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08 Feb

Sudden spike in COVID cases in M’laya; 40 new cases on Sunday

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After a relative downslide over the past few weeks,there has been a sudden spike in COVID-19 cases in the last few days with 40 new cases detected on Sunday, taking the active cases to 137 in the State. Director Health Services (MI), Dr. Aman War said the new COVID-19 cases detected comprised of 26 in East Khasi Hills district, 11 in West Jaintia Hills district and three in Ri-Bhoi district. With 92 active Covid-19 cases and 121 deaths, the East Khasi Hills, that includes state capitalShillong, is the most affected district. War informed that four persons in East Khasi…

08 Feb

Protests in Assam and Tripura against farm laws

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Left parties and their front organisations on Saturday organised sit-in demonstrations instead of the ‘chakka jam’ against the three farm laws in Assam and Tripura. In Assam, the Communist Party of India-Marxist Central Committee member Suprakash Talukdar said that the Left parties along with the front organisations have organised sit-in protests at around 12 places across the BJP-ruled state. The protest demonstrations were held for several hours in every place expressing solidarity with the farmers and demanding immediate withdrawal of the three farm laws. “We would continue to organise different types of protests against the three farm legislations,” Talukdar told…

06 Feb

Akhil Gogoi snubs Cong-AIUDF-Gana Morcha ‘Mahajot’

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Ahead of the Assam Assembly elections 2021, senior leaders of Aanchalik Gana Morcha, Manjit Mahanta and Lachit Bordoloi visited Raijor Dol president Akhil Gogoi at Guwahati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) on Friday (February 5) to discuss possibilities of Raijor Dal joining the ‘Mahajot’ or the grand alliance which was recently formed by Congress-AIUDF- Aanchalik Gana Morcha and Left parties to give a tough fight to BJP. After an hour-long meeting with Akhil Gogoi, Aanchalik Gan Marcha leader Manjit Mahanta said that they did not get a positive response from the KMSS leader who has been in jail since December…

06 Feb

Protesters block NH-37 after police picked up three youths

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Lightening bandh demanding release of three youths arrested by state police commandos in Manipur, hit normal vehicular movement on Imphal-Jiribam section of NH-37 on Friday On Friday, a team of police commandos apprehended the three youths from Nungba area under Nungba police station of Noney district. The police commandos picked up the three youths identified as Lovingson (25), Hiamngamlung (26), both from Nungba, and Gaikhangkhuan (27) from from Nungba Bazar area, Longdai village. They were picked up for questioning in connection with an extortion case in the area by miscreants, a reliable source in the police said. At the time…

06 Feb

Amit Shah to give his consent to MRSSA, says Meghalaya Gov

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Noting that Meghalaya Residents’ Safety and Security (Amendment) Act (MRSSA) as “harmless”, Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik said that has tried to convince Home Minister Amit Shah to give his consent to the Act. The MRSSA is aimed at to enhance security, vetting of tenants and ensure safety and security of citizens by preventing anti-social elements from gaining shelter in the state which might be detrimental to peace and tranquility to maintain public order and peace in the State. “I tried to convince him (Home Minister) that this (MRSSA)is harmless and it will take care of the things which are…

05 Feb

Two hurt as police fire tear gas towards protestors in Manipur

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Police fired tear gas at protestors on Monday in Manipur Thoubal district headquarters, where hundreds of people carried out a protest rally demanding justice for murder of a four-year-old boy. Convener of a local joint action committee (JAC) formed in connection with the murder of the boy under which the protest rally was marched and women were hospitalised after they sustained injuries in police action. The body of the four-year-old boy was found in a pond located near his house in the morning of January 24 after he went missing on January 19. Alleging that the boy was murdered by…

04 Feb

COMSO threatens stir if Centre fails to implement ILP in Meghalaya

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The Confederation of Meghalaya Social Organizations (CoMSO) on Wednesday has threatened to resort to agitation if the Central Government further delays appointment for discussion on the Inner Line Permit (ILP) in the State. Home Minister Amit Shah, who recently visited Shillong, had assured Chief Minister Conrad Sangma that he would the State Cabinet and pro-ILP groups in New Delhi to deliberate on the contentious issue. “We are waiting for the appointment as we believe dialogue is also very important and we do hope that the union home minister honors what he had assured to the chief minister that he would…

04 Feb

Mass food poisoning in Diphu

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Nearly two hundred and nine (209) persons, including a large number of children, were admitted to Diphu Medical College and Hospital and in Bakulia Civil Hospital, around 65 kilometers from Diphu, since yesterday for acute food poisoning. The incident happened within hours after thousands consumed packed lunch provided at an official meeting organized at Diphu Medical College and Hospital to mark the beginning of the first academic session of the institution on Tuesday. It may be mentioned that the impressive ceremony was attended by Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma which witness a gathering of…

04 Feb

Manipur doctors protest against ‘mixopathy’

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Correspondent IMPHAL, Feb 3 | Publish Date: 2/3/2021 12:48:12 PM IST Members of Indian Medical Association (IMA) Manipur state branch on Wednesday staged a hunger strike in Imphal in protest against mixopathy. The hunger strike staged in Imphal’s IMA complex was a part of a nationwide protest by doctors against permission to Ayurvedic doctors to conduct surgeries. IMA Manipur state branch observed the hunger strike as part of the all India relay hunger strike launched by the IMA starting from February 1. The strike will continue till February 14. The protest was staged to show doctors’ resentment and for the…

03 Feb

Powerful IED found planted in front of shop in Manipur

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A powerful remote control Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was found planted in front of a shop in Manipur’s Imphal East district late Monday night. The IED was found planted in front of Sabana Enterprises, a shop at Khestrigao under Porompat police station of Imphal East district last night, around 11.30 pm. Locals who found a suspicious object lying in front of the shop immediately informed the police. Police who rushed to the spot called out experts of the state police bomb detection and disposal squad who safely defused the same in the wee hour of today. Later, the remote control…