Land of Jewels (Sana Leibak)

Manipur’s gold rush continues: Guwahati, Jan 31: Judokas and weightlifters continue to provide maximum number of gold medals to Manipur's kitty as the 22nd North East Games completed the second day on Thursday. As per official report Manipur is leading the medals' race on 24 gold, 15 silver and 17 bronze medals with Assam level on the silver and bronze medal count but five less in terms of gold medal. Tripura is in third place with a total of 10 gold, 15 silver and 16 bronze medals. The State judo team wrested seven gold and one silver medal today taking the total to nine gold, and two silver and bronze each. L Sushila (44kg/W), L Sandhyarani (48kg/W), N Santimala (52kg/W), H Ichal (56kg/W), T Rajesh (56kg/M), NK Romen (60kg/M) and T Paksana (75kg/M) won their respective final bouts as Ajit secured the men's 66kg silver medal. While the weightlifters began their campaign with three gold and two silver medals yesterday, eight more of the yellow metals were added to the tally...

Govt official fined under RTI: Imphal, Dec 26: The Manipur Information Commission has for the first time imposed a stiff monetary penalty upon a senior official of the state government for failing to furnish information sought by a member of the public under the provisions of the Right to Information Act. The Information Commission has ordered IAS officer S Budhachandra to pay a total amount of Rs. 9250 as fine within a period of 30 days for his failure not only to furnish the information sought under the RTI Act, 2005, but also to respond to orders issued by the Commission in connection with the matter, while he was serving as State Public Information Officer, SPIO, Directorate of Education (Schools). The order was issued on December 22, in connection with an application made by Prof Akham Biradhwaja Singh to the SPIO, Directorate of Education (s) in October 2006 seeking disclosure of certain information. The Commission, in its order imposing monetary penalty on the officer, noted tha...