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Imphal TimesRegd.No. MANENG /2013/51092 Volume 7, Issue 107, Friday, November 15, 2019 Maliyapham Palcha kumsing 34173
IT NewsImphal, Nov 15
Dr. S. Subbiah (Chennai) andSushri Nidhi Tripathi (Delhi)have been elected unopposedas National Presudcnt andNational General Secretaryrespectively of nation‘sleading student organizationAkhil maatlya VidyanhiPnrishad for the year 20l9-20.This announcement was madetoday from the Central Officeof ABVP at Mumbai.According to the statementissued by the Election OfficerDr D. K. Shah: f rom theCentral Office of ABVP, thetenure of both the posts willbe of one year, and both theoffice bearers will assume
Dr. S. Subbiah reelected as National President and SushriNidhi Tripathi elected as National General Secretary of ABVP
their responsibility during the65"I National Conference ofABVP scheduled to be heldin Agra (Braj) from 22nd to 25th
November 20I9.Prof. Dr. S. Subbiah hails fromthe Thoothukudi district inTamil Nadu. He has been anactivist of ABVP since hisstudent days. A reputedcancer specialist in medicalfield, he has done MBBS. MSand M.Ch. (SurgicalOncology). At present, he isa Professor and Head of theDepartment of SurgicalOncology at Chennai’sKilpauk Medical College. Sofar, he has performed morethan 3000 surger ies,published more than 65research papers in national
and in ternational medicaljournals and guided morethan 50 students for super-specialty in SurgicalOncology. He is an honorarymember of various nationalinstitu tions for cancerstudies and research. Rightsince student days he isinclined to serving Sociatythrough medical practice. Hetakes keen In terest Indevelopment of education InTamil Nadu and Tamil history.Cultural Nationalism is hissubject of special interest.Since I986, he has heldvar ious responsibilities inABVP such as Tamil NaduState President and NationalVice President. He has beenreelected as the National
President of ABVP for thissession (2019-20). He residesin Chennai.Sushri Nidhi Tripathi hailsfrom Pratapgarh district ofUttar Pradesh. She has doneBA from Allahabad Universityand MA. MPhil f romJawaharlal Nehru University.She conttnues to pursue PhDfrom JNU. She has beenactively associated with ABVPsince 2013. After hold ingvarious responsibilities in JNUunit, she represented ABVP asthe Presidential Candidate forJNUSU in the year 20l7. Sheactively participated in thestudents’ protest against theanti-national sloganeering thattook place in JNU In 20l6, andplayed an important role in
taking the Mission Sahasicampaign under taken byABVP on national level. Sherepresented India in India’syouth delegation to Sri Lankaorganized by Ministry ofSports and Youth Affairs.Government of India. As aresearcher In Sanskr itliterature she has presentedpapers in venous nationaland in ternationalconferences. A vociferousspokesperson of nationalismand active on Issues ofstudents‘ in terests, she ISpresently the NationalSecretary of ABVP. She hasbeen elected as the NatlonalGeneral Secretary of ABVP forth is session (20I9-20) sheresides In Delhi .
DIPR Imphal, Nov 15
Chief Minister N. BirenSingh said that the presentState Government has fulltrust in the leadership ofPrime Minister Shri NarendraModi and Home MinisterAmit Shah that they wouldkeep their positive
Joint Meeyamgi Numit and Hill Leaders’ Day Held State government trust the positive response
and commitment of centre: CM
commitments on the Indo-Naga Peace talks. This wasstated by him at the pressbriefing in connection withMeeyamgi Numit and HillLeaders’ Day held at theDurba r Hall of ChiefMinister’s Secretariat today. Speaking to media persons,Chief Minister maintainedthat they have gathered arough report collected fromvarious levels consisting ofopin io ns and wis hes ofpeople and CSOs of theState. The same has beenshared to the Union HomeMinister Amit Shah th ismorning, he added. ChiefMinister also stated that theState Government wouldinvite the representatives ofCoordination Committee onManipur I n tegr ity(COCO MI) and o therstakeholders for thoroughdiscussio n beforeconsul tations wi th theCentre on the issue. Regarding the demand forconvening a special sessionof Man ipur Legis lativeAssembly, he said that theState government is notunwill ing to con vene aspecial Assembly session.Within the short tenure ofthe present Government,Assemb ly reso lu t ion onprotecting State’s territorialin tegrity had been takentwice and similar resolutions
on the same issue had beentaken twelve times by earliergovern ments, he added.Mentioning that the Stategovernment firmly trust thepositive respons e andcommitment made by theCentral Government on theissue, Chief Minister statedthat the government willconvene the Ass emblysession when the situationarises. Chief Minister urged thepeople and different civ ilsociety organisations of theState to have trust in thepresen t government. Heinformed that the UnionHome Minister also earlierassured them tha t allstakeh olders wou ld beconsulted before finalisingthe peace ta lks with theNagas. Replying to the query aboutdisclosing the contents ofthe Indo-Naga peace talks,Chief Minister maintainedthat we had asked about thecontents of the peace talks,however the Central leadersreiterated that the Indo-Nagadeal wouldn’t affect theAdministrative structure ofManipur and won’t led theformation of districts basedon ethnic lines etc. Responding on the recentban on f inan cialtransactions of the Stategovernment, Chief Minister
said that the ban was just aprecautionary measure tooverco me the excessiveoverdraft of the governmentaccount so that the ReserveBank of India would notimpose ban on f in ancialtransactions of the State. Hemaintained that the Centre’sshare of around Rs. 161crores was credited to theState government’s accountyesterday which was due tobe credited on the first weekof every month. He assuredthat the ban would be liftedsoon. The Chief Minister heardaround 300 complaints andmet around 1000 people from9:15 am to 12:15 pm. Manydifferently-abled persons,widows an d peoplebelonging to poor familieswere instantly enrolled underGover nment’s nobleschemes like Chief Minister-gi Hak shel-gi Tengbang(CMHT) and Chief Minister-gi So tharabashing-giTengb ang (CMST) etc.Many educated and skilledyouths were also identifiedto provide soft loans fromdifferent banks. Off icials of HealthDepartment and JNIMS werethere to attend to the people,who seek med icalassistance, reimbursementand h ealth ca re inGover nment medicalhospitals . OtherDepartments includingMinority, Other BackwardClasses and ScheduledCastes, Social Welfare,Education (S), Manipur StateCo-operative Bank Ltd. andManipur Police were alsopresent to help reso lvepeople’s grievances. Around 1500 tree saplingswere also distributed by theForest Depar tment to thepeople who turned up tohighlight their grievances onjoint Meeyamgi Numit and HillLeaders’ Day. The saplingsincluded Champaka (Leihao),Jackfruit (Theibong), IndianOlive (Chorphon), YellowMyrobalan (Manahi), Arjuna(Mayokpha), IndianGooseberry (Heikru) and TreeBean (Yongchak).
IT NewsThoubal, Nov 15
District Administration ,Thoubal in collaboration withDPO, ICDS Cell and NYK,Thoubal organised Children’sDay & Foundation Day ofNehru Yuva Kendra,Sangathan at the CountingHall of DC Office Complex,Thoubal yesterday.Thoubal Zilla Par ishadAdhyaksha Hasina Begum,Thoubal d istrict DeputyCommissioner Smt. N.Bandana and ADC, Thoubal L.Radhakanta and Addl. SP,Thoubal Deshorjit graced theobservance as the Chief Guest,the Functional President andthe Guests of Honourrespectively.
Children’s Day and Foundation Dayof NYK Observed at Thoubal
While addressing thegathering Smt. N. Bandanatold that the distr ictadministration is trying tosubmit the data for child sexratio in Thoubal district toWomen and ChildDevelopment Ministryquarterly. Under Beta-Beti/Abungo-Abemma Board, withASHA, Anganwadi workersand o thers are taking therecord of how many boys andgirls were delivered in theirrespective areas in a monthand by compiling reports ofthree-four months, d istrictadministration will send it toSecretary Women and ChildDevelopment Ministry.Because, in comparison with2001 census, the child sex ratioin Thoubal district declined in
2011 census and even in thetentative data of 2011 to 2021shows declination in the same,informed by the Secretary.The Ministry’s information isbased on institu tionaldelivery. She also appealed toall concerned to work hand inhand and try to show thatthere’s improved in child sexratio in the district.ADC, Thoubal L.Radhakantawho graced the function asGuest of honour told that heis worried on school children’sbusy schedules inmanagement for tuitions andschool timing and no time forplaying or games and sports.He expressed to encouragestudents for more co-curricularactivities.Various items presented onthe occasion includedfelicitation of outstandingsportswomen of Thoubaldistrict, distribution of sportsitems to clubs & schools byNYK, Thoubal, distribution ofAbungo/Abemma Board tofrontline workers (ASHA/Anganwadi) of the district,Manipuri Jumba dance byChildren Home for Gir ls,Thoubal Wangmataba andManipuri group song by OpenShelter Home for Gir ls,Wangbal, Thoubal.T. Rameshwor Singh ofWangjing, (Retd . HeadMaster and National TeachersAwardee, Govt of India)spoke on NYK FoundationDay and Children’s Day whileElangbam AmuthoiKhanganba, AC to DCdelivered the Keynoteaddress.The observance was attendedby a large number of peopleincluding children, parents,NYK volunteers etc.
AwarenessProg.Gender andCrimeAgainstWomen andChildrenIT NewsImphal, Nov 15
A one Day AwarenessProgram on Gender andCrime Against Womenand Children in Manipur was held at MoirangMultipupose HigherSecondary School,Bishenpur District,organised by WomenAction for Development. Altogether 150participants class IX andX standardand10 teaching and nonteaching staffs attendedo the said program. Themain purpose of theprogram is to sensitizethe students andteachers about theincreasing crime againstwomen and children inthe state and how toprevent and protect ourmothers and futuregeneration with theinvolvement of teachersand students etc.Gender, Gender BasedViolence, POCSO Act2012 and Child Marriageact 2006 etc were thecontents of the programand the resourcepersons are SobitaMangsatabam, KamalaUrikkhinbam, KiranmalaLaishram and NomitaTakhenchangbam. Looking forward for yourwarm cooperation .
AgencyGuwahati, Nov 15
While the Centre is lookingfor ways to wrap up thedecades-o ld Naga PeaceTalks, Manipuri studentgroups have expressed theirapprehensions in regard tothe negotiations demandingthat the territorial integrity ofManipur should not beaffected.The Nikhil BishnupriyaManipuri StudentsUnion(NMBSU) andBishnupriya ManipuriG a n a d s a n g r a mParishad(BMGP) onNovember 14 th, 2019submitted a memorandum toPrime Minister NarendraModi through Cachar DeputyCommissioner demanding‘not to include any part ofManipur state in theboundary of proposedNagalim through peace talks’.The student bodies in thememorandum mentioned that‘Manipur has never been apar t of Nagaland or otheradjacent state’ and that‘inclusion of any par t ofManipur for creation of
Naga Peace Talks Should NotCompromise Territorial Integrityof Manipur: Bishnupriya body
proposed Nagalim is quite anin justice to theManipuri(both Bishnupriya& Meithei) belonging to thestate or other parts of thecountry’.It may be mentioned that theNaga peace talks are going onwith the Centre where the laterhas finally decided to acceptthe demands of the Isak-Muivah faction of theNational Socialist Council ofNagaland, NSCN-IM but withcertain conditions. However,there has been no official
announcement on the end orfinal settlement in this regard.The NSCN-IM has beendemanding a greater Nagalimand a separate f lag whichconsists of the Naga-inhabited areas of theneighboring states of Assam,Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh.The Centre had earlier setOctober 31st, 2019 deadlinefor the signing of the peaceagreement but there has beenno official announcement onthe end or final settlement onthis regard.
