The Shillong Times

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February 15th, 2012

  • Workshop on ‘Linking Budding Entrepreneurs with Government Schemes and Markets’

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    Governor RS Mooshahary lights the ceremonial lamp to mark the inauguration of a day-long workshop on ‘Linking Budding Entrepreneurs with Government Schemes and Markets’ organized by ASSOCHAM in the city on Tuesday. (TM)

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  • Central funds going to wrong hands: Guv

    Mooshahary rues underdevelopment of North-East By Our Reporter SHILLONG: Governor RS Mooshahary has said the North-East has remained underdeveloped because the funds allotted by the Centre are going to wrong hands. Considering the amount of money the region has received so far from the Centre, Governor said that there should have been a great change [...]

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  • ‘Govt keen to make State free of BPL families’

    Chief Minister begins pre-budget consultations   From Our Correspondent Tura: The Government is keen on making the State free of BPL families and to keep pace with the rest of the country, said Chief Minister Dr Mukul Sangma. The Chief Minister said this while chairing a pre-budget consultation with all the stakeholders to get a [...]

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  • New security features embedded: RBI

    By Our Reporter SHILLONG: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday said new security features have been embedded in currency notes to check the flow of fake Indian currency notes in the country. ”It was practically impossible for a layman to differentiate between genuine and fake currency notes and the RBI has adopted new [...]

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  • Traffic jam claims another woman

    From Our Correspondent  JOWAI: Traffic jam along the National highway NH-44 in Jaintia Hills district has claimed another woman’s live. The victim — Phrai Bang (45) of Tuber Shohshrieh village, who was pregnant, died on her way to hospital on Monday night. According to the village secretary T. Shylla, relatives took the woman in a [...]

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  • JNNURM buses

    By Our Reporter SHILLONG: The East Khasi Hills Local Taxi Welfare Association (EKHLTWA) has sought clarification from the State police whether the JNNURM buses having Government registration number can operate for commercial purposes. In a letter to the DGP N Ramchandran, EKHLTWA said, “It is really sad to see the JNNURM buses plying without valid [...]

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  • Rural devp progs bearing fruits, says Agatha

    From Our Special Correspondent NEW DELHI: Union Minister of State for Rural Development Agatha Sangma has said the Centre’s initiatives to improve living condition of rural people have started bearing fruits. In an interview published a leading daily newspaper of Egypt — The Egyptian Gazette, Agatha on Tuesday said, “My task is not to urbanise [...]

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  • Question: In the wake of the rape of the girl at Malki, do you think that schools in Shillong are safe enough for the children?

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