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Assam-Meghalaya Border Row: Himanta Sarma, Conrad Sangma To Hold Talks
The second round of talks between Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Meghalaya counterpart Conrad Sangma to resolve border disputes in six remaining areas will be held on Wednesday. Both the CMs will also visit the disputed areas later as a goodwill gesture, PTI reported.
"The Meghalaya CM will come here tomorrow and discussion will be held on finding solutions for the remaining six areas," Sarma said.
The first round of border talks were held in March last year and it ended after both chief ministers signed an MoU in Delhi to end the border disputes in six areas. The MoU was signed in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Last year in November, the border issue flared up after six people, including an Assam Forest Guard, were killed during an alleged clash between the Assam Police and a mob in an area bordering the West Karbi Anglong district of Assam and Mukroh village in Meghalaya's West Jaintia Hills.
The Assam Police had claimed they opened fire in self defence after a mob surrounded them when they were trying to intercept a truck allegedly smuggling timber. Five of those killed are from Meghalaya.
Assam and Meghalaya share a 884.9-km-long border and have a protracted dispute in 12 areas.
Meghalaya was carved out of Assam in 1972 and had since then challenged the Assam Reorganisation Act of 1971, which is recognised by Assam as its border.
President Droupadi Murmu On Three-Day Visit To Jharkhand
President Droupadi Murmu will visit Jharkhand from May 24 to 26 to attend various functions, according to a statement issued by the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday. The president will inaugurate the new building of the High Court of Jharkhand in Ranchi on Wednesday.
On May 25, Murmu will grace a women conference organised by the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs in Khunti. She will also grace the second convocation of the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Ranchi at Namkum, the statement said.
On the same evening, Murmu will attend a civic reception to be hosted in her honour by the government of Jharkhand at the Raj Bhavan in Ranchi.
Kejriwal To Meet Uddhav Thackeray Amid Row Over Centre's Ordinance
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will meet former Maharashtra chief minister and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray in Mumbai on Wednesday amid the AAP's ongoing face-off with the Centre over the control of administrative services. He will meet Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar on May 25.
Kejriwal is on a nationwide tour to meet Opposition leaders to drum up support against the Centre's ordinance that reverses the effect of Supreme Court verdict that gave the Delhi government power over administrative services in the national capital.
NCP Announces Not To Participate In Inauguration On New Parliament Building
Nationalist Congress Party spokesperson Mahesh Tapase says party chief and all the MPs will not participate in the inauguration of the new parliament building.
1 Dead, 5 Injured With Two Critical After DTC Bus Hit Several Vehicles In Delhi's New Friends Colony
One person was reported dead while five injured after a DTC cluster bus going towards Maharani Bagh lost control and hit five other vehicles near Masih Garh Chowk in New Friends Colony area, say police, reports ANI. Two of the injured are in critical condition, they add.
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