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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…

03 Feb

Meghalaya lifts several COVID-19 restrictions

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The Meghalaya government on Tuesday lifted several restrictions to ease the State out of its COVID-19 pandemic restriction. Meghalaya had imposed several restrictions after the country went into a lockdown following the outbreak of the pandemic last year. It however lifted some of the restrictions in the last Winter after the state witnessed a decline on COVID-19 infection. Several restrictions still continue like the getting a mandatory COVID-19 test for visitors into the State and the night curfew from 11 pm to 5 am. After a review meeting on COVID-19 pandemic, Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong said that one of…

02 Feb

Student killed on suspicion of cattle smuggling

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A 24-year-old student was allegedly killed by some BSF jawans in a village in Tripura along the India-Bangladesh border over suspicion that he was a cattle smuggler, police said. A senior police official said that Jasim Mia was killed by the BSF troopers in the wee hours on Monday at Debipur village under Belonia sub-division in southern Tripura. A BSF official said that their troopers fired in self defence as Jasim had attacked them with a sharp-edged weapon. The BSF is yet to obtain further details about the incident. Senior BSF officials have rushed to the spot and are investigating…

02 Feb

Manipur Congress protests against fuel price hike

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The opposition Congress in Manipur on Monday staged a protest against incessant hike in fuel prices at the gate of Imphal oil depot. Leaders of National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) Manipur unit, Manipur Pradesh Youth Congress Committee (MPYCC), members of Seva Dal of the MPCC and others took part in the protest that displayed various anti-BJP government slogans. Leaders taking part in the protest attacked the BJP government at the Centre for allegedly engaging in “extortion from the people” and “profiteering” at a time of COVID-19 crisis. During the protest, they displayed placards with anti-BJP government slogans like “Down…

02 Feb

Meghalaya to upscale educational facilities

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Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Monday said that the State Government has embarked upon itself the responsibility to upscale educational facilities from elementary level. “In the current financial year, we will renovate at least 200 LP schools in the State. For each LP schools we have allocated Rs. 40 lakh for the renovation. In a phase wise manner, we will cover around 800 schools in the next three years,” Sangma said at the inauguration of the newly constructed building of Garobadha Secondary School and Rangsakona Higher Secondary School in South West Garo Hills district. Both the new buildings…

01 Feb

3,986 healthcare workers vaccinated in Manipur

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As many as 3,986 healthcare workers were vaccinated since the COVID-19 inoculation drive began in Manipur. A total of 3,986 healthcare workers were inoculated against targeted beneficiaries of 7,310 on the first phase of the drive which commenced from January 16 last, said state health officials on Sunday. The drive was in progress in 10 centres across the state, the officials added, during a news conference held at the state health directorate office today. Like other states of the country, COVID-19 vaccination drive in Manipur commenced on January 16 with 54,000 doses of the Covidshield vaccines received from the Centre.…

30 Jan

Agitators vandalise NSU in Manipur

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Five policemen hurt in scuffle As many as five police personnel were injured as agitators armed with deadly weapons intruded into the under construction permanent campus of the National Sports University and ransacked the campus on Friday. The agitators further torched some makeshift camps of the labourers, vandalised machineries and damaged a car parked inside the NSU campus belonging to a policeman guarding the campus, reports said. Additional police force who rushed to the spot fired several rounds of tear gas shells and used mock bombs to put the agitators under control. The situation was brought under control but tensions…

30 Jan

Won’t sack Home Minister, says Meghalaya CM

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Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma has refused to sack Home Minister Lahkmen Rymbui in the wake of BJP seeking his removal following the death of six labourers in an illegal coal mine in the East Jaintia Hills district. “That is the opinion of a political party. I don’t have anything to say but there is no question of dropping Rymbui,” Sangma told reporters The BJP, which is a partner in the National People’s Party (NPP)-led ruling Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA), of which the UDP is the second largest constituent, has been demanding for the resignation of Rymbui ever since…