Items filtered by date: Thursday, 07 April 2016

Imphal, 8 April 2016 : The two day North East  ASEAN Business Summit 2016 began today at City Convention centre Imphal. The summit is being held for the first time in Manipur. The two day event aims at increasing the trade volume among the member countries. Bangladesh minister of commerce Tofail Ahmed who was the special guest of honour on the first day emphasised the relationship between India and Bangladesh. He said the objective of the Business Summit is to strengthen trades among the South East Asian countries to achieve economic development. He also stressed the importance of transport and communication among the member nations to achieve the objectives. The Bangladesh minister described Manipur as a state with plenty of natural resources and appreciated the handicraft and handloom products of the state. Ambassadors of Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar and High Commissioner of  Brunei, members of All India Chamber of Commerce were among those who attended the inaugural session of the summit.

imphal, 7 April 2016 : JCILPS conducted a drive at NIT Complex, Langol as part of their ongoing drive to identify illegal migrant workers in the state. About 100 migrant workers were verified by the members of JCILPS student and women wings. Even though the workers at the NIT complex possessed Voter ID, Aadhaar cards and other identification documents they did not possess the worker’s permit from the Labour Department. Speaking to media persons JCILPS office secretary Jitendra Ningombam said JCILPS’ move is not to drive out the migrant workers from the state but to make them work under proper regulations. Those workers without permit from the labour department were handed over to Lamphel Police station.

Imphal, 7 April 2016 : The Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, is 36 years old today. It was on this day in 1980 that BJP was formed as a separate party. BJP Manipur Pradesh celebrated the 36th foundation day of the party with great enthusiam across the state. The main function was held at the head office of BJP Manipur Pradesh at Nityaipat chuthek. Floral tributes were offered at the portraits of the founders of the party by party leaders and members including Prahlad Singh Patel who is in charge of BJP Manipur and president of BJP Manipur Pradesh, Th Chaoba. Prahlad Singh Patel said the people have faith in the ideologies of the party. Th Chaoba said the BJP is the party with the maximum number of members in the world. He said the party now has 11 crore members.