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Meghalaya

  • Langpih dispute: Assam highhandedness decried

    By Our Reporter   Shillong: A sense of disparity and insecurity has once again crept among the local residents of the ‘disputed’ Langpih territory four days after the Assam government voiced its oppositions against ‘illegal construction’ by Khasi residents at the disputed area. “Obstruction by the Assam government from time to time against developmental programmes [...]

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  • Drive against tinted glass continues across State

    By Our Reporter  Shillong: As the drive against use of tinted glasses in vehicles in the city entered the second day, the Shillong Traffic Police (STP) managed to remove tints on glasses from a total of 2088 vehicles from various parts of the city on Wednesday. As per details, STP removed tints from glasses of [...]

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  • VIP vehicles not spared in Jaintia Hills

    Police and Enforcement personnel remove dark film from a VIP vehicle in Jowai  on Wednesday, in accordance with the Supreme Court ban. (ST)

    From Our Correspondent JOWAI: With the Supreme Court ban on the use of tinted glass and sun control films on vehicles, the Jaintia hills Traffic Police along with Enforcement personnel of the Transport Department on Wednesday swung into action removing dark glasses from as many as 403 vehicles including both government and private vehicles. Even [...]

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  • State institutions lack retention capacity: CM

    By Our Reporter  Shillong: Chief Minister Dr Mukul Sangma on Wednesday said that the inability of the famous educational institutions of Shillong to accommodate more students from the North East has forced many students to move out to bigger cities to pursue their studies. Addressing a gathering while laying the foundation stone for the new [...]

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  • HDR promises stringent action against perpetrators

    From Our Correspondent  TURA: Reiterating the Government’s stance against perpetrators who had incited communal violence through text messages during the recent upheaval at Rajabala and its surrounding areas, Home Minister, HDR Lyngdoh, in a public meeting held at Chokchokia, Rajabala, said that anybody found guilty of orchestrating such disturbances between communities would be dealt with [...]

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  • Is the CM a bad manager of time?

    By Our Reporter Shillong: Arriving late at functions has become a habit with Chief Minister Dr Mukul Sangma. On Wednesday he arrived nearly two hours behind schedule for the foundation stone laying function of the Islamia Secondary School. The function was scheduled to start at 10.30 am in the morning but finally got underway at [...]

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  • Spices Board mulls ‘park’ to boost local produces of State

    By Our Reporter  SHILLONG: The Spices Board of India is contemplating to set up a ‘spices park’ in the State in order to tap the unique spices produced in Meghalaya. The State is famous for its spices including the ‘Lakadong turmeric’ with a high curcumin content which is mainly produced in Jaintia Hills and the [...]

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