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Pine Mount school begins celebration of 125 years
Shillong, April 11: Pine Mount school started its quasquicentennial (125th year) celebrations here on Friday. Cake cutting, flag hoisting, speeches, songs and dances marked the occasion. Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong opened the quasquicentennial celebrations and assured to follow up with the government regarding the request of the school to…
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HC to hear petition to quash criminal proceedings against Ampareen
Shillong, April 11: The High Court of Meghalaya wanted the Special Judge (CBI) to adjourn further examination of witnesses regarding the 2009 education scam to enable disposal of an application seeking quashing of the criminal proceedings. The bench headed by Chief Justice IP Mukerji in its order passed on Friday…
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Deputy Speaker pursues case against youtubers
Shillong, April 11: Deputy Speaker Timothy D Shira has appeared before the Court of Chief Justice Magistrate, Shillong and gave his statement for examination regarding a case filed against two youtubers for allegedly spreading wrong information regarding the speech he had made during the discussion in Assembly on developing Tura…
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NEIGRIHMS writes to Centre again to allow 80:20 female to male nurses’ ratio
Shillong, April 11:NEIGRIHMS has yet again written to the Centre to allow 80:20 female to male ratio while appointing nurses. “A request with very strong justification for the same has been sent to the Ministry a couple of days ago”, said a statement issued by Prof. (Dr.) Nalin Mehta, Director,…
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Former MDC’s car lands in drain, two occupants flee with injuries
Shillong, April 10: A vehicle belonging to former MDC Bajop Pyngrope met with an accident in Ri Bhoi but two occupants of the vehicle fled without informing the police. According to the police, the vehicle(ML-05AN-1591) went into a drain on Thursday around 8.30 am at Umling, Ri-Bhoi district. According to…
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HYC seeks 80:20 female-male nurse ratio in NEIGRIHMS
Shillong, April 10: The Hynniewtrep Youth Council (HYC) wanted the Union Health & Family Welfare Minister JP Nadda to approve the provision of 80:20 ratio of female-male nurses in North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institutes of Health & Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) In a letter to Nadda, HYC president Roykupar Synrem…
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Govt seeks suggestions on making Khasi-Garo compulsory upto class IV
Shillong, April 10: The government has proposed introduction of compulsory Khasi and Garo languages in schools for students up to class IV and sought suggestions from people. The education department has circulated a discussion paper on the proposal. The stakeholders including educators, parents, students, community leaders and government officials have…
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Body of missing Hungarian tourist recovered
Shillong, April 10: The body of missing Hungarian tourist was recovered on Thursday afternoon. The body is in a decomposed state and the area has been cordoned off. According to sources, on Thursday around 1.30 pm the search party found the mortal remains of Zolt Puskas at Riewkuksan under Ramdait…
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Sungoh resigns as NEHU Pro VC
Shillong, April 10: NEHU Pro Vice Chancellor Prof. Sherwin M Sungoh,who assumed office on March 21 quit the post on April 9. She has been facing pressure from both the organisations of teachers and students to resign from the post In email letters addressed to officials concerned on April 9…
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Uzbekistan rules out foul play in Meghalaya official’s death
Shillong, April 9: The Ministry of Health, Uzbekistan has pointed out cardiac arrest as the reason for the death of Meghalaya official Syed Razi in a hotel room. Principal Secretary in-charge health Sampath Kumar said on Wednesday that the official suffered ‘acute cardiovascular and respiratory problem – caused by thromboembolism…
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