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By Dr Oishee Mukherjee Corruption has for long been a subject of much debate and ways and means of its eradication have been outlined by various organisations and experts. But unfortunately, political corruption in India has shown an…

Editor, The performance of the Meghalaya cricket team in the recently concluded BCCI tournaments is really appalling. This includes not only the senior team but also the teams for the under-25, under -19 as well as the under-16 teams.…

By Albert Thyrniang After the unfortunate Mukroh incident normalcy is almost back. The firing, killing six persons and injuring many others, almost soured the relations between Assam and Meghalaya at a time when both states are engaged in…

By Benjamin Lyngdoh In the Meghalaya MLA/MDC/MP elections of recent years, the election manifesto has become less significant or of no significance at all. The number of people who talk about it and especially seek and read it has declined…

Editor, The fact that this present MDA government is indifferent to the plight of students is evident from the fact that the students’ scholarship had been pending for years. Recently, an amount was released by the government and disbursed…

Editor, The conduct of examination for the post of Food Safety Officer was highly irregular. The concerned department called for the written examination on November 26, 2022. Admit cards were issued to all applicants prior to the exam…

By Elwin Teron The Statistical Account of Assam, Vol. 2, Trubner& Co., London. Pp.203). The District, therefore, did not represent an ethnic dominion as other hill tribes, more specifically, the Mikir (Karbi) and the Kuki (Biete), were…

By Elwin Teron Arguments are flying thick and fast following the unfortunate and highly condemnable Mukroh firing incident as to whether a section of the erstwhile Khasi and Jaintia Hills District should have formed part of the Mikir Hills…

By Jagdish Rattanani “The manner in which bulldozers as tools of retaliatory State violence and punishment are being normalised now is akin to illegal encounter killings which have now been normalised by police forces across the country.…

Editor, This is in response to the letter penned by Prof P.M Passah under the caption, “Jaintia Hills & Bristish” (ST Decmeber2, 2022) and to all critics who wrongly opined that I mispresented or misread the historical facts by putting…