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Business News›News›India›Meghalaya govt appoints retired IAS officer as interlocutor to facilitate talks with banned militant outfit Meghalaya govt appoints retired IAS officer as interlocutor to facilitate talks with banned militant outfitBy , ET BureauLast Updated: Mar 12, 2022, 01:22 AM ISTSynopsisDkhar is a former deputy commissioner of East Khasi Hills and West Jaintia Hills districts.…Continue Reading

Meghalaya can be template for counter-insurgency without AFSPA, says former CM

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The State police dealt with extremist groups, negating the Army’s need, says Mukul M. Sangma. GUWAHATI: Former Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul M. Sangma said the State can be a template for handling insurgency and terrorism without imposing the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) in the country. He said this at a candlelight vigil in…Continue Reading

Meghalaya: Congress seeks disqualification of 12 MLAs who joined TMC

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Congress party on Monday met Speaker and sought disqualification of 12 Congress MLAs who joined Trinamool Congress. The 12 MLAs who joined TMC met West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamta Banerjee in Kolkata. Senior leader Charles Pyngrope has been elected as the State Party chief. Congress had 17 MLAs, five Congress MLAs elected Ampareen Lyngdoh as…Continue Reading

Matrilineal Meghalaya to give land rights to men

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Among the Khasis, parental property has traditionally gone to the youngest daughter Matrilineal Meghalaya is set to break the tradition of parents bequeathing the lion’s share of parental property to the khatduh, which means the youngest daughter in the Khasi language. The Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) is scheduled to introduce the Khasi Hills…Continue Reading

Meghalaya Guv Satya Pal Malik’s claim about me being Roshni Act beneficiary false: Mehbooba Mufti

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PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday asked Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik to withdraw his purported comments that the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister was a beneficiary of now-abandoned Roshni scheme, failing which legal action will be taken against him. “False & unsavoury utterances of Satya Pal Malik about me being a beneficiary of…Continue Reading