Category Archives: Article

Read the latest stories, opinions and expert columns from the Ukhrul times desk.

Abhinay Lakshman’s observation on the ST status of Meiteis are misleading and incorrect

Posted on October 20, 2023 - 2:56pm by UT Desk
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APROPOS the article under the heading ‘ST status for Meiteis was considered and rejected in 1982 and 2001, government records show’ which appeared in the online edition of the esteemed English daily, The Hindu dated 17th October 2023. The observations … Continue reading →

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Ukhrul: A town of thousand dried pond

Posted on October 17, 2023 - 3:58pm by UT Desk
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Ukhrul: Several roads and buildings have been constructed, new land cutting rises, deforestation from fuel wood, forest fires, and farmland extends, the population has increased, and land and water resources are under stress. There are additional problems from the disproportionate … Continue reading →

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Rebuttal to article written by Sh. K. Yugindro Singh, Sh. Janaki Sharma & M. Manihar Singh (Independent Researchers)

Posted on October 16, 2023 - 3:39pm by UT Desk
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Sh. K. Yugindro Singh, Sh. Janaki Sharma & M. Manihar Singh (Independent Researchers) have written in The Sangai Express on 14th October 2023 and in Ukhrul Times on 15th October 2023 that the article of Sh. Ngaranmi Shimray under the … Continue reading →

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Ngaranmi Shimray’s reasons for exclusion of Meitei in the ST list are misleading and incorrect

Posted on October 15, 2023 - 6:40pm by UT Desk
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APROPOS OF the article under the heading ‘Kalelkar Commission Report of 1956: Meitei exclusion from the ST list is by their own choice’ which appeared in the editorial page of the esteemed English local daily, The Sangai Express in its … Continue reading →

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Meiteis’ exclusion from the ST list is by their own choice; Kalelkar Commission Report of 1956

Posted on October 8, 2023 - 10:20pm by UT Desk
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(1) KaKa Kalelkar Backward Classes Commission report of 1956, also known as the Second Backward Classes Commission report states that the Meiteis, when given an opportunity to be ST, did not include themselves. This is a startling and undeniable fact! … Continue reading →

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Once a friend, now a foe?

Posted on August 2, 2023 - 1:01pm by UT Desk
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NEVER HAD a slight thought about such a big and catastrophic event would ever happen in Manipur. It seemed just like yesterday when I went to college and sat together with my Kuki friends and learned their culture and language. … Continue reading →

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Make the right noise and extend your hand of friendship

Posted on June 27, 2023 - 12:37pm by UT Desk
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(1) THERE IS RIGHT now a glamour amongst the Meitei people to be Scheduled Tribe ostensibly for jobs in government and seats in higher educational institutes of learning. But the veil that had hidden the agenda is now open for … Continue reading →

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Demographic Imbalance, Conflict and its Impact

Posted on June 18, 2023 - 10:19pm by UT Desk

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When Manipur Implodes: History, politics, and Violence

Posted on June 15, 2023 - 4:38pm by UT Desk
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The recent and ongoing ethnic conflict of such magnitude and grievous nature which started on May 3, 2023, in Manipur, cannot be attributed to a monocausal. It is a product of multi-causes and the explosion of pent-up anger, emotion, and … Continue reading →

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Manipur Hills and Valley: Ages of living together separately

Posted on May 18, 2023 - 4:49pm by UT Desk
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Despite tall claim of the oneness of hills-valley, historical records are silent that hills and valley of Manipur are one, the idea of hills valley brotherhood is a recent origin. The hollow chant of Ching-tam amadani (oneness of hills and … Continue reading →

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