Shillong: The Meghalaya government is hiring faculty for the nearly complete Tura Medical College. Sports Minister Wailadmiki Shylla confirmed the facility is 95 percent finished. The site will house athletes during the upcoming National Games. Meanwhile, the state awaits the Prime Minister to open the Shillong Medical College.
A Shillong court sentenced Sangeet Barman to 10 years in prison for trafficking 803 kilograms of ganja. Police caught Barman at a highway checkpoint last year. He hid the drugs inside a tanker truck. He must also pay a 1 lakh rupee fine.
The GSU is pushing for the Karukkol-Siju-Dabalgre road project. Residents want the PWD to start building now. They claim local opposition aims to stall progress. The union stated, "The overwhelming majority of local residents in these villages are waiting for this road."
In West Garo Hills, the ASPF is fighting for a school appointment. They asked Education Minister Lahkmen Rymbui to intervene after staff allegedly blocked a new hire at Rajabala Higher Secondary School. The state's CM Solar Mission recently secured a national SKOCH Gold Award for its energy work.
Finally, authorities need help identifying the family of Watson Kyndait. He died at Shillong Civil Hospital on Sunday. Nobody has claimed his body.
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