Meghalaya

Shillong: Amid spurt in COVID-19 infections and mounting deaths, Meghalaya Assembly Speaker, Metbah Lyngdoh on Wednesday stressed the need to vaccinate to stem the spread of the contagious COVID-19 infection.“Vaccination is the need of the hour to boost the...

Shillong: Meghalaya on Wednesday reported 24 Coronavirus-related deaths, the highest single-day tally of fatality in the State so far, mounting the number of fatalities count to 379, and 872 new cases of infection surged the active caseload 5, 769,...

Shillong: As the rising pandemic takes its all-round toll, not the least of which is economic, the Thma U Rangli-Juki (TUR) and Workers Power of Meghalaya on Wednesday have urged the Conrad Sangma-led government to immediately come to the...

Shillong: The opposition Congress in Meghalaya alleged that the "aim" of the National People's Party (NPP)-led government is to sell the State-owned Meghalaya Energy Corporation Limited (MeECL) and demanded the immediate removal of Power Minister James Sangma and Chairman...

Shillong: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma has directed the State-owned Meghalaya Energy Corporation Limited (MeECL) to keep on hold the agreement with Broadcasting Engineer Consultants India Limited (BECIL), for operation and maintenance of 56 numbers of 33/11 KV sub-stations...

Shillong: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Monday sounded that there are possibilities of several fold increase in the number of weeks to come in the State.Sangma said the state is looking at a tough situation in the next...

Shillong: An oxygen generation plant of 270 litres per minute (LPM) capacity will be ready for commissioning in the next 24 hours at Shillong Civil Hospital in East Khasi Hills, the worst-hit COVID-19 district in Meghalaya, Chief Minister Conrad...

Shillong: Four legislators from the Opposition Congress in Meghalaya have written a joint letter to Chief Minister Conrad Sangma suggesting a slew of measures to check the rise in COVID-19 cases in the State.Congress legislators Dr. Mazel Ampareen Lyngdoh,...

Shillong: With the number of Covid-19 cases continuing to rise sharply, hospital bed occupancy in Meghalaya is “nearing saturation”, the state government said on Saturday and issued a revised consolidated order in respect to containment measures to be effective...

Shillong: With Meghalaya rolling out the vaccination for those in the 18-44 years category on Friday, especially for state capital Shillong, which is the most pandemic-hit, several beneficiaries went ahead to get their first shot against Covid-19, even as...