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Donyi Polo Vidya Bhawan Raffle Lottery Draw – Part 3

By AG | Published: October 31, 2006

As was expected and noted in my earlier posts (See Part-1 & Part-2), the re-scheduling and redrawal of DPVB Raffle Lottery Draw has been ruled out by the State Chief Minister Mr. Gegong Apang in the ongoing assembly session where the report of one man enquiry committee on this controversy was filed; terming the conduction Read more …

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Literacy Race…

By AG | Published: October 30, 2006

Yet another North-Eastern state is striving towards setting a record of becoming the most literate State in the Country. With literacy rate of 90.27%, it is expected that Mizoram will surpass Kerala’s literacy rate of 90.9% this fiscal. Read the story here.

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Guinness Record on Highest Drum Ensemble

By AG | Published: October 30, 2006

Kudos to MTDF (Meghalaya Tourism Development Forum) for their effort in bringing in 7,951 drummers toghether to break the record of highest drum ensemble on 28-10-2006 which was earlier held by Po Leung Kuk Charity of Hong Kong, set with 7,727 drummers in February 2005 and for making us-North-Easterner proud. Their effort would be featured Read more …

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Power-Cuts…….unexplained

By AG | Published: October 28, 2006

I’m quite awed by the unexplained power cuts that has been resorted to by Ziro Electrical Division in these past few weeks. Initially, I thought, may be line fault was the reason behind the power cuts. But, when it (power cuts) went on for more than weeks and at specified time (from 8 o’clock in Read more …

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