Land of Jewels (Sana Leibak)

Assam Regimental Centre lift title: Imphal, Feb 4: Assam Regimental Centre (ARC), Shillong rallied from a goal down to outlast Manipur Police sports Club (MPSC) 5-2 in the final match of the 10th Dr Kanti Mukherjee Memorial Invitation Hockey Tournament at the Khuman Lampak Hockey Stadium on Monday. After conceding a goal only six minutes into the game when MPSC's N Gunamani converted a penalty corner, ARC came back strongly with four goals before the local side pulled back one on Gunamani's second in the 51st minute. However, the commanding lead was restored when Thanga struck his second of the match in the 64th minute, his first coming in the 21st.The other ARc scorers are Y Holendro (12th) and M Arunkumar (19th, 49th). The champions walked away with the top booty of Rs 30,000 and the running trophy handed over by Chief Secretary Jarnail Singh. While the runners-up prize was worth Rs 10,000, scorer of the match winner Thanga was adjudged the best player of the tournament carry...

Fund misuse cloud on Power Deptt: Imphal, Jan 2: Serious doubts have been raised over whether the Power Department had misused a sum of Rs 22 crore and the State Government has already started an inquiry to get to the bottom of the matter. During the course of an investigation conducted by The Sangai Express it came to light there is a strong possibility that a sum of Rs 22 crore may have been diverted for other purposes which are not included in the State Plan and out of the works approved under the Budget. It is learnt that the Rs 22 crore was meant for transmission work of 132, 32, 33, 220KV sub-stations as well as for constructing some sub-stations. A rat was smelt after it came to light that the Power Department had submitted a report to the Finance Department seeking the approval of the utilisation of the Rs 22 crore in November last year. The approval was however turned down by the Finance Department and the Power Department again submitted another report with minor modification...

Suspects held, DGP ridicules RPF claim: Imphal, Dec 18: The state police chief while informing that the police rounded up three bomb blast suspects, categorically denied the allegation against the security forces by the RPF in connection with the blast that claimed the lives of eight passengers and wounded more than 20 others, some critically. Talking to journalists on Tuesday morning before leaving for New Delhi, state DGP Y Joykumar informed that the police had rounded up three of the suspects involved in the planting of the IED on Monday evening. They are in police custody for further investigations, he added. The suspects were picked up from the localities near the spot where the blast took place, he said. The DGP also strongly denounced the RPF statement charging the security forces of triggering the blast deliberately to cause civilian casualties even though the cadres of the outfit planted the IED. He said the allegation was "nothing but to draw the sympathy of the people a...