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Cong high command to decide whether to welcome certain ex-party leaders
Shillong, July 6: MPCC president Vincent Pala has said everyone is welcome to join the party even as he asserted that for certain category of leaders, the party high command will take a decision.. “Congress is like a mother party, which gives chance for everyone but we have a system.…
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CM and Zenith to field their wives, I am not fielding my wife: Saleng on Gambegre bypoll
Shillong, July 6: Tura MP Saleng Sangma, who attended a felicitation ceremony in the city, said he he has no intention to field his wife unlike the wives of NPP leader and CM Conrad Sangma and TMC leader Zenith Sangma who are set to contest the Gambegre bypoll. The Congress…
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Two out of four mutilated bodies identified; police probe drug angle
Shillong, July 6: Two bodies out of the four found in Umpleng village in East Jaintia Hills have been identified by the police. Among others, police are probing drug angle into the brutal murder of the persons who were suspected drug users. The two victims have been identified as Nasar…
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Police clueless on recovery of four male bodies with heads almost severed in EJH village
Shillong, July 6: The villagers of Umpleng, East Jaintia Hills woke up on Saturday to the horror of witnessing four male bodies with their heads almost severed. The police believe that the persons who were murdered appear to be from outside Jaintia Hills. Police are also perplexed as they are…
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BJP replaces Chuba Ao with Anil Antony as Meghalaya Prabhari
Shillong, July 5: The central BJP has appointed its national secretary and spokesperson Anil Antony as the new leader in-charge (Prabhari) of Meghalaya and Nagaland replacing BJP national vice president Chuba Ao, who was the state-in-charge since November, 2020. Anil is the son of senior Congress leader and former defence…
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Adieu to first Bishop of Tura George Mamalassery
Shillong, July 5: Emeritus Bishop of Tura George Mamalassery (92) passed away on Friday around 2.20 am. Auxiliary Bishop of Tura Jose Chirackal informed that the funeral rites of the first Tura Bishop will be held on July 8 at 1 pm in Sacred Heart Shrine, Tura. The burial will…
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HSPDP wants to pull out of RDA
Shillong, July 4: The Hill State People’s Democratic Party (HSPDP) will come out of the Regional Democratic Alliance (RDA) due to the set back of the alliance in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections. The RDA candidate for Shillong seat was Robertjune Kharjahrin. United Democratic Party (UDP) leader and cabinet…
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NPPs’ Santa Mary Shylla ridicules Shillong MP over NH- 6
Shillong, July 4: NPP legislator from Sutnga-Saipung Santa Mary Shylla ridiculed the Shillong MP Ricky AJ Syngkon for taking credit fior central sanction to repair NH-6. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Shylla said he would personally meet and congratulate the VPP MP from Shillong Ricky AJ Syngkon if the state…
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CS reviews monsoon damages ; over Rs 13 crore with DCs to spend for emergency
Shillong, July 4: The state government has made available advance funds of Rs 13.5 crore with the DCs to handle immediate relief operations. Chief Secretary D.P Wahlang took a review meeting with all the districts to assess the status of damage to road and impact on connectivity, due to the…
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Three-year tenure for state women’s commission chief
Shillong, July 4: The state government has notified the appointment of lamonlang M Syiem as the Chairperson, Meghalaya State Commission for Women for a period of 3 years from the date of joining. In a notification issued on June 27, Principal Secretary, Social Welfare Department said ‘the Governor of Meghalaya…
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