Land of Jewels (Sana Leibak)

Messages of love and peace pour in: Imphal, Dec 24: Messages of peace, love and amity have poured in from different quarters on Christmas eve. Greeting the people of Manipur, particularly the Christians, Governor Dr SS Sidhu in a statement said that Lord Jesus was born to build a new world order based on peace, justice and equality of mankind. “In celebrating His birth, we, besides paying our obeisance to this outstanding apostle of peace, have to rededicate ourselves to the ideals, principles and eternal values espoused by Him,” said the Governor. The message of love, mercy, forgiveness, benevolence, compassion and sacrifices has become increasingly important at the present juncture, when the atmosphere is polluted with enmity and hatred between man and man and Nation and Nation, said the Governor and added that “this is man made.” There is no enmity between soul and soul, observed Dr Sidhu and exhorted, “Let the principles enunciated and message preached by Him, guide the mankind to ...

Chauhan likely to visit Imphal on Sunday; ‘rebels’ to return home: Imphal, Dec 6: The campaign to replace Okram Ibobi as chief minister by the rebel Congress MLAs who are now camping in New Delhi continues unabated despite the unexpected turn of events in which 10 opposition MLAs including the six sponsored by United Naga Council, UNC, professedly coming out in support of the chief minister. The rebels have in fact, seemingly succeeded in advancing another pawn on the political chessboard, predicted to cause another serious threat to the chief minister`s defence. At 11.15am this morning (Thursday), the man projected as a possible replacement for Ibobi, Th Debendra, met the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh at his office room at the Parliament House. Although the details of what transpired are not known, the meeting presumably had to do with the campaign to remove Ibobi as Congress Legislature Party, CLP leader. Interestingly, the rebel MLAs also met with the PM at 3.30pm again in his r...