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SHILLONG, June 17: Traffic on the city roads has become a menace with rising number of vehicles and roads remaining same in their sizes with no addition of road surface in the city. The situation is such that today one has to spend long hours on roads to reach their destinations, whereas if one walks the distance can make it earlier.
Driving on the city roads have become more of a “nuisance” than being “pleasurable”, said respondents and for those who thought of taking a long drive to feel relaxed and rejuvenated then it becomes a nightmare for them to find their way out of the city.

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GUWAHATI, June 17: At least six Assam Rifles (AR) jawans were killed in Aboi town Nagaland when NSCN-K militants ambushed their vehicle on Sunday.
A fierce gun battle ensued following the ambush and sounds of grenades and guns continued for about half an hour and more reinforcements of security personnel along with Nagaland Police rushed to the spot.
Meanwhile, in a release, banned outfit group NSCN-K took responsibility of the ambush and claimed that, six security personnel died in the ambush.

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SHILLONG, June 17: Former ANVC (B) Chief Bernard N Marak on Sunday demanded the removal of Tengsak Momin from the post of the Garo Students Union (GSU) president while raising questions towards the functioning of Momin as a GSU leader and an ANVC representative in Delhi.
Accusing Marak of using the conglomeration of NGOs to defame him and derail the actual objective of the Agreed Text which is his proposal through the amendment to the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution, Marak said, “He cannot claim to be both. He can either be ANVC representative or GSU and I will object to it in the next monitoring committee meeting as he has nothing to do with the Agreed Text”.

New Delhi, June 17 (IANS): Admitting increasing plastic consumption is a rising threat to his state, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said he had personally quit using plastic as well as barring it from his office.
Asserting that it will take some time to address the plastic menace as people are use to using it, India's second-most youngest Chief Minister, who hails from one of the greenest and cleanest states, says he believes in leading by example and has adopted a top-down approach.

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SHILLONG, June 17: Social media has become a bane instead of a boon in the context of Meghalaya in particular and the country at large. With regard to the recent impasse over the Punjabi Lane incident, the matter which according to many is a “daily affair” was blown out of proportion with the aid of social media.
While falsity was the weapon used in order to create commotion in the society, the trouble mongers and vested interests could not have asked for a better medium than the social media where there is no decorum over the uses of language and a minimal chance to track offenders.

Agartala, June 16 (IANS): The Tripura government on Saturday launched the GPS (Global Positioning System) and wireless based 24x7 "mobile policing" service to curb crime, especially against women.
Launching the "mobile policing" service, Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb said the Bharatiya Janata Party-led alliance government's main thrust is to make Tripura a crime and drug free state.

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TURA, June 16: The BJP MDC from Balachanda, Sofiur Rehman who has been at loggerheads with some NGOs of Garo Hills has resigned from his position as the chairman of the Forest Advisory Board of the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) on Friday.
The resignation, which was submitted to the CEM of GHADC, Dipul Marak on Friday was accepted and is expected to improve the present situation in Garo Hills.

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SHILLONG, June 16: 67000 tablets which are suspected to be psychotropic drugs were seized from eight drug traffickers at a village in West Jaintia Hills from whom cash and two vehicles have also been seized.
Acting on intelligence inputs that a group of drug traffickers were travelling on from Guwahati towards Silchar and nearing the district, the Anti Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) immediately swung into action and set up a check point at Ialong village along the NH-44.

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SHILLONG, June 16: Intelligence reports indicated that a serious law and order problem prevails in the Khasi and Jaintia Hills region has prompted a cautious state government to once again suspend internet services for 48 hours.
The suspension order was issued at 3 pm on Saturday, three days after it was lifted, and will remain for 48 hours, Home Commissioner and Secretary S Kharlyngdoh said.

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SHILLONG, June 16: Laitumkhrah – Malki MDC in the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC), Neil Antonio War has cited his desire to strengthen regionalism as the reason for him joining the United Democratic Party (UDP).
War, welcomed into the party by UDP working president, Paul Lyngdoh in the presence of party vice president Allantry F Dkhar along with other senior party functionaries during a meeting held at the party president’s residence, Dr Donkupar Roy here on Saturday.

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SHILLONG, June 15: The All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) has announced a 40 – day nation – wide campaign which aims to prevent the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) - led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) from returning to power in 2019.
“The campaign to be held in all the states will start from August 9 to September 18,” AITUC general secretary, Amarjeet Kaur informed after chairing a general meeting of the AITUC Meghalaya state committee here on Friday.

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SHILLONG, June 15: Meghalaya Governor Ganga Prasad has emphasised on the need for good primary education in government schools, especially in rural areas, in the state to produce responsible future leaders.
“It is our duty to provide the younger generation with quality education and strong moral values that would help them become an asset for the society and nation as a whole,” he said on Friday.