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SHILLONG, June 15 – Meghalaya Speaker Martin M Danggo today announced that he would drop the disqualification of membership case against three NCP MLAs but pursue the same against two others as per the requests of complainants. Danggo informed the Assembly that the case against the three MLAs was dropped after receiving a ‘fresh letter’ from two complainants – Tony Curtis Lyngdoh and Sayeedullah Nongrum – both Congress ministers in the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance Government yesterday.

The two complainants on April 1 had petitioned to the Speaker to initiate cases against five NCP MLAs –...

NIZ-KACHULA, June 15 – There has been no real development in the field of terracotta in the rural areas. Even its popularity among the rural areas is declining day by day. The potter’s craft of terracotta is practised by two communities – Hira and Kumar since time immemorial for livelihood. There has been no development in the status of these two communities who have to work with little spirit without any up-to-date modern facilities. They have not got modern tools to develop their this old business. This tradition has been handed down from generation to generation without any break among...

KOHIMA, June 14 – Taking exception to the letter by senior Congress leaders of the North- east to the Centre, Naga NGOs have charged former chief minister S C Jamir and the other signatories with ‘sabotaging’ the ongoing peace process at a time when the Nagas were hoping for an early settlement of the protracted political conflict through dialogue, reports PTI. Naga Students’ Federation (NSF), Naga People’s Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR) and Naga Mothers Association (NMA) condemned the Congress leaders’ stand on the ongoing peace process and their insistence on declaring NSCN(I-M) as a...

Imphal, June 14: The critical meeting held between the SPF and the DPA hours ahead of the Budget session this morning failed to work out a compromise formula and for the third time in a row, the Assembly session began without the participation of the Opposition bench. Still sticking to its guns of boycotting the Speaker, DPA members today said that they would approach the Governor tomorrow to intervene and save the basic ideals and norms of Parliamentary democracy. The start to the Budget session began in a dramatic manner with the DPA Opposition staging a walk out as soon as Speaker TN Haokip...

AGARTALA, June 14 – A group of about 30 insurgents of banned National Liberation Front of Tripura (Biswamohan group) kidnapped 37 persons, mostly small traders, from Kampui-Bhandarima road in North Tripura district from two vehicles in the wee hours today, police said, reports PTI. However, later they released 13 persons, mostly tribals, police said. The small traders were going to a market at Kampui, a hill top tribal hamlet bordering Mizoram to sell goods and agricultural and horticultural products. SP (North) Arbinder Singh and District Magistrate Debotosh Dutta rushed to the spot with...