Meghalaya

Budget session of Meghalaya Assembly to begin tomorrow

Shillong: The first budget session of the 11th Meghalaya Assembly will begin on Monday with the address of Governor Phagu Chauhan to the House, following which election to the post of the Deputy Speaker of the House would be...

VPP hopeful to form govt in Meghalaya in 2028

Shillong: After winning four out of the 18 seats contested in the just concluded Meghalaya Assembly polls, the Voice of the People Party (VPP) is hopeful to form a government on its own in 2028. “We have been able to...

Meghalaya to have first state university

Shillong: Meghalaya will have its first state university with the cabinet on Friday deciding to table the Captain Williamson Sangma Technical University Amendment Bill in the assembly during the coming budget session to pave the way for turning it...

Meghalaya gets electric trains for the first time

Shillong: Meghalaya is all set to get first ever electric-run trains, the Indian Railways has notified.“With the Indian Railways progressing at full throttle for becoming ‘Net Zero Carbon Emitter’ by 2030 and in an endeavour for complete electrification, the...

Meghalaya-Assam boundary talks after budget session

Shillong: The second phase of the Meghalaya-Assam boundary talks would be held after the budget session of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly, government spokesperson, Paul Lyngdoh said on Friday. The budget session would begin on March 20 and end on March...

1st Meghalaya International Film Festival begins

Shillong: The first ever International Film Festival, organized by the Meghalaya Filmmaker’s Association in collaboration with Meghalaya Tourism got underway at the U Soso Tham Auditorium, State Central Library here on Tuesday evening.After formally inaugurating the festival, Arts and...

Meghalaya Assembly budget session from March 20

Shillong: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma, who also holds the Finance portfolio, will present the full Budget for the financial year 2023-24 on March 23, an. Assembly official said on Tuesday.The upcoming budget session of the Assembly, the first...

Ten companies of CISF to check illegal coal mining and transportation

Shillong:Although the Meghalaya government has prepared a “blueprint” for the deployment of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in the State to check the illegal mining of coal and its transportation, but the Meghalaya High Court of Meghalaya said...

Mukroh village is under jurisdiction: Tynsong

Shillong: The Meghalaya government has termed Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s statement in the Assam assembly wherein he claimed Mukroh village under West Jaintia Hills district to be a part of Assam’s West Karbi Anglong district.“It’s very unfortunate...

Meghalaya police to put habitual drug peddler under preventive detention

Shillong: Meghalaya police has sent a proposal to the State government to put habitual offenders indulging in drug peddling under preventive detention through sections of the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. Director General...

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Assam Rifles organises free medical camp in T Minou

Tengnoupal:            As part of its continuous people-centric welfare and outreach initiatives across remote border areas, Assam Rifles organised a...