Robbery
On October 24 at about 1.40 am, two unidentified miscreants in one local taxi (ML-05B-7989) robbed  Bikash Gohain (39 yrs) of cash Rs. 2,000/-, one cell-phone, two ATM cards and one PAN card at Police Bazar, Shillong.
Accident
On October 23 at about 11 am, an accident took place between one Bolero pick-up (ML-08-2588) and one motorcycle (ML-14-0272) at Talbari under Monabari OP (SWGH). As a result, two pillion riders of the motorcycle sustained injuries and were shifted to PHC Mankachar. Driver of the pick-up fled away after the incident.
On October 22 around 9.15 pm, one vehicle (ML-05P-0104) capsized near Lad-Umroi (RB). As a result, three occupants sustained injuries and were shifted to Civil Hospital Shillong.
Body recovered
Ion Dkhar, Rangbah Shnong of Jalaphet Bri-Sutnga (EJH) lodged a complaint that on October 22 around 9 am, one unidentified male dead body (apparently non-tribal) was found lying at Tit Rymbai (EJH).
Theft
Paul Kyndait of Sohmynthing village (WJH) lodged a complaint that on Oct. 13, unknown miscreants stole his cattle from Wahjasieh (WJH).

Zero effort made by company to resolve customer problems

TURA: What ails the Indian state-owned telecommunications company when it comes to providing quality service is anybody’s guess.
But in Tura and other towns of Garo Hills the company is taking a beating from private telecom companies over its poor services.
Despite repeated complaints by customers the CellOne mobile service of BSNL has failed to provide unhindered service for the last many months.
Customers from the Wadanang-Chandmari-Rigrey-Upper Chandmari-Rongkhon region have been victims of repeated call drops for the last many months.
“We are not even able to make a connection when we dial a number.It is very pathetic service,” reveal customers from Chandmari region.
Interestingly, the subscribers from the affected region were among the first to take a post paid connection of the CellOne service when it was first launched way back in 2004.
While many over a period of time have moved away from CellOne, disillusioned with the erratic service, a handful of dedicated and loyal customers remain.
These subscribers have been utilising top end mobile plans of BSNL with limited service.
Rentals to the tune of Rs 225 and 325 are being deligently paid by the loyal customers who in turn are having to face repeated disruptions.
“To get through a single call we are compelled to try connecting nothing short of a dozen times. Even the internet service we receive is just the basic 2G network although we are suppose to get 3G,” complain subscribers.
By the end of the month, customers are not able to utilise the services and compelled to pay just their monthly rentals since no calls are able to get through the network.
They further lament that service has become worse before the Durga Puja holidays and no effort has been made to rectify it till date.
Some of the aggrieved customers who paid a visit to the BSNL office in Tura found no satisfactory answer to their problems as many of the employees were not at their work stations and could not be located.
The most common response being made by BSNL ground teams is that the tower at Bishop House which provides service to the Chandmari region has become congested and needs an additional tower to lift the load.
Strangely, the same tower has failed to provide proper service since the time of its inception over a decade ago.
Furthermore, with the drop in number of CellOne subscibers, many having embraced private networks such as Airtel, Aircel, Vodafone, Idea and most recently Reliance Jio, BSNL network continues to provide disrupted service to its customers.

SHILLONG:There were 130 participants at the audition of the 12th edition of Sur Sargam – 2016 which was held at the complex of the Shillong Secondary School.
Both junior & senior enthusiasts registered for the audition and the finale will be held at U Soso Tham Auditorium on November 6.
The finalist in the senior category are Sankar Gurung,  Biprojit Choudhury,  Jayashree Sinha,  Tania Barua,  Khien Korshisha,  Sumit Rajput,  Debopriya,  Raman Wahlang,  Shivangi Singh Lohar and Tumpok Khaidem. In the junior category, Naseem Mawlong,  Asha Dey,  Aniket Biswa,  Soni Bhusal,  Sakshi Barua,  Kathrina Chaudhary,  Tanya Rajbanshi and Sahil Singh will be competing in the finale.

SHILLONG: At least four cases of rape and attempt of sexual harassment were reported in the city and Jowai in the last one week.
A 40-year-old man was arrested on Monday for raping his 13-year-old step-daughter in a Ri Bhoi village.  Police said Arjun Diya raped the teenager on the night October 23 at Mawdem village in the district. Meanwhile, two incidents of attempted rape were reported on October 19 and October 23.  A complaint was lodged on October 19 accusing one Batchan Momin of trying to rape a 17-year-old girl at Mangsang in East Garo Hills.
In another incident, a woman lodged a complaint on October 23 accusing a 38-year-old man of attempting to rape her. Police said the accused, Chandra Momin, tried to rape her around 4pm on October 23 in her house.
Our Jowai correspondent adds that one Shilas Sten of Mukroh village was arrested in a rape case. Police said the accused had earlier committed various crimes and on Monday he appeared before Nartiang police outpost. Sten allegedly raped a girl in his village and police arrested him from Nartiang even before he could secure pre-arrest bail.

SHILLONG: The Sub Divisional Magistrate, Sohra Civil Sub Division has promulgated an order under Section 144 CrPC prohibiting all heavy vehicles carrying goods and stones more than a permissible weight via the Shillong-Sohra-Shella road. The order has been passed in view of the information received that goods and stones laden heavy vehicles plying through the road are at times carrying load exceeding the permissible weight of 9 (nine) tons. Meanwhile, the Sub Divisional Magistrate, Sohra Civil Sub Division has also prohibited persons/organisations, acting or purporting to act on their behalf from indulging in activities of any kind in the whole stretch of Shella Umiam and Thariaghat and within 100 meters on both sides of the said river banks. The order has been passed in view of the information received that there is all likelihood of extraction of boulder and sand from the river beds of Shella Umiam and Thariaghat.

JOWAI: The Deputy Commissioner, West Jaintia Hills, Arun Kumar Kembhavi inaugurated the Digital India Outreach campaign in West Jaintia Hills on Monday at DC Office Jowai.
The campaign is scheduled from Monday till November 12 where 20 villages in the district will be covered under an awareness programme on the Digital India and the services provided to citizens.
The Government has equipped vans with audio visual facilities to inform and educate the citizens in rural areas on Digital India.
The mobile van under Digital India Outreach Campaign will be travelling to 18 villagesto spread awareness about Digital India and providing information about services by Government, Digital Locker, AADHA cards and other Digital Services including MyGov registration.
“Through MyGov the Citizens of India can share their ideas, thoughts, suggestion with the Government relating to various policies, programs, scheme etc. Thus, through this campaign, the Government targets to reach more than 1 lakh citizens and more than 1.5 lakhs rural citizens to be registered for MyGov”, Kembhavi said.
On Monday, E-District Manger, Information, Technology Department, P Mawlong and the District Informatics Officer NIC, I.Rymbai along with the staffs from various departments were also presenct during the inaugural function.