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Assam-Meghalaya border row: Himanta Sarma and Conrad Sangma to hold talks
The second round of talks between Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Meghalaya counterpart Conrad Sangma will be held on Wednesday to resolve border disputes in six remaining areas. The two CMs will also visit the disputed areas later as a goodwill gesture, PTI reported.
“The Meghalaya CM will come here tomorrow and discussions will be held to find solutions for the remaining six areas,” Sarma said.
The first round of border talks were held in March last year and ended after the two prime ministers signed a memorandum of understanding in Delhi to end border disputes in six areas. The MoU was signed in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
In November last year, the border issue erupted 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 district of West Karbi Anglong of Assam and Mukroh village in West Meghalaya. Jaintia Hills.
Assam police had claimed that they opened fire in self-defence after a mob surrounded them when they tried to intercept a truck allegedly smuggling timber. Five of the dead are from Meghalaya.
Assam and Meghalaya share a 884.9 km long border and have a long-running dispute over 12 zones.
Meghalaya was carved out of Assam in 1972 and had since challenged the Assam Reorganization Act of 1971, which Assam recognizes 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 Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday. The President will inaugurate the new Jharkhand High Court building in Ranchi on Wednesday.
On May 25, Murmu will grace a women’s conference organized by the Union Tribal Affairs Ministry in Khunti. It will also welcome the second convocation of the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Ranchi at Namkum, the release said.
The same evening, Murmu will attend a civic reception to be hosted by the Jharkhand government in his honor at the Raj Bhavan in Ranchi.
Kejriwal to meet Uddhav Thackeray amid 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 AAP’s ongoing clash with the Center over the control of administrative services. On May 25, he will meet Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar.
Kejriwal is touring the country to meet opposition leaders to drum up support against the Centre’s ordinance reversing the Supreme Court verdict that gave the Delhi government power over administrative services in the national capital.
