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10 Feb

Infant succumbs to COVID in Meghalaya

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A one-month-old baby (female) has died of COVID-19 in Meghalaya, taking the total number of fatalities in the state to 148, health officials said. Director Health Services (MI), Dr. Aman War informed that the baby was admitted to Ganesh Das Government Maternal and Child Health Hospital on February 5. Both the mother and the baby had tested positive for COVID-19, War said. However, the infant succumbed to the viral infection with febrile convulsion and neonatal seizures on February 7.

09 Feb

Night curfew to continue in Shillong, Aizawl

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In a bid to contain spread of coronavirus, officials in Meghalaya said that the night curfew would remain in force in Shillong and other adjoining areas under the East Khasi Hills district for the next seven days from Monday. Besides Shillong, the night curfew is being extended in Mizoram capital Aizawl. East Khasi Hills’ District Magistrate Isawanda Laloo issued a notification extending the curfew in Shillong, which is also the district headquarters, until February 14. Health officials, security personnel, officials and personnel of essential services including media and the vehicles carrying essential goods are excluded from the purview of the…

08 Feb

Gov directs CS to act against officials for ‘seditious’ remark

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Nagaland Governor R.N. Ravi has directed the chief secretary to initiate criminal proceedings against state government employee indulging in “seditious and subversive” writings challenging the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the country and posting them on social media platforms, a Deccan Chronicle report stated. Referring to one such instance of a state government official, the commissioner and secretary to Nagaland Governor, T. Mhabemo Yanthan said in his letter, “I have been directed to request the state government to take serious cognizance of such misconduct and initiate appropriate legal and disciplinary action against the delinquent government servants”, the report said. The…

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…