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The talk of the town from World Cup and now switching over to fish, the most popular commodity among all the communities in the capital city, also in the State and the entire region of North East India. Angling is one of the most popular sports in the rivulets, streams and river. But suddenly the word had spread in the fish markets, that ‘Formalin’ essentially being a preservative, yet can upset the health of the population has been laced on fish bodies, especially being imported from Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal.

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HAVING A BIG HEART

It is a high stake for Conrad K. Sangma to win the South Tura Assembly election, in order that he retains the reins of power in the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance Government and also the state as a whole. The Chief Minister had taken the wheel of administration, since the MDA had come into power with the alliance of regional parties such as the United Democratic Party (UDP). No doubt the UDP had pledge that it would give full support that Conrad K. Sangma gets formally elected as member of the state legislative assembly. Conrad, on the other hand, has expressed his desire and commitment to work, through at the same time confessing, that the government though short of big brains, yet it has a big heart in going all out to see that people benefit from sincere work, through the various schemes and projects, which should bear fruits of utility.

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OFF LIMITS IN URANIUM ZONE

The  Regional  Director of  the  Atomic  Minerals  Division has  said  that    personnel  of  the  Division were  engaged  in  only collecting  uranium  samples  in  the  Wahkaji  and  Mawthabah  areas  of  Khasi Hills, The  Division  had  also  stated  that  it  had  got  clearance  from  the  Rangbah  Shnong,  the  headman  of  the   villages  in  the  area.  The  Deputy  Chief  minister  of  Meghalaya,  Prestone  Tynsong  on  the  other  hand,  has  said,  the  government  had  taken  a  decision  to  stop  all  activities  relating  to  the  exploration  of  uranium  deposits  in  the  area.  Meanwhile  a  team  of  the  Khasi  Hills  District  Council  visited  the  area,  to  verify  whether activities  of  exploration  of Uranium is being  carrying on,  which  is  considered  to  be  illegal without  the  approval  of  the  District  Council

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Forming one of the main regions of the beautiful state of Meghalaya, one of India’s most popular tourist attractions, the Jaintia Hills are famous for the way they have held on to their tribal culture even today, in an age of modernism. One of the most important features of the tribal charm of Meghalaya is the Behdienkhlam Festival, (June-July) which remains as one of the most popular festivals of the region.