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08 Mar

BJP to hold big rallies in Assam

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The BJP will hold fewer rallies in poll-bound Assam as compared to West Bengal, which is also slated to go to the polls in March-April. The BJP is planning to organise just around a dozen big election rallies of senior leaders, including rallies by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. BJP’s Assam unit chief Ranjeet Kumar Dass said that the party will hold about 10 rallies, including rallies by Prime Minister Modi, BJP chief J.P. Nadda, Union ministers Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh and other senior ministers and leaders. “Our focus is micro managing the polls and we are working on it,”…

08 Mar

ADC election delay irk Manipur tribal bodies

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Irked by Manipur government’s delay in holding elections to the autonomous district councils (ADCs), tribal bodies have threatened to launch intense forms of agitations. Barely a day after All Tribal Students’ Union Manipur (ATSUM) set a March 11 deadline to issue notification for the elections, Chairmen Forum of Six ADCs Manipur on Saturday demanded that the schedule for the elections should be announced within a week’s time. After the extended terms expired in November 2020, the Manipur government superseded the six ADCs that cover all the 10 hill districts of the state on November 30, 2020. Citing COVID-19 pandemic as…

06 Mar

Awareness on ‘drug abuse prevention’ held in Tuli: Nagaland

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Yimkümmer Welfare Society (YWS) in collaboration with department of social welfare, government of Nagaland organised a seminar on awareness on “drug abuse prevention” at Yimkümmer House, Tuli on March 3, 2021 with ADC Tuli, Imsongmeren as guest speaker and social worker and author, Dimapur, Maong Jamir as resource speaker. The topics covered were “issues related to drug abuse and alcoholism” and “basics on drug abuse and alcoholism.” Valuable inputs on the subject were also contributed by program coordinator, youth mission Kohima, Sanen and residential counselor, grace rehabilitation home Tuli, Kilang Imsong. The seminar was attended by SDPO Tuli, all ward…

06 Mar

Meghalaya governor lauds state govt

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Meghalaya Governor, Satya Pal Malik on Friday said that the National People’s Party (NPP)-led government is making concerted effort to improve the standard of living through better governance. “The government is particularly focused on enhancing the service delivery in health and education sectors and making larger investments in physical infrastructure,” he said, addressing the legislators on the first day of the Budget session of the Meghalaya Assembly. He said the critical focus of the government is on improving rural livelihood and promoting enterprises through mission mode interventions. The Governor informed that at present there are 39 projects implemented in…

06 Mar

Meghalaya launches online portal for workers

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Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong on Friday launched the online registration portal for migrant workers under the Meghalaya Identification Registration (Safety and Security) of Migrant Workers Act 2020, in a function organized by the Labour Department at the NIC Conference Hall, Shillong. The aim of the Meghalaya Identification Registration (Safety and Security) of Migrant Workers Act 2020 is to ensure the maintenance of public order and protection and safety of migrant workers in Meghalaya through identification and mandatory registration of all such workers in the State. As such, the portal enables the migrant workers and persons/contractors employing migrant labourers/workers…

06 Mar

Timber smuggler shot dead in East Karbi Anglong

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In a major development, a suspected timber smuggler has been shot dead by a team of forest department officials under Silonijan Range in East Karbi Anglong on Thursday. As per reports, the team of forest department officials confronted a group of timber smuggler inside the Garampani Wildlife Sanctuary and demanded that they surrender. The gang of smugglers who were engaged in cutting of endangered trees opened fire at the forest team prompting them to retaliate. The exchange of fire lasted for a couple of minutes and the gang fled the spot under the cover of darkness. Later, on searching the…

06 Mar

Manipur journalists continue strike

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Newspapers in Manipur failed to hit the stands for the second consecutive day on Friday as journalists continued their cease work strike against threat by armed rebel groups. News broadcasting by local cable networks also remained suspended. All Manipur Working Journalists’ Union (AMWJU) and Editors’ Guild Manipur were on cease work strike following pressure from two groups of an internal-conflict ridden rebel outfit United National Liberation Front (UNLF) on publication of statements issued by them. The cease work strike is likely to continue for the next few days as AMWJU and EGM reaffirmed their earlier decision to not entertaining any…

04 Mar

Assam BJP in a fix as oppn play anti-CAA card

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Hectic canvassing by political parties is on in 47 assembly constituencies in Upper Assam and North Assam which go to polls on March 27 in the first phase of Assam Assembly Election 2021. Districts in Upper Assam had witnessed widespread protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in the winter of 2019-20. The opposition parties are looking to turn the emotive citizenship issue into a major poll plank, much to the discomfort of the ruling BJP. At a rally in Tezpur on Tuesday, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra launched a scathing attack on BJP and promised voters that her…

04 Mar

National workshop on ‘economic livelihood’: Nagaland

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Zisaji Presidency College (ZPC), Kiphire organised two-day national workshop on “economic livelihood of youth” on February 25 and 26. The workshop programme was sponsored by Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD), Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu. In a press release by ZPC, Kiphire, convener, media & publicity cell stated that RGNIYD director, Prof. Dr. Sibnath Deb graced the inaugural programme as chief guest while Prof. Vasanthi Rajendram from RGNIYD was the chief guest for the valedictory programme. At the technical sessions SBI, Kiphire accounts officer Dheeraj Gurung spoke on the topic “start up, stand up, make in India & Mudra…

04 Mar

WB sanctions Rs. 1100 crore for Meghalaya Integrated Transport Project

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Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Wednesday informed that the World Bank has sanctioned Rs. 1100 Crore for the Meghalaya Integrated Transport Project. The Chief Minister who laid the foundation stone for this strategic 20.853 Km road at Dalu in West Garo Hills district on Wednesday, said that under the Meghalaya Integrated Transport Project, an amount of over Rs. 43 Crore has been sanctioned for the upgradation and improvement of the parallel road to the existing Dalu-Baghmara road. Touching on the importance of the project, Sangma said that the Dalu to Baghmara Border parallel road was neglected for many years…