Meghalaya

Ensure adequate security to people residing in Meghalaya-Assam border: HYC

Shillong: Ahead of the crucial Assam-Meghalaya boundary talks, the Hynñiewtrep Youth Council (HYC) on Tuesday urged the Meghalaya police to provide adequate security to the people residing in the inter-state border areas so that they could express their views...

Conjunctivitis cases steadily rising in Meghalaya

Shillong: Cases of acute conjunctivitis, commonly known as ‘pink eye’, a highly contagious eye infection, have been steadily rising in Meghalaya, prompting medical authorities to issue an advisory to the public.Health officials said so far 1,324 cases of conjunctivitis...

PM Modi exalts Meghalaya’s Pineapples

Shillong: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has exalted Meghalaya’s Pineapples, which are both savoured domestically and internationally.Responding to the X thread of Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma about the Meghalaya Pineapple Festival-2022 at Dilli Haat, New Delhi, the Prime Minister...

Opposition VPP accuses Meghalaya govt of nepotism

Shillong: The opposition Voice of the People Party (VPP) has accused the ruling National People’s Party (NPP) government of “changing” norms to allot the ground floor of Meghalaya House, Kolkata to a private firm run by the brother of...

Apprehended ‘chairman’ of newly formed terror outfit in Meghalaya turns out to be school-going boy

Shillong: Meghalaya police on Thursday said the apprehended “Chairman” of the newly formed terror outfit, the National Liberation Council of Nongkyndong (NLCN), has turned out to be a school-going boy.The juvenile was apprehended during Wednesday’s raid by Meghalaya police...

Meghalaya: Metbah Lyngdoh elected unopposed as UDP chief for second term

Shillong: United Democratic Party (UDP) President Metbah Lyngdoh, who is credited for doubling the tally of the party members from six in 2018 to 12 in the 2023 assembly elections, was on Saturday elected unopposed for a new term.The...

Meghalaya govt imposes curbs on bureaucrats’ foreign travel

Shillong: The Meghalaya government has imposed new restrictions on foreign travel by bureaucrats to two visits per year. This decision was taken by the Meghalaya cabinet today to “rationalise” foreign sojourns of government employees on taxpayers’ money. Tourism Minister, Paul Lyngdoh...

Nagaland Tourism Minister for promoting ‘experiential tourism’ in NE states

Shillong: Nagaland Tourism Minister, Temjen Imna Along has stressed the need for promoting “experiential tourism” at the community level in the eight northeastern states. Speaking at a two-day symposium on Community Based Tourism in North East India at IIM Shillong...

Regional Committees of Meghalaya & Assam to visit Khanduli area

Shillong: Meghalaya Chief Minister, Conrad Sangma on Thursday said that the regional committees of his state and Assam would visit the Khanduli area to examine the recent setting up of an entry tax gate established by Karbi Anglong Autonomous...

BSF trooper dies in elephant attack in Meghalaya

Shillong: A Head Constable of the Border Security Force (BSF) 181 battalion BSF died after he was attacked by a herd of wild elephants in Meghalaya’s South Garo Hills district on Wednesday, an official said.The deceased trooper identified as...

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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...