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OFF LIMITS IN URANIUM ZONE

The  Regional  Director of  the  Atomic  Minerals  Division has  said  that    personnel  of  the  Division were  engaged  in  only collecting  uranium  samples  in  the  Wahkaji  and  Mawthabah  areas  of  Khasi Hills, The  Division  had  also  stated  that  it  had  got  clearance  from  the  Rangbah  Shnong,  the  headman  of  the   villages  in  the  area.  The  Deputy  Chief  minister  of  Meghalaya,  Prestone  Tynsong  on  the  other  hand,  has  said,  the  government  had  taken  a  decision  to  stop  all  activities  relating  to  the  exploration  of  uranium  deposits  in  the  area.  Meanwhile  a  team  of  the  Khasi  Hills  District  Council  visited  the  area,  to  verify  whether activities  of  exploration  of Uranium is being  carrying on,  which  is  considered  to  be  illegal without  the  approval  of  the  District  Council

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Forming one of the main regions of the beautiful state of Meghalaya, one of India’s most popular tourist attractions, the Jaintia Hills are famous for the way they have held on to their tribal culture even today, in an age of modernism. One of the most important features of the tribal charm of Meghalaya is the Behdienkhlam Festival, (June-July) which remains as one of the most popular festivals of the region.

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HOP STEP AND JUMP

The Khasi lineage bill of the District Council is seen to be not running smooth, as it is jumping from one point to another, also stepping into uncertain territory and jumping into a conclusion, that the District Council itself, had recalled the bill, because of the many loopholes and contradictions. In the first place the bill was sent to the Governor for approval, without consulting legal experts especially of the lapses and contradictions, which goes against the spirit of the bill itself and its attempts to override, well established traditional laws and usages. These lapses had therefore prompted the District Council to hurriedly recall the bill from the Governor.

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WOMAN CAN BE STRIPPED OF HER ST STATUS

The  Khasi  Hills District  Council,  under  the  leadership  of  the  Chief  Executive  Member,  Hispreaching  Son  Shylla has  brought  a  bill,  to  deny  any  indigenous  woman  marrying a non-indigenous  person, benefits  of  Schedule  tribes,  which  had  brought  a  mixed  reaction,  from  the  political,  social and  other  level  of  society, The  Bill  states  any  woman  defying  the  principle of the bill,  Will be  stripped  off her  scheduled  tribe  status  and  other  privileges.   Mix marriage  has  been  and  is  a  practice  that  has  been  going   on,  not  only  in  the  Khasi  society,  but  also  other communities,  as  it  is  regarded  of  being  a  private  affair   of  two  persons with  the  consent of  their  respective  families. What  the  District  Council   Bill is trying to aim at,  is  that, mix-marriage  can  be  commercialized by  a  non-indigenous  person,  by  using the  name  of  his  spouse  for  his  business  interest,  thus  not  being  bound  by  the  various  taxes  and formalities,  which  is  commonly  known as a Benami  run  business. The  bill  would  however  run  into  many social  complexities, and also  the   interference into private social relationship,  and  also customary  laws  of  the various  clans  of  the  Khasi  community.

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Born in Kandhulimari village in Assam to rice farmers Ronjit and Jonali Das, Hima Das is the eldest of four children. From her days in the village, Hima spent her times playing football with the boys from her village besides helping her parents in the paddy fields. She attended Dhing Public School and would participate in local football tournament in an around her village. Being a sport enthusiastic her school Physical Education Teacher Shamsul Haque encourage her to take up athletics in short and middle distance races. He later introduced her to Gowri Shankar Roy of the Nagaon Sports Association for her proper training. With proper training she first made impression when she qualified for an inter-district competition and won two Gold medals at the sports meet. She could not appear for her Higher Secondary Arts stream final examination this year as she was busy in the Commonwealth Games but that doesn’t bother her parents as the family was confident of her bringing laurels to the State and country as a whole someday.