Meghalaya

Shillong: The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) on Thursday began their operation to rescue five miners trapped inside a flooded illegal coal pit for the past five days in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills...

Shillong: Meghalaya’s COVID-19 death toll on Wednesday breached the 600 marks with 24 more patients succumbing to the viral infection mounting up the total fatality count in the state to 616.The fatality rate has now gone up to 1.68...

Shillong: The National Health Mission (NHM), Meghalaya today launched the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) in various parts of the State.The NHM launched the vaccine at Pomlum Primary Health Centre (PHC) in East Khasi Hills district and at Asanang PHC...

Shillong: A woman has lodged an FIR against a Meghalaya legislator of the ruling National People’s Party (NPP), Thomas Sangma accusing him of rape.Sangma is also the Advisor to Chief Minister Conrad Sangma.“An FIR was filed this evening against...

Shillong: The cases of COVID-19 infection have been slightly on the decline but fatality figures continue to remain a cause of concern in Meghalaya, which reported 467 new positive cases, taking up the number of active cases to 6606...

Shillong: The recovery rate from the virulent COVID-19 infection is slowly inching upwards in Meghalaya with 974 more patients having recovered from the infection on Sunday, health officials said.As on Sunday, the recovery rate was over 77 per cent,...

Shillong: Meghalaya’s East Khasi Hills district has the highest relative proportion of cancer associated with the use of tobacco in the country with 70.4 percent and 46.5 percent of males and females respectively, the National Health Mission (NHM), Meghalaya...

Shillong: In a bid to protect its health workers from exposure to and infection with COVID-19, the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) is seeking Rs 10,000 from COVID-19 patients belonging to non...

Shillong: The COVID-19 upsurge in Meghalaya continued with 21 Coronavirus-related deaths and 1,123 new COVID-19 cases, mounting the number of fatalities and active cases up to 435 and 7,454 respectively on Saturday, health officials said.The growth rate of active...

Shillong: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Saturday reviewed the COVID-19 preparedness in North Garo Hills district with officials of the administration and health department in presence of Deputy Speaker Timothy D. Shira.Sangma inspected the Resubelpara Community Health...