01 | March | 2013 | The Shillong Times

March 1st, 2013

Meghalaya decides

March 1st, 2013

The people have voted and the results are out. The Congress has emerged better than at any other time in the political history of the State and that through a clear mandate. However, there are Congress stalwarts who fell by the wayside amongst whom are Sayeedullah Nongrum, Charles Pyngrope, Founder Cajee and Shitlang Pale. The [...]

Read Full Story
National news channels & elections

March 1st, 2013

Editor, February 28 was D-day for the three north-eastern states that went to the polls. I was eagerly waiting for the poll results and had my eyes glued to the national channels but it was a huge disappointment. They were busy with the budget and had no time absolutely for the important election results of [...]

Read Full Story
Congress’ derives strength from regional party disunity

March 1st, 2013

By Patricia Mukhim The dilemma before the voter in Meghalaya is who to vote if not the Congress. True, in some constituencies people have voted for various reasons such as the personal charisma of the candidate and his/her ability to deliver at the constituency level. And increasingly people seem to vote those who can address [...]

Read Full Story
Drive against black money ignored

March 1st, 2013

Nothing tangible for business & industry By Nantoo Banerjee Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram has kept his word. He did not present a typical pre-election soft budget and tried hard to strike a balance between giveaways and takeaways, leaving a large section of top-end tax payers, including the corporate sector and individual assessees, as well as [...]

Read Full Story
Bangladesh Islamist leader sentenced to death

March 1st, 2013

DHAKA: A Bangladesh war crimes tribunal sentenced an Islamist party leader to death on Thursday, the third verdict by the court set up to investigate abuses during the country’s independence war. Delwar Hossain Sayedee, 73, vice-president of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, was found guilty of charges of mass killing, rape, arson, looting and forcing minority Hindus [...]

Read Full Story
Thailand agrees to talks with southern Muslim rebels

March 1st, 2013

KUALA LUMPUR: Thailand’s government agreed on Thursday to start talks with a major Muslim rebel group, marking a breakthrough in efforts to end a worsening conflict in the country’s south that has claimed over 5,000 lives since 2004. The agreement, signed in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur by senior Thai security officials and members [...]

Read Full Story
Pak officials probe issuance of 11 arms licences to LeJ chief

March 1st, 2013

Islamabad: Pakistani authorities have launched a probe to ascertain how Malik Muhammad Ishaq, the chief of the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi who was detained in connection with attacks on Shias, and his sons obtained 11 arms licences from different provinces. The probe will focus on how Ishaq and his two sons obtained the arms licences in Balochistan [...]

Read Full Story