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GNLA attack feared in Meghalaya
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Security has been beefed up in all major government installations in Meghalaya after intelligence inputs that separatist group Garo National Liberation Army may attack them.
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IFC assisting Meghalaya government for implementation of health insurance plan
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International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of World Bank is assisting Northeastern state of Meghalaya for implementation of universal health insurance plan.
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Chidambaram assures to address Meghalaya dubious voters issue
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Union Home Minister P Chidambaram has assured to address the issue of enrolment of dubious voters in Meghalaya and the concerns of militancy in the state, officials said today.
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Meghalaya convenes all-party meet on D-voters
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The Meghalaya Government today decided to convene an all-party meeting next week to break the deadlock over the enrolment of dubious voters in the State with agitating tribal NGOs.
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No doubtful voters in Meghalaya: CEO
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Meghalaya Chief Electoral Officer Prashant Naik today said the issue of Doubtful or D-voters applies only in the case of Assam and not anywhere else in the country.
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Flag march in Shillong
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Meghalaya police and paramilitary forces staged a flag march in the capital Shillong here apprehending violence following a two-day road blockade called from tonight in four districts of the Khasi and Jaintia Hills.
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Meghalaya CM blames niece’s suicide on bias
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A day after an MBA student was found dead in her hostel room in Amity University's Gurgaon campus, she has been identified as Dana Sangma, niece of Meghalya chief minister Mukul Sangma.
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Meghalaya's oranges, strawberries find market route to B'desh
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Meghalaya's famed oranges and the juicy strawberries of the hills will soon find its way to neighbouring Bangladesh through a local newly revived traditional 'border haat' at Balat, officials said today.
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Security stepped up in Shillong after arson attacks
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Security was stepped up Monday in the Meghalaya state capital after activists went on rampage torching vehicles following a public rally against the inclusion of doubtful voters in the electoral rolls,
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RKM asks Meghalaya to accord heritage site status to house
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The Ramakrishna Mission has requested the Meghalaya government to accord the status of a heritage site to the house in which Swami Vivekananda stayed while he was here in 1901, officials said today.
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Meghalaya dy speaker's car torched by agitators
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The official vehicle of the Meghalaya assembly deputy speaker were torched and many shops were burnt allegedly by NGO activists as their protest against "continued enrolment" of doubtful voters in the state entered the second day on Tuesday.
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Rs 15,000 crore telecom project recommended for NE
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With connectivity being a major road block in North East’s development, the region is veering towards the Information Highway through an ambitious Rs 15,000 crore telecom sector revamp project.
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Khasis of Karbi-Anglong district invite Meghalaya govt
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In a move to get closer to their roots, the indigenous Khasis living in Karbi-Anglong district of Assam has invited the Meghalaya government to the 50th anniversary celebration of the village.
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Vehicles torched in Shillong
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Meghalaya State capital Shillong was today hit by a series of petrol bomb attacks this afternoon with the police saying the attacks were premediated. Nobody, however, was injured in the attacks.
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Lapang takes charge as Meghalaya Pradesh Congress Committee chief, praises Mukul
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Former chief minister DD Lapang, who assumed office as the president of Meghalaya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) on Monday, expressed confidence of getting full majority in the House of 60 legislators under the leadership of young and dynamic chief minister Mukul Sangma.
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Toxic substances killed fishes in Ranikor: Report
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The Meghalaya government today said preliminary investigation suggests the sudden death of fishes in Ranikor River in West Khasi Hills district is probably due to use of toxic substances by locals or coal mining and that uranium radiation has slim chance of causing the deaths.
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More married couples in matrilineal Meghalaya
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With registration of marriages recently been made compulsory in Meghalaya, households in the state, according to the 2011 Census, have registered an increase in the number of couples.
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Wool bank likely to be set up in Shillong
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The first ‘wool bank’ in the North East is likely to be set up here in the capital city of Meghalaya with the Central Wool Development Board (CWDB) and Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) working towards it in coordination with the State Government, officials said today.
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7-day deadline for Garo National Liberation Army militants to surrender
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The Meghalaya police on Tuesday issued an ultimatum to the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) to vacate its "general camp" and surrender before the authorities with weapons within seven days or face the consequences.
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GNLA given one week to surrender
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The Meghalaya Government today served a week’s ultimatum to the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) to surrender all its arms before the government or else ‘force’ would be used against them, officials said.
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Vanishing ‘sacred groves’ of Meghalaya
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Patches of forest measuring anywhere between 0.1 hectares to 1,200 hectares which are bio-diversity hot spots have been unique to Meghalaya for centuries, but now they are falling into disarray owing to reasons as diverse as poverty, cultural change and migration.
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Manhunt to nab GNLA 'army chief'
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Police and paramilitary forces have intensified the hunt for Sohan D Shira, the self-proclaimed "army chief" of the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA), and other militants of the outfit a day after they escaped a raid by security forces
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GNLA camp busted, explosives found
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Special police commandos from the elite SWAT unit of the East Garo Hills Police, backed by the CRPF CoBRA special forces, blasted their way through a major camp belonging to the Garo National Liberation Army in the early hours
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NREGS: Meghalaya to pay via smart cards
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In a first in the entire northeastern region, the NREGS workers in Meghalaya are going to get their pay through biometric smart cards. The scheme, involving Axis Bank, has been launched on a pilot basis on March 22 under the aegis of the Reserve Bank of India.
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CAG report blames MeECL for Meghalaya power crisis
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Meghalaya government's ambitious project to provide electricity to all the hamlets in the state, this year, may not be realized, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India report has stated.
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