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SIVASAGAR, May 19 – ‘Pro Mising Action’ a bilingual bi-monthly in English and Mising, was released by N N Taye, Support Manager, ONGC, in a function held in Hotel Skychef on May 16. Published by an NGO Institution for Culture and Rural Development (I-Card), Jorhat, distinguished litterateur and linguist Prof. Nahendra Padun is the editor of the magazine. In his speech explained the lexical difference between the terms ‘Miri’ and ‘Mising’.

Speaking on the occasion, Guna Boruah, secretary, Sivasagar District Journalists Association, pointed out the covert designs of some orthodox groups...

GUWAHATI, May 18 – Celebrated thespian Girish Chowdhury passed away at his Ulubari home at 9-20 am today. Chowdhury, among the pioneers of co-acting on stage in the State, was also at the forefront of popularising stage drama in the State for well over four decades. He had been suffering from old-age ailments for some time and was discharged from the Guwahati Medical College Hospital only yesterday. He was 83.

Chowdhury dedicated his whole life towards the uplift of drama and left his indelible imprint by playing the lead role in about a hundred stage plays. He used to act with ?lan in films...

Aizawl, May 18: Leaders of various Mizo organisations today made a case for strengthening the inner-line permit system, which regulates the entry of visitors, and lessening the state’s dependence on labourers from outside the state. The statements were made at street-corner rallies during the course of a peaceful procession taken out by Mizoram’s apex organisation of students, the Mizo Zirlai Pawl, to mourn the murder of a tribal girl last week.

The victim, R. Lalremsiami, was reported missing on Thursday and found murdered two days later. Two non-tribal labourers were implicated in the crime...

IMPHAL, May 18 – Troops of 13 Assam Rifles based in Chandel district under the supervision of Brigadier R N Bhattacharjee, commander of 10 Sector seized a huge quantity of materials belonging to an underground outfit operating in the State.

The seizure of the underground material took place during a search operation conducted by the troops of the 13 Assam Rifles in and around the Phuchong village in Chandel district bordering Myanmar on Sunday, a late report of Press Information Bureau (Defence Wing) said here today.

The statement of the PIB further stated that the search operation...

SHILLONG, May 17– While regional parties have proved to be forces to reckon with even at the Centre, regional politics in Meghalaya has been systematically weakened over the last decade, largely due to lack of clear-cut policies and factional bickerings. The regional outfits have failed to make their presence felt even in the arena of state politics as shown by the results of the Lok Sabha and last assembly elections in the state. The regional parties have been relegated to play the second fiddle to the Congress, which leads the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) government in the State.

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