Meghalaya

Shillong: The Environment Coordination Committee (ECC), which has been at the forefront demanding to close down coke plants in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district, has threatened to agitate if the government fails to frame an action plan regarding the...

Shillong: The Coal Controller Organisation under the Union Coal Ministry has constituted a high-level committee to probe into the illegal mining and exporting of coal to Bangladesh via Meghalaya. The Coal Controller had informed the Meghalaya High Court on Tuesday...

Shillong: A Division Bench of the Meghalaya High Court has directed the state government to file a detailed affidavit on all other unlisted cases of custodial deaths.“Since the state seeks some time to furnish details of all other...

Shillong: Meghalaya Assembly Speaker, Methbah Lyngdoh on Monday urged Chief Minister Conrad Sangma to reconsider setting up casinos in the state owing to opposition from church leaders and social organisations.“There is widespread apprehension and displeasure from across political leaders,...

Shillong: The Meghalaya government on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Tamil Nadu government to facilitate knowledge exchange and capacity building of medical professionals.Health Minister James Sangma met with Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramanian to...

Shillong: Rebel leaders of the outlawed Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC), who participated in the first phase of the tripartite peace talks with the Meghalaya government and the centre, returned to Bangladesh on Friday. “The talk so far so good...

Shillong: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has found out that budget estimate prepared by the Meghalaya government was ‘not realistic”. In its report for the revenue sector till March 31, 2020, the audit report also revealed that the state...

Shillong: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Friday told the assembly that the intention of the government to establish gaming zones was to generate more revenue for the state, even as he iterated that the process of casino operations...

Shillong: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Friday informed the Assembly that the government desires to have railways in Meghalaya provided people give their consent to have a railway network in the state.“There is opposition towards the railways from...

Shillong: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Thursday informed the assembly that the government would build new buildings or renovate existing buildings of all government-run schools from lower primary to higher secondary levels within 100 days.Replying to a discussion...