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Arunachal: House committee formed to study human-wildlife conflict

Itanagar, Mar 11 (UNI) Arunachal Pradesh Assembly Speaker Tesam Pongte has constituted a one-time evaluation committee to study the growing issue of human-wildlife conflict in the state.
This announcement was made on behalf of the Speaker by MLA Laisam Simai, who was in the Chair, during the House proceedings on Wednesday.
The six-member committee will be headed by Wanglin Lowangdong as chairman with Kumar Waii, Mohesh Chai, Topin Ete, and Tsering Lhamu as members. The Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) will serve as the member secretary.
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Central Forces deployment averaging three personnel per booth for phase-II polls in Bengal

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Nearly 531 kgs of drugs worth Rs 465 cr destroyed in Mizoram

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Champhai/Aizawl, April 21(UNI) Nearly 531 kgs of narcotics worth over Rs 465 crore seized in a single border district of Mizoram—were destroyed on Tuesday, underlining the scale of drug trafficking along the India-Myanmar corridor.

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Kolkata, April 18 (UNI) The secretary of the Communist Party of India Marxist's (CPI-M) West Bengal unit Mohammed Selim on Tuesday said the deployment of a huge number of Central Forces in Bengal during the assembly polls is indicative of an “ill motive”.

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