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Congress making issue of TMC contesting other states: Mamata
Kolkata” West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that the Congress is unnecessarily making an issue out of her Trinamool Congress’s decision to contest Assembly polls in other states like Tripura,…
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Meghalaya oppn party chief on hunger strike seeking review of unfair’ job reservation policy
Shillong: To put pressure on the Meghalaya government to review the 1972 reservation policy, opposition Voice of the People’s Party (VPP) chief Ardent Basaiawmoit started an indefinite hunger strike on Tuesday, claiming…
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Manipur violence: Situation under control, says Indian Army
Imphal: In the wake of clashes in parts of Manipur, the Indian Army said that the situation in Moreh and Kangpokpi areas was brought under control and is stable. The Indian Army…
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Coal mining to resume in Meghalaya after 9 years: CM
Shillong: Coal mining is set to resume in Meghalaya after nine years, Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said on Wednesday. He said the Union Ministry of Coal has provided approval for mining…
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Two Mehgalayan pastors attacked in Bihar, UCFNEI express concern
Two pastors from Meghalaya belonging to the Laitumkhrah Presbyterian Church were harassed by Bajrang Dal members while they were on a congregation mission to meet evangelists close to Patna in Bihar. The…
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Christian-majority Meghalaya celebrates Easter with religious fervour
Shillong: Christian-majority Meghalaya celebrated Easter with religious fervour on Sunday. The Roman Catholic Church, Presbyterian Church, Church of God and the Baptist Church, besides other Christian denominations, organised special programmes such as…
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Meghalaya gets its first electric train: Northeast Frontier Railway
Guwahati: Meghalaya has got the electric train for the first time after the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has commissioned the 22.82 km track of Dudhnai-Mendipathar railway line, officials said on Friday. Sabysaschi…
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Assembly poll results in three northeastern states encouraging for BJP
The just released Assembly poll results in three northeastern states – Meghalaya, Nagaland, and Tripura are seen as semi-finals before next year’s parliamentary elections when Prime Minister Narendra Modi will seek a…
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Meghalaya: In a new twist, Conrad Sangma gets support of UDP, PDF
Shillong: In a big jolt to the Trinamool Congress and the Congress, which were looking for avenues for an alternate formation to keep Conrad Sangma’s National People’s Party (NPP) out of power…
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PM Modi to attend swearing-in of new govts in Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura
Agartala/Kohima/Shillong: Prime Minister Narendra Modi would attend the swearing-in ceremony of new Chief Ministers and their ministers in Meghalaya and Nagaland on Tuesday and that of Tripura on Wednesday. Union Home Minister…
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BJP’s victory in northeast, why no announcement for polls in J-K?
After BJP’s victory in Tripura and Nagaland, and its coalition with NPP in Meghalaya, the party’s hopes have soared very high. Its celebrations reached Srinagar and Jammu, and the BJP leadership said…
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Meghalaya post-poll violence: Several injured, one found dead
Shillong: Post-poll violence that erupted in at least three assembly constituencies in Meghalaya left several people injured, while one person was found dead in a mysterious circumstance, officials said on Friday. Several…
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Meghalaya polls: NPP ahead in 22 seats, UDP in 7
Shillong: The ruling NPP in Meghalaya was leading in 22 seats, while the UDP was ahead in seven, the Election Commission said on Thursday as the counting of votes for the assembly…
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Votes set to be counted in Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland
New Delhi: Votes are set to be counted and results will be out on Thursday for Assembly polls in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland with the keenly-fought battle in the three northeastern states…
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‘No hung Assembly in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland’, claims Assam CM
Guwahati Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma asserted on Tuesday that there won’t be any hung Assembly in Tripura, Nagaland or Meghalaya, contrary to what several exit polls have indicated. Instead, the…
