| 'Help resolve Meghalaya-Assam border dispute' |
From our Staff Correspondent
SHILLONG, July 5: Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma on Thursday sought the Union government’s intervention on the prevailing situation in the disputed Langpih village and the Centre's help to resolve the border dispute. Tribal Khasi villagers are on a fast-unto-death at Langpih.
He also sent three separate letters to Prime Minister Manmohan... |
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| PM?s adviser at IIM Shillong |
Changing global economy positive sign in India-China relations
From a Correspondent
SHILLONG, July 5: TKA Nair, adviser to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, said that due to the changing dynamics in the world economy there has been a thaw in the relationship between India and China.
Nair was speaking at the inauguration ceremony of IIM Shillong’s newly-launc... |
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| ?Brahmaputra Board has failed miserably? |
From a Correspondent
SHILLONG, July 5: Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma called for winding up the Brahmaputra Board.
Speaking to reporters at his office chamber here on Thursday, Sangma said, “The Brahmaputra Board has failed miserably, it is incompetent and should be wounded up.”
The Chief Minister also called for the need to constitute a water manageme... |
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| A political intervention at last |
From our Staff Correspondent
SHILLONG, July 5: At last the Chief Minister decided to send a high-level team headed by State Home Minister HDR Lyngdoh to visit Langpih to meet and persuade the activists to call off their fast-unto-death.
It took the government five days to politically intervene even as it was aware that the public sentiments were going against its alleged indiff... |
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| Central scheme for Northeastern region |
From our Staff Correspondent
SHILLONG, July 5: The Union Cabinet in 2011 has approved for introduction of a new Central Sector Plan Scheme titled ‘Non-Lapsable Central Pool of Resources-Central (NLCPR-Central) to become operational from 2012-13.
The scheme has been formulated with the objective of enhancing effective and optimal utilization of funds in the NLCPR Pool towa... |
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| Cyber forensic training facility inaugurated |
From our Staff Correspondent
SHILLONG, July 5: The State police cyber forensic training facility was formally inaugurated on Thursday by the Director General of Police N Ramachandran. Funded by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology with the support of the Centre for Development and Advanced Computing, the State police centre is expected to help the State’s polic... |
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