SHILLONG: In a sop to the working class in Meghalaya, the state government today revised the minimum labour wages in the state.

Following submissions by various labour and trade union bodies, the state cabinet decided to enhance the wages of unskilled labour from Rs 70 to Rs 100, the wages of semi-skilled labour from Rs 75 to Rs 120 and that of skilled labour from Rs 85 to Rs 140, an official spokesman said.

NEW DELHI: As the Right to Education Bill for providing free and compulsory education to children in the age group of 6 to 14 years was tabled in Lok Sabha on Thursday, the Left Front government in the state is crying foul over several of its provisions.

GUWAHATI/DELHI: The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Policy provides relaxed norms for empanelment of newspapers published in North-Eastern States and border areas.

AIZAWL: Transvestites in Mizoram, who enjoy considerable freedom in society in respect of sartorial choice, are caught in a bind after the Church opposed the Delhi High Court verdict legalising consensual gay sex.