Shillong, Jan 16 (IANS) The Meghalaya Cabinet on Friday decided to table the report of the Expert Committee on the Meghalaya State Job Reservation Policy, 1972, during the upcoming Budget Session of the Assembly, likely to be held from February 16 to 27.Speaking to reporters after the Cabinet meeting here, Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma said on Friday that the report was discussed in detail and the Cabinet agreed that it should be placed before the House for deliberation.He said the state gover…
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Guwahati, Jan 16 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Saturday said the state Cabinet has approved the introduction of Community-Integrated Skill Learning (CISL) as a structured curricular component for students from Classes VI to X, marking a significant reform in school education aimed at making learning more experiential and socially rooted. The Chief Minister said that at present, Health and Physical Education is offered as the sixth subject for Classes VI to X, but its scope …
Shillong, Jan 16 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Thursday strongly condemned the recent threats allegedly issued by the Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) against Ardent Miller Basaiawmoit, president of the Voice of People Party (VPP), terming the development “serious and completely unacceptable.” Speaking to reporters here, Sangma said that issuing threats in any form undermines peace and cannot be tolerated in a democratic society.He underlined that the iden…
Shillong, Jan 10 (IANS) Meghalaya’s Opposition Leader and former Chief Minister Mukul Sangma, on Saturday, launched a scathing attack on the state government over the long-pending issue of the Inner Line Permit (ILP) and the delay in implementing the Meghalaya Residents Safety and Security Act (MRSSA). Sangma alleged that the state government had intentionally stalled MRSSA’s enforcement, which he said was crucial to check illegal coal mining and curb unregulated influx into the state. He accuse…
Agartala, Jan 3 (IANS) The North-East Youth Congress Coordination Committee (NEYCCC), on Saturday, organised a large scale torch rally here to protest the killing of Tripura student Angel Chakma, who was brutally assaulted in Dehradun and later succumbed to his injuries in December last year. Angel Chakma, a 24-year-old MBA final-year student from Machmara in Tripura’s Unakoti district and the son of a Border Security Force (BSF) constable, was allegedly attacked by a racist mob in Uttarakhand’s…
Agartala, Dec 31 (IANS) The Tipra Motha Party (TMP), a junior ally of the ruling BJP in Tripura, on Wednesday urged the Central government to immediately enact a comprehensive anti-racial law to safeguard people from the Northeast residing in different parts of the country. Addressing a joint press conference, TMP spokespersons Rajeshwar Debbarma, C.K. Jamatia and Anthony Debbarma said that the absence of a specific anti-racial legislation has allowed incidents of discrimination and racially mot…