| Lajong holds Salgaocar in I-League |
From a Correspondent
Shillong, Oct 12: Shillong Lajong FC came back from a goal down to hold 2010-11 I-League champions Salgaocar SC to a 1-1 draw played at the JN Complex, Shillong here today.
With this draw Shillong Lajong have managed to collect four points from their two home games, while Salgaocar SC could muster only one point from their “difficult” travel to t... |
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| Sibal lays foundation stone of NIT at Sohra |
From our Staff Correspondent
SHILLONG, Oct 12: Avid appeal to the youth of the region to seize the imminent opportunities in transforming the country marked the speech delivered by Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal in Sohra (Cherrapunjee) on Friday.
Sibal was in Sohra to lay the foundation stone of the National Institute of Technology (NIT).
The minister emphasised on the u... |
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| Sibal steers clear of ambiguity over RTE |
From our Staff Correspondent
SHILLONG, Oct 12: Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal on Friday categorically said the Right to Education (RTE) Act would not infringe on the management of the educational institutions run by minorities in particular the private and the ones run by Missionaries in Meghalaya. Sibal’s statement was expected to be a “relief” to the educational inst... |
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| UDP president snubs Ardent Basaiawmoit |
From our Staff Correspondent
SHILLONG, Oct 12: The United Democratic Party on Friday took strong exception to party legislator Ardent Basaiawmoit’s open remarks criticising the leadership recently.
Basaiawmoit, MLA from Nongkrem and a former youth activist opposed vociferously the party’s decision to pitch a “non-tribal candidate” in the Rajabala (general... |
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| Shelter for street children inaugurated |
From our Staff Correspondent
SHILLONG, Oct 12: A church wing, as part of its social service, opened a ‘day shelter’ for street children in the State capital on Friday.
The shelter was inaugurated by Social Welfare Director HM Shangpliang at the Assembly of God Church premises, Keating Road in presence of Roshan Warjri, Chairperson of Meghalaya State Women Commission,... |
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| Saving lives: One drop of blood at a time |
From a Reporter
SHILLONG, Oct 12: The National Voluntary Blood Donation Day is annually observed on October 1. But this year, it culminated on Friday in the city after a month long campaign organized by the Meghalaya Aids Control Society (MACS) to promote voluntary blood donation and to encourage healthy individuals to become regular voluntary blood donors. Earlier in the day, a volunta... |
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| Guwahati NGO returns empty handed |
From a Correspondent
SHILLONG, Oct 12: The members of a Guwahati-based NGO, who were in the city on Friday, to rescue two children staying at the New Life Home run by arrested pastor SK Miller, did not find the children. The NGO members were told by those running the New Life Home that the two minors had been sent back to their homes in Assam. On Friday, members of the Universal Team fo... |
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