Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, October 29 2010:
Three journalists including editor of Hueiyen Lanpao (English) have been selected as the winners of the Manipur State Journalist Award 2010 by the Department of Information and Public Relations, Government of Manipur.
They are Brozendra Ningomba, editor, Hueiyen Lanpao (English), sub-editors of Hueiyen Lanpao (Manipuri), RK Sanatomba and Enaomacha Salam.
Brozendra has been selected for the Award in recognition of his contribution in the field of National Integration and Communal Harmony through editorials published in Hueiyen Lanpao (English) during 2009 .
This is the third time he would be receiving the Award.
He won the Award in 2004 and 2009 .
RK Sanatomba, sub-editor of Hueiyen Lanpao (Manipuri) wins the Award in Sports and Enaomacha Salam, also sub-editor of Hueiyen Lanpao (Manipuri) in Art & Culture.
The other winners are L Samungou, reporter of Sangai Express in Rural Reporting, RK Bulu, reporter of Poknapham in Public Health & Hygiene and Dhamendro Wangkhemcha, reporter of Kangleipakki Meira and N Philips, news reader and reporter of ISTV (joint winners) in Special Reference to Women & Children.
The Awards, which carry a citation and ' 25,000 in cash each, will be presented to the winners on Information & Public Relation Day 2010 on November 1 at 8.30 am at a function to be held at DIPR complex at Moirangkhom here.
Information & Public Relation Minister TN Haokip and Comissioner, IPR, L Lakher, IAS will be chief guest and president respectively at the function.