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JHADC providing salaries to over 300 teachers: Audit report
Shillong, Feb 2: Jaintia Hills Autonomous District Council (JHADC) is providing salaries to over 300 teachers from the council fund though the schools were taken over by the state government in 1993. This was revealed in the special audit report on the accounts of JHADC from April 1, 2010…
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Death of 17-year-old girl reveals laxity
Shillong, Jan 21: Care, compassion and vigil from all quarters could have prevented loss of life of a student in the city. The body of 17-year-old student was found hanging inside the classroom of Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Jail Road in the city on January 24 evening. A video…
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CM not in council model code list
Shillong, Jan 31: The model code of conduct issued by the district council affairs department for KHADC-JHADC polls does not include the name of Chief Minister. In section VI of the mode code under party in power, mention is not made about the chief minister but only about the cabinet…
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BJP wants state level committee on defence land aquisition
Shillong, Jan 31: The BJP wanted the state government to form a state level committee that will look into acquisition of defence land within Shillong. This move is after a BJP delegation met the Union Defence Minister Rajnath Sing in New Delhi on January 28 regarding the need to…
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Violations of benami act in coke plant operations
Shillong,Jan 31: Locals violating benami act to carry out operation of coke plants with Assam business men was mentioned by Enforcement Directorate during its raid.. ED PRESS RELEASE 30.01.2025 “Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Shillong Sub Zonal Office has conducted search operations on 28.01.2025 under the provisions of Prevention of Money…
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Police recover over 400 rounds of AK live ammunition
Shillong,Jan 30: Police recovered arns and ammunition buried near a tree in Rongjeng in East Garo Hills. The recoveries include one country-made small weapon, two numbers of 2-inch live mortar shells, and 428 rounds of suspected 7.62 live AK ammunition. According to a statement by East Garo Hills SP, SA…
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Concern over missing fossils of early whales
Shillong, Jan 29: Geologists and the local MLA have expressed concern over the theft of fossil of ancestor of whales from a cave in Tolegre under Siju-Rongara in South Garo Hills. Rakkam Sangma, who represents Rongara-Siju, said the fossil was cut and taken away. “We don’t know who took it…
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Sanbor meets union minister for direct funding to councils
Shillong, Jan 29: BJP MLA Sanbor Shullai on Wednesday met Union Minister of State for DoNER, Sukanta Mazumdar, to press for direct funding to District Councils and also requested that financial assistance be provided to them. Shullai also had discussions about the various pending projects in the state; at the…
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Court issues contempt notice for dismantling St Anthony’s School at Don Bosco Square
Shillong, Jan 27: High Court of Meghalaya has issued contempt notices for demolishing St Anthony’s lower primary school at Don Bosco Square, Laitumkhrah. Hearing a PIL moved by Raphael Warjri, the division bench comprising Chief Justice IP Mukerji and Justice W Diengdoh sent notice to five members of the management…
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Girl student found hanging inside class room
Shillong, Jan 28: The principal of Girls School in the city reported to Sadar Police station on the evening of January 24 regarding the hanging of a girl student inside the class room. The video of the incident which was widely circulated on social media on January 27 shows the…
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