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The RPI (A) leader to visit Shillong

Ramdas Bandu Athawale the founder of the Republican Party of India (A) will visit Shillong on Saturday as a state guest. This was informed by the party’s local unit Alfa Kharkongor and John Sohtun on Thursday. The RPI (A) has sow seed in the state since last year. With only 50 primary members in the state and over 300 unregistered members the party is yet to make any move for the upcoming state election but he party is keen on discussing the matter relating to water hazard and environmental issues. 

Ramdas Bandu Athawale is also the minister of state for social justice and empowerment will aims to gather more and more members for the party. RPI (A) is a political Republican Party of India, which was founded in September 30, 1956, and BR Ambedkar is regarded as the founder of the party.

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AGRICULTURE SCIENTIST INTRODUCING SHORT DURATION RICE VARIETY IN ASSAM

Agriculture scientists are planning for the introduction of short duration variety of paddy to increase the cropping intensity.Chikon, a short duration variety has been brought from Tripura which is being tasted in the field of Assam’s farmer. Krishi Vigyan Kendra KVK Kamrup has brought this variety in 2016. To increase the cropping intensity of field crops like paddy cultivation of this variety is necessary to make farming a more profitable venture.“The mono cropping system of farming which is generally practiced by our farmers fails to augment the farmer’s income.So, double or triple cropping is required to enhance farmer’s income,” Dr DN Kalita, Principal Scientist cum Head of Kamrup KVK suggested and added a best cropping sequence is imperative to make the best use of land resources of the poor farmers.

Chikon can be the answer to increase the cropping intensity.This variety needs 116 days from seed sowing to harvesting. “The crop is ready for harvesting by the second week of October if 15 days old seedling is planted in the first week of July. The same field will be ready for second crop like rapeseed,” Kalita adds. In Assam,Ranjit, the popular variety of paddy is long duration crop which take 155 days for harvesting. In this case, the paddy field will be ready for second cropping like rapeseed or other pulses either in the last week of November or first week of December. Till then, the moisture in the field becomes production constraint. As a result farmers are deprived of farming second crop in the same field. But in short duration rice variety can be boon for farmer in this regard. “Short duration rice variety is imperative to bring more area under double cropping,” Head of KVK said.

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SSTS bus loses control leaving one critically injured

One Shillong Special transport Service (SSTS) bus bearing a number ML 01 6855 which was coming from Smit today early morning collide with 5 Maruti Alto including local taxi and left 1 person critically injured in Mawblei. According to eye witnessed the driver of the bus loses control over the vehicles due to break failed which result in collision with other Maruti cars. Other eye witnesses blamed it on the wet and slippery road due to heavy rain from last night. Injured people were moved to different hospital in Shillong for treatments.

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Zenith M. Sangma

He is a graduate politician is an active participant in various NGO since 1996 and was a vice president of the Meghalaya Pradesh Youth Congress since 2001. Despite being active in politics since 1996 he was only elected to the Legislative Assembly in 2003 from Rangsakona constituency on Congress ticket. He was re-elected in 2013 general election. He is currently the Minister of Taxation, Excise, Housing Department and Sports & Youth Affairs Department.

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MISGUIDED PREACHING OF SOME ASSAMESE INTELLECTUALS

“The irresponsible campaigners even made early resolutions that Hindu Bengali would never mingle with Assamese locals in the State. This is unfortunate to say the least that a group of people, who do not even have a modicum of shame, tried to mislead the common people by misrepresenting facts”

Could Assam, a Northeast Indian province, be put on a red-hot pan anytime by few motivated leaders even though with a wrong reason? Even though, most of the Assamese speaking people often listen to a section of biased intellectuals, who often make statements time and again with little facts to create confusions, could those preachers succeed in their evil mission? Many such pertinent questions are being raised after a simple incident that was used for manufacturing series of protests against the outsiders (if not foreigners) in the State. A group of traders, primarily from the Bengali speaking community, physically assaulted few former-rebels belonged to the banned United Liberation Front of Assam (Ulfa)recently in Nagaon locality of central Assam. Initial media reporting on local news channels narrated that the ex-Ulfa youths went there asking money and then both the group ended up quarrelling and finally physical assaults. The traders were seen slapping some of the youths in CCTV footages. Few of the group also fled from the location. Finally, the police arrive, in the location to reduce the tension successfully.

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Rohingya Crisis

SEVEN SISTERS BEWARE CHILDREN OF LESSER GODS WILL HARM YOU

The Rohingya refugees, practically speaking, are children of lesser gods. We all sympathise with them. However, the danger Muslim refugees of Iraq, Syria, Yemen and other Arab countries are posing to UK, Germany, France and other European Nations indeed causes serious concern for India in the wake of mass migration of the Rohingya from Myanmar to Bangladesh.

Persecuted by the Myanmar Army, some 389,000 Rohingya have already entered into Bangladesh that shares 4,096-km long international border with India. It is here where the danger of Rohingiya factor looms large. The Modi Government at the Centre has already announced that India would not give shelter to Rohingya and they would be pushed back if they come here.

Nearly 40,000 Rohingya have already entered India and have started creating problems in a number of states including highly sensitive Jammu and Kashmir state. The Union Home Ministry has officially acknowledged that 10,000 Rohingya are living illegally in Jammu. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Rohingya are also living illegally (besides Jammu) in Haryana, Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur and Chennai.

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MSSASA demands for Renumeration

The Meghalaya Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Schools Association SSA Schools Association (MSSASA) has demanded the government to release their arrears and salaries at the earliest in a press release today. The demand was addressed to W.R. Lyngdoh Secretary Education Department Government of Meghalaya and Ambrose Ch. Marak State Project Director (SPD) SSA, SEMAM.

The MSSASA central Body President Aristotle C. Rymbai has expressed displeasure over the irregularity since the commencement of the current academic year. The SSA teachers’ salaries was supposed to be paid at the earliest of February 2017 for the financial year 2016-17 yet the 8 months Arrears is still pending till date.

This irregularity is not new phenomena as it has also occurred in the past. The organisation raised question on the incompetent of the authority and as to why the Education Department and the State Implementation Society SSA-SEMAM cannot fulfil their rightful demands. 

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YOGI FULFILLS NAMO DREAMS

Recentlly, Mr Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited, Varanasi where the noticeable element was this that he outrightlly appreciated and endorsed his dreams by saying Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh is translating on ground.This is palpable that Yogi Adityanath has always remained in the limelight ever since he was sworn-in as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister in March this year. With his government completing six months in office, Adityanath released a detailed ‘white paper’ on the working of previous government in the state, his own government policies and achievements since March. While the Adityanath-led BJP government claims to have fulfilled most of the promises, it made during the election campaign, the opposition has stepped up the attack on the ruling party by claiming that have outnumbered the hits. If we go back, we would be encountering several remarkable steps which was taken under his leadership. In his first state Cabinet meeting, the Adityanathled government waived off farm loans to the tune of Rs 36,000 crore. Described as populist and a quick fix measure to win brownie points, the move is believed to have benefitted around `86 lakh small and marginal farmers. Four days into office, the Adityanath-led Opportunities for the completion of six-month term. Information about the achievements of his government in the press conference, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath government launched a crackdown on illegal slaughter houses, prompting strong reactions from the meat traders. Besides unlicensed private slaughter houses, many government-owned slaughterhouses too closed down due to license issues, leading to a severe shortage of meat in the state. People from the Kasai community and meat traders were the ones who were severely hit by this decision.