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NIFT Shillong starts handloom week celebration
Shillong, Aug 6: The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Shillong, commenced its Handloom Week celebrations on Wednesday with a session by Dr. Rajani Kant, popularly known as the GI Man of India. The event marked the first day of the week-long celebration dedicated to India’s handloom heritage and the…
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SDRF retrieves body of missing agriculture officer
Tura, Aug 6: The State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) on Wednesday retrieved the body of Agriculture Officer Teseng M. Sangma from Banseng Wari, which is located in the downstream area of the Ganol River. Re-commencing its operations early in the morning on Wednesday, the SDRF faced challenges to retrieve the…
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Conrad welcomes Ronnie to NPP
Shillong, Aug 5: NPP national president Conrad Sangma has welcomed the Congress legislator Ronnie V Lyngdoh to the party’s fold and said the focus of the party was on development-based politics. Speaking at the formal induction function held at his official residence here, Ronnie stressed that his decision to join…
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Raja Raghuvanshi murder case reaches a deadlock
Indore, Aug 5: When the investigation into the murder of Raja Raghuvanshi began, it seemed like the case would be solved in no time. And to some extent, it was. The way the Shilong police connected the dots and arrested the five main accused, including Sonam and Raj, followed by…
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Court takes up report of special officer on hawkers
Shillong, Aug 5: High Court of Meghalaya has examined the report of the special officer dealing with hawkers’ issues and wanted the government to examine the plea of those were not given certificates of vending. The bench headed by Chief Justice IP Mukerji and Judge W Diengdoh said the court examined…
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Former Meghalaya governor Satya Pal Malik no more
Shillong, Aug 5: The Meghalaya Legislative Assembly Secretariat on Tuesday expressed grief at the passing away of Satya Pal Malik, former governor of Meghalaya, who passed away on August 5 after a prolonged illness. He was 79. The Speaker and the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly Secretariat conveyed their condolences to the…
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‘Nationwide’ server outage hits Shillong GPO
Shillong, Aug 5: Consumers at the Shillong General Post Office (GPO) had a harrowing second day on Tuesday owing to the server outage. Several consumers, who came for services like speed post and parcel delivery, had to go back on Monday because the server was down. “We cannot accept your…
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Human rights panel exonerates police official Rituraj Ravi
Shillong, Aug 5: Meghalaya Human Rights Commission( MHRC) found that there was no case of violation of human rights by police official Rituraj Ravi while dealing with the protest of Bindas Syiem. However, during the course of hearing of the case, the commission got the impression that the incident/ commotion…
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Hawkers’ body writes to special officer on relocation anomalies
Shillong, Aug 4:The hawkers’ body and three members of the Provisional Town Vending Committee (PTVC) other than the government, have petitioned the High Court-appointed special officer regarding various anomalies in the relocation of hawkers and street vendors The letter written to the special officer on July 26 narrates the anomalies…
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Search on for missing agriculture officer in river
Shillong, Aug 4: The State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) continued its search for the agriculture officer Teseng M. Sangma, who was swept away, while attempting to cross Ganol river, on Sunday. In a statement issued on Monday, PH Shylla, Senior Staff Officer & Additional PRO, Directorate of Civil Defence &…
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