Our Correspondent Imphal, Oct, 31 (EMN): The 9th state-level Chaga Ngee-the biggest festival of the Liangmai community was held at Makuilongdi village in Manipur’s Senapati District on October 30. Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh along with Water Resources Minister Awangbow Newmai, Rajya Sabha MP Leishemba Sanajaoba, Chairman(Hill Areas Committee)Dinganglung Gangmei and Tamenglong MLA Janghemlung Panmei were present during the inaugural function of the festival. Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister N Biren Singh maintained that the current government aims to empower minority sections of the society and to take them along in the path of development. He said the Manipur Cabinet had earlier recognised the Chaga Ngee Festival and announced the day as a restricted holiday. Expressing the need to remember the age-old relationship amongst different communities and live together with respect for one another, he expressed his desire to include the history shared by dif
CM Biren attended the Chaga Ngee Festival 2022 celebration and said the Rs 6-crore Heritage Park, which is being constructed at Makhel, would be completed before Sangai Festival 2022.
Considering the historical importance of Makuilongdi village, CM Biren announced to install a statue of Haipou Jadonang and the approval of the same would be sanctioned within 15 days.
Our Correspondent Imphal, Oct. 26 (EMN): Rongmei Naga Baptist Association (RNBA) celebrated 37 years of service under relief and development of the people of Manipur, Assam and Nagaland at Tarung in Imphal on Wednesday. Manipur Education minister Th Basanta Singh, Tamenglong MLA Janghemlung Panmei; State Mission Director N Bandana Devi of Manipur Rural State Livelihood Mission(MRSLM) were present during the day’s event, which also saw the launch of the organisation’s collaboration with Veddis Foundation to implement MRSLM in the districts of Tamenglong, Churachandpur, Senapati and Imphal East. Speaking on the occasion, Education Minister Basantakumar who also holds Law and Legislative Affairs portfolio said, “I was not aware about the humongous works of this organisation, it has many significant collaborations with donors like NABARD, Azim Premji Foundation, Veddis Foundation, Bread for the World, Germany and others. These donors have come to RNBA because there is work