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Meghalaya to set out for Santosh Trophy 2025-26 final round campaign

Shillong, Jan 18 (UNI) The Meghalaya team will be setting off for Silapathar in Assam on Monday as they gear up for the start of their Group B campaign in the 79th Senior Men’s National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy 2025-26.
Meghalaya will play their first match in the Upper Assam town on January 22 against Odisha. The state team had a formal send-off on Friday at the MFA Ground in Polo here, with MFA President Hamletson Dohling present with other senior members of the association to give them warm words of encouragement.
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Bhubaneswar, Feb 7 (UNI) The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led Odisha government over what it termed an “unwarranted and alarming delay” in appointing vice-chancellors in 13 state universities, warning of a statewide agitation if the issue is not resolved.

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07 Feb 2026 | 6:51 PM

Patna, Feb 7 (UNI) union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said the union Budget has introduced new policy concepts aimed at transforming tier-2 and tier-3 cities into growth engines of a developed India and to attain the mission of a Viksit Bharat by 2047.

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Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities to become the growth engine of Bharat: Rijiju

07 Feb 2026 | 6:51 PM

Patna, Feb 7 (UNI) union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said the union Budget has introduced new policy concepts aimed at transforming tier-2 and tier-3 cities into growth engines of a developed India and to attain the mission of a Viksit Bharat by 2047.

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Legislature should control Executive through meaningful debates by elected representatives: Om Birla

07 Feb 2026 | 6:48 PM

Patna, Feb 07 (UNI) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday called upon all elected representatives to engage in meaningful debates under the framework of established business rules of the House to ensure control of Legislature over Executive for protecting larger interests of the people, particularly those belonging to the lowest strata of society.

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Body of missing Tripura tourist recovered from Kohima's Dzukou Valley

07 Feb 2026 | 6:46 PM

Dimapur, Feb 7 (UNI) The body of a tourist from Tripura who had gone missing at Dzukou Valley in Kohima district on January 4 has been recovered, police said.

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