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Agartala, April 11 Preparations for the Tripura tribal council elections have been completed, with election officials being dispatched to booths with election materials, an official said on Saturday.Polling for the 28-seat Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) council is...

Agartala, Apr 8 Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma, the founder of the Tipra Motha Party (TMP), said on Wednesday that he was confident that the people of Tiprasa would vote for his party in the upcoming Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council elections.Polling for the 28 seats of the...

Garhwa (Jharkhand), April 1 – Garhwa town in Jharkhand erupted in violent clashes between police and local residents on Wednesday after a young man was killed in a road accident, leading to tension in the area.As police carried out a baton charge to disperse the agitated crowd, angry...

Aizawl, Apr 1 Two associations representing employees and teachers of the Chakma Autonomous District Council (CADC) in Mizoram have called for an indefinite strike starting Thursday, over the delay in salary payments, an official said on Wednesday.The Chakma District Council Employees'...

The bill, which requires a Scheduled Tribe (ST) certificate for candidates contesting council elections, was unanimously passed on Monday during a Special Session of the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council. The session, held at the District Council Hall in Tura, was convened under Rule 36 (5)...

Shillong, March 20 Meghalaya Governor CH Vijayashankar has convened a special session of the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council next week to discuss the Assam and Meghalaya Autonomous District (AD) Rules that allow non-tribal participation in council elections, officials said on Friday.The...

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Maharashtra), March 17 The nine elected members of the Zilla Parishad from the Shiv Sena (UBT) want to support the parties that are in a position to control the local body in Wednesday's election, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Ambadas Danve said here on Tuesday.Notably, the...

Latur, March 17 Usha Sambhaji Patil-Talegaonkar, from the BJP, has been elected as the president, while NCP candidate Dayanand Damodar Surwase has become the vice-president of the Latur Zilla Parishad in Maharashtra, an official said on Tuesday.The election for the top positions took place on...

Shillong, March 16 Amid violence in the Garo Hills region over the participation of non-tribal candidates in tribal council elections, the Meghalaya government on Monday extended the tenure of the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) by six months, Deputy Chief Minister Prestone...

Shillong, March 16 The chief executive member of the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council, Albinush R Marak, resigned from his post on Monday after a motion of no-confidence was moved against him by 21 out of the 30 members of the district council (MDCs).The development came days after...

Shillong, March 16 Amid violence in the Garo Hills region over the participation of non-tribal candidates in tribal council elections, the Meghalaya government on Monday extended the tenure of the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) by six months, Deputy Chief Minister Prestone...

Shillong, March 15 Meghalaya Governor C H Vijayashankar has convened a special session of the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) on March 16 after 21 members of the council submitted a letter claiming that Chief Executive Member (CEM) Albinush R Marak has lost the confidence of the...

New Delhi, March 13 The BJP on Friday alleged that attempts by Bangladeshi infiltrators to "seize" the rights of tribal communities have led to unrest in parts of Meghalaya and vowed to support the indigenous communities of Garo Hills in the state.Two people were killed in police firing at...

Today, the BJP condemned the alleged misuse and exploitation of the constitutional rights of tribal communities in the Garo Hills of Meghalaya, stating that these rights are protected under the Constitution. Speaking to the media in New Delhi, BJP MP Ravishankar Prasad alleged that the unrest in...

Shillong, March 12 Meghalaya MP Saleng A Sangma met with Governor CH Vijaya Shankar on Thursday to discuss the fallout of the recent violence in the Garo Hills region, which resulted in the deaths of two people, and the measures needed to restore peace and normalcy.The MP from Tura said the...

Tura, March 12 Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma held a meeting with party leaders and workers on Thursday to discuss ways to promote peace and rebuild trust among communities in the Garo Hills region following the recent violence."We held a meeting with our party leaders and workers to...

Shillong, March 12 Meghalaya's BJP unit said on Thursday that no infiltrator should be allowed to contest any election across the country, including the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council elections, asserting that the body was created to safeguard the rights of indigenous communities.The...

Shillong, March 11 A curfew was imposed in the East Garo Hills district of Meghalaya on Wednesday as a precautionary measure, a day after two people were killed in police firing during protests over district council elections in neighboring West Garo Hills, officials said.According to...

Shillong, March 10 The Army was deployed in the West Garo Hills district of Meghalaya, where two people were killed by security forces after clashes broke out between two groups, officials said.Security forces opened fire to disperse violent mobs amid tensions during the nomination process for...