Meghalaya

Shillong: Meghalaya has recorded its first COVID-19 fatality after a gap of two years, taking the state’s toll to 1,626, health officials said on Friday.Officials said a 46-year-old man, a resident of the New Bhaitbari area in West Garo...

Tura: Chief Minister Conrad Sangma, who is the chief executive of tribal-majority and matrilineal Meghalaya, emphasised the economic empowerment of women. Addressing a seminar on Friday, which was attended by scholars from different parts of the country, the Chief Minister...

Shillong: Home voting for voters over 80 years of age and persons with disabilities (PWDs) commenced for the adjourned 23-Sohiong (ST) assembly bye-elections on Friday.Chief Electoral Officer Frederick Roy Kharkongor informed that 139 voters who are over 80 years...

Tura: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Thursday inspected several ongoing infrastructure projects in Tura and its adjoining areas in West Garo Hills.  He inspected the ongoing construction of the Tura Medical College at Doldegre, about 7 km from Tura...

Shillong: The first academic session of the National Law University (NLU) in Meghalaya will commence from July, Meghalaya High Court Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee said Thursday. Banerjee made the announcement at an outreach programme with principals, teachers and students of...

Shillong: Syngkhong Rympei Thymmai (SRT), a men's rights group in Meghalaya has threatened to take the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council to court if Scheduled Tribe (ST) certificates aren’t issued to children who take their lineage from the father’s...

Shillong: The Meghalaya Education Department has issued guidelines for educational institutions to ensure the health and safety of students are not put at risk due to the prevailing heat wave conditions, an official said on Friday. In a notification issued...

Shillong: The Meghalaya government has requested visitors from states experiencing a surge of COVID-19 cases to self-isolate in this mountainous state, Health and Family Welfare Minister, Dr. Mazel Ampareen Lyngdoh said.Lyngdoh said that the COVID-19 situation in Meghalaya is...

Shillong: Four Trinamool Congress (TMC) legislators in Meghalaya are holding parleys with senior BJP leaders to join the party, a party official said on Thursday. Former Chief Minister Dr. Mukul Sangma together with his daughter Miani D Shira, Dr. Mizanur...

Shillong: An oil tanker caught fire on the Shillong Bypass in Meghalaya’s Ri-Bhoi district on Thursday after it had overturned and collided with a light vehicle. However, the driver of the ill-fated oil tanker bearing registration number NL01 N 4287...