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Meghalaya, Assam top northeast EXIM trade
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Assam's world famous tea and Meghalaya's coal have elevated the two states as leaders in EXIM (export-import) trade in the northeast during 2010-11, says a customs official.
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Assam tea leading export item from region
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Assam’s world famous tea has propelled the State as the leader in terms of export from the Northeast during 2010-11.
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Meghalaya aims to have zero BPL family
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Meghalaya aims to have no poor family in the state within ten years, chief minister Mukul Sangma said today.
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GNLA chief likely in Bangla custody
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Taking advantage of the terrain, the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) has been creating problems in the three Garo Hills districts of Meghalaya and after the arrest of its chairman in Bangladesh, the commander in chief of the outfit—Sohan D Shiria has been running the outfit.
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Meghalaya aims to have zero BPL family
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Meghalaya aims to have no poor family in the state within ten years, chief minister Mukul Sangma said today.
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GNLA declared terror outfit
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Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma today said that the Centre’s decision to declare the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) as a terrorist organisation would now give advantage to the security forces to fight the terror group and its sleeper cells.
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Sangma promises inquiry into Mawryngkneng NREGS scandal
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Meghalaya Community and Rural Development Minister Saleng A Sangma has assured that inquiry would be conducted into the huge National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
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Shillong IIM to start PG course in int'l biz
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The Rajiv Gandhi Indian Institute of Management, Shillong, is set introduce a one-year post-graduate executive programme in international business with a focus on China.
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Ex-HNLC ultras admit interest in coal business
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A group of surrendered Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (SHNLC) led by its former chairman Julius Dorphang has admitted that they had business interest in the coal-rich belts of Nongklieh in Jaintia Hills but refuted allegations
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Gogoi house on ‘disputed’ land - Meghalaya stakes claim to area
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It is not only Langpih or Blocks I and II that are disputed areas between Assam and Meghalaya.
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Meghalaya governor's aide accused of molestation, denies charge
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An aide of Meghalaya Governor Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary has been accused of molesting a teenage dancer inside his official residence, police said Monday. The aide has vehemently denied the charge.
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Meghalaya police launch operation to nab killers
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The Meghalaya police has launched a massive manhunt to arrest the gunmen involved in killing of two toll gatekeepers in West Khasi Hills district
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4 Shillong girls rescued from Silchar, 2 held
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Meghalaya and Assam police, in a joint operation, early Friday morning rescued four girls in the age group of 9 to 28 from a red-light area in Silchar.
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Meghalaya culls 5,000 birds
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Authorities in Meghalaya Wednesday culled nearly 5,000 domesticated fowls in a bird flu-hit area of East Garo Hills district, an official said.
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Culling to continue for 5 more days in Meghalaya
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To check the spread of bird-flu in East Garo Hills district of Meghalaya, culling and mopping operations will continue for the next five days.
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Manager abducted in Meghalaya
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Suspected Rabha tribal rebels Monday abducted the manager of a firm working on a railway project in Meghalaya’s East Garo Hills district, bordering Assam, police said.
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Culling continues in avian flu-hit district of Meghalaya
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Authorities have begun mopping up and sanitisation operations in bird flu-hit Williamnagar in western Meghalaya as they continued culling domesticated fowls there, an official said Friday.
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Shillong records 3.4°C
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The city today experienced the coldest day this year with mimimum temperature dipping to 3.4 degree Celsius, Meteorological department officials said.
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Meghalaya cement units in ‘thick forests’
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Anti-graft activists of Meghalaya are up in arms against the State Government for colluding with cement companies in permitting these companies to operate in thick forest areas.
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Poultry culling begins in Meghalaya
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A 13-member rapid response team Thursday began culling poultry birds at a farm in East Garo Hills district of Meghalaya after the birds tested positive for the deadly H5N1 virus, an official said.
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More birds die in Meghalaya, test reports awaited
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Another 40 birds died Tuesday on a government-run farm in western Meghalaya, even as the state government awaited the test reports on earlier deaths to know whether they were due to bird flu, officials said.
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Infrastructure critical for development: Montek
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Dr Montek Singh Ahluwaliah, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, has underlined the critical importance that infrastructure and connectivity holds for the future development of the North East.
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Meghalaya proposal for synthetic track awaits central okay
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Meghalaya has sent a proposal to the union government for laying a synthetic athletics track at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Complex here at a cost of Rs.7 crore, Deputy Chief Minister Bindo M Lanong said Thursday.
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Probe panel mulls mining halt in Meghalaya
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Cement companies operating in Jaintia Hills district may be asked to stop all their limestone mining activities and compensate for the destruction caused by them to forest cover in areas where they were set up.
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Meghalaya to have more JNNURM buses
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After the successful launch of buses under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewable Mission (JNNURM) in its first phase, the Meghalaya government is looking forward to launch the second lot of buses shortly.
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