Unitarian Day celebrated
SHILLONG: The Unitarian Church commemorated the 130th anniversary of Khasi Unitarian Day with a call to work for peace and for religious organisations to take a stand to minimize conflicts in the midst of critical social issues. In 1887 in the Khasi-Jaintia Hills, Hajom Kissor Singh was stirred to form the Unitarian movement in Jowai with three companions. The occasion was celebrated at Unitarian Church in Madan Laban which was attended by hundreds of believers of the Church on Monday. The theme for the anniversary celebration was ‘Brotherhood of man in the Fatherhood of God’. Speaking as the chief guest on the occasion, Cabinet Minister M. Ampareen Lyngdoh said, “The Unitarian Church has given hope to the hopeless and for non-believers to believe that there is a God.”
Teachers face problems over NIOS notification
TURA: The All Garo Hills SSA School Teachers’ Association (AGHSSASTA) has alleged problems being faced by teachers as well as confusion over the notification given for registration to the NIOS D.El.Ed course. “Graduate and Post-Graduate teachers are upset about the need to do improvement examination for Class XII standard. The Government had already declared that it was not required for Graduate Teachers but the notification for NIOS keeps on changing. This is confusing the teachers” it said. The association also recounted the difficulties faced by head teachers in registering their concerned schools for the course and confirming admission of assistant teachers as well as the problem of internet instability in Garo Hills especially in the outskirts. Many minor mistakes are made by teachers at the time of registering due to the rush to complete the process in such a short time, hence, the association urged the government to look into the matter and allow an opportunity to make necessary corrections. The association also said that the fate of teachers appointed in the beginning of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) who have been serving for many years but not cleared Class XII examinations was not clear. “Will these teachers be accepted for NIOS? If not, what are they supposed to do now?” the association asked. Reminding that some of the teachers belong to the Hindu community whose biggest festival (Durga Puja) falls within this month, the association urged the government to release their eighth month pending arrears at the earliest.
BSF Wives Welfare Association Day celebrated
SHILLONG: The Border Security Force, Frontier HQ BSF, Shillong celebrated BSF Wives Welfare Association Day (BWWA) at BSF campus, Umpling. The BWWA is a society registered with Registrar of Societies Delhi. The society, whose president is Renu Sharma, wife of DG BSF, was established in1992. The objectives of BWWA are to secure the welfare of all serving and retired members of BSF and their families. Reaching out to the widows and helping in their rehabilitation and also to provide vocational training to the families for economic empowerment. Chitra Nayal, wife of DIG/PRO, U K Nayal, welcomed Jessy Antony, wife of DIG/PSO Sabu A Joseph, secretary of BWWA at Shillong. Programme was witnessed by the families of all local BSF battalions, sectors and Ftr HQ BSF Meghalaya. The programme covered activities like cooking competition, anchoring competition, fashion show, hand-made artificial jewelry competition, hair style competition, platform location games competition, dance and others.
NEEPCO celebrates Hindi Divas
SHILLONG: The corporate head quarter of North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) celebrated Hindi Divas here on September 14. The programme was graced by chief guest Dibyajyoti Baruah, member of Hindi Salahkar Samiti, B.Maharana, General Manager (Finance), , Anil Kumar, Executive Director (HR), Jyrwa, Executive Director (O&M) and Rajat Sarma, Executive Director(R&E) of NEEPCO among others.
Pre-puja celebrations
SHILLONG: The Monitoring cum Implementation Committee has organized a Pre-Durga, Lakshmi and Kali Puja Get Together of Harmony here on Sunday. The programmed was attended by various puja committees, Church committees, members of Dorbar Shnong, NGO’s under 19th South Shillong LA Constituency and was held at at the Community Hall of the Raid Laban Sports, Social & Cultural Organisation, Kench’s Trace. The event was graced by Naba Bhattacharjee, president and J L Das, general secretary of Central Puja Committee and local MLA cum president of the committee, Sanbor Shullai. Shullai contributed a sum of Rs 1.1 lakh to the committee for its silver jubilee celebration to be held on September 23, and the total financial support distributed by various puja committees amounted to Rs 5.8 lakhs.
Youth Cong leader to apply for South Tura ticket
TURA: Anamika J G Momin, the general secretary of Tura Lok Sabha Youth Congress on Monday said she would apply for a Congress ticket to contest the South Tura seat in the 2018 Assembly elections. Momin, who has an MBA degree and had done her masters in Economics, is a lecturer. She was also the chief administrator of the Chief Minister’s Career Guidance Programme.
Borkhatsari school gets additional class room
NONGPOH: Chief Adviser DD Lapang inaugurated the additional class room of Borkhatsari Presbyterian Secondary School at Marngar on Monday in presence of VS Nongbet, District School Education Officer (DSEO). The construction of the additional class room was funded under the MPLAD scheme which was sanctioned at an amount of Rs. 4 Lakhs by MP Vincent H Pala. Being an ardent supporter and founder of various educational institutions in the District and the State, Lapang asserted that his vision as a public representative is to bring forward a change in the society especially in the field of education, health and poverty. Meanwhile, the District School Education Officer of Ri Bhoi, VS Nongbet encouraged students to concentrate in their studies in order to gain knowledge and utilise it to create self employment opportunities and other avenues in promoting the livelihood & standard of the society.
Wangala Festival countdown begins
SHILLONG: With barely two months remaining, the countdown for annual 100 Drums Wangala Festival began. The three-day cultural extravaganza will commence from November 9 and will be held at Asananggre which is 17 kms away from Tura. The Wangala which is the post harvest festival is celebrated by Garos as a thanksgiving ceremony to Misi Saljong, the deity of agriculture for the good crop bestowed by him.