Imphal, 08 September 2016 ( Evening News ) : Volunteers of AMSU and NESU burnt bottles of Soft drink with tempered expiry dates at AMSU’s head office yesterday. Coca-Cola and Sprite bottles with tempered expiry dates were seized by AMSU and NESU members from BSR Enterprises, MG Avenue and a godown located in Mantripukhri. AMSU general secretary Manjit Sarangthem condemned the  selling of expired products after tampering the information to the people and the authority’s silence on the matter. He stated that AMSU found SK enterprises, Sunil Enterprises and BSR enterprises, all dealers of Coca-Cola marketing expired colas to retailers. It may be mentioned that AMSU had also caught one Bikram, originally from Cachar who is employed by these retailers to tamper the dates on cola bottles. Following AMSU’s warning to ban all Coca-Cola products in Manipur if the individuals and dealers involved fail to surrender to AMSU by  Sept 15, BSR had approached the student body. Manjit said necessary action will be taken against them if they fail to surrender by the given date.

Imphal, 08 September 2016 ( Evening News ) : Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi refuted National Human Rights Commission’s offer to probe more than 1,500 alleged extra-judicial killings in Manipur. Speaking before a bench of justices MB Loukur and UU Lalit in Supreme Court, Attorney General Rohatgi said the probe will have a damaging effect on the Army. While the Attorney General  strongly defended the role of security forces in J&K and insurgency-hit Manipur, the Supreme Court said it was more concerned about human rights violations happening in the heart of capital cities like Imphal. The NHRC taking a strong stand, said there must be someone to whom Armed Forces should be accountable for human rights violations in regions where AFSPA has been imposed. In July, the Supreme court had held that the alleged extra-judicial killings by the Army and Manipur police required a thorough probe. The Supreme Court however did not specify which agency will conduct the inquiry. Counsel for NHRC, Gopal Subramanium told the bench that the commission was ready to conduct the probe. Opposing the suggestions, Rohatgi said the army will conduct its own inquiry. He said only the Centre has the right to conduct a probe. Mukul Rohatgi said the powers of NHRC are limited to recommendations and it is up to the Parliament whether it wants to accept the recommendations or not. The next hearing is slated on October 26.

Imphal, 08 September 2016  : A car created panic and traffic jam on RIMS campus and RIMS gate yesterday morning. Panic gripped the people after they suspected that an Alto car bearing registration number MN05A-4976, parked since last night on the RIMS campus was fitted with a bomb. Bomb squad broke the windshields of the steel grey Alto car but no suspicious objects were found inside it.

Imphal, 06 September 2016 ( Evening News ) : A 5-day workshop on ‘Techniques of Paper Setting and Evaluation’ began today at GP Women’s College. The workshop is organised by Council of Higher Secondary Education, Manipur in collaboration with the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), New Delhi. Education Minister Dr Kh. Ratankumar also attended the inaugural function. In the technical session, resource persons from NCERT spoke on ‘National Curriculum Framework - Student Assessment’, ‘Student Assessment in Public Examination’, ‘Forms of Question and Development of Quality Question’. The first day of the Workshop was attended by teachers of both government and private Higher Secondary Schools in Manipur.

Imphal, 06 September 2016 ( Evening News ) : Manipuri Archer Paonam Lily Chanu will take part in the World Cup Archery Individual Compound Final to be held in Denmark. Lily is the first Indian archer to participate in this event. Lily started her career in Archery as an Indian Round Archer in the year 2003 and moved on to a Compound Division Archer in the year 2007.  She bagged Bronze at the Compound Team Event held at Shanghai in 2012 and a Gold in the Compound  Mixed Event at Chinese Taipei in 2013. She also bagged Bronze in the 3rd Archery World Cup Championship Team Event in 2014 and set a new Asian Record at the Grand Prix Archery Championship in Bangkok the same year. Lily who recently took part in the 17-Asian Games, is all set to for a major face off with 8 top archers from different countries in the event that would be held in Denmark from September 24 and 25.