; Rs 24.70 lakhs a lo ni tah. A hlepa inthawkin a naupa kum khat tlakna ding a thawn a; a hmang bang chun second hand car a la’n chawk thei tie. Sienkhawm inflation chu tuor vieu-ah a’n ngai tho!

Sumdawngtu’n inflation rate hre zingin sum a dawng a, kamdinghaiin inflation rate ang peiin DA an hmu tam pei  a. Inhlawhfahai khawma thil man pung dan thlir zingin an hlaw ding an ngiet a. Taxi chuong man, sa kg man, kuva man chenin a awmtawk ang peiin a pung pei hlak a nih.

Ei rama hin a tak taka inflation tuor nasa tak nia ka hriet chu ramthim project hi a ni. Thawlawm dang hieng sawma pakhat, faiṭham, sande sikul hai khawm hin tlawm chun tuor ve ngei an ta; sienkhawm ramthim fund ang em ema tuor nasa chu um naw ni hai. Dawrkaiin a thilman a suksang chun a hlep rate a’n sang naw thei nawh a; kamdinghai hlaw a pung ve pei bawk a. Sawma pakhat chu ram sung economic trend zui ve pei a ni leiin a pung ve pei hlak a nih. Faiṭham khawm, bufai man a pung nana na chun a rate a lo insang ve met hlak.

Ramthim thawlawm ruok chu kum hmasa rate khan ei fepui deu seng a, a rethei bik naw thei naw a ni. Ramthim seng senga khawm kohran ramthim budget nekin para church budget hin a tuor nasa lem nghe nghe a nih.

A rawng ei bawl Lal Isu kuom ei tlung pha talent a’n kawltir che kha iengzatin am i sukpung ti a lo indawn ngei ding che a na. I dawnna iem ning a ta? I ngaidanin, i ngaipawimaw zawng thil i thaw hai kha i hril ding am a nih?

Amaa inthawka i hmu, a’n kawltir che pakhat (i talent khat) chu i chatuon hringna kha a ni phawt a. ‘A ni naw’ tiin ṭhang ieng ang la khawm a ni tho tho; ṭhang zo chuong naw ti nih. Ama ngeiin, “… kei chu hringna an neina ding le hnienghnar tak an neina dinga hung ka nih” a ti kha (Johana 10:10b. Keima inlet fawm). Chatuon hringna i nei i hmang ṭangkai leia chatuon hringna nei ve mi iengzat am i hung ṭhuoi ti a hriet nuom ding a nih. I’n khawm zat, Bible i tiem suok zat, sande sikul kai kim lawmman i lak zat hai kha a’n dawn ding che am, ka hriet nawh.

“Thlarau Inthieng a mi pek” i ti a ni el thei; a’n dik a nih. Sienkhawm ama Isu ngeiin, “… Thlarau Inthieng chu in chungah a hung tlung pha leh thilthawtheina la nei in tih; chuongchun Jerusalema dam, Judai le Samari ram khaw tina dam, kawlkawdawng chenin ka thu hretuhai ning in tih” a tih a, a fie tawk khawp el (Thilthawhai 1:8). Thlarau Inthieng dawngtu le changtu i ni maw? Kha Thlarau Inthieng kha Isu hung tir a ni kha (Johana 16:7; 14:26; 15:26). A hung tirna san chu ei Bible chang tarlanga khin a fie tawk a nih.

Ei Lalpa kuom ei tlung pha, Ama ngeiin a hung tir -Thlarau Inthieng fethlenga thilthawtheina ei hmu chu hmangin khaw lai lai am ‘a thu hretuhai’ ei nih a, mi iengzat kuoma’m ei hrietpui ti chu a hriet nuom ngei ding a nih. Thlarau Inthieng hi thil mei mei a ni nawh ti chu dawithiem Simon-in sum faia inchawk a nuom hiel dana inthawk khan a fie el awm ie (Thilthawhai 8:19). Thlarau Inthieng ei chang leia ei hlimzie, ei hlasak inhnikzie, inkhawm ei ṭhatpha dan hai hi a mi lo indawn naw el thei a. Sienkhawm Thlarau Inthieng meu a mi pekna san bulpui tak ruok chu a min dawn theinghil chu ring a um naw khawp el.

Iengtin am dawn ei ta? Iengtin am dawn i ta?



“Lalpa, kan khawsakna khawvela thil man pung dan ang peiin sawma pakhat dam, faiṭham dam, sande sikul le Chawlni zan thawlawm hai ka pek thlap thlap isawnnaw” ei ti ngam ding? Ama chun, “Khawvela ka hungna san kha ieng dang ni lovin bohmanghai zawnga sandam a nih a (cf Luka 19:10). In rama inflation kha sandamna sin hin a tuor nasa tak niin ka lo hriet a nih. Ka ngaipawimaw zawng i ngaipawimaw ve si nawh a, ei inrem hleithei awm naw hi. Hi ina hin chu ei um khawm thei naw ni el raw se. Puo tieng inthimah mi suoksan el ta la aw” ti dai el sien chu aw.

“In rama inflation kha problem in sawn a; deflation a ni nawh ti in ngaituo ngai nawh; malsawmna a ni insawnnaw! Sienkhawm ka thisen le ka hringna ngei inhlana- bohmanghai sandamna sin ka hung thaw, in hung sunzawm dinga ka maksan ruok khan chu inflation kha a tuor hle a nih. Ramthim thawlawm a inflate ve si nawh a, nangnin ‘inflation’ in ti kha ramthim ta ding chun ‘total deflation’ a lo ni ta lem a ni kha” tia Lal Isu’n hmaisana a mi suosal nawna dingin ṭhang lak sau sau a ngai a nih.

Bomb blast in Haflong, vehicle damaged

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SILCHAR, Oct 25, 2011(TNN) : Suspected militants triggered a bomb blast inside the office complex of NC Hills Autonomous Council in Haflong, the headquarters of the Dima Hasao district, early on Monday. A police officer said the explosive was kept under an empty bus, which was parked inside the office complex. The vehicle is owned by the council.

"The bomb went off at 4 am. The bus was damaged due to the impact of the explosion," added the officer. However, no one was injured in the incident. Soon after the incident, police and Army personnel rushed to the spot. A hunt is on to nab the miscreants.

On the other hand, miscreants set ablaze the office of the department of agriculture in Haflong at 11 pm on Sunday, partially damaging the office building. The fire was brought under control with the help of locals and fire tenders.

Sources said probes by CBI and NIA are underway in connection with the multi-crore scam in various government departments of Dima Hasao, including the department of agriculture.

~TNN (ToI)

150 Hmar Refugees Return to Assam

AIZAWL , OCT 24, 2011 (PTI): With the improvement in law and order situation in Dima Hasao district of neighbouring Assam, around 150 Hmar refugees belonging to 20 families who had taken shelter in Mizoram have returned, a senior police official today said.

The official told PTI that most of those who returned to Dima Hasao (erstwhile North Cachar Hills) were mainly from Bairabi, the only rail link in the state, where majority of the refugees took shelter in the homes of their relatives.

"If the situation continues to improve, we hope that all the refugees who entered Mizoram since October 16 last would return to Assam," he said.

Around 200 refugees have come and taken shelter in Mizoram-Assam border Kolasib district following ethnic clashes between majority Dimasas and non-Dimasas in Dima Hasao district.

~PTI

No relation with Naga or Hmar militants: HTF

SILCHAR, Oct 23: React­ing sharply to DIG (South­ern Range) Vinod Kumar’s state­ment, Lun­neh Kuki, the self-styled pub­lic­ity sec­re­tary of the Hill Tigers Force (HTF) clar­i­fied that they had no link with either the NSCN (IM) or HPC (D). In a release issued to The Sen­tinel, Lun­neh said there was no involve­ment of any third party in their actions. HTF, a mil­i­tant out­fit, com­pris­ing mem­bers from var­i­ous non-Dimasa eth­nic tribes claimed respon­si­bil­ity for the killing of for­mer DHD (J) mil­i­tant James Dimasa and burn­ing of a num­ber of Dimasa vil­lages. They had ear­lier claimed respon­si­bil­ity for the attack on a goods train in protest against the State Government’s move to ink peace pact with the DHD. Police had nabbed ten per­sons, all of them belonged to Kuki com­mu­nity and resid­ing in Dima Hasao.

Chief Min­is­ter Tarun Gogoi had in clear terms said that there was insti­ga­tion from the Naga mil­i­tant out­fits behind the car­nage. Debo­jit Thaosen, the Chief Exec­u­tive Mem­ber of the Dima Hasao Autonomous Dis­trict Coun­cil too had hinted that there was insti­ga­tion from the out­siders. How­ever, Lun­neh Kuki claimed that they had con­nec­tion with either the Naga or the Hmar mil­i­tant out­fits.

~The Sentinel

 

Mumbai Hmar Sikpui sports 2011

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