Social Work Excellence Award-2022 has been conferred on two Padma awardees—Padma Shri Lakhimi Baruah from Assam and Padma Shri Theilin Phanbuh from Meghalaya. Lakhimi Baruah is the founder and Managing Director, Kanaklata Mahila Urban Cooperative Bank, Jorhat. Theilin Phanbuh is a renowned social worker and former Chairperson, Meghalaya State Commission for Women.
Read MoreFormed earlier this month, ULB is demanding a separate Bodoland state. The outfit reportedly has a strength of just about 25 cadres, including former National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) members.
Read MoreConfirming this, Dorphang’s lawyer, Kishore Ch Gautam said that the judgment was pronounced on August 13 while the quantum of sentence was issued today. He said the former militant leader would appeal against the POCSO court verdict before the High Court of Meghalaya.
Read MoreThe situation in the area has deteriorated in the wake of killing of former general secretary of the banned HNLC, Cheristerfield Thangkhiew in police firing inside his residence in the wee hours of August 13 last.
Read MoreLater, Police with the help of the locality members subsequently caught another five others, out of the six, three are juveniles. In this regard a case has been registered vide Lumdiengjri PS (Case No. 68(06)2022 U/S 341/326/34 IPC).
Read MoreAt least four persons lost their lives in the district of South Garo Hills district of the Garo Hills region of the hill state. The surface communication has broken down in the district with many of the strategic bridges being washed away in the flash floods that followed the heavy rains.
Read MoreAs everyone in the concerned enforcement agencies in the state of Meghalaya choose to keep a blind eye to this gross anomaly, the highway is made to bear the brunt of these overloaded vehicles and it sometimes gives away under the heavyweights of these trucks especially during the rainy season
Read MoreThe inaugural session was followed by the first technical session themed “State and Society in North-east” which had 19 paper presentations. The delegates explored the issues such as public administration in Nagaland, insurgency in Assam, tourism industry of Meghalaya, Garo Matrilineal society
Read MoreThis decision of the UGC, coming in response to the representations received from the central universities of north-east and the NER State Governments and in compliance with the Ministry of Education, Government of India communiqué
Read MoreIn 2016, Sibal was elected to the Rajya Sabha from UP as Congress candidate supported by the then ruling Samajwadi Party but now, since the Congress has only two MLAs in the state Assembly, is not in a position to elect anybody.
Read MoreAll ministers and MLAs of the ruling BJP and its coalition partners – Asom Gana Parishad and United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL) attended the brainstorming sessions on the progress of a slew of schemes in the bygone year and how they would be taken forward in the coming years.
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