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Fresh hope for congenial deformity patients in Meghalaya

SHILLONG [TST]: With the tie up between New York based NGO The Smile Train Foundation (TSTF) and Shillong Woodland Hospital, the treatment for congenial deformity (cleft of the lip and palate since birth) will be free of cost in the city.

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_POSTEDBY admin on Thursday, March 01, 2007 242

FKJGP moves Pollution Control Board

SHILLONG Mar 01 [TST]: The FKJGP has urged the Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board (MSPCB) to expedite its inquiry report on the recent mysterious death of thousands of fishes at Wah Lukha in Jaintia Hills which the organisation said, "posed a grave threat to the aquatic life and of the people depending for their livelihood upon the river."

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_POSTEDBY admin on Thursday, March 01, 2007 323

Meghalaya finds place in Rly map

NEW DELHI Feb 28 [TST]: Meghalaya will be finally connected to the rail network of the country with the Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav on Monday announcing Azra-Byrnihat new rail line as National Project.

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_POSTEDBY admin on Wednesday, February 28, 2007 263

High command asked me to resign: Rymbai

SHILLONG Feb 27 [TOI]: Meghalaya Chief Minister J D Ryambai on Monday night said senior Congress leaders Oscar Fernandes and Ved Prakash told him that the party high command wants him to resign from his post.

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_POSTEDBY admin on Tuesday, February 27, 2007 276

Sliver of beach amid the hills

- Ranikor festival proves to be one-stop destination for adventure-seekers

Shillong/Ranikor,[TT] Feb. 23: Mountains or the beach? How many times have you tossed that coin and quarrelled over where to go for the next holiday?

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_POSTEDBY admin on Tuesday, February 27, 2007 394

German co wants to set up cement plant in State

SHILLONG [TST] Feb 26: Another leading global cement company from Germany, the 134-year-old Heidelberg Cement Global, has shown interest in investing in a cement plant in Meghalaya. A team from Heidelberg Cement Global visited the State a fortnight ago to assess the possibility, and made an offer to the State Government, informed Chief Secretary SK Tewari.

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_POSTEDBY admin on Monday, February 26, 2007 273

Circulation of fake notes in Shillong on the rise: Police

‘Beware of fake currency’

SHILLONG [TST]: Police on Saturday said the case of circulation of fake currency was on the rise in Shillong, and termed the trend as 'alarming'. The police on Saturday displayed fake currency notes worth Rs 9,000 and presented the agent, one Ayeto Aye, before the media.

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_POSTEDBY admin on Sunday, February 25, 2007 309

Pollutant blamed for fish deaths

- Jaintia villagers charge cement factory with contaminating river

Shillong,[TT]Feb 24: Cement factories, facing flak from environment groups for endangering Meghalaya’s ancient caves, have now been held responsible for the death of shoals of fish in a river in Jaintia Hills district.

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_POSTEDBY admin on Saturday, February 24, 2007 364

Shillong traffic to go hi-tech

Shillong, Feb. 23 [TT]: Shillong, the country’s second most congested city after Mumbai in terms of the number of vehicles every thousand people, will soon have microprocessor-based traffic control systems on its clogged roads.

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_POSTEDBY admin on Friday, February 23, 2007 405

Now, an IIM in Shillong

NEW DELHI UNI: The Union Cabinet on Thursday gave its nod to the proposal of setting up of an Indian Institute of Management (IIM) at Shillong, to be named after late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, with the objective of producing quality business brains that would ensure industrial development of the North-East region in particular and the country in general.

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_POSTEDBY admin on Thursday, February 22, 2007 367

FKJGP demands halt to bank recruitment

SHILLONG [TST]: The FKJGP has asked the State Bank of India (SBI) to cancel the current process of recruitment of Officers and Clerk-cum-Cashiers in Ka Bank Nongkyndong Ri Khasi-Jaintia due to "no provision of reservation for indigenous people."

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_POSTEDBY admin on Sunday, February 18, 2007 534

Is Shillong IIM a non-starter?

SHILLONG Feb 18 [TST]: Is the IIM Shillong a non-starter, at least during the coming academic year?

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_POSTEDBY admin on Sunday, February 18, 2007 355

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