Source: Hueiyen News Service
Tamenglong, September 10, 2010:
After establishment of six Zone Convenors of the apex body of Zeme, Liangmei and Rongmei tribes in Manipur as Zeliangrong Baudi, the Zeliangrong Interim Body, ZIB on Friday elected its Chairman and other functionaries for the state unit at the Indoor Stadium Tamenglong in the afternoon.
The election for Manipur state functionaries was held at the Indoor Stadium Tamenglong where Thomas Kamei of Tamenglong District HQs and Shongbui Newmei of Tousem HQs were elected uncontested for the post of State Chairman and Vice Chairman respectively.
The meeting also elected Soihiamlung Kamei as state secretary, Poukham Maring as joint secretary and D Apung Zeme as social and cultural secretary.
The spokesman said that three state elections will be held on 23 September 2010 at Lodiram in Halflong where he appealed to all the zone convenors and state functionaries to make themselves available for the election.
In the meantime, the District Health Mission Society Tamenglong today organised a two day training for primary school teachers on School Health with the aim to prepare the children to adopt a healthy behaviour and to help children to become healthy and useful citizens.
The training was held at IDSP Hall, District Hospital, where Dr Athikho Pukrehe, Medical Officer of District Hospital, Dr Guidiatthiu Kamei, MO i/c Tamei PHC and Dr Namjupou Panmei, DIO/DFWO were the resource persons of training programme.