Meghalaya

Shillong: Nine deaths related to COVID-19 complicacy took the toll up to 652 and 497 cases of new infection tallied to 5797 active positive cases in Meghalaya on Saturday, even as 801 more recoveries from the viral infection added...

Shillong: The Meghalaya Government has stressed on ‘forestation’ of the coal mining areas in the State, with Forest and Environment Minister James PK Sangma saying on the occasion of World Environment Day on Saturday that the department was looking...

Shillong: The five migrant labourers, who are trapped since May 30 in an abandoned and flooded coal mine in the East Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya, are yet to be traced even as rescuers are making all efforts to...

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...