Meghalaya

Shillong: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday announced its first list of 52 candidates for the upcoming Meghalaya Assembly election, fielding former Chief Minister Mukul Sangma from two assembly constituencies Songsak and Tikrikilla.Former Assembly Speaker Charles Pyngrope, who is...

Shillong: Meghalaya Information and Technology Minister and former People’s Democratic Front leader Hamletson Dohling on Saturday joined the National People’s Party (NPP) in the presence of the NPP national president and Chief Minister Conrad Sangma.Two senior PDF leaders Emlang...

Shillong: Ahead of the Meghalaya assembly election, three more legislators resigned as members of the State Legislative Assembly on Thursday.The three legislators includes two People’s Democratic Front (PDF) legislators, Hamletson Dohling and Jason Sawkmie Mawlong. Dohling is Information Technology...

Umiam: Describing the Northeastern states as the "heaven of India," Union Agriculture Minister, Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday stressed that there is a need to adapt to new technologies. "If we speak of heaven in connection to agriculture, it is...

Shillong: Meghalaya has 21,61,129 electors, including 10,92,326 women’s voters and two transgenders voters, an increase of 18 per cent, with 4,29,062 new electors being added from 2018, an election official said on Thursday.Elections to the 60-member House Meghalaya Assembly...

Shillong: Ahead of the assembly election, ruling National People’s Party (NPP) legislator, S.G. Esmatur Mominin on Wednesday resigned from the party as well as from the State legislative assembly.The former legislator is expected to join West Bengal-based Trinamool Congress...

Tura: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Wednesday finally inaugurated State’s much-delayed 22.5 MW Ganol Hydro Power Project in West Garo Hills district. Terming the inauguration of the project as a ‘historic’ and landmark day for Garo Hills, the Chief...

Shillong: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Tuesday condemned the vandalisation of the Catholic Church in Congress-ruled Chhattisgarh. On Monday, an irate mob vandalised the Sacred Heart Church at Edka village in Narayanpur district due to alleged ‘forced conversion’ by...

Shillong: A Day after Meghalaya BJP threatened to move Election Commission against the Meghalaya Trinamool Congress’ (TMC) financial inclusion scheme WE Card, state Vice-President George Lyngdoh tore into the claims on Friday saying the move only exposes BJP’s anti-people...

Shillong:Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Friday condoled the death of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother Hiraben.Hiraben passed away at a hospital in Ahmedabad in the early hours of Friday at the age of 100. She was admitted to...