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Katakey cautions govt on proposed open cast mining
Shillong, June 28: The one-man panel on coal mining issue headed by Justice (Retd) BP Katakey has expressed concern over the proposed open cast coal mining in Meghalaya. Katakey, who was appointed by the High Court of Meghalaya, adopted a cautious approach as the government is planning to carry out…
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Conrad rules out division in family, party over Gambegre bypoll
Shillong,June 28: NPP national president Conrad Sangma has ruled out any division within the party and the family over allotment of ticket to contest the bypoll in Gambegre. The bypoll was necessitated after Saleng Sangma, who was representing the Gambegre Assembly seat, won Tura Lok Sabha seat. “There is no…
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MDA government intact, says CM
Shillong,June 28: Chief Minister Conrad Sangma has asserted that the MDA coalition partners have no problem in supporting the goverment despite the defeat of the candidates of the coalition partners in the Lok Sabha polls. Neither the NPP nor the candidate of the regional parties won the twin Lok Sabha…
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Govt to notify elephant attacks as ‘state declared disaster’
Shillong, June 28: With man-elephant conflicts on the rise in Meghalaya, the state government is in the process of notifying them under ‘State Declared Disaster’ The forest department is also making efforts to reduce man-elephant conflict by creating more wild life corridors with the latest victim being a BSF officer.…
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Students improve positions after re-evaluation of marks
Shillong, June 25: Several HSSLC students have improved their positions after re-evaluation of marks. After evaluation, Aniket Pattanayak of Laban Bengalee Boys Higher Secondary School who was earlier accorded fourth postion got third position in order of merit in HSSLC( Science). Another student of the school Debdeep Chanda was placed…
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Ampareen to meet union health minister for assistance to state
Shillong, June 27: The state will seek central assistance to strengthen health centres. After chairing a review meeting on Thursday, Health Minister Ampareen Lyngdoh told reporters that she will be visiting New Delhi next week to call on the new Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare. According to Ampareen,…
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Police to improve security of vital installations
Shillong, June 27: Deputy Inspector General of Police (Eastern Range) Davis NR Marak has said the police are taking steps to improve the security of High Court and other vital government installations. The response was to a query on the recent bomb threat.to High Court of Meghalaya “We had sent…
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Meghalaya police prepared to implement three new criminal laws
Shillong, June 27: Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India, Shillong organised Vartalap, a media workshop on Thursday in association with the Meghalaya police on the three new criminal laws ‘Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita’ (BNS), ‘Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita’ (BNSS) and ‘Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam’ (BSA) of 2023…
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Municipalities violate 15th finance panel guidelines: Bernard
Shillong, June 27: BJP Tura MDC Bernard Marak on Thursday apprised the Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong that Municipalities violated the guidelines of the 15th Finance Commission and the decision of the 15th Finance Commission Co-ordination Committee formed on February 2, 2024 which decided that the CEM would convene a…
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Govt launches CM’s Research Grant to document culture & tradition
Shillong,June 27: The state government has launched the Chief Minister’s Research Grant to document the culture, tradition and art forms of the state. The focus areas are arts and culture, heritage studies, indigenous communities, land, language and lineage and evaluation studies. After launching the initiative under Arts and Culture…
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