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Village headmen want role in municipal boards
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With the Meghalaya Government planning to hold the first ever municipal elections in the State, traditional village headmen today said their role in the municipal boards should first be ‘clearly defined’.
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HNLC hired weapons to disrupt ID celebrations
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Cash-strapped Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) hired weapons in its bid to disrupt this year’s Independence Day celebrations, as the banned militant outfit could not afford to buy these.
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Cherrapunjee’s thirst to be quenched!
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Cherrapunjee’s thirst for water would be satiated by October this year with the commissioning of a long-awaited drinking water project.
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Tura priest, 3 others killed in road mishap
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A tragedy struck the Roman Catholic community of Garo Hills when a priest and a brother along with two others died in a head- on collision of their vehicle with a truck at Boko while returning from Guwahati to Tura on Saturday night.
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Doctors told to refund bond money
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A hundred and nine doctors, who completed medical training under government sponsorship but did not work in the State, have been asked to return the bond money of Rs 10 lakh each, official sources said today.
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40 hour blackout in Garo Hills
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Over 12 lakh people in three districts of Garo Hills were literally left stranded and powerless for two whole nights and one day due to a disruption in electrical supply thanks to poor maintainence by the Meghalaya Energy Corporation Limited (MeECL) formerly known as the MeSEB.
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Meghalaya to revise BPL list, issue special cards
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Meghalaya government is in the process of revising its BPL list and issuing special cards to the beneficiaries.
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No CM status to senior politicians: Mukul
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The state government has decided not to accord any chief minister status or rank to either former chief ministers or senior politicians.
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New panel to probe Shillong jailbreak
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The Meghalaya government Friday appointed S.P. Rajkhowa, a retired judge of the Guwahati High Court
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Probe ordered into ex-ultras’ hand in extortion
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Meghalaya today ordered a detailed inquiry into allegation of illegal businesses, including cattle smuggling to Bangladesh, being carried out by surrendered militants.
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Shillong police to crack down on reckless bikers
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The Shillong traffic police have decided to crack down on reckless and rash driving by motorcyclists who do daredevil stunts such as ‘wheelies’, ‘stoppies’, ‘human compass’ and ‘no handers’ in the city.
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Assam Rifles Commanders’ meet under way
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A two-day conference of the Assam Rifles Commanders to focus on key policy, conceptual and doctrinal issues in light of developing security environment in the Northeast region began here today.
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Leader offers to broker peace between govt, HNLC
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A senior church leader in Meghalaya Thursday offered to broker peace between the government and the outlawed Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) for political dialogue.
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NE stares at another erratic monsoon
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North East region stared at another year of erratic monsoons as most states of the zone recorded below normal rainfall and the weatherman apprehending that the loss is unlikely to recovered, reports PTI.
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MACS to organise workshop on HIV, AIDS tomorrow
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The Meghalaya AIDS Control Society(MACS), in collaboration with the Shillong Bar Association, will organise an advocacy and sensitisation workshop on human rights and legal issues surrounding HIV and AIDS here tomorrow.
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Meghalaya militant leader still a police officer in records
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Believe it or not: a Meghalaya police officer-turned-militant, Champion R. Sangma, is still a Deputy Superintendent of Police in the Meghalaya police records, a police official said Friday.
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IIM-Shillong launches unique journal on managment science
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The Indian Institute of Management (IIM)-Shillong has launched a new journal that promises to provide greater flexibility to the readers with provision for subscribing select articles instead of procuring an entire issue.
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Few doctors ready to serve in rural Meghalaya: Sangma
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Medical specialists in Meghalaya would rather resign from government service than serve in rural areas, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma said here Tuesday.
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Assam, Meghalaya CMs meet to resolve border dispute
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Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogai and his Meghalaya counterpart Mukul Sangma met here to find ways to resolve the long-pending boundary dispute between the two states.
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Langpih issue to dominate Meghalaya Budget Session
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The Langpih firing incident and Meghalaya’s boundary dispute with Assam is likely to dominate proceedings of the re-assembled Budget Session of the Assembly beginning on Friday.
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Sangma slams Nepal's media for baseless reports
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Meghalaya Chief Minister Dr Mukul Sangma has termed the media reports in Nepal that 17 Nepalese were killed and about 40000 were displaced after the Langpih firing incident on May 14 as 'fabricated and baseless'.
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Meghalaya rejects reports of violence against Nepalese
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The Meghalaya government Wednesday joined the Gorkha Welfare Centre and the Khasi Students Union in rejecting Nepalese media reports of alleged communal violence against the Nepali community in the state.
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Centre approves Meghalaya water schemes
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The Centre has approved 32 projects related to water conservation at a cost of Rs 126.94 crore in Meghalaya this year.
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Suitable climate prompts Meghalaya farmers to take to tea plantation
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Suitable climate, soil and rainfall have prompted many farmers in Meghalaya, known as the Scotland of the East, to take up developing tea gardens and are reaping it rich from the proverbial 'Two leaves-n-a-bud'.
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Police arrest top brass leaders of newly floated outfit
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Meghalaya police have arrested top leaders of the newly-floated Hynniewtrep Tiger National Front (HTNF) during a raid.
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