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YOUNG  ONES  DOMINATE 

The Meghalaya Democratic Alliance Government is dominated by young ones, as  only 19 members of the previous legislative assembly retained their seats.  Even Conrad Sangma 40 years of  age ,who occupy  the  Chief  Minister’s chair  is  the   youngest  Chief  Minister   so  far  of   the  ten   previous   Chief   Ministers of the  state.The youngest legislator Dasakhiat Lamare is only 25 years. The   previous  Chief  Minister Mukul Sangma, while greeting  the  youngest  member of the  House, recalled that he was  the youngest  member   of  the  assembly,  when he  was   elected   in   1993. Both  the   ruling  and  opposition  members  are  mainly   young  people, who  should  have  the    energy to work  and   perform the   duties,  upto   the  expectations  who  have  elected  them.  Hamletson  Dohling,  elected from Mylliem, defeating  previous    Urban Minister Ronnie V Lygdoh also belong to the young group    being    one  of  the   leaders  of  the   Khasi   Students   Union (KSU). 

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A wide range of electronic gadgets including Drone, for the first time of its kind in the country is being installed along the Indo-Bangladesh riverine border to stop trans-border movements and illegal activities in Dhubri district.

Inspector General of BSF (Communication and Information Technology), Delhi, A.K.Sharma while addressing media persons here at BSF (Water Wing) base camp premises in Dhubri recently, informed that modern and innovative technologies is being installed in order to ensure total sealing of the border where even a flying bird crossing the border could be detected even at night with night vision devices.

Installation of electronic gadgets already got underway along the 60.70 kms riverine border comprising 14 Border Out Posts (BOPs) and likely to be completed by October or November this year, Sharma said.

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The apathy by the central media (be it electronic or print) has given rise to the sense of distrust, frustration and anguish amongst the people of this region. The unification of the cultural heritage, which seems to be the pride of this nation, has been remaining on papers alone. Are the concerned central agencies ignorant and unaware of the distinct cultures of the eight North-Eastern states, be it Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Tripura or Sikkim?

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Ever wondered to be rich overnight! Yes the dream has come true for the Bomja villagers in Arunachal Pradesh. Almost all the households that received the payment became crorepatis in a day following the development.

This economic boom for the Bomja villagers resulted for the land acquisition in the area by the Union Ministry of Defence. The ministry has reportedly released payment worth Rs 40,80,38,400. Out of the 31 household, 29 received a land compensation of Rs 1,09,03,813.37 each, while there was one family which received Rs 2,44,97,886.79 and another that received a whopping cost of Rs 6,73,29,925.48 Crores. With this, every family in Bomja village has become a crorepati family. The payment was made by the Defence Ministry to as many as 31 households in the Bomja village as payment towards acquisition of 200.056 acres of land.

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Ever the exotic, Northeast to add a hint of vanilla to its unfolding mysteries, thanks to an effort by Spices Board of India, which had airlifted 20,000 metres of vanilla vines to Tripura in 2005, a step, appears like a persuasive tribute to the world’s favourite ice-cream flavour. In order to attract export market, the State Government has initiated a plan to make Tripura a vanilla hub for the region by next few years, as the state is blessed by a favourable agro climatic conditions for vanilla.

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Jonathone N. Sangma was an aspirant for getting elected as a member of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly. The irony was however, that during the campaign, Jonathone lost his life, killed in an explosion of an improvised explosive device, the sound which shook the small village of Sawilgre, across the Simsang River. A pall of gloom fell upon the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and also specially the family of the slain leader, his wife Krinilla, a mother of three children.