On Wednesday, The Meghalaya Land Record and Survey Department began an exercise to survey the land of settlers in Punjabi Lane, a locality at the centre of a communal flare-up in State capital Shillong. This survey was initiated in accordance with the recommendation of the high-level committee formed by the state government. This committee is
Chief Minister N Biren Singh shared his concern about victims of recent flood in the state during his meeting with the representatives of Indian Oil Corporation who had come to donate 500 cylinders to the flood-affected people. CM appreciated IOC officials for showing interest in the Corporate Social Responsibility activities. He also shared that government
As per National Health Profile 2018, India’s public health expenditure is 1% of the GDP. In 2014, it was 0.98% of the GDP. It has certainly improved. Still, it is way behind even the low-income countries that spend 1.4% of the GDP. India’s neighbour countries are having better percentage invested in Health. Bhutan (2.5%), Sri
Viral photographs of the shredded notes inside the ATM over social media have attracted many and this incident has become big news. Many have called it a demonetisation Part 2 and a “surgical strike by mice”. In Tinsukia district of Assam, an ATM of the State Bank of India was attacked by rats. After receiving
Just two days after the Union government decided to resume counter-insurgency operations in Kashmir, news about the end of the BJP-PDP coalition has come. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ended its almost 40-month-old alliance with the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and withdrew support to her government. Mehbooba Mufti was busy handling government files at her
Yesterday, Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) donated 500 number of 5-kilogram FLT cylinder to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund in a program held at the chief minister’s secretariat at Babupara. CM praised the officials of IOCL for this valuable support to the victims of the flood. While addressing the gathering on this occasion, CM has
As an outcome of the case of a WhatsApp video, where one person has threatened Manipuris staying outside the state to be badly punished for travelling en-route Bihar in trains and buses, police has got huge success. Rupesh Kumar of Begusarai, Bihar was arrested and was sent to 15 days judicial custody by the chief
The devastating floods in a few districts might cause delay of few days in the publication of the final draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC). As per the reports coming in this regard, media sources said that the process of verification of documents was almost complete and the data entry process is going
Migration of students from the Northeast to other parts of the country for higher education is certainly a big concern for the government. Henceforth, the Centre has decided to augment the infrastructure facilities of 700 colleges in the region. Yesterday, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar was interacting with media and sharing about the performance of his
Some parts of Manipur is still facing natural calamity and stated under flood water in the latest release from Relief and Disaster Management. However, it states that the flood situation is now improving across the state. Till now, altogether 51,689 victims from different flood affected areas were evacuated. 174 relief camps were opened and the
