Meghalaya

Shillong: The opposition Congress on Wednesday launched a massive accusation against the National People’s Party(NPP)-led Meghalaya government of turning COVID-19 testing points, police and forest check gates into Automated Teller Machine (ATM) kiosks.“People used to say that Congress is...

Shillong: Meghalaya police on Tuesday recovered 129 gelatine explosives and detonators from Nongspung C village in Ri-Bhoi district, police said.“The gelatine oils and sticks along with some detonators were hidden inside a culvert,” Nazarious Lamare, the district police...

Shillong: Peeved with the constant rise in fuel prices, leading to cascading effects on costs of essentials, the general public in Meghalaya is demanding the immediate intervention of the government to bring down prices to affordable levels.The price of...

Shillong: The daily COVID-19 positivity rate in Meghalaya has dipped below 0.93 per cent on Monday as 126 more persons recovered from the viral infection, surging the number of recovered cases to 80,799 in the State which has so...

Shillong: A Shillong-based lawyer on Monday urged the competent authorities in Meghalaya to evict residents from the Harijan Colony also known as Sweeper’s Lane under provisions of the Meghalaya Transfer of Land (Regulation) Act, 1971.In his petition to Deputy...

Shillong: The Central Puja Committee, the apex body of Hindu religious organisations in Meghalaya, on Sunday condemned the “Taliban-style attack” targeting the Hindu minority group in Bangladesh during the recently concluded Durga Puja celebrations.In a protest meeting held at...

Shillong: The daily COVID-19 case count has been on a gradual decline with the number of recoveries from the viral disease at 86 exceeding the number of fresh cases of infection at 55 on Sunday in Meghalaya, which also...

Shillong: The Central Puja Committee, the apex body of Hindu religious organisations in Meghalaya, on Sunday condemned the “Taliban-style attack” targeting the Hindu minority group in Bangladesh during the recently concluded Durga Puja celebrations.In a protest meeting held at...

Shillong: Former Meghalaya Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party legislator, Alexander Laloo Hek on Sunday said he is willing to play a role in initiating peace talks between the government and the outlawed Hynñiewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC).“I am...

Shillong: He had gone into eternity in this city and Shillong paid homage to A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on his 90th birth anniversary on Saturday at the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Centre for Policy Research and Analysis of IIM...