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Biggest hurdles for Autonomous District Councils is lack of funds: Meghalaya CM

Shillong: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Friday said that the biggest hurdles that the Autonomous District Councils in the State is the issue of funds and central funding.“The main important challenge the council face is fund crunch....

Outreach and Familiarization programme for the local bodies of north eastern states concludes

Shillong: Following a fruitful deliberation on issues focusing on strengthening and streamlining the Panchayati Raj System/Autonomous District Councils, the Outreach and Familiarization programme for the local bodies of the State of Meghalaya and other North Eastern States on Panchayati...

Lok Sabha Speaker inaugurates Outreach and Familiarization Programme for local bodies of north eastern states

Shillong: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Friday inaugurated the Outreach and Familiarization Programme for local bodies of the State of Meghalaya and other North Eastern States organized by Parliamentary Research and Training Institute for Democracies (PRIDE), Lok Sabha Secretariat...

Manipur Governor chairs 1st Senate meeting of Dhanamanjuri University

Imphal: The 1st Senate Meeting of Dhanamanjuri University was held at Durbar Hall, Raj Bhavan through virtual mode Friday. In her address as Chancellor, the Governor of Manipur Dr Najma Heptulla welcomes the Senate members attending the 1st Senate...

Eight NSCN rebels surrender in Arunachal

Itanagar: In a major development, as many as eight militants of different factions of National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) surrendered in front of the Longding district administration on Thursday in Arunachal Pradesh.Six militants from NSCN (K) and two...

Tripura govt releases 3 pc DA to employees

Agartala: After a break of nearly four years, the state's council of ministers in a meeting last night decided to release three per cent dearness allowance (DA) to 1.90 lakh government employees, pensioners and their family members from next...

Sever ties with IPFT: Tribal BJP lawmakers write to leadership in Tripura

Agartala: Amid looming uncertainty over the ruling BJP-IPFT coalition in Tripura, 10 tribal MLAs and a BJP MP have written to the party-state president seeking disassociation from IPFT while stressing that the party should fight alone in the upcoming...

‘Assamese Tea Ceremony’ aiming to popularising traditions of Assam Tea

Guwahati: As Chinese and Japanese tea ceremonies remain widely known worldwide, the traditional way of serving tea to guests in Assam is also being popularized through the ‘Assamese Tea Ceremony’ which has become an annual event in the state.Into...

Tripura Gramin Bank ranks 1st among rural banks of NE

Agartala: Tripura Gramin Bank (TGB) has achieved the highest position among the seven regional rural banks of Northeast based on the basic parameters of performance in 2019-2020, Tripura Gramin Bank Chairman Mahendra Mohan Goswami informed here today.Talking to the...

Active Covid cases in Arunachal declines to four

Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh active Covid cases tally declined to three with discharge of a patient in the past 24 hours.As per the bulletin issued by the state Directorate of Health Services, a patient was discharged following recovery from the...

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DC Bishnupur distributes livelihood equipemnt to IDPs

Bishnupur: In a significant step towards rehabilitation and self-reliance, the Deputy Commissioner of Bishnupur, Pooja Elangbam, led a distribution...