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Pradipkumar was like any other teenager of his age in 2000. He dreamt of a successful life, a plum job, fast cars, beautiful wife and many kids but his rosy dream came crashing down when he was diagnosed with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) when he was admitted at the Regional Institute of Medical Science, Imphal, suffering from bouts of shivering fever that refused to go away.

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Ever head of an outfit that “Rescues Writers” from across the globe? Believe me, there is one. The Walnut Discoveries Private Limited is the world’s only such company that saves the poets, lyricists, writers, novelists and film directors who could not make them big in their repeated efforts, thus ending up as depressed souls.

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Nobody could have ever imagined that a young man in his forties who had just managed to form a Government with 19 MLAs in 1994 would go on to become India’s longest serving Chief Minister. There were reasons behind our doubts. Let me enumerate some of the reasons why he had very little chance to really plant his feet as Sikkim’s strongest political leader. 

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The growth of blended culture in this region grown particularly in the areas of language, art and religion is due to the continuous process of assimilation of various races, castes and creeds of local people, invaders and migrated people. Dhubri District is bounded both by inter-state and International border West Bengal and Bangladesh in the west, Goalpara and Bogaigoan district of Assam, Garo Hills district of Meghalaya in the east, Kokrajhar district in the North, Bangladesh and state of Meghalaya in the south. The name Dhubri believed to have been derived from Netai Dhubuni , a washer woman mentioned in Padma Puran and Kalika Puran. It is known from the tale of Chand Sadagar, where the main character of the legendary folk tales called Netai used to wash the clothes of God and Goddess of heaven on the bank of the river Brahmaputra.

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HJ : Congratulations on becoming the youngest Chief Minister of Meghalaya? What are your priorities and how will you take things ahead?

CS : First it is very important to ensure that we start to improve the overall work culture and governance. Delivering accountability, basic administrative work culture needs to improve. I am not saying it’s bad but I just feel it can improve. First I will ensure that we try to inculcate positive attitude and also try to ensure that whatever steps we can take from our side to get governance, efficiency and have suffered specially students. I am not saying we can change everything in one day or one year because it’s a very complicated issue but our effort will be there and a lot of attention will be paid to education. Other social sectors like health are very critical to us.

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 1^st...Arding Nongkhlaw Football Tournament concluded

To commemorate the 15^th Death Anniversary of Late Bah Arding Nongkhlaw, the Open to all football tournament was organised by the children and grand children of Lt.Bah Arding Nongkhlaw, who was the Ex Headman of Lumpymgad Locality. The 1^st Arding Nongkhlaw football tournament saw the participants of 25 teams from in  and around the city.

The final  tournament was between Madanryting and Nongthymmai in which Madanryting emerged as victorious by 3 to 2. The match was witnessed by the residents of Lumpyngad Locality and the adjacent locality and Nongthymmai MDC and Executive Members of the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) Mr. Latiplang Kharkongor.

The games began with Madanryting pressuring the defence of Nongthymmai through attacking football and opened their account with a controversial goal by Pynioh in the 12 minutes. Wankyrshan double the lead in the 29 minutes with a stunning shot from outside after the opponent stopper sloppy pass was intercept. They continued to dominate the game and their result came in  38^th minutes with a goal from Hebroman. Until the first half, the game looked one-sided with Madanryting having more possession.

The secondly half saw Nongthymmai eagerly trying to open their score sheets by maintaining their ball possession and attacking their opponent defences. They got their first goal in the 64 minutes by Banskhemlang. Banskhem doubled his score sheets in  78 minutes by chipping through the rushing opponents’ stopper.

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 LAST ROUND OF POLL

Meghalaya   is  all  set  for  poll  contest   of  the  remaining  two  seats,  Williamnagar and  Ampathi   in   the   sixty  seat  assembly.   Political   parties   have already started gearing poll campaign.  Elections  were  not  held  at  Williamnagar  as  the  National  Congress  Party  candidate  Jonathone  Sangma    was  killed  in  a  bomb  blast.   The  party  has  however  decided    to  set  up Jonathone’s  wife  Krinilla  Marak  to  contest.  Already Krinilla is receiving sympathy support from the electorate. The  Ampathi  seat  was  won  by  the  Chief  Minister  Mukul  Sangma,  who  also  won  from  the  Songsak  constituency. He  has  however  decided   not  to  contest  the  Ampathi  seat,  leaving   it to  his  daughter.   The  date  for  Williamnagar  has  already  been  announced  on  April  27,  whether  the  sitting  member  Deborah  Marak  of  the  Congress  would  be   able  to  retain  the  Williamnagar  seat,   remains  to   be   a  big  question  mark.  

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THREE IN ONE 

Chief  Minister  Conrad  Sangma  recent  visit  to  the  national  capital,  met  three  Union  Ministers  at  one  go   in  a  business-like  fashion.   Firstly,  the  Union  Minister  for  Development  of  North  Eastern  Region,  Jitendra  Singh  for  setting  up  a  high-end  food  processing  park,  including  a  fully  funded  scheme  in  the  creation  of   infrastructure  in  social  sector    like  primary  and  secondary    education    and  health. Discussions with Union Minister of state for Tourism K.J. Alphons  was  centered  around   Tourism,  taking  advantage  of   the  tourism  potential  the  state  already  has..  With  drinking  water  difficulties  in  rural  areas,  Chief  minister  met  Union  Minister  for Rural  Development  and   Panchayati  Raj ,  Narendra  Singh  Tomar  for  easing  the  situation  by  construction  of  check-dams  and  tapping  water  resources  like  water  harvesting.   Chief  Minister  had  assured  that  the  present  Government  want  to  implement  all  central  schemes   in  right  earnest  and  ensure  monitoring  and    accountability.