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NDTV
a day ago
- Politics
- NDTV
Manipur Highway Blockade Triggers Price Hike, Shortages
Churachandpur (Manipur): Prolonged highway blockades and disrupted transport routes have led to spiraling prices and critical shortages in Manipur, particularly in Churachandpur and the capital, Imphal, as residents continue to struggle with the aftermath of ethnic clashes that erupted on May 3, 2023. Churachandpur, predominantly inhabited by the Kuki-Zo community, remains economically crippled due to limited access to National Highways 02 and 37, which serve as the vital supply corridors connecting Manipur to Assam and Nagaland. "The price of all commodities has increased because they come through Mizoram. It's not like before; everything has become more expensive," said Mang, a local customer. #WATCH | Highway blockades trigger soaring prices and shortages in Manipur; locals hope for normalcy #Manipur #Churachandpur #Imphal #floods #NorthEastIndia #ManipurViolence #HighwayBlockade #InflationCrisis #MedicineShortage #FloodRelief #EthnicTensions #NH02 #NH37... — ANI (@ANI) June 9, 2025 With direct routes from Imphal to Churachandpur largely inaccessible, goods-laden trucks are being rerouted through Mizoram, resulting in significant delays and inflated transportation costs. This, in turn, has worsened inflation and created shortages of life-saving medicines and essential supplies. "Because of the present ethnic violence, they could not get drug supplies for chronic and serious diseases, and as a result, the public and patients are facing lots of problems," said Max Muan, former Secretary of the Pharmacy Owners Association, Churachandpur. Letminlal, Secretary of the Lamka Consumers Club, explained, "This price hike is not artificially engineered by shopkeepers and traders. It is due to extra transportation costs. Some supplies come via Imphal, but under tight security. Most traders are afraid to use that route." The situation is no better in Imphal. The capital is facing rising inflation and a scarcity of goods due to the continued disruption of truck movement along key highways. "We're going through a lot of hardship. There was already inflation here, and now the recent flood has pushed prices of everything, even food, further up," said Wangkheirakpam Saratchandra Singh, a flood-affected resident of Nongmeibung. "With the National Highway closed, prices have gone up and losses keep piling up," added vendor H. Binodini Devi. Locals across Manipur are calling for peace and reconciliation, hoping that unity among ethnic communities will restore normalcy and alleviate their suffering.
USA Today
31-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Indianapolis Colts' 2025 UDFA profiles: TE Maximilian Mang
Indianapolis Colts' 2025 UDFA profiles: TE Maximilian Mang Let's take a closer look at each of the Colts' UDFAs. Up next is Syracuse tight end Maximilian Mang. In addition to their eight draft picks, the Indianapolis Colts have also signed 15 undrafted rookies after the 2025 NFL draft to add to their 91-man offseason roster. Just as we did with each of the eight draft selections, let's take a closer look at each of the Colts' UDFAs. Up next is Syracuse tight end Maximilian Mang. Maximilian Mang's profile Height: 6-7 Weight: 267 College profile Breaking down Indianapolis Colts' UDFA signing Mang is from Potsdam, Germany, and grew up playing volleyball, but transitioned to playing club football in the German Football League. As Joel Erickson of the Indy Star would write, Mang began as a wide receiver before transitioning to tight end. Mang would compete at various camps across the United States to get in front of college scouts, and he eventually landed at Syracuse. During five playing seasons at Syracuse, Mang would play 1,268 snaps on offense, the majority of which came on running plays as a blocker. Mng recorded just nine receptions during his career for 60 yards with one touchdown. As a blocker, his bread and butter, Mang ranked 26th among all tight ends last season in PFF's run-blocking grade. Also important to note, Mang played 626 career special teams snaps as well in college, most of which came on the kick return, punt coverage, and field goal units. Mang brings an impressive combination of size and athleticism to the Colts roster, but he still has developing to do, particularly in the passing game, where he'll have to gain more experience. He has been designated the Colts' International Pathway Player for this season, which allows the team to carry 91 players on the offseason roster and up to 17 players on the practice squad in-season, if the Colts choose to go that route. They said it Colts assistant GM Ed Dodds: 'Our college scouts had what would equate to PFA, a priority free agent, grade on him because he's a good blocker. Then the pro guys look at those guys too and after the draft – I hadn't seen him until that point and (was) like, 'Who do you guys want to get at tight end?' and they stack it and they said, 'That's where we want to go, right there.''
NBC Sports
15-05-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Colts claim DT Eric Johnson II off waivers
The Colts claimed defensive tackle Eric Johnson II off waivers, the team announced. Indianapolis waived safety Marcel Dabo in a corresponding move, and it designated tight end Maximilian Mang as exempt/international player. Mang will not count against the Colts' 90-player offseason roster. The Patriots waived Johnson on Wednesday. He returns to Indianapolis after spending last season in New England. In 2024, Johnson saw action in 11 games for the Patriots and registered 17 tackles. The Colts made him a fifth-round pick in 2022 out of Missouri State, and he played his first two seasons in Indianapolis. In 39 career games, Johnson has 35 tackles, a tackle for loss, a sack and a fumble recovery. Dabo originally signed with the Colts as an undrafted free agent in 2022. He spent the past three seasons on Indianapolis' practice squad. Dabo competed in the European League of Football as a cornerback and kick returner for the Stuttgart Surge, where he compiled 28 tackles and an interception. He was named to the 2021 ELF All-Star team and won the league's defensive rookie of the year award. Mang signed with the Colts as an undrafted free agent on May 9. He saw action in 50 career games at Syracuse (2021-24) and totaled nine receptions for 60 yards and one touchdown. Before getting to Syracuse, Mang played tight end and defensive end for the Berlin Rebels of the German Football League (GFL), the highest level of American football in Germany. Mang is a native of Bradenburg, Germany.
Indianapolis Star
14-05-2025
- Sport
- Indianapolis Star
How 6-7 UDFA Colts TE Maximilian Mang made it from Germany to the NFL
INDIANAPOLIS — Super Bowl XLVIII has not gone down as one of the most memorable games in NFL history. Denver snapped the ball over Peyton Manning's head on the first play, the Legion of Boom tortured Manning all day and Seattle ran away with the Lombardi Trophy in a laugher. But that game changed Maximilian Mang's life. Mang, a massive volleyball player on his way through the club ranks, watched that Super Bowl and fell in love with American football, a game that seemed like the ultimate team sport to a kid growing up in Potsdam, Germany. 'Football, you need everybody on the field,' said Mang, an undrafted free agent with the Colts. 'Volleyball, alright, you need one good person, and you can be decent.' Two summers later, Mang was playing club football for the Potsdam Royals of the German Football League, falling in love with the game even though he had no way of knowing whether or not he'd ever have a shot at the NFL. Mang played at Potsdam, then for the Berlin Rebels. A wide receiver initially, Mang eventually made the transition to tight end and defensive end in Berlin, bringing his 6-foot-7 frame to bear on the edges of the line. Brandon Collier, a scout for PPI Recruits — a company that identifies and develops international players, then helps them get recruited by colleges in the United States — invited Mang to a PPI camp in Hennef, giving the young tight end a chance to play a bunch of good players, players Collier believed had the potential to play college football in America. From there, Mang's career became a whirlwind. PPI brought Mang to the United States as part of its DreamChasers tour, putting young, promising European prospects into American camps all over the eastern United States, allowing them to get in front of college scouts. Mang's size and athleticism made him an obvious target. Penn State offered Mang a scholarship in 2019, but he was unable to complete the necessary paperwork in time to become a part of the 2019 recruiting class. The next year, Mang made sure he was available, and offers started coming, beginning with Eastern Michigan early in the process and ending with a signing-day offer from Syracuse, the school Mang ended up choosing. Mang loved football. The magnitude of its influence on life didn't fully hit home until he was flying to the United States to begin his collegiate career. 'On the plane, I was like: 'This is going to be different,'' Mang said. 'Living on my own, speaking a different language.' Mang had become part of a growing movement in Germany, a nation where interest in American football has exploded over the course of the last decade and a half. Nine months before Mang turned on Super Bowl XLVIII and fell in love with the game, the Colts used a first-round pick on German defensive end Bjoern Werner, a watershed moment for the country's interest in American football. Werner wasn't able to live up to his draft position in Indianapolis, but he returned to his home country and became the face of the sport in Germany, helping grow the game through his Football Bromance podcast, TV appearances and his own set of camps, Gridiron Imports, that he built with the same goal as PPI. Players like Mang — including future Colts left tackle Bernhard Raimann, an Austrian native whose career path is shockingly similar to Mang's — have become much easier for colleges to find. But there was still a transition for Mang to make in America. A tall target with the body control of a long-time volleyball player, Mang spent most of his early career as a receiving weapon, only to get to Syracuse and realize he was going to do most of his work as a blocker. 'You can just throw verts up in Germany,' Mang said. 'Getting into the camps in Germany, I realized you can't just run a go and beat somebody.' Mang caught just nine passes in four seasons at Syracuse, topping out with a career-high five catches as a sophomore in 2022. A receiving profile like that typically does not catch the eyes of the NFL, but Mang kept pursuing the dream of playing at the highest level heading into his senior season. 'The thought was always in the back of my mind,' Mang said. 'This is my last year. I'm going to put in all the work I can, and if at the end of the season, I get a chance to do a pro day and make an NFL team, that's the dream.' Big receiving numbers never came. Mang caught just one pass as a senior, picking up five yards in the Holiday Bowl. He finally got his shot at Syracuse's Pro Day. Mang was hard to miss. The big tight end carried 263 pounds easily on his 6-7 frame, a frame with an enormous wingspan of more than 81 inches. The volleyball background was easy to see; Mang recorded a 33.5-inch vertical and a 9-7 broad jump, proving he had the athleticism. The receiving drills went so well that Syracuse head coach Fran Brown and offensive coordinator Jeff Nixon had a message for Mang after Pro Day. 'Maybe we should have thrown you the ball more,' Mang remembered his coaches saying. He had the NFL's attention. A handful of teams interviewed Mang on the phone, and even though he knew he likely wouldn't get drafted, a shot as an undrafted free agent was always a distinct possibility. The Colts came calling shortly after the draft ended. Mang's physical profile, and his history as a blocker, caught the attention of the Indianapolis scouting staff. 'Our college scouts had what would equate to PFA, a priority free agent, grade on him because he's a good blocker,' Colts assistant general manager Ed Dodds said. 'Then the pro guys look at those guys too and after the draft – I hadn't seen him until that point and (was) like, 'Who do you guys want to get at tight end?' and they stack it and they said, 'That's where we want to go, right there.'' Mang faces an uphill road to make the Indianapolis roster. A much more accomplished rookie, first-round pick Tyler Warren, is already on the Indianapolis roster at Mang's position, and the lack of college catches limits his profile somewhat. But Mang has a big frame, plenty of developing still left to do and a rare skill set for today's tight ends coming out of the draft. 'It's primarily a blocker,' Dodds said. 'Those guys are hard to find now.' Mang couldn't have picked a better place to start. Werner, his hero and a man Mang still asks for advice, played in Indianapolis. German safety Marcel Dabo is still around as part of the NFL's International Player Pathway Program. Raimann is not German, but he speaks the language and also happens to be one of the most successful European natives in the NFL right now. Mang never could have seen all this coming when he first started playing football a decade ago. But the sport has altered the course of his life considerably, and he's going to keep playing it as long as he can. Hopefully for the Colts.
Hindustan Times
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
'Support Phule the film' trends on X amid censorship woes: Pratik Gandhi, Patralekhaa-starrer's early X reviews
The early X reviews for the Pratik Gandhi and Patralekha-led Phule are trickling in and it appears so, that even some pressing censorship woes couldn't stop the film from making the impact it set out to make. Based on the lives of 19th century anti-caste activist Jyotirao Phule and his women's education activist wife, Savitribai Phule, the film traverses the innumerable battles they fought to have their vision see some light of day. Earlier this week, director Anant Mahadevan was asked to do away with mentions of the Mang and Mahar groups with the Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry body also asking for a removal of any reference to Manu, who pioneered the Manusmriti, in addition to mentions of the Peshwa rule in Maharashtra. Another bone of contention was the line "3,000 saal puraani gulaami" which was eventually changed to "kai saal puraani ghulaami". Incidentally, 'Ghulami' happens to be the title of Phule's 1973 book. With the mentioned cuts, Phule released in theatres today and has been garnering rave early reviews on X. The general audience reception as of now, stands captured by these impassioned takes on the film: "Some heroes fight with swords, others with schools. Phule's weapon was education. Every Indian must watch this story", "The more you learn about Jyotiba and Savitribai, the more you'll understand how revolutionary they truly were. #SupportPhuleTheFilm", "Everyone should come together and SUPPORT PHULE FILM it's a must watch for everyone", "Art has the power to heal, educate, and awaken. That's why films like this matter. That's why we must support it", "Jyotiba & Savitribai Phule's legacy deserves to shine on the big screen! A film on their life isn't just cinema—it's a revolution retold" and "Heroes like Phule don't just need statues – they need screen time" to quote a few. A post shared by 🌸 Patralekhaa 🌸 (@patralekhaa) Phule, starring Scam 1992 fame Pratik Gandhi and Patralekhaa as Jyotirao Phule and Savitribai Phule respectively, is currently running in theatres.
