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The rape of minor girls in the otherwise peaceful frontier state of Arunachal Pradesh has sent shock waves across and beyond the state. In one of the three cases the minor girl whose age was just a little above five years was murdered after being sexually assaulted. In another case the perpetrator was the victim’s teacher.

In the first case, the little girl who was studying in upper kindergarten went missing from her home at Namgo Mishmi village in Lohit district on 12th February. As soon as her where about was not known, her parents lodged a complaint at the Police Out Post in Wakro, the administrative circle headquarter and then started a frantic search for the little girl. On 17th February, the dead body of the little girl was found in a tea garden about 300 meters away from her house in a mutilated state.

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Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) complex for North Eastern Hill Region in collaboration with the Cotton Research and Development Association (CRDA) Hisar and Indian Association of Hill Farming (IAHF) organized a four day ‘International Congress’ seminar from 20th to 23rd February 2018 on “Cotton and Other Fibre Crops” at the ICAR Research complex for NEH region, Umiam. The four days event witnessed various technical sessions where 250 Scientists, Academicians, Researchers, Students etc. from various part of the country including few from abroad attended the event to deliberate on various issues related to sustainable development of fibre crops sector in India. Cotton is one of the most ancient and very important commercial crops of global importance with significant role in Indian agriculture. The congress aims to provide a common platform to agricultural scientist, extension functionaries and policy makers.

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PRIORITIES IN BUDGET

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NOT THE FIRST TIME

Speeches  made  in   the  regional  language  of  Khasi  in  the  legislative  assembly is  not  the  first  time,  when  Ampareen  Lyngdoh  of  the  Congress from  Laitumkhrah  and  Adelbert  Nongrum of the Khun Hynniewtrep NationalAwakening Movement (KHNAM) from  Mawkhar  North  Shillong,  spoke  in  Khasi,  which  is  an  Associated  official  language  in  Meghalaya besides Garo language. It was in  the year  1978, that Dominic Roblin Nongkynrih, the legislator,  from  Nongkrem used  Khasi  in  his deliberation  in  the  Assembly, when  the  Speaker was Winstone Syiemiong. The  present  Speaker Don  Kupar  Roy had  however  asked  for  copies  of   translations  in  English  for  the  convenience  of   non-Khasi  members. This time  Saleng A. Sangma  of  the  Nationalist  Congress  Party (NCP), spoke in  Garo,  Ampareen  had  asked for amendment of  Rule  28  of the  Rules  of  Conduct in Business  of  the  Assembly, which  states  that  it  should  be  conducted  in  English. 

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ON THE DOT 

Conrad K. Sangma,  the  new  Chief  Minister,  does  not  believe  in  excuses  and  being  late.  Since  day-one  he  assumed offic,e  he  is  on  the  dot  reaching his  office  room  in  the  Secretariat  at   10.a.m.  This has never happened since the state of Meghalaya was created.  The  office  workers can  no  longer  be  casual  in  coming  to  office,  more  than  one  hour  late,  take  their  time  in  chit-  chatting,  start  knitting  or  calling  for  an  early  drink  of  tea.  The  Chief  Minister  himself  has  set  about  a  work  culture  and  this  is  said  to  be  the fast  catching  up  among  the  office  staff.  The  system  of  blowing  the  siren  to  start  and  stop  work  has  been  done  away.  Discipline  in  the  working  of  the  Government  has  started  from  the  tables  of  the  staff,  which  should  percolate  to   the  other  departments  not  only  in  capital  Shillong  but  throughout  the  state.