Hub News got in touch with Rakesh A Sangma, the chairman of the High Powered Committee (HPC) of the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) and representative of the Council in the meeting, to learn more about the meeting as well demand(s) specific to the GHADC.
A delegation of the 10 Autonomous District Councils (ADCs) from the North East region will be meeting the Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi on Tuesday for seeking his intervention into the need for the Centre to speed up clearing the proposed amendment of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution of India during the Parliament session.
Meghalaya has been granted Rs 1071.90 crore- ahead of Manipur (Rs.1000.60 crore), Tripura (Rs.989.44 crore), Nagaland (Rs. 795.20 crore), Mizoram (Rs. 698.78 crore) and even the tourism sought after state of Sikkim (Rs.542.22 crore).
In Northeast nearly 5.5 lakh people have been affected by the floods in Assam and Manipur, even as Met department has predicted rains till the weekend. Prime Minister Narendra Modi assessed the situation on Friday.
Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma has condemned the racist remarks made by senior Congress leader Sam Pitroda against the people from North East region that, "they resemble the Chinese".
Shillong, May 8: India a•songni salgro salaram (North East) jolrango songdongenggipa manderangko Chinese-rang gita aro India a•songni salgipeng (South) jolrango songdongenggipa manderangko African-rang gita...
