Imphal
GUWAHATI/AIZAWAL/IMPHAL - Sports and music they say binds people and nowhere has this come true most unexpectedly but here in the alienated northeast with the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games giving a lot of play to the culture if the region.
IMPHAL - Shihan Yoshiaki Ajari, an 8th Dan Japanese Grandmaster recently imparted training to over 130 Karate-Do players at the eight-day camp organised by the Wadokai Karate-Do Federation of India in association with Wadokai Karate-Do Association of Manipur.
IMPHAL - The Manipur government would offer government jobs to 109 sportspersons who have won gold medals in different national sports events.
IMPHAL - Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom, a four-time women's world boxing champion, has expressed her delight for being awarded with the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.
IMPHAL - Mayengbam Suranjoy Singh of Manipur who recently won first Asian Championship Gold medal in 15 years at the Asian Boxing Championship held in China has inspired many young people in the north-east.