Meghalaya

Shillong: Cable cars for the highly congested city of Shillong was on Monday mooted by the Meghalaya government as expansion of existing roads is difficult due to the land tenure system prevalent in the State.Addressing a workshop on ‘Urban...

Shillong: Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong Monday inaugurated a one-day workshop on Urban Mobility for Shillong City at the State Convention Centre, here. The aim of the workshop was to deliberate and prepare an action plan on the...

Shillong: The Meghalaya Government has cautioned the general public on COVID-19 against any laxity which could lead to a spike in cases, even as the State is witnessing a steady decline of fresh cases, health official said on Monday.The...

Shillong: District Magistrate, East Khasi Hills District in an order issued on February 28, 2021 has extended the night curfew in East Khasi Hills District with effect from March 1, 2021 up to March 7, 2021 from 11:00 pm...

Shillong: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Saturday said that his Government has accorded the highest priority to building road infrastructure.“We have invested over 1800 crore for roads in Garo Hills. We will further work towards ensuring that our...

Shillong: The Meghalaya Cabinet on Friday reduced the Value Added Tax (VAT) on various brands of liquor by bringing it down from 40 per cent to 37.5 per cent as well as do away with the 25 per cent...

Shillong: The Meghalaya Cabinet on Friday approved to reimburse the Income Tax paid by all India service officers serving in this North Eastern state.With this approval by the Conrad Sangma-led government, Meghalaya has become the first state to make...

Shillong: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Friday said that the biggest hurdles that the Autonomous District Councils in the State is the issue of funds and central funding.“The main important challenge the council face is fund crunch....

Shillong: Following a fruitful deliberation on issues focusing on strengthening and streamlining the Panchayati Raj System/Autonomous District Councils, the Outreach and Familiarization programme for the local bodies of the State of Meghalaya and other North Eastern States on Panchayati...

Shillong: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Friday inaugurated the Outreach and Familiarization Programme for local bodies of the State of Meghalaya and other North Eastern States organized by Parliamentary Research and Training Institute for Democracies (PRIDE), Lok Sabha Secretariat...