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Function

The Valedictory function of the Wildlife Week Celebrations 2014 will be held on November 3 at U Soso Tham Auditorium at 11 am. Chief Secretary P.B.O. Warjri will be chief guest.

Programme

Indian Red Cross Society will celebrate the Inter Unit JRC & YRC Exchange Programme at the campus of Meghalaya Bharat Scouts and Guides on October 31 at 11 am.

Donation

The Khasi Jaintia Christian Fellowship, New Delhi, donated an amount of Rs.2 lakh to Reach Shillong Ministries in an informal gathering at the office of the Ministry. The amount was raised through a concert ‘Torch’ organised by KJCF in September.

Walkathon

Help Age India will organize a walkathon involving school students and senior citizens from all walks of life on October 30 on the occasion of International Day of Older Persons.

Natl seminar

Department of Computer Science & Applications, Shillong College, in collaboration with Internal Quality Assurance Cell of Shillong is organising a National Seminar on ‘Emerging Trends in Advanced Networking and Cloud Computing’ on October 31 and November 1, at Shillong College.

Religious service

The religious services for blessing of graveyards at Mawprem Catholic Cemetery will be held on Nov 2 to begin with the holy mass at 1.30 pm. Faithful would be allowed to place two crowns and one cross made of natural flowers on each graveyard. Plastic wreaths are banned to avoid destruction to environment. Those graveyards which were not being maintained will be given away for burial for others.

Training

A four-day training programme on Gender Issues in Education for the Principals of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas of NER was inaugurated on Oct 29 by Dept of Gender Studies, NCERT, New Delhi and NERIE, Shillong, at ICSSR-NERC, NEHU Campus, Shillong.

Notice

The Chief Executive Officer (SD) Circle, Meghalaya Power Distribution Corporation Limited, has informed that the cash counters of the MePDCL at BC House and Polo will remain open on October 31 on emergency basis to enable the consumers to pay their power bills within the due date.

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