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Meghalaya Wushu without proper arena for competition

The ongoing Meghalaya games 2020 saw vast participant of sportspersons in numerous discipline. Wushu is also one of the disciplines that are being played in the Meghalaya Games. Wushu is a hard and soft and complete martial art, as well as a full-contact sport. The ongoing Meghalaya game is a sad love affair for Wushu, as the close combat sports do not have a proper arena in the State. In the ongoing competition the mats used for Wushu is being hired from SAI Polo Shillong which is used for Judo. This close combat sport requires immediate attention from the state government.

General Secretary of Meghalaya Wushu Association Jerry Fiscal Wankhar said that organizing Wushu competition in the State is quite challenging as there is no proper arena for the Association to organized competition.

“Till date the state government though from time to time has help the athletes to participate in various National level but till date the government has not given any financial support to the organization in setting up its own Wushu arena in the State” he added.

Despite the lack of infrastructure and equipment the Meghalaya Wushsu Association is doing all it can to make the Meghalaya Games success. All together there are 154 participants participating in different weight categories from 11 district of Meghalaya.

President of Meghalaya Wushu Association D. Rani said that due to lack of arena it is very difficult for the association to train its athletes to become top Wushu player in the country or beyond the country.

“Due to the lack of arena the players are force to train using Judo mats from Polo which can be very dangerous due to the lightness of the mat, since Wushu involved slamming and pushing the opponent on the ground it is very dangerous for our young boys and girls to train in such poor quality mats given by the SAI Polo” he added.

D. Rani also said that Meghalaya Wushu is the only Wushu Association where the players do not get its own arena for practice.

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KHADC to push for ‘United’ Council

The Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) has decided to table a resolution seeking to include the word ‘United’ to its name during the upcoming winter session to be held from November 20 to 22. KHADC Chief H.S Shylla said that the Council have decided to bring a resolution for renaming the District Councilo to ‘United Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council’ (UKHADC) in the upcoming session of Council,”

H.S Shylla said that after India got its independence, the United Khasi Jaintia Hills Autonomous District Council was constituted by including the Khasi Jaintia District, which were under the British areas “However when Jaiñtia Hills was later bifurcated (Khasi Jaintia District), they were given Jaiñtia Hills Autonomous District (JHADC) but there was slight mistake while giving us the KHADC because it also includes the 25 Khasi states whose possession was very unique,” he said. Shylla said the Khasi states are independent as they are part of India through the signing of the Instrument of Accession (IOA). “Since there was no instrument of merger (being signed), the possession of Khasi states is very strong,” he added. The KHADC chief also said that there is nothing wrong in the present names of the JHADC and GHADC because they fall under the British areas.

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Rice Release in EKH

The Deputy Commissioner (Supply) East Khasi Hills District has informed public consumers that Rice under National Food Security Act (NFSA), Non-NFSA and Whole meal Atta for the month of August 2018 and Sugar for the month of July, August and September 2017 will be released through the Fair Price Shops with effect from 23rd August 2018. Scale of issue for Rice under AAY is 35 kgs per card at Rs. 3 per kg, PHH 5 kgs per unit at Rs. 3 per kg, T.O. 9.5 kgs per household at Rs. 11.70/- to Rs. 12.00 per kg. Whole meal Atta will be issued at the scale of 8 kgs for urban areas and 6 kgs for rural areas at Rs. 8.00 per kg. Sugar will be issued at the scale of 3 kgs per household for NFSA and NFSA at Rs. 30.00 per kg. Any non-supply, overcharging of rate or supply of inferior quality should be reported to the office of the Deputy Commissioner (Supply), East Khasi Hills District, Shillong.

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Sanbor Shullai donates accessories to 141 committees

The Monitoring Cum Implementation Committee (MCIC) 19^th South Shillong Constituency under the leadership of Mr Sanbor Shullai-MLA organized a get together with representative of Dorbar Shnong, Village Council, Church Committee, Puja Committee, Mosque Committee, Ashram Committee, Gurudwara Committee, Temple Committee, Monastery Committee, School Committee, Mahila Committee, Seng Treilang ki Kynthei Committee, Clubs Committee, Society Committee.

The get together was organised at RLSSCO Community Hall Bishnupur Shillong on 14^th of October 2017 and was attended by the members of all 141 committees as beneficiaries. The aims and objectives of the get-together is to enhanced and render sustained social and welfare service to general public especially to the poor and the down trodden of the society through the collective and sustain responsibility of all Committees.

Post the get together Mr. Shullai donated 10,000 plastic chairs and 600 plastic tables as community materials which was distributed to all 141Committees.

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BORDER SECURITY, NATIONAL SECURITY, AND THE ROLE OF CIVILIANS - an interactive session by Seemanta Chetana Manch

An interactive session was held by Seemanta Chetana Manch in the month of May at Shillong. This organization has a primary focus on the development of and betterment of lives at the border. Meghalaya has 443 Km of international boundary with Bangladesh.

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National Socialist Council of Nagaland - Isak Muivah (NSCN - IM) shared Sovereignty with India

By Xavier Rutsa

The NSCN (IM), which is in the peace talks with the Government of India for the last two years, has said that the GOI’s acceptance of the Nagas as a unique people and as with equal status and as a separate entity with Sovereign rights is the biggest and highest Political achievement the Nagas had ever attained.

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ISIS TRAIL OF TERROR

Active in South Assam

Jyoti Lal Chowdhury

South Assam, better known as Barak Valley, in close proximity to the borders of Bangladesh, Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur and Meghalaya has been known as ‘an island of peace’ in North East India notwithstanding some discordant notes. But, the recent unearthing of a racket with a wide network engaged in recruits for ISIS and fake passports has jolted the administration, security and intelligence agencies of Karimganj and Cachar districts, nay the state, and sent alarming bell to the seat of administration, Dispur. Great sensation prevailed when police acting on specific inputs arrested 4 Bangladeshis and 2 Indian linkmen from Balia near Bangladesh border under Nilambazar police station.

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Celebrating 20 years of reporting Northeast as it is

EASTERN PANORAMA

ANNOUNCES

THE FOURTH ANNUAL

PANORAMA FELLOWSHIP FOR 2011

1. The fruitfulness of district councils in Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram etc. Are the common people being benefited by these ‘State under State’ practices?
2. Will ‘Right To Recall (of MLA and MP)’ help provide good governance in India?
3. The growing Climate (Change) Refugees in Bangladesh may emerge as a major problem in Northeast India, as more and more  homeless Bangladeshis may migrate to our region.
4. The alternate media, which is emerging in a big way in our country, may change the face of journalism forever. The availability of information through internet (facebook, twitter etc) will enlighten the general people as much as the media persons.
5. Encouraging rain water harvesting in our region. We should be able to harvest rain water and use this for ourselves. Volumes of  packaged rain water may be exported for earning revenue in the future.

Eastern Panorama invites students of any stream of North East India  to send us a one-page synopsis on one of the proposed articles. The three selected students will then be asked to write an article of not more than 3000 words on that proposed synopsis. These students will be awarded a Fellowship of `10,000 /- (Ten Thousand only) along with a certificate and the article will be published in the coming issues of Eastern Panorama. The Fellowship amount will be paid only after completion of the work. The decision of the Editor in Chief of Eastern Panorama in this regard will be final and binding.

TERMS & CONDITIONS

Article should not be sent to other publications once selected

A minimum of ten Good Quality photographs (resolution at least 300 dpi) on the subject is to be submitted along with the article

Proper research of the proposed subject if synopsis is approved. Methodology of the research should be  clearly mention along with the synopsis.

Plagiarizing and reproduction from other works is strictly prohibited.

The selection of the proposed synopsis will be done by a panel of judges constituting scholars, academicans and experts on various  fields of expertise from the region.

The decision of the Editor In Chief will be final and binding

The synopsis of the proposed articles along with the bio-data are to be sent to the office of Eastern Panorama, Keating Road, Shillong on or before 30th November 2011 or Email us at contact@easternpanorama.in.

DATES TO REMEMBER

Submission of synopsis     -    30th November 2011 or before

Submission of final work    -    28th February  2012

Fellowship Awarding          -    20th April 2012