Land of Jewels (Sana Leibak)

AR refutes allegation from Yairipok people: Imphal, Apr 22: Reacting to the allegations raised by the local people of Yairipok and published in the State dailies following the killing two by Assam Rifles troops on April 18, the PRO of Assam Rifles in a statement today said that the two slain youths belonged to the proscribed PULF (Azad) faction. The PRO said that following inputs about the presence of S/S assistant finance secretary, Md Mustafa and S/S pvt Abdul Aziz alias Tomba of the finance department of PULF (Azad) and their group commander Md Sana in Yairipok Tulihal village, security forces established multiple ambushes/mobile vehicle check post s on all roads leading to Yairipok Tulihal. House to house search operation was also conducted, said the PRO and added that the two slain PULF cadres escaped from the village taking a less utilised road. They were however confronted by the security forces, said the statement and claimed that they were killed in retaliatory firing. The all...

Party disowns Hellaluddin Khan statement: Imphal, Dec 6: The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Manipur, has disowned the statement issued by one of its MLAs, expressing support to the dissidents in the Congress in their ongoing campaign to oust chief minister O Ibobi Singh. A press release issued by S Natum Singh, general secretary RJD, Manipur, termed these statements as very unfortunate, and clarified that they do not reflect the stance of the party. The RJD has been supporting the SPF government in the state since the beginning and continues to do so. It does not support any particular faction within the CLP, the press note clarified. It also cautioned the MLAs concerned and others within the party, not to issue such statements in the future without the consent of the party. Any flouting of party disciplie will be taken seriously, the statement warned. It may be mentioned, RJD legislator Md Hellaluddin Khan has reportedly stated in a section of the media that the RJD supports the Congres...