Meghalaya

NEHU teachers urge Union Education Minister to appoint woman as new VC

Shillong: Teachers under the banner of the NEHUTA and MeTTA-NEHU has urged newly appointed Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to immediately appoint a qualified local tribal woman professor as Vice-Chancellor of the North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU).In a joint statement...

Nine COVID-19 deaths, 421 new positive cases recorded in Meghalaya

Shillong: Meghalaya on Friday registered nine more Coronavirus-related death, mounting the fatality figure to 899, while the number of active COVID-19 cases stands at 4,391 with the detection of 421 new cases.The State also reported 417 new recoveries, pushing...

Meghalaya records 532 new COVID-19 cases, 4 deaths

Shillong: Meghalaya on Thursday registered 532 new cases of COVID-19, taking the number of active cases up to 4, 391 and four new deaths mounting the death toll up to 890.On the other hand, 366 new recoveries adding the...

Shun playing politics on inter-state boundary, says Meghalaya Speaker

Shillong: Meghalaya Assembly Speaker, Metbah Lyngdoh, who is also president of the United Democratic Party), the major constituent of the ruling Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA), has maintained that political parties should shun playing politics when the State government is...

Strict action against CAG report leakage, warns Meghalaya Power minister

Shillong: Meghalaya Power Minister James Sangma on Tuesday rubbished reports of irregularities in implementing the Saubhagya Scheme in the state and warned of strict action against those responsible for “leakage” of a report of the Comptroller and Auditor General...

Meghalaya assembly is expected to hold budget session in new building

Shillong: Meghalaya Assembly is expected to hold next year's budget session in the new assembly building at Mawdiangdiang in the New Shillong Township, officials said on Tuesday.“We are making all attempts to see that the first Budget session will...

Meghalaya records nine COVID-19 deaths and 457 new cases

Shillong: Meghalaya on Tuesday recorded nine Coronavirus-related deaths, mounting the fatality count to 880, even as 457 new cases were detected taking the number of active cases to 4,305On the other hand, 497 more recoveries were registered surging the...

COVID-19 curve ‘flattening’ in Meghalaya, says Health minister

Shillong: Notwithstanding the Central government voicing concern over the rising cases of COVID-19 in Meghalaya, State Health and Family Welfare Minister, Alexander Laloo Hek on Monday claimed that the curve was ‘flattening’ with the daily cases of infection on...

Meghalaya CM, Congress MP, Catholic Association condole death of Fr Stan

Shillong: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma and Shillong Lok Sabha member Vincent H Pala and Catholic Association Shillong on Monday expressed their condolences over the demise of Father Stan Swamy.Taking to the micro-blogging site, the Chief Minister tweeted: "Rest...

Meghalaya DGP tested positive for COVID-19

Shillong: Meghalaya Director General of Police (DGP), R Chandranathan have tested positive for COVID-19, health official said on Monday."The DGP has tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday and have started medication for the same. Doctors from Shillong civil hospital...

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Governor graces TB nutritional support programme in Imphal

Imphal: Governor of Manipur Ajay Kumar Bhalla today graced the distribution ceremony of Nutritional Food Baskets to TB patients...