Land of Jewels (Sana Leibak)

Private schools continue steal the show : Imphal, May 22: Scoring a total mark of 601, Romen Chongtham of St Joseph's School, Sangaiprou topped this year's High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) Examination 2008conducted by the Board of Secondary Education Manipur. Sanasam Sangita of St George High School, Wangkhei missed the top spot by a single mark. The third position was bagged by Chetanbala Hijam of Nirmalabas School, Imphal with a total score of 597 . The overall pass percentage is the highest in the last five years. This year's result made a considerable improvement at 58 percent over last year's 52 percent. The pass percentage for male candidates is 67 percent while that of the females is 56percent. As per the merit list, Catholic School, Canchipur and St Joseph's School, Sangaiprou performed the best producing seven and six position holders respectively in the top 25 . St George High School, Wangkhei and Don Bosco School, Imphal produced three position hold...

FCS Minister cracks whip against cheats: Imphal, Jan 3: A godown illegally storing PDS rice that had been diverted before it reached the beneficiaries was discovered in a raid conducted by the state food and civil supplies department led by the FCS minister Y Erabot at Mantripukhri. FCS Minister Y Erabot Singh along with officials of the FCS department detected more than 5000 bags of rice (50 kg per bag) meant for AAY and BPL at the godown located near the NRL oil pump at Mantripukhri along the NH-39 under Heingang police station on Thursday at around 11.30 am. A total of 42 road movement permissions issued by the Food Corporation of India, FCI from its godown at Sangaiprou to various PDS agents were also seized. No arrests were made but the minister has asked the police to seize the item for necessary action after thorough investigation. The godown belongs to Bipin Traders run by one Kewal Agarwal. It was rented to one Manglem, proprietor of the NRL retail outlet station, Mantripukhri...