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No home voting facility, postal ballots for elders in council polls
Shillong, Feb 16: The district council affairs department which is conducting the KHADC- JHADC polls has not walked extra mile to help the elders by allowing them to cast their votes from their homes or by postal ballots. For the Lok Sabha polls in 2024, the Election Commission of India…
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Bernard meets Rajnath Singh, raises Agreed Text for Settlement with former rebels
Shillong, Feb 16: BJP MDC from Tura Bernard N Marak has raised the delay in implementing the Agreed Text for Settlement (ATS), with the former Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi under whose tenure an agreement was signed between the Centre, State and the ANVC groups. “When BJP…
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Shillong birders flock together as part of global GBBC
Shillong, Feb 15: The narrow road behind the city’s dump yard swerves into a birds’ paradise. But one has to cross an inferno to witness the splendour. “It is amazing to see how life thrives around this place,” Ezra Rynjah, an ecologist and researcher at Conservation Initiatives, a non-profit organisation,…
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BSF seizes narcotics, others worth over Rs 1 crore
Shillong, Feb 15: The Border Security Force (BSF) has seized narcotics and other smuggled items worth Rs 1, 01, 22,689 crore and apprehended five Indian and 23 Bangladeshi nationals involved in various border-related crimes from February 1 to 14. In a statement issued on Saturday, the BSF said that the…
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Govt freezes two bank accounts of CM Jha University
Shillong, Feb 14: The state government on Friday froze two bank accounts of CM Jha University. The Ri Bhoi Deputy Commissioner, Abhilash Baranwal froze the HDFC account of CMJ Foundation at Lalganesh, Kahilipara in Assam & South Indian Bank account, East of Kailash Branch, New Delhi. After the Supreme Court…
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National Games in 2027 not fully in Meghalaya
Shillong, Feb 14: The 39th edition of National Games will be spread across the North East while Meghalaya will be the main state hosting the event. Since infrastructure is a challenge for Meghalaya, Chief Minister Conrad Sangma wanted to hand over certain disciplines to Assam and other NE states as…
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Symposium focuses more on councils than Article 371
Shillong, Feb 14: The lawyers and the party members who participated in a discussion here on Autonomous District Councils and Article 371 stressed more on the merits of councils than the latter. Sankardev College conducted the symposium on ‘Article 371(A) Article 371(G) and the Constitutional Provisions under Article 244(2)/Sixth Schedule’.…
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Blow to CMJ University as SC upholds dissolution
Shillong, Feb 13: The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the decision of the state government in 2014 to dissolve the Chandra Mohan Jha( CMJ) University. The university has been in the news for many years for alleged malpractices including distribution of fake degrees and certificates In the order delivered on…
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Chess booth draws young enthusiasts at traditional festival
Rangthylliang (Pynursla), Feb 13: The Bengal Bard, Rabindranath Tagore, once wrote that one must scourge the ashes to look for gems. Mukul Bhandari is following the same philosophy and exploring his world in 64 squares. Shad Lyngdoh in the village of Rangthylliang in Pynursla is assisting Bhandari in finding the gems.…
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HC wants spot inspection of weighbridges to check overloading, revenue loss
Shillong, Feb 13:The High Court of Meghalaya wanted the government to address overloading of vehicles passing through weighbridges by conducting spot verification which will also check revenue loss. The division Chief Justice IP Mukherji and Justice W Diengdoh said during the hearing of the PIL on Wednesday that the writ…
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