IMPHAL, Sep 12: Along with establishing that the monetary demand and the threat of the proscribed KCP (MC) to the three Don Bosco Schools at Ching-meirong, Langjing and Pha- yeng were sent through sms (Short Messaging Service), re-opening of the schools from tomorrow has been discussed during a joint meeting attended by representatives of AMSU and DESAM today.
On the other hand, Kanan Devi Memorial School at Pangei has been reportedly shut down from today following monetary demand of Rs 5 lakhs from the proscribed KCP.
In the sms sent to the Head Mistress of Don Bosco School Langjing S Dhaneshori on August 16 last, the self-styled finance secretary of KCP (MC) stated that the outfit has decided to take Rs 4 lakhs from the three schools, no negotiation would be allowed, from security point of view only one person should be sent with the money at the place and time to be informed later and the amount should be given within August 28.
During the joint meeting, Dhaneshori informed that soon after receiving the sms, she tried to contact the mobile phone but it had been switched off. Afterward, she passed on the information to other Head-master/Headmistress of the Don Bosco schools.
The following days, the outfit made threatening calls not only to her but also to some executive committee members of the school as well as the Head Master of Don Bosco School, Ching-meirong S Indibhushan.
As the staff and authorities of the three schools felt that the situation was not secured and conducive for studies all the classes have been called off until a solution can study all the classes have been called off until a solution could be brought about after a joint meeting on September 10.
Talking to mediapersons after the joint meeting today, education secretary of DESAM Arambam Thoithoi appealed to all the UG groups to stop interfering in the functioning of the schools in consideration of the future of the students as well as to the school authorities to reopen and resume normal classes in all the three schools from tomorrow.
To the KCP (MC), the student leader urged for finding out whether the demand was genuine or not and make the same known to the people within three days.
Meanwhile, according to information received by the press, Kanan Devi Memorial School at Pangei has shut down from today following monetary demand of Rs 5 lakhs from proscribed KCP outfit.
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JN Hospital protest monetary demands, OPD and Casualty blocks closed, in house patients not affected
IMPHAL, Sep 12: Urging all UG groups concerned to stop imposing hefty monetary demands on JN Hospital and allow the employees to work in peace, employees of the hospital have begun a relay protest session inside the hospital complex from today.
As a result of the protest, the OPD and Casualty ward of the hospital remained shut for the day though it did not affect the normal service of looking after the patients undergoing treatment in the different wards of the hospital. Doctors also continued with their night duty.
The protest demonstration being organised under the aegis of JN Hospital Employees’ Welfare Asso- ciation will continue till tomorrow afternoon.
It is said that the OPD and the Casualty Ward of the Hospital will be reopened after a joint meeting of the employees to be held at 4 pm tomorrow.
Talking to mediapersons on the sideline of the protest demonstration, a spokesperson of JN Hospital Employees Welfare Association said the employees of the hospital have been coughing up the monetary demands of various UG groups for the last many years.
However, this time, RPF, KCP (MC), KYKL and PREPAK have directed that 7 percent of the salaries of the employees should be given every month apart from the demand letter of Rs 50 lakhs served by one Ibungo of KCP, thus compelling the employees to come out in protest against such unbearable demands of the UGs.
Placards with slogans like ‘Withdraw all UG demands from employees of JN Hospital’, ‘Allow the employees to work in peace’, ‘Make hospital a free zone’, ‘Don’t give undue pressure on doctors and nurses’, etc were seen being put up at the protest site.
In connection with the protest demonstration, Superintendent of the hospital Dr Sh Raghumani Sharma said the demand of the employees to make hospitals a free zone and not to subject them to any sort of pressure is justifiable and should be respected.
A senior doctor who participated in the protest demonstration pointed out that helping the UG groups financially by the employees on their own accord is another thing. But what is more unnerving is forcing the employees compulsorily to shell out money from their salary in accordance to their grade.
Such undue and unbearable monetary demand of the UGs have caused lot of inconveniences to the doctors and nurses in carrying out their duties, he added.
Another doctor pointed out that the existing working condition of the doctors and nurses in JN Hospital is deplorable. Apart from not receiving their monthly salary regularly, there is lack of required infrastructure. In such a situation, imposition of unbearable monetary demand has caused further worries among the doctors and nurses.
A senior nurse observed that these days as soon as they arrived at the hospital, the employees are busy either in meeting to discuss the UG demands or working out the percentage to be given and could not concentrate in their work.
In many families where the nurses are the only earning member, the demand of the UG has given more financial burden, she said, adding categorically that in the past none of the employees have given money to the UGs willingly but out of fear. Now it has crossed the tolerable limit of the employees and no more demand should be made to any of the employees.
Shillong is a transit point for UG outfits of NE ’
Shillong, Sep 12: The North East militant groups using Shillong as a transit point for arms deal, has been confirmed by the Police. Six days after the Police hushed up the information about the arrest of four Dima Halam Daoga (DHD) militants involved arms deal, the Shillong city Police are now more vigilant.
In the past 18 months, militants involved transacting arms deal from the city were arrested. According to the Meghalaya police, they include those from the DHD , the DHD (J), the NDFB and the ULFA. Police confirmed that the North East militants are using Shillong cosmopolitan character to transact the deal.
Following the arrest cadres of the DHD (Nunisa group) last week, the Superintendent of Police (Shillong City) Claudia Lyngwa said, “There is no denial that militant groups are using the cosmopolitan character for their arm deals”, adding, “These arms were carried by conduits who used Mizoram and Garo Hills in Meghalaya to ferry arms and ammunitions from Myanmar and Bangladesh respectively.” A week after four Dimasa Halam Daogah (DHD) cadres were arrested with arms along with the seizure of a couple of lakhs of rupees from their possession, the Shillong city police intelligence has activated their network to nail down those people using Shillong as a networking, said the police while adding, “In the past two years militants belonging to various militant outfits have used Shillong”.
24 hours Ukhrul bandh
UKHRUL, Sep 12: The 24 hours bandh called by Hunphun Katamnao Long (HKL) in Ukhrul district was suspended at 2:30 pm prior to its actual time frame following an understanding reached between the students body and the authority concerned. During this bandh that started from 6 pm yesterday there has not been any report of untoward incidents however normal life came to a halt as Government offices, institutions and all the shops remained closed and vehicles were off the road. According to the statement of HKL, the bandh was necessitated to pressurise the authority concerned to expedite its six charters of demand submitted earlier to Education Minister which include posting of a full fledged principal in Ukhrul Higher Secondary School. “We have called off the bandh shortly after receiving the Government’s order to place a full fledged principal in the school”, said the students body adding that it would not hesitate to carry out intense agitation if the authority concerned fails to articulate its pledges into action.
Source: The Sangai Express / Newmai News Network
On the other hand, Kanan Devi Memorial School at Pangei has been reportedly shut down from today following monetary demand of Rs 5 lakhs from the proscribed KCP.
In the sms sent to the Head Mistress of Don Bosco School Langjing S Dhaneshori on August 16 last, the self-styled finance secretary of KCP (MC) stated that the outfit has decided to take Rs 4 lakhs from the three schools, no negotiation would be allowed, from security point of view only one person should be sent with the money at the place and time to be informed later and the amount should be given within August 28.
During the joint meeting, Dhaneshori informed that soon after receiving the sms, she tried to contact the mobile phone but it had been switched off. Afterward, she passed on the information to other Head-master/Headmistress of the Don Bosco schools.
The following days, the outfit made threatening calls not only to her but also to some executive committee members of the school as well as the Head Master of Don Bosco School, Ching-meirong S Indibhushan.
As the staff and authorities of the three schools felt that the situation was not secured and conducive for studies all the classes have been called off until a solution can study all the classes have been called off until a solution could be brought about after a joint meeting on September 10.
Talking to mediapersons after the joint meeting today, education secretary of DESAM Arambam Thoithoi appealed to all the UG groups to stop interfering in the functioning of the schools in consideration of the future of the students as well as to the school authorities to reopen and resume normal classes in all the three schools from tomorrow.
To the KCP (MC), the student leader urged for finding out whether the demand was genuine or not and make the same known to the people within three days.
Meanwhile, according to information received by the press, Kanan Devi Memorial School at Pangei has shut down from today following monetary demand of Rs 5 lakhs from proscribed KCP outfit.
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JN Hospital protest monetary demands, OPD and Casualty blocks closed, in house patients not affected
IMPHAL, Sep 12: Urging all UG groups concerned to stop imposing hefty monetary demands on JN Hospital and allow the employees to work in peace, employees of the hospital have begun a relay protest session inside the hospital complex from today.
As a result of the protest, the OPD and Casualty ward of the hospital remained shut for the day though it did not affect the normal service of looking after the patients undergoing treatment in the different wards of the hospital. Doctors also continued with their night duty.
The protest demonstration being organised under the aegis of JN Hospital Employees’ Welfare Asso- ciation will continue till tomorrow afternoon.
It is said that the OPD and the Casualty Ward of the Hospital will be reopened after a joint meeting of the employees to be held at 4 pm tomorrow.
Talking to mediapersons on the sideline of the protest demonstration, a spokesperson of JN Hospital Employees Welfare Association said the employees of the hospital have been coughing up the monetary demands of various UG groups for the last many years.
However, this time, RPF, KCP (MC), KYKL and PREPAK have directed that 7 percent of the salaries of the employees should be given every month apart from the demand letter of Rs 50 lakhs served by one Ibungo of KCP, thus compelling the employees to come out in protest against such unbearable demands of the UGs.
Placards with slogans like ‘Withdraw all UG demands from employees of JN Hospital’, ‘Allow the employees to work in peace’, ‘Make hospital a free zone’, ‘Don’t give undue pressure on doctors and nurses’, etc were seen being put up at the protest site.
In connection with the protest demonstration, Superintendent of the hospital Dr Sh Raghumani Sharma said the demand of the employees to make hospitals a free zone and not to subject them to any sort of pressure is justifiable and should be respected.
A senior doctor who participated in the protest demonstration pointed out that helping the UG groups financially by the employees on their own accord is another thing. But what is more unnerving is forcing the employees compulsorily to shell out money from their salary in accordance to their grade.
Such undue and unbearable monetary demand of the UGs have caused lot of inconveniences to the doctors and nurses in carrying out their duties, he added.
Another doctor pointed out that the existing working condition of the doctors and nurses in JN Hospital is deplorable. Apart from not receiving their monthly salary regularly, there is lack of required infrastructure. In such a situation, imposition of unbearable monetary demand has caused further worries among the doctors and nurses.
A senior nurse observed that these days as soon as they arrived at the hospital, the employees are busy either in meeting to discuss the UG demands or working out the percentage to be given and could not concentrate in their work.
In many families where the nurses are the only earning member, the demand of the UG has given more financial burden, she said, adding categorically that in the past none of the employees have given money to the UGs willingly but out of fear. Now it has crossed the tolerable limit of the employees and no more demand should be made to any of the employees.
Shillong is a transit point for UG outfits of NE ’
Shillong, Sep 12: The North East militant groups using Shillong as a transit point for arms deal, has been confirmed by the Police. Six days after the Police hushed up the information about the arrest of four Dima Halam Daoga (DHD) militants involved arms deal, the Shillong city Police are now more vigilant.
In the past 18 months, militants involved transacting arms deal from the city were arrested. According to the Meghalaya police, they include those from the DHD , the DHD (J), the NDFB and the ULFA. Police confirmed that the North East militants are using Shillong cosmopolitan character to transact the deal.
Following the arrest cadres of the DHD (Nunisa group) last week, the Superintendent of Police (Shillong City) Claudia Lyngwa said, “There is no denial that militant groups are using the cosmopolitan character for their arm deals”, adding, “These arms were carried by conduits who used Mizoram and Garo Hills in Meghalaya to ferry arms and ammunitions from Myanmar and Bangladesh respectively.” A week after four Dimasa Halam Daogah (DHD) cadres were arrested with arms along with the seizure of a couple of lakhs of rupees from their possession, the Shillong city police intelligence has activated their network to nail down those people using Shillong as a networking, said the police while adding, “In the past two years militants belonging to various militant outfits have used Shillong”.
24 hours Ukhrul bandh
UKHRUL, Sep 12: The 24 hours bandh called by Hunphun Katamnao Long (HKL) in Ukhrul district was suspended at 2:30 pm prior to its actual time frame following an understanding reached between the students body and the authority concerned. During this bandh that started from 6 pm yesterday there has not been any report of untoward incidents however normal life came to a halt as Government offices, institutions and all the shops remained closed and vehicles were off the road. According to the statement of HKL, the bandh was necessitated to pressurise the authority concerned to expedite its six charters of demand submitted earlier to Education Minister which include posting of a full fledged principal in Ukhrul Higher Secondary School. “We have called off the bandh shortly after receiving the Government’s order to place a full fledged principal in the school”, said the students body adding that it would not hesitate to carry out intense agitation if the authority concerned fails to articulate its pledges into action.
Source: The Sangai Express / Newmai News Network
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