Shillong: The State Government has decided to outsource the service of Grade-IV staff in the State Secretariat, official sources said on Monday.

”Our intention to outsource the appointment of Grade-IV staff, is to ensure better work culture and to put in place better delivery mechanism,” a government official said on condition of anonymity.

He said the government through the Secretariat Administration Department (SAD) has already floated tenders inviting registered service providers for the appointment of Grave-IV staff on contractual basis in the Secretariat.

Registered service providers interested in the bidding process should produce their registration number issued by the competent authorities, address of their office, tax clearance certificate, registration certificate issued by the regional provident commissioner office, experience certificate besides other matters in support of the offer.

The official also informed that the total salary would be Rs 3947 and the salary break up of the outsource staff would include wages of Rs 3000, EPF Rs 538, ESI 136 and outsourcing charges Rs 300.

The last date to submit the tender papers is on May 31 up to 2 pm and the same will be opened on the same date at 2:30 pm in the presence of interested questioners or their representatives, the official said. (UNI)

Los Angeles: Holl-ywood hellraiser Lindsay Lohan is sporting fangs in a exhibition of her photographs clicked by good friend Tyler Shields titled Life Is Not A Fairytale.

The 24-year-old actress posed for the shots with Vampire Diaries actor Michael Trevino who is shown biting her neck, reported People magazine. Lindsay loves vampires.

It’s well documented that she is a vampire fan, and I said we need to do the craziest vampire shot ever,” Shields said.

During the shoot, Lohan was thrilled to dress up like a vampire. “She’s an amazing actress, I’ve shot Lindsay probably 20 times and nobody has seen any of it. This is the first little taste,” Shields said.

Lohan recently visited the Los Angeles Downtown Women’s Centre where she will begin her court-ordered community service next week. (Agencies)

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 NONGSTOIN: The Hima Nongstoin has rubbished allegations of misappropriation of funds with regard to “toll gates” by the All North East Coal Truck Owners’ and Operators’ Association (ANECTOOA).

In a press conference at Nongstoin on Monday, the Hima Secretary, A Syiem said as per the RTI filed by ANECTOOA president A Shanpru, all information related to the issue had been provided by the Nongstoin Syiemship last year itself, but the delay by the truckers’ leader in revealing the information now only leads to suspicion about his “malicious intention”.

The ANECTOOA revealed RTI documents to supplement its allegation that the official revenue of Hima does not correspond to the huge amount of money collected through its different check gates under its jurisdiction.

“Shapru is known as the stunt enemy of the Hima Khasi and the customary practices of the communities,” Syiem alleged. There is total transparency in the accounts of the Dorbar which is duly passed by the Dorbar Hima and its session and therefore the allegations are baseless, he said.

Youth Cong body demands road repair

The Nongstoin Block Youth Congress Committee has demanded immediate repair of the seven-km-long road from Nongstoin to Civil Hospital Nongstoin. The dilapidated stretch of the road is a nightmare for the commuters especially the patients going for treatment.

A NBYCC delegation on Monday met the Executive Engineer PWD Road to press for its demand, but the department does not feel it is responsible for the condition of the road,” NBYCC president E Nongrem said. NBYCC has threatened to launch agitation if the Government failed to take any immediate steps to repair the road.

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Shillong: The BSF apprehended one Bangladeshi Sahadev Koch (25) fron West Garo Hills and 36 bottles of liquor worth Rs 6300 was seized from him.

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 SHILLONG: Meghalaya State Commission for Women has urged the State Police to speed up action to arrest SN Roy, the main culprit in the gang rape of a minor girl in the city last month.

In a statement issued here on Monday, Meghalaya State Commission for Women chairman SK Marak said, “It is intolerable on the part of the public to such heinous crime committed by the keepers of the law.”

The State Police were awaiting a reply from Bihar Police in this regard as police official hailing from Bihar is believed to have fled to his home state fearing arrest .

The MSCW has already asked the State Director General of Police (DGP) to take steps to arrest the culprit immediately. Roy along with his accomplices had allegedly raped a class VIII girl at a hotel here in March last. He was already suspended from service and a non-bailable arrest warrant was issued against him.

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 SHILLONG: Seng Samla Lachumiere on Monday has threatened to turn unutilized Government buildings in the locality into a community building.

It is found that even after completing the construction for nearly four years the Government has not utilise the building till now.

During an inspection to the site on Monday, it was found that there are garbages being dumped inside the room besides liquor bottle and beds were also inside. There were many other things which are lying inside the rooms which was heartening to see.

Speaking to reporters after the inspection, Seng Samla Lachumiere president Elton Warjri said they have come across on many occasion that college and school students are using these buildings to take alcohol, drugs and indulge in various kinds of indecent behaviour.

“We do not know these buildings belong to which department. If the Government does not utilise these buildings we would utilise them as a community hall,” Warjri said.

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 Shillong: Five person were injured in two separate accidents at Quinine, Ri Bhoi district and Laitkor.

A Sumo on its way to Cherrapunjee from Guwahati collided with another Sumo on its way to Nongpoh from Shillong injuring Tapon Jana (48), Mita Khan Bhaduri (31), Dolly Jana (39) and Reena Nag (47) and they were rush to Nongpoh Civil Hospital

In another accident, one Pynsuklang Khongwir (25) sustained injuries after his motorbike was hit by a truck at Laitkor on Sunday night. He was later shifted to Shillong Civil Hospital.

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 Shillong: Surprised by the number of readers in the state, a Lucknow-based author, Ismita Tandon Dhanker expressed her contentment over the fast sale of her recently published debut thriller novel titled Love on the Rocks in the state capital on Monday.

Expressing excitement over the good response, Dhanker told media persons on Monday that she never expected her novel would be sold so fast, this only came to light when she went to one book store in the city and asked for the book where she found that out of the five copies which were sent, already four of them were being sold out.

“It’s such a great feeling, I visited Shillong for my holidays and never thought that I’ll get such a good response for my first novel from a small state like Meghalaya and I must say that the state is loaded with book lovers”, stated Dhanker.