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11 Feb

Traffic regulations for NLA session

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In view of 7th session of the 13th Nagaland Legislative Assembly from February 12 to February 20, the following traffic regulations will be enforced as part of the security arrangement. A press release by PRO, DEF Kohima stated that only vehicles with the following car passes will be allowed entry to the assembly secretariat: “x” (black letter with yellow background) for legislators; “y” (white letter with green background) for AHoDs/HoDs; “assembly logo” (red background) for assembly staff; ‘LH’ (blue letter with white background) for Police personnel and PS/PA; “O” (red letter with blue background) for IPR/media and other Department; “on…

11 Feb

Amit Shah to visit Meghalaya on March

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to visit Meghalaya on March and would meet political leaders and organizations during the visit, Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said on Wednesday. Sangma said providing the Home Minister would be in the State Capital primarily to discuss ways to revamp the North Eastern Council (NEC). Shah, who is the ex-officio chairperson of the NEC, the regional planning body for the eight North Eastern States, was here in January for the 69th plenary of the NEC. On Wednesday, the chief minister accompanied by deputy chief minister Prestone Tynsong called on home minister Shah in…

11 Feb

40-year-old lynched in Karbi Anglong

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A group of villagers in Karbi Anglong lynched a 40-year-old man over an alleged illicit affair on Sunday night. According to police, the incident took place on Sunday night when the victim Monsing Rongpi resident of Barelong Bey Village under Bakalia police station was seen entering the resident of a woman. Earlier, the villagers have also warned them to discontinue their affair. The victim was attacked with bamboo sticks, iron rods and sharp instrument, and died due to injuries sustained in the assault, police said. Meanwhile, eight persons have been arrested by police and a case has been registered with…

10 Feb

Transporters demand further reduction in fuel hike in Meghalaya

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The agitating Meghalaya Joint Action Committee of Commercial Vehicles (MJACCV) on Tuesday demanded further reduction in petrol and diesel prices from the Conrad Sangma-led government, even as it threatened to further intensify their agitation. Commercial vehicles, including cabs and buses have been off the road in the State from February 3 demanding a rollback of price hike in petrol and diesel. Faced with public criticism, the State Government on Sunday reduced the price of petrol and diesel by Rs. 2 per litre. Unhappy at the “measly” price reduction, members of MJACCV held a sit-in demonstration at Malki ground and demanded…

10 Feb

College teachers in Manipur vow to continue agitation

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Agitating government college teachers in Manipur on Tuesday resolved to go ahead with its planned intensified forms of stirs even as chief minister N Biren Singh appealed for a talk. Teachers of government colleges were on strike for the last 10 days under the banner of the Federation of Government College Teachers Associations (FEGOCTA), pressing the state government to adopt 7th UGC Pay and Regulations 2018 in the state. The teachers were on a series of sit-in-protest at various colleges in the last 10 days without affecting the normal classes and were planning to intensify their stir from February 12…

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…